Dairy Month prompts tips for efficient dairying
The article promotes Dairy Month and provides practical feeding ratios for large and small cows, notes on protein and roughage feeds, water needs, milking practices, and DHIA as a cooperative milk testing program. It emphasizes support for dairymen through state extension, County Agent, and USDA supervision and encourages increased milk consumption in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dairy Heard Improvement Association
Southwest Georgia Association
Cecil Hamidock
State Extension Dairyman
USDA
Aame
Three Point Plan Controls Pasture Weeds
University of Georgia agronomist W H Sell outlines a three point system to control pasture weeds. He cites selecting adapted grasses and legumes, soil-based lime and fertilizer, and cautious chemical control using 2 4 D. Application timing from April to August is advised with caution to protect cotton and ornamentals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Georgia
W. H. Sell
Agronomist
Agricultural Extension Service
University of Georgia College of Agriculture
Sell
Bermuda
Atlantan named among 11 4-H Friends of 4-H
J G Haynes of Sears Roebuck and Company in Atlanta is one of 11 national recipients chosen as Friends of 4-H. The honor was announced by the Cooperative Extension Service and will be presented June 18 at the National 4-H Conference in Washington. Haynes helped fund and furnish a Rock Eagle 4-H Center cottage and has long supported 4-H in Georgia through leadership roles with the state and county clubs.
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Washington
D. C
J. G Haynes
Sears-Roebuck and Company
Atlanta
Haynes
Cooperative Extension Service
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Raleigh
Agricultural Extension Service
University of Georgia College of Agriculture
Seare-Roebuck
Rock Eagle
Eatonton
Congr Vanere
Sears, Roebuck‘ and Company
Georgia
Colquitt County Farmers Lead Georgia Corn Club
In Georgia last year 16 Colquitt County farmers including D. Stephenson Otis Turner and W. Ming posted an average 98 bushels per acre with Olds Turner reaching 138. Agronomist Dr. Wehunt credits certified seed proper weed control and 400 to 800 pounds of fertilizer as key factors behind the high yields.
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D. Stephenson
Otis Turner
Norman
W. C. King
W. W. Ming
W. O. May
Ivey
James Booker
J. A. Cobb
Raymond Shephard
Robert Avery
Charles _Everett
Robert Moss
W. Ah
Avery
O. M. Bobo, Jr
Georgia
Olds ‘Urner
Ees
Edwin Bass
Alph Wehunt
Wehiunt
Georgia Veterinary Medical Association Annual Meeting in June
The Georgia Veterinary Medical Association will hold its annual convention in Augusta in June 1921 in joint session with the Veterinary Medical Association of South Carolina at the Bon Air Hotel. Dr. L. A. Mosher of Roswell and Atlanta, president, notes discussions on livestock disease problems will be a focus and Dr. R. E. Rebrassier, president elect of the American Veterinary Medical Association, will speak. The meeting will also name the Georgia Veterinarian of the Year.
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Augusta
Georgia Veterinary Medical Association
Veterinary Medical Association of
South Carolina
L. A. Mosher
Roswell
Atlanta
Georgia Group
Bon Air Hotel
R. E. Rebrassier
American Veterinary Medical Association
Georgia
Georgia Farm Bureau delegates set for unprecedented Macon session
Georgia Farm Bureau President John P. Duncan Jr. announces a 9:30 a.m. meeting in Macon for 400 to 500 county delegates to decide on by law changes and a new insurance venture. The board backs a $5 to $10 dues raise and expanded member services including tax help and hospitalization.
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Macon
Georgia
Georgia Farm Bureau
Laucsuby
Jude
John P. Duncan Jr
Georgia Farm Bureau Federation
Farmer Organization
Farm Federation
Georgia Farm Bureau Board of Directors
Federation
Wallace
Gfbf Board of Directors
Special Study Committee
D. W. Brooks
Cotton Producers Association
Atlanta
Frank V. Wilcox
Afbf Insurance Division
Chicago
GFBF
Brooks
CSM
Wilcox
American Farm Bureau Federation
American Farm Bureau Insurance Division
Mixed Fertilizer What Is It Delivers Guidance to Georgia Farmers
Georgia farmers are urged to read the new leaf let Mixed Fertilizer What Is It from the Agricultural Extension Service. Authors P J Bergeaux and Ralph Wehunt explain soil tests show many soils lack potash or phosphate and that fertilizer yields depend on soil test guided application.
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Athens
Georgia
Agricultural Extension Service
University of Georgia College of Agriculture
W. A. Sutton
Hixtension Agronomists
P.J. Bergeaux
Ralph Wehant
Boston Man Reports Strong DHIA Year in Georgia
H P Russell Jr of Route 1 Boston completed a good year under the Dairy Herd Improvement Association program. His 44 cow herd, mainly Jerseys with four Holsteins, averaged 8395 pounds of milk and 415 pounds of butterfat, up 1890 pounds and 98 pounds respectively from the prior year. Russell, since 1948 DHIA participant and president of SOWEGA DHIA, emphasizes good culling, feeding, and management, with a 3 to 1 concentrate to forage ratio. The Southeast Georgia DHIA region includes 17 dairies. director is George Summerford of Pelham.
