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with sampling tool attached to brace.
Long or Chopped Hay .... core samples from 10 locations.
How to Sample Silage
Be sure it’s fresh.
Get from several locations in silo-mix
Place in plastic bag and seal / rubber band immediately. Take Sample to County Agent
Also: Complete sheets to be sent in with each sample,
Let him know what livestock the forages are to be fed to.
Your scribe met briefly with the ASCS County Committee on Wednesday October 9, re:fall thistle control program.
Herbert Barksdale was in rare-form. Said his recent trip had taken him into 18 or 19 states. Throughout his stay, there were two people always on his mind — he was constantly reminded of them. Everywhere he went someone was wearing a George Wallace button! Everywhere he went he saw thistles which reminded him of Bill Lyne!
The most recent rumor is that Rappahannock thistles will bloom little faces resembling your scribe next spring instead of the normal fluffy and beautiful lavender blossom. R. E. Wood now proclaims our farmers will spray more than ever. Good - O!
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You ex-service men of recent discharge, how would you like classes in various phases of agriculture?
One ex-service man has approached your Agent on the possibility.
Such might be arranged so let your wants be known to me or Jim Bill Coates. Okay — Do so now!
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Big feed supply in Virginia. 1968 com yield t?3 bushels per acre and soybeans f21 bushels. Both are cheap and represent 135% and 120% of the 1962-66 average.
Look out for cattle and hogs being fed to heavier weights which could reflect in lower prices later on.
Also, watch developments in foreign trade and crop production throughout the world.
Top priced calves to date at organized sale, a pen of 11 Hereford calves weighing 380, A’s and AAJS at Marshall. Herbert Barksdale had three head in the lot and Aubrey North Congratulations!
Pensioned war widows in nursing homes or who require “regular aid and attendance” get $50 above the normal amount allowed for pensions Viet-Nam veterans in GI education programs get special consideration for entry level Federal jobs.
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