Home Demonstration Warns on Weevils and Apple Storage
Rural families harvest dry peas and beans while facing weevil infestation. Shell and dry seeds, then fumigate with carbon disulfide in airtight containers, airing seeds before storage. For seed only, five percent DDT dust may be used. Extension Hort specialist John Harris describes a winter storage method for Winesap Black Twig and Rome Beauty apples placed in airtight earth holes with lids exposed.
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Florence Cox
Estelle E. White
Lillian Harris
Winterohn Harris
Extension Horticulturist
of State College
Harris
Rome
Experts Propose Corn Crop Storage Ideas For NC
State College Extension Service specialists outlined storage and feeding strategies to handle North Carolina's record corn yield. They urged converting tobacco barns and other empty buildings into temporary storage, finishing hogs to 240 pounds, boosting corn in broiler mash, and finishing beef cattle earlier this fall.
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State College Extension Service
North Carolina
David S. Weaver
John W. Weaver
Egyptian cats and word origins and fruit storage tips
The article notes Egyptians first kept cats as household pets and traces the origin of the word pussy to Pascht the cat goddess. It also mentions preserving apples by sealing with pmen two nail holes for air and straw protection from heat and cold, claiming apples kept until April next year. A line on a divorce is included.
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Pascht
Cover Crop Seed Furnished By U S Man O War Filly Groomed
A Salem report notes cover crop seed stocks and government holdings as of June 30. Hairy vetch and Austrian winter pea stocks were far below normal while common rye grass sat near three times the 1942 46 average. Government ownership dominated rye grass stock with 201 million pounds. Government plans rapid sales to support the fall cover crop program.
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U.S
Salem
Euis Barber
Barbertte
Benge
Halifax
C. L. Kelly
Dairy Pasture Cuts Grain Use Say Halifact Records
Halifax County Agriculture Conservation Committee chair C L Kelly highlights dairy herd data from Cornell showing that good pasture and hay can equal or surpass high grain feeding in milk output. A pasture plus grain approach reduced grain costs, while USDA data suggests fewer cattle on feed across Corn Belt states this year.
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Halifax
C. L. Kelly
Halifax County Agriculture Conservation Committee
Cornell University
US Department of Agriculture
Corn Belt
Warehouses Sought To Support North Carolina Cotton Program
The Commodity Credit Corporation approved storage space is needed as a shortage threatens the cotton loan program in NC. PMA director G T Scott warns only 23 of 93 licensed warehouses in 18 counties have CCC approval. Counties with at least one approved warehouse include Anson, Bercie, Catawba, Cleveland, Cumberland, Franklin, Halifax, Iredell, Johnston, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Northampton, Rowan, Scotland, Vance, Wake, Wayne. Loan rates vary by region. eligibility requires USDA board examination and a new loan form for operative marketing associations.
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Commodity Credit Corporation
North Carolina
G. T. Scott
Production and Marketing Administration
Scott
Agricultural Conservation Committees
PMA
Timme
Anson
Bercie
Catawba
Cleveland
Curberland
Franklin
Halifax
Iredell
Johnston
Lee
Lincoln
Mecklenbug
Nothampton
Rowan
Scotland
Vance
Wake
Wayne
Granville
Harnett
Hoke
Person
Durham
Chattam
Moore
Richmond
Board of Cotton Examiners
U.S Department of Agriculture
Cover crops timing and soil rebuilding tips from State College
State College outlines when to plow under a cover crop to support a following crop or increase humus, advising early plow under when crop will be immediately followed by another planting and later growth to build soil humus. Recommendations emphasize soil nourishment and erosion prevention.
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State College
Jwae Foal Disowned by Dam After Early Fight
The filly Jwae was disowned by her dam Teddy a few days after foaling. The dam attacked the filly leaving a few scars from the older horse’s teeth. Barber tle notes the incident as a rough start for the young horse.
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L Teddy
Milk and care tale of a foster-mother and visitor
A brief note mentions a daily milk amount and a foster-mother’s care as well as Miss Susan Shepherd returning home from a visit to Suffolk. The fragment references tender shelter, but lacks full context or clear events.
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Susan Shepherd
Suffolk
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