Four H Grows Rapidly as World Youth Program
Four-H has become the largest rural youth organization globally with programs in every U S state and Puerto Rico. The 4-H Club, led by C P Dorsey at West Virginia University, operates in seventy countries and is the youth program of the Cooperative Extension Service for ages ten to 21, focusing on leadership citizenship character and skills in agriculture and home economics.
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Four-H
C. P. Dorsey
West Virginia University
United States
Puerto Rico
Cooperative Extension Service
Evans Receives Economics-in-Action Fellowship
Dr. Homer C. Evans head of the Department of Agricultural Economics at West Virginia University is awarded a fellowship to Case Institute of Technology’s Economics-in-Action program. The four week course begins June 18 and targets college teachers in economics and social science for industry study opportunities.
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Homer C. Evans
West Virginia University
Case Institute of Technology
Five per cent food surplus costs nation little
A five per cent surplus in food costs the country only a fraction of the amount a deficit would raise for homemakers in higher food prices. The remark contrasts national savings with household impact and emphasizes broad economic efficiency.
Outstanding Holstein Event Set In Roanoke
The 77th annual convention of the Holstein F piùel Association of America closes with a sale of 82 registered cattle at Mayer Field Roanoke Virginia on June 7. Sixty cows and bulls with offspring sell. buyers include 1 500 dairy industry leaders from the Western Hemisphere. Sale consignments come from 69 herds in 18 states and Canada.
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Hostein-Fdiesian Association of America
Roanoke
Mayer Field
States
Canada
George A. Miller
Rocky Mount
Official Holstein Association
Western Hemisphere
WPI
Blacksburg
Tazewell Youth Exhibits Champion Hereford at Bristol Show
Jimmy Barnett of the Tazewell Four-H Club exhibited the champion Hereford heifer at Bristol, a heifer purchased from H. Elmer Kiser in Tazewell. The county groups from Smyth and Tazewell counties showed prime stock. Barnett earns $50 and plans to compete at the Atlantic Rural Exposition in Richmond and local fairs. He also competed in the Four-H District Contest in Abingdon on livestock conservation.
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Jimmy Barnett
Tazewell
Richmond
Bristol
Four-H
H. Elmer Kiser
Ronald Choate
Sugar Grove
Hereford
Smyth County
Hiefers
Jimmy
Abingdon
Blacksburg
Dairy Farmers Shift to Whole Milk in Virginia
Virginia dairy farmers sell more milk to wholesale plants and dealers as whole milk while farm skimmed cream sales decline. Retail farm milk use and on-farm consumption also fall. In 1961 Virginia marketed 1 995 million pounds to wholesale, up from 1 701 in 1950. farm skimmed cream fell from 75 million pounds to 75 million.
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Virginia
Strawberry Festival Set for Beckley with Eight-County Involvement
The Beckley Area Rural Development Council hosts the annual Strawberry Festival at El Chico Restaurant in Beckley on Wednesday June 6. Farmers from Fayette Greenbrier Mercer Monroe Nicholas Raleigh Summers and Wyoming counties may enter exhibits and compete for ribbons and cash prizes while berries are auctioned after 1 p.m. Proceeds go to growers and Mercer County producers are encouraged to participate with Harbert arranging transport of Mercer County entries.
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Mercer County
The
Beckley Area Rural
R. E. Harbert
Fayette
Greenbrier
Mercer
Monroe
Nicholas
Raleign Summers
Wyoming
Farmers
FFA
Harbert
Regional Feeder Pig Sale Set for Beckley Monday
The Regional Feeder Pig Sale for Southern West Virginia will be held at the Farmers Market near Beckley Monday, June 4, at 7 P.M. About 250 pigs weighing 35 to 125 pounds, of various breedings, will be graded into lots by color size and quality. Pigs arrive Monday morning and have all been vaccinated against cholera. This is the region's second feeder pig sale and open to all interested in feeder pig production.
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West Virginia
Beckley
Conference Slated At State University
The 11th Annual Conference of the Southeastern Community Development Association will be held at West Virginia University Morgantown July 18 19 with the theme Patterns and Designs In Land Use Planning C T Shackelford will open the proceedings followed by Dr Ernest J Nesius and Dr Paul A Miller WVU president who will close the event at the July 19 banquet The conference will focus on regional development and land use planning.
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Southeastern Community Development Association
West Virginia University
Morgantown
C. T. Shackelford
Beckley Rural Development Council
SECDA
Ernest J. Nesius
WVU College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Home Economics
Cooperative Extension Service
Paul A. Miller
WVU
Chip and Dale Sing With Chipmunk on Walt Disney TV
Three squeaky cartoon characters Chip and Dale perform with a beautiful distaff chipmunk in The Adventures of Chip n Dale on Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color. Tonight at 7:30 on Channel 6 WHIS-TV.
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Chip and Dale
Chipmunk
Chip ‘N Dale
Walt Disney’s
Wonderful World OF Color
County Agent Report on Shrub Pests and Treatments
The county agent details mite and insect issues on boxwood arborvitae and other shrubs. Suggested spray: one tablespoon 51 percent Malathion and two tablespoons 50 percent DDT per gallon water, with repeated applications every ten days to control mites aphids and leaf miners. Also notes bag worms scale insects rose chafer and apple diseases and recommends precise pesticide mixes and schedules.
Grain Farmers Urged to Inventory Storage Space Now
In Tazewell County Virginia farmers planning to harvest grain for sale are urged by the ASCS to inventory farm storage space. Loans cover up to 95 percent of bin costs. Stowers notes early corn harvests and the need to condition grain for keeping quality.
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Tazewell County
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County Committee
W. E. Stowers
ASC County
Stowers
ASCS
Hearing Glasses Aid Librarian Whisper Problems
A neighboring town librarian with thirty years of service improves with Beltone Hearing Glasses after a test reveals aidable hearing loss. The