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Agricultural Workers
Will Convene
The theme of the 45tlj Annual Con
yentlon of the Association of Agricultural
Workers, which convenes in
Washington, D. C., Feb. 12, will be
"Adjusting Southern Agriculture to
Increase the Farm Income."
Frank H. Jetfer, agricultural editor
at State College* and director of pub
llclty for the convention, states that j
a large number of agrlcultuarl lead- j
ers from North Carolina are sched- '
uled to take part on the program 1
during the three-day gathering j
which closes on Feb. 14..
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general business meeting is sehe
duled for the evening of February 13
Mr. Jeter state/d, at which time tokiens
of appreciation for many years
j of faithful and distinguished service
in Southern Agriculture will be
awarded to outstanding agricultural
leaders. Presentation of the awards
Will be made by W. Kerr Scott, North
Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture.,Officers
and members of the
executive committee for 1948-49 will
be elected dttring this meeting, he
said. .* * "
The first general session of the
convention gets ynderway on Thurs
day morning, Feb. 12, when agricul
tural economists and rural sociologists
hold a Joint meeting with marketing
specialists. The main feature
of the afternoon session of this joint
meeting will be a panel discussion
on Reseach Under the Research and
Marketing Act of 1946. Dr. M. A. Abrahamsen.
professor of Marketing
at State College, is scheduled to
take part in the panel. Other meet
ings scneauiea ior rnursaay inciuae
the agricultural editor's section, agricultural
engineers, agronomy and
^nimal husbandry.
Many of the South's top-ranking
agricultural leaders will attend this
year's convention, Mr. Jeter said,
and virtually every phase of agriculture
affecting the econmy of rural
people will be discussed, he added.
Relatively large stocks ?f 795 million
bushels of wheat Were stored in
all positions January 1,1948, despite
near-record disappearance since
July 1, 1947, according to the U$DA.
The
Commodity Credit Corporation
bought 257,253 bushels of wheat dur
ing the period from noon of December
19 to noon of December 26. Purchases
of wheat since July 1 total
191, 143, 528 bushels.
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Appointed To Now Post J
With Extension Service
The appointment Of Howard M. 1
El lis, a native of Beaufort County, to '
head of the Agricultural Engineer- <
log department for the State College 1
Extension.Service, was announced j <
this week by Director I. O. Schaub. j
Mr. Ellis, who has served for the !
past 11 years as Extension Agricultural
Engineering ^specialist at the
college replace David S. Weaver,
who resigned to accept a position as
assistant director of the Extension
Service.
A 1929 graduate o{ State CoJiege,
Mr. Ellis received his B. S. degree
in t^ivjl Engineering. Following four
years of work wt *hthe Engineering
Department of the Empire Oil and
Refining Company in Martleville,
Okla., he returned to State College,
and in 1934 he was awarded a B. S.
degree in Sanitary Engineering.
While working for this degree, he
served on the teaching staff of the
Civil Engineering department.
In 1934, Mr. Ellis accepted a position
with the Soil Conservation Service
as an assistant Agricultural En
glneer. He resigned this position the
following year to become compliance
supervisor for AAA. He was ap- j
pointed as Agricultural Engineering
specialist for the State College Extension
Service in 1936, a position
which he has held until his recent'
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Mr. EJ lis is a member of the Hill-.'
yer Memorial Christian Church, the J
American Society of Agricultural
Engineers, Tau Beta Pi, Phi Kappa ' *
Phi, Theta Tau. and the 1*. C. State ?
College Alumni Club. He is married
to the former Miss Jessie W. Wicker ,
jf Graham, and has one son.
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tuthorlze the sale for propagation
>urposes of Irish or sweet potatoes
y a resident grower to anothei
grower having personal knowledge
f the conditions under which they
cere produced. In all other cases
eed potatoes must meet the stanlards
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ind the bags in<whlcH;they are ship
led or sold must show the name ol
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proved again in the New England
? forest fifes in October. In the fire'
stricken areas, the Red Cross rehabi
ilitation operation includes temporary
housing for a large number of
families, inasmuch as rebuilding
> cannot be undertaken in Maine until
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was made as the fires still rag
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