Pyrotol allotment aids North Carolina farmers
Raleigh reports the U S Department of Agriculture has increased North Carolina pyrotol allotment to 1 400 000 pounds for land clearing stump removal draining wet spots and other farm uses Farmers may order via county agents or the extension division A first shipment to Burgaw for Pender County will be financed by the County Board of Commissioners Other notes describe extensive hay production and plans to improve dairy readiness through better pasture and feed management
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Raleigh
N. C
United States
Federal Department of Agriculture
North Carolina
A. T. Holman
State College
W. H. Robbins
Burgaw
County Board of Commissioners
Mr. Holman
Room for expansion in swine industry
North Carolina farmers sold 2795 hogs for 65412.29 dollars in spring from fifteen counties. Swine extension specialist W W Shay says if 198 farmers feed hogs with proven methods and expand to more counties, annual sales could reach about 180600 dollars. He urges adoption of shared records and open inquiry into profitable feeding systems.
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Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
W. W. Shay
State College
Shay
Nts
Prepared for Dairying Before Buying Cows in North Carolina
Noland Wells of Murphy in Cherokee County prepares for dairying by reclaiming an abandoned farm. Following county agent guidance he clears land, plants soybeans and cowpeas, and establishes 10 acres of meadow grasses, 15 acres of permanent pastures, stock beets, and corn and soybeans with hay.
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Kirby
Winter cover crops have place in orchard
Raleigh August 25. Grow some kind of winter cover crops has been recognized as important for soil fertility in North Carolina. E B Morrow extension horticulturist notes cover crops in orchards add to soil physical condition and moisture retention improving nutrition. Rye and vetch is recommended with inoculation needed on new vetch beds.
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Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
E. B. Morrow
State College
R. Morrow
Mr. Morrow
Final link of Lenoir to Hickory road to be paved
Bei ler Brothers Greensboro won a private bid by the State Highway Commission to build 1.22 miles of concrete highway between Granite Falls and Hickory. The $1,000,000 contract has a 100 war day limit and work starts within 20 days after final approval. The project completes a hard surfaced route from Hickory to Lenoir amid heavy traffic.
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Lenoir
Hickory
Granite Falls
Beiler Brothers
Greensboro
State Highway Commission
Raleigh
Zeigler Brothers
Blowing Rock
Catawba River
Atlantic Bridge Company
Seaside Peril as Shark Kills Bather Near Rome
Unusually stormy Mediterranean weather this summer ends with a shark attack off Varazze that pulled a swimmer under water. A companion observer was rescued in fright. In Portoferrato a 40 foot whale washed ashore dead as sharks and whales are reported seen commonly in Italian waters.
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Rome
Mediterranean
al Varazze
Portoferrato
Italian
Swimmer Dies After Exhausting Lake Swim
Stuart Pratt Sherman 45 literary editor of the New York Herald Tribune died in Manistee Michigan after an exhausting lake swim to reach land when his canoe overturned in Lake Michigan. His heart failed as he reached shore. Mrs Sherman also aboard swam to safety.
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Manistee, Mich
Stuart Pratt Sherman
New York Herald-Tribune
Lake Michigan
Sher
Notice of Mortgage Sale in Watauga County North Carolina
Notice announces a mortgage sale in Watauga County NC after default on $1,945.00 plus interest. The deed, dated 1919, involves John and Emma Lewis and assigns part to Bank of Blowing Rock. sale set for September 6, 1926 at Boone courthouse with bidding starting at 2.46 dollars.
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John Lewis
Emma Lewis
L. L. Critcher
Office of the Register of Deeds
Watauga County
North Carolina
Bank of
Blowing Rock
Boone
Howard’s Creek
B. R. Brown
J Brookshire
M. D. Moretz
D. C. “Wilseme
Mar C. Critcher
Wm. J. Critcher
D. C. Williams
L. Critcher
Robbers Loot Vaults At Wahi Pen Company Heist
Eight masked men tied up three night watchmen and looted the vaults of the Wahi Pen Company in Chicago. Two vaults were dynamited while two resisted the blast. robbers ignored 50000 in gold and discarded 5000 in gold bars and two irraum phials valued at 2000. The bandits reportedly had intimate knowledge of the plant.
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Chicago
Wahi Pen Company
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Carolina
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Ente
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A. & B. Chevrolet Company
Boone, N. C
Vickory
The
Charlotte Observer
Observer
Associated Press
Carolinas
South
Charlotte, N. Carolina
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