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Anbitt, Dp (Notch on House Agriculture Committee. Endorses New Secretary V

Sees Farm Program i in Good Hands’ Congressman Watkins M. Ab bitt moved up a n cJi in the i House Agriculture Committee and { gave his endorsement to Ezra ' Taft Benson, as {Secretary of i Agriculture, this week as the 83rd Congress organized for the tasks , ahead. The Appomat tox Congressman . becomes the eighth ranking Democrat on the Agriculture Committee composed this session of 111 Republicans and M Demo i rats. Sees Little ( hangc Viewing Benson's appointment ns "a wise selection patting agri cultural interests of this country m good hands ', Abbitt expressed the belief that the new secretary will continue “that part of the program that has been beneficial and helpful to the country as a whole." Abbitt was named to the Agri culture Committee in 1S49 shortly after lie succeeded the late Pat rick Henry Drewry. of Petersburg, as the Fourth District Represen tative. He has served on it since, moving steadily upward in rank, and working closely with Chair man Clifford R. Hope, of Kansas. Watches Farm Progress Since the Founh District is predominantly agricultural. Con gressman Abbitt has concerned himself with problems of the i aimer, and much of his effort during the first three terms has been devoted to that end. parti cularly in the fields of tobacco, peanuts, cotton and dairy and beef cattle. In a statement from Washing ton this week. Congressman Ab bitt said he does not anticipate ;.n> change in Iris activities on behalf of the farm industry under the new administration. In a concluding statement. Congressman Abbitt stressed the importance of cooperation among tanning interests for the fullest promotion of the farm program.

Feeding- Schedule Prevents Flavors In Winter Milking: A good feeding schedule in ihe dairy barn will prevent a lot of off flavors in milk during the winter, months R G, Connelly, dairy husband man at VPI, says there are several things a farmer can do to keep quality up in cold weather. Give strong feeds, like silage, after milking, not just before, to 1 get lid of most feed flavors in tlie milk. It's also important to keep teeds cleaned up so there is not a lot of odor around the barn. , Most off flavors get into the milk through the cow after she breath es too-fragrant air. Ventilation is the best remedy for ordinary barn odors. Even if

WATKINS M. ABBITT you don't have a modern ventilat ing system in the barn, open win dows help. For cold weather, fix the windows so they can be tilted in at the top. but put up side pro tectors to prevent drafts on the animals. Mr. Connelly says milk cooling is as important in winter as in summer. Milk won t cool fast enough by itself even in extremely cold weather. Milk utensils can cause off flavors, too. if they aren't clean. That means you need a milkhouse where you can wash and sterilize the utensils af ter every milking. And remove the milk from the barn to the milk

Specialist at VPI Predicts Large C ut In Production of Pigs A severe out—If! tier rent—in sous bred to farrow itiis spring is expected in Virginia. George Herring, animal hus bandman at VPI. says the cut is a result of falling profits from hog production in 1952. and of the small corn crop produced in Vir ginia. Nationwide, sows bred for 1953 spring farrow are expected to be 15 per cent less than the number bred last year. The 1952 pig crop in the United States totaled 91.785.000 head, a 10 per cent drop from 1951. With a further reduction indicated in 1953, hog supplies are likely to be greatly curtailed during the last half of tile year and prices should show considerable recovery. There will, of course, be an increased supply of beef, so total meat sup plies will be adequate. Mr. Her ring says tlie changed situation, however, is certain to bring pork closer to beef prices than they have been in recent years. He says hog growers need to study tlie situation carefully in making their plans foi 1953. Addi tional sows could be bred now for late spring farrow. Pigs produced from these cows could be grazed through the sumrnei on limited grain rations and finished on the new grain crop. Sows should be bled in January in areas where feeder pig sales will be held. While feeder pigs are selling low now. it is a good guess house as soon as possible after milking.

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Some poultrymen try to cut expenses by raising their pullets on a luw-qualitv /■ growing ration This i. .1 castle mistake' ^.x Pul lets must be well developed — with , , good, solid bone structure and large body capacity — li they are to become profit- ^ able layers. Wo have the answer in the Beacon 70/30 ~ Feeding Plan, it has Ix-en successful for more Ilian 16 years. It uses .1 maximum amount of low-cost scratch grains. It's economical. Come in and let’s talk it over.

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Dried Milk if Price Drop Noted Further Decrease Soecialist Savs A "more than seasonal" drop in prices for manufactured milk war noted from November to Decem ber, and further drops are being registered in January. B F Morgan. Jr., dairy market ing specialist at VPI. says manu facturing prices are expected to go to and stay near the support level throughout the spring and early summer. In December, the parity equiva lent of manufacturing milk test ing 4.15 per cent ttlie national average' was $4 18 per cwt. and the average market price. $4.12 FOB plant. This placed the parity equivalent of 3.5 per cent nnlk at $3.53 and the average price at that they will sell well in late summer, and this will be particu larly true if a normal corn crop is produced in Virginia. Mr Herring says.

$3.48. At 90 per cent of parity th< national support price of 3.5 pet cent milk. Dec. 15, was $3.18 pet cwt. New support prices will be an notineed April 1 as requited bv 1 law. The effect on fluid milk pro pincers will be indirect and wil vary according to markets, Mr Morgan says. The most immediatf effect will be n lower surplus . price, thus causing the averagt price to be lower. Fluid milt prices are slower than other farrr : prices in moving up or down. In the last three months, then lias been a slight weakening o demand in' some fluid markets Preliminary reports indicate thai ; in some markets sales have level ed off and in others are off 1 oi I 2 per cent from a yeai ago. At th< same time production is up meaning an increase in surplus Indications are that the last prici ; increase tended to bring about : : cut in fluid milk sales in souu markets. i Mr. Morgan says with manu facturing prices near support leve and Class 1 prices at their preseiv level, the premium tor Grade / milk over manufactured milk wil be unusually high. This will in

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Poor Quality Korean Lcspedeza Seed Brings Earning to \ irginia Farmers

The state Department of Artri ! culture warned farmers today I nat the shortage of Kotvan U*s pcrie/a seed is pushing a lot of low quality seed on tne market. .1 W. Midyete.. Jr., in charge of the Department's seed inspection and held testing, said-, considerable Korean lespcde/a seed is being sold without the analysis tags which the law requires. This indicates that some seed ■ growers are advertising and sell ing their own seed without a test I to determine quality factors like germination and weed seed con | tent, he said, adding: A few I crease interest of producers w ho have been thinking of .switching to Grade A market, and may bring forth other increased pro ctuction in Grade A milk.

farmers are eveh Selling the screenings they get back from die seed cleaning plants and calling them "sub-standard' seed. Hoar Stands Seen Unless buyers are careful, the result next fall may be ioor stands and weedy fields of Vir ginias principle hay crot . A proper tag on a bag of seed will tell the buyer the percentage of seed which will germinate, the hard seed content, the purity, the percentage of weed seeds and ti e number of each n ;kious v eed seed per ounce. For farmers selling seed. Mid yete noted that the law prohibits the sale o; any seed containing more than six dodder seed plt ounce, more than 2.25 per cent weed seeds or any o; the primary noxious weed seeds, Johnson

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