4-H Achievement Day Honors 500 Tazewell Club Members
The 4-H Achievement Day in Richlands Va during the Richlands Fair drew about 500 4-H Club members from Tazewell County. Sue Mustard led the program with awards, banners, a talent show, and club booth displays. Bertie Mae Altizer earned representation at the State 4-H Short Course. Awards covered Achievement Clothing Dairy Foods Electric Home Economics and Leadership while banners went to Rivermont Busy Bee and others.
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Richlands
Tazewell County
Sue Mustard
E Club
Memrs
Bertie Mae Altizer
Busy Bee
Lenora Beavers
Nancy Dunford
Peggy Dunford
Zita Ray i
Ruth Tylerzer
Ruth Stillwell
Ruth Henkle
Ann Horton
Zen Foods
Nora Sue Kidd
Lou Alligon
Roverta Hampton
Zita Ray Yates
Sarah Pruett
Lou Allison
Rivermont
Cove
Thompson Valley
Pounding Mill
Rivermont Sr
Rivermont Jr
Cedar Bluff Jr
Forecasting Crop Yields With Charts In Federal Work
Washington June 1 A push to use chart based forecasting could let Agriculture Department officials predict crop yields a year ahead for better planning. economist Louis H Bean argues long range weather and crop forecasts are feasible and cites past predictions that beat department forecasts. Bean offered his system to the government and to Benson this week as Grover Ensley seeks data for potential legislation.
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Ovid A. Martin
Associated Presh Farm
Washington
Agriculture Department
Louis H. Bean
Henry A. Wallace
Anton P. Anderson
Charles F. Brannan
Ezra Taft Benson
Bean
Benson
Joint
Congressional Committee On the Economic Report
Grover Ensley
Department
Crop Board
Cecil Underwood
West Virginia
C. Harold Amick
State Department of Agriculture
Paul Nay
Jane Lew
West Virginia Dairymen’s Association
Lyle Austin
Hogsett
West Virginia Farm Bureau
J. A. O’brien
Amity
Atlantic Dairy Association
R. C. Price
Parkersburg
West Virginia Dairy Products Association
Government Warns Farmers About Radioactive Fallout
A government farmers bulletin warns on shielding livestock crops and families from fallout after hydrogen bomb tests. It advises staying indoors in basements, sheltering dairy cattle first, and using cleaned feed if contamination occurs. It notes eggs and milk may carry radioactivity and discusses soil treatment with lime and leaching to reduce long term hazards.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Civil Defense Administration
Public Health Service
Bulletin Sai
Farmers Should Top Dress Alfalfa Crops Expert Says
BLACKSBURG Virginia June 1 VPI agronomists urge farmers to top dress alfalfa after the first or second cutting. H L Dunton says apply before growth resumes to avoid burning tender plants and emphasizes replacing potash losses as four tons remove about 180 pounds. He recommends 800 to 1 000 pounds of fertilizer per acre annually.
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Blacksburg
VPI
Dutton
Virginia
Protect Against Garden Insects
WVU extension expert David Quinn urges gardeners to spot and control pests early. Use malathion for general pests and methoxychlor for chewing insects, with weekly or shorter intervals as needed. avoid leafy vegetables with methoxychlor and wash produce after harvest.
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Morgantown
David 0. Quinn
West Virginia University
Quinn
Irrigation Needs Many Factors for Successful Farming
Agricultural experts at VPI outline that irrigation success depends on water supply and rights, suitable crop varieties for productive soils, and adherence to fertilization and planning procedures. They emphasize managing insects and diseases to protect crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blacksburg
VPI
Sawdust Shown Effective Mulch For Vegetables At VPI
Virginia Tech horticulturists report sawdust as a superior mulch for eleven crops including cucumbers lettuce beans tomatoes and potatoes. Trials show significant yield gains with no plant poisoning risk and only possible nitrogen deficiency easily corrected by nitrate of soda and watering or irrigation.
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Blacksburg
VPI
P. H. Massey, Jr
Masey
Massey
WPI
VPI Extension Service
Cleveland Iron Ore Hub Tops Global Shipping Port
Cleveland Ohio is highlighted as the world’s leading iron ore shipping port and a major American industrial center. This designation underscores its pivotal role in global steel production and regional economic strength.