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Russell
Dairy Herd Improvement Association
DHIA
Sowega Dhia
Purina
Bahia
Bermuda
Cecil Hancock
Dairy Herd Improvement Association of
Southest Georgia
Georgia
George Summerford
Pelham
Walker Co Agent Honored for Service
Walker county agent J. P. Baker of LaFayette Ga received a Superior Service award from the U S Department of Agriculture in a ceremony at the Sylvan Theater Washington Monument Grounds. The citation credits him for developing community leaders protecting resources and raising living standards among rural residents in Walker County. Baker grew up near Gore and has served as county agent for 12 years. He previously worked as assistant agent in Decatur and as county agent in Chattooga and Polk counties.
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Washington, D. Co
J. P. Baker
Walker
LaFayette
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Sylvan Theater
Washington Monument
Baker
Department of Agriculture
Walker County
Gore
University of Georgia
University
Decatur
Chattooga
Polk
Bridge Named for Cattleman Jesse Stacee Opens
In Oklahoma a bridge spanning Cattleman’s Creek is named for Jesse Stacee, honoring his cattle industry work. The announcement credits his efforts linking Texas and Kansas through regional transportation.
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Okla
Jesse
Chris Stacee
Song
Texas
Kansas
Him
Poultry Servicemen Workshop Set at Gainesville June 11
The second annual Poultry Serviceman's Workshop will be held June 11 at the Civic Building in Gainesville starting at 9 a.m. University of Georgia Extension Service official Arthur Gannon described group discussions to tailor topics for servicing hatching eggs, flocks, dealers, and hatcheries. John Harold Sharpe of A. W. Perdue & Son will speak on The New Look in Poultry Servicing. attendees should request registration blanks from the Georgia Poultry Laboratory or contact the 0. S. Box 272 facility in Gainesville.
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Athens
Gainesville
Arthur Gannon
Poultryman
Agricultural Extension Service
University of Georgia College of Agriculture
Gannon
Clyde Driggers
University of Georgia Poultry Division
John Harold Sharpe
A. W. Perdue & Son
Salisbury
Georgia Dairy Harvest Reaches 50 Million in 1987
Georgia dairy products produced 50,479,000 in 1987 per the Crop Reporting Service. Dairy gains followed by poultry at 150,336,000 and hogs at 57,833,000, with total livestock income hitting a record 354,929,000, 13 percent above 1988. Sid Diamond urges cost review during June Dairy Month as milk output hit 1.241 billion pounds from 6,000 fewer cows than 1986, averaging 4,150 pounds per cow. Georgia ranks 48rd nationally in milk per cow.
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Athens
Georgia
Georgia Crop Reporting Service
Sid Diamond
Agricultural Extension Service
University of Georgia College of Agriculture
Diamond
Extension Dairyman
Seminole Man Ernest Nunn Wins State Grazing Award
Ernest Nunn, Jackson county dairy farmer, is the state champion in Georgia Grazing System and Feed Production. Winners were named by Charles R. O’Kelley. program is run by Extension Service and Georgia Plant Food Educational Society. Nunn uses Dalis grass and White clover with millet for summer grazing. he rotates four seedings yearly. Second place goes to Phil Spooner and third to Henry W. Banks. Nunn will choose an expense paid trip to major cattle shows. Spooner and Hall receive $100 each. Johnson notes Nunn’s efficiency and full land use on his 18 acre farm with 55 acres tillable and 9 acres pasture. Winter grazing relies on Tall fescue, White clover, oats and rye grass with silage. fertilizer and lime applied to all pastures. Extension fertilizer meeting set for July 9 at the Nunn farm.
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Jefferson
Georgia
Ernest Nunn
Jackson County
Charles R. O'Kelley
Agricultural Extension Service
University of Georgia College of Agriculture
Georgia Plant Food Educational Society
The
Extension Service
Phil Spooner
Seminole County
Henry W. Banks
Bulloch County
Nunn
8. L. Welborn
National Dairy Congress
Spooner
Royce C. Hall
Roy Powell
Bulloch
Banks
Ralph Johnson
Extension Agronomist-Project Reader
Johnson
Jersey
Goesceny Y Satis
Plant Food Educational
Georgia Plant Food . Educational Society
Seiten North’ ‘S
Sortheast
Georgis
Woolly Robot Industry Experiments With Travel Capabilities
A report notes Woolly robotics firms testing robots aimed at enabling travel. Researchers explore movement, navigation, and safety features as prototypes undergo limited trials.
Farm Bureau Insurance Venture Spurs Questions
The discussion notes a five million dollar reserve and cites Idaho Farm Bureau’s example of a 13 thousand member group that started its own insurance company with operating costs of 16 cents per premium dollar. The question asks whether GFBF with 42 thousand members could do the same.
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GFBF
Wilcox
Idaho Farm Bureau
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