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Professor A. H. Teske, Horticulturist of VPI will discuss problems with fruit growers at eight o'clock, Friday evening following a study of key orchards in the county. The discussion will be held in the court house arid will cover current control measures of orchard diseases and insects. Control measures best to use depend largely on individual orchard problems and the materials used in applying previous sprays so each orchardist should attend for the purpose of learning just what material or combinations of materials will do the job most effectively.
A tour of the Middleburg branch of the VPI Experiment station will be held from 1 - 3:30 p.m. next Thursday afternoon, May 22. In the past comparatively few Rappahannock farmers have visited this station to see the research that is being conducted. Considering the importance of the livestock industry to farmers individually, as well as its importance to the county as a whole, ihts is a sad situation. The value of a particular grass or combination of grasses and legumes is measured at this station either in terms of pounds of milk or beef produced. Two different combinations may have an equal amount of “eye appeal” to we humans, or. have similarity in total digestable nutrients, yet because of palatability will yield decidely different results. Also merely because a particular pasturage crop is palatable does not necessarily mean it is economically desirable. The Research Center at Middleburg is trying to find out what combination will do the job most efficiently for both the beef cattleman and dairyman and results to date because of their variation are well worth your investigation.
Wool bags and paper twine are now available at this office. "
At a meeting of sheep owners held last week in Culpeper C. D. Price of Page County was re-nominated as Director of the United Wool Growe*s Cooperative representing district seven which includes Rappahannock. The nominations will be confirmed at the annual membership meeting of the United Wool Growers Association scheduled for June 4 at Harrisonburg. Growers representing Rappahannock at the Culpeper meeting were Messers. W. A. Laing and A. C. Latham, Sr. of Amissville.
The ceiling price.on lamb carcasses is 62c per pound delivered by the slaughter. These people rely on the pelt and “drop” (liver, heart, viscera, etc.) to pay slaughtering and delivery expenses. Since the better grades of lambs dress 50% it would therefore seem that top liveweight price would be around 31-32c per pound.
Don’t forget those “dos and don’ts” in handling your 1952 wool clip. DO: 1. shear only when sheep are dry. 2. Keep taggy, burry, black, dead and clear wool seperate. 3. Use paper twine in tying fleeces. 4. Store wool in dry places. DONT: 1. Use binder twine for tying fleeces. A severe price penalty will result since its fiber cannot be seperated from wool in processing thereby reducing the quality of end product. 2. Allow chaff or other foreign material to get mixed in with shorn fleeces. Virginia’s wool hits a good reputation. . . lets keep it that way.
It has'been reported by-, Monk Cark that a Highland County Shepherd has J24 lambs from a flock of 70 ewes. That figure 177%, or better than a Iamb and three fourths per ewe! Who can beat that record ... yea. . who can equal it?
MISSIONARY SOCIETY The Woman’s Missionary Society of the Methodist Church had their regular meeting at the church on Wednesday afternoon.
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