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You gardeners don’t forget the discussion on Vegetables and Small Fruit Production, to include recommended varieties, disease and insect control, that will ibe held at the Fire House in Washington tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. Messers Scott and Aroian of VPI will lead the discussions.
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Good Ladino pasture has produced per man hour: six times as much feed as corn, nine times that from oats and, ten times that of barley!
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It is encouraging to note continued interest among our farmers in having their merchantable timber cruised prior to offering it for sale. Rappahannock farmers who recently have had or soon will have their timber cruised included Mrs. Mildred Wood Maney, C. R. Wire and C. J. Miller. The cruise of Mrs. Maney’s timber resulted in a total of 240,000 feet of which a decided majority was poplar and thus should demand a very attractive price. In marketing timber land owners are advised never to sell just toe “cream’* of the species such as short leaf pine and poplar even though the price for these trees may appear attractive.
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Your County Agent and parttime Assistant County Agent will attend an Extension Wjopfcers Short Course at VPI March 19 to 81 inclusive.
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Recommended new varieties of some of the seed now being planted by farmers are: Oats, winterArlington, Spring-Andrewj Red Clover, Kenland, Northern Virginia grown Orchard Grass still proves to be the best strain on the> market. Kansas Common Alfalfa seed will not be available this year, Buffalo is the next best variety likely available.
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Rappahannock farmers interested in procuring extra labor for apple harvest this fall should meet at Wood Bros. Packing House at 7:30 o’clock in the evening of March 21 and express their needs. J; Marvin Powell, State Supervisor Emergency Farm Labor Program will be present for the purpose of getting an idea of what Rappahannock’s needs will be prior to his going to Florida to recruit labor.
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Of the twenty-strains of orchard grass tested at the Piedmont Field Station at Orange to determine forage and hay production capabilities all the Virginia strains were decidedly inferior. A new orchard grass, F.C.22884, which is not on the market as yet and which was developed by the USD A has proven superior to the Virginia strains in forage, hay and seed production and produced a three year average of 856 lbs. of seed per acre.
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Williamsburg and Atlantic Alfalfa varieties produced 12 and 13 per cent (respectively) more hay at Orange in the past five years than did the next best variety Kansas Common. Some At-i lantic seed has been on the market however the Williamsburg haa yet become available and the 1950 Kansas Common seed crop was a complete failure. <■"
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idst'y%*' i&'an did Virginia adapted « (northern neck) seed. Oregon Red Clover produced but 679 lbs. hay per acre while Kentucky 215 seems promising, ■with a yield of 5454 lbs. per acre atsout 300 lbs. lesdMhan Kenland.
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