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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1963
Page
6
The May 21 1963 referendum defeated Kennedy administration wheat program, signaling broader farmer power and potential lower farm costs. AFBI backing the defeat gains influence while effects on consumers prices and business demand for equipment remain uncertain.
Plans for a versatile sheep shed sized in multiples of 12 feet are available to West Virginia farmers. The design by Waldo E. Bell of West Virginia University serves as a general purpose shelter usable for cattle hogs poultry or machinery storage. Working drawings from the U S Department of Agriculture are obtainable at county extension offices.
Virginia cattle specialist Curtis Mast says competitiveness rises post 1940 with the bear cow business. Producers must target 500 pounds per cow bred and market calves well over 100 dollars per cow, emphasizing beef conformation, growth, and milking ability to reach top 15 percent of bulls.
State extension dairy specialist Edsel Gainer notes June Dairy Month spotlights milk as the nearly perfect and most economical food. He cites rising production efficiency with fewer cows and more output, plus milk’s minerals calcium and phosphorus essential for bones and health. real earnings show milk now costs a quarter of the time needed to buy a quart.
Washington reports a political scramble over who bears blame for a lower wheat farmer income after the 1964 wheat controls vote. Republicans seek to pin the bill on Democrats while the Farm Bureau and National Grange lose influence. Dairy and cotton legislation may suffer without wheat action and Kennedy faces pressure to sign or veto if a bill passes.
Mercer County strawberry season active with two gallon picks reported. A strawberry show and sale is set for June 12 at El Chico Restaurant Beckley with eight baskets per entry and divisions for farmers 4 H and FFA. Prizes range from 5 to 2 dollars with proceeds to the grower and auction at 1 pm. Statehood Day in Charleston on June 20 seeks a horse drawn vehicle entry from Mercer County.
A former American Dairy Princess from Piedmont Oklahoma will headline Virginia's official June Is Dairy Month kickoff luncheon in Richmond on June 4. Sandra Sue Stout, now Mrs. James H. Belt II, reigned 13 months and traveled over 100000 miles visiting 45 states promoting milk and dairy products. She grew up on a dairy farm and later worked in public relations and as a radio TV on air personality in Oklahoma. Other Virginia dignitaries are expected to attend the event.
An estimated over one million dollars yearly is spent on remedies for relieving itch of piles. GIs say cooling astringent Peterson's Ointment soothes pile torture in minutes with fast relief from itching.
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