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Cleveland
Ohio
America
Hybrid Corn Yield Trials Under Way Across West Virginia
Mercer County joins 32 hybrids in statewide field tests run by West Virginia University Agricultural Experiment Station with county agents and farmers. Trials occur at Morgantown, Point Pleasant, Wardensville, and Preston County, testing yield and plant traits and picking characteristics. Results appear in Station Current Report 17 and will guide 1957 recommendations.
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West Virginia University Agricultural Experiment Station
West Virginia
Morgantown
Ohio Valley Experimental Farm
Point Pleasant
Reymann Memorial Experimental Farms
Wardensville
Reedsville
Preston County
Barbour
Berkeley
Braxton
Calhoun
Doddridge
Grant
Greenbrier
Hampshire
Harrison
Lewis
Marshall
Mercer
Monroe
Pocahontas
Randolph
Roane
Summers
Tucker
Upshur
Wayne Webster
Wirt
Desert Driver Collides With Bear in Mojave Desert
Palmdate California June 1 Har old Harris of Inglewood collides head on with a 200 pound bear while driving on the Mojave Desert outskirts. Harris uninjured but his car towed. Officers seek to determine why a bear was roaming the highway in decades long bear absence in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmdale
Calif
Harold Harris
Harris
Inglewood
Mojave
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Phil Beavers
Ronie Stevenson
Billy Morgan
James Altizer
Lois Altizer
Wanda Lawson
Ruth Lambert
Donna Nash
Ruth Johnson
Donna Hampton
Nancy Dutford
Norma Jean Harman
Maggie Brown
Thomas Horn
Clyde Barrett
Claude Barrett
Rachel Nunley
Barbara Brooks
Judy Counts
Sara Pruett
Alice Raikes
Mary Lambert
Ann Shelton
Margaret Fitzer
Barnett
Stevens
J. C. Blankenship
Paula Beavers
Aie Necessary
Freda Brown
Dine Miller
Lanora Beavers
Ruby Myers
Violet Brewster
Dorothy Powers
Elizabeth Meredith
Brenda Johnson
Kathryn Kings
J. Glo Joan Christian
Kenny Necessary
Wanda Bailey
Nannie Elswock
Kathy Christian
Bertie M. Altizer
Donna Carter
Carolyn Hampton
Nancy Burns
Roberta Hampton
Jimmy Brown
Diane Earls
Lowell Altizer
Dolly Gentry
John Lawson
Carrie Reedy
C. B. Blankenship
Wesley Johnson
Sid Sayers
Co. L. McGlothlin
Garman Hess
J. K. Davis
Hattie Hampton
J. W. Vernon
Jess White
Bill Whaley
Kathleen Bowers
Rayme Chambers
W. C. Banner
S. Nasaif
Hattie Roisch
Oakley Breedlove
Howard Whiel
Margie B. Lowe
J. F. Mulkey
Vivian Bailey
Edith Harmon
Jim Crockett
Ted Sawyers
R. E. Bowers
Plorinne Herrin
Billy Wheler
Ralph Miller
Kermit Hinkle
Ernest Smith
John Hooker
Harold McGlothlin
J. S. Wright
Susie Nucholls
Bomb Vandyke
Robert Shamblin
Ruth Pye
George Stull
Herbert Stiltner
D. A. Poe
Oas Bundy
Myrtle Phipps
Lara Beavers
E. N. Lowe
Bowen Shrader
Beth Aspinwall
Joe Henderson
S. E
Bastian
Johnny Vanhoozier
Tannersville
Neel
Raymond Smith
Tazewell
iKenny Neel
Freda Smith
Jack Smith
Frank Barns
Doris Altizer
Cedar Bluff
Douglas Tabor
Barbara Corell
Johnny Martin
Margaret Corell
Jimmy Martin
Bill Tom Corell
Coin Department
Maryland
Washington College
George Wash
BIG Westinghouse
Laundromats
Anderson Radio and TV
Jefferson St
Assis
RCA
RCA Victor
Wupr
Commerce ST
Sawdust
General Electric
Chicago
Bluefield, VA
Kenneth R. Harper
Pendleton County
France
Harper
Michigan
Potomac State College
University High School
Beckley
Beckley Ho Welch
Carter Hotel
Hazard
Grand Hotel
Pineville
Holloway Drug Mullens
Wyoming
Marion
Lincoln
Rainelle
Mon
King Coal
Dixie Hotel
UNE
War
Marlinton
Wed
Alpine
Ellone
Bluefield
Bluefield, W. Va
W. Va
Mercer County
Bear
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