Tupelo plan shows small-town farming reform in action
A Tupelo Mississippi program led by the Daily Journal and Rural Development council aims to revitalize five counties with 175 000 residents through an improved system of agriculture. It funds farm management studies, trains leaders, expands markets, and promotes health education recreation and education while diversifying crops beyond cotton.
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Tupelo
Miss
Daily Journal
Dairy Journal
George
McLean
Navy
Devel
Opment Council
the Daily Journal
Tupelo Chamber of Commerce
Young Farmer Starts Path to Success Through Training
Prof. C A Bratton of Cornell University notes more training places for young men in 1948. Farms seek young partners or wage earners on profit sharing as education and experience grow in importance for a good living, with caution urged due to high prices and debt. 4 H members illustrate training fits for young operators.
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C. A. Bratton
Cornell University
Bratton
No In Law Either
In 1897 John McGuire traveled from Cherryfield Maine for a brief visit with his sister in Newburyport Massachusetts. He hasn't gone home yet.
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Newburyport
Mass
John McGuire
Cherryfield
Students Build Home for Instructor in Boone
Boone high school carpentry students are constructing a four room home for their instructor Ed Lancaster starting in mid November at an estimated cost of 6000 dollars. Completion is tentatively set for April 15 with weather delays noted. The project uses non professional labor aside from a bricklayer and a plasterer and aims to offer practical training for the class.
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Boone
Iowa
Boone High School
Ed Lancaster
Lancaster
Michigan barley contest winners named at Michigan State College
Awards were presented at Michigan State College for the Michigan better making barley contest. Winners include August Kiechl Harbor Beach first prize, Clair Harrington Akron second prize, Foster Hickey Fairgrove third prize, Herbert Gettle Pigeon fourth prize, Rogan Hauck Rosebush fifth prize.
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Michigan
Michigan State College
Rogan Hauck
Rosebush
Herbert Gettle
Pigeon
August Kiechl
Harbor Beach
Foster Hickey
Fairgrove
Clair Harrington
Akron
Pasture as Cheap Dairy and Stock Feed Endorsed by Committee
Middle West Soil Improvement committee declares pasture the cheapest and best feed for dairy and meat animals. It will save scarce feed grains, reduce costs, and boost milk and meat output. For a good legume and grass stand the soil must be fed. legumes absorb phosphorus and potash, requiring ample plant food. Liming, soil tests, manure use, and returning crop residues to the soil are essential.
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Middle West Soil Improvement Committee
Posthole Digger Built by Clyde Hall of Bradford Ill
Clyde Hall of Bradford Illinois built a posthole digger capable of a nine inch hole to three feet in Illinois soil in three minutes. The device, welded from heavy materials in his farm shop, uses a car differential to transfer tractor power for digging.
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Clyde Hall
Bradford
Illinois
Marketing hogs lighter to stretch feed supply
Wisconsin College of Agriculture says marketing hogs at one pound lighter weight could conserve about seven million bushels of grain. Lighter weight hogs 230 to 240 pounds use less feed per pound of gain, making lighter marketing one of the best ways to extend the feed supply.
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Wisconsin College of Agriculture
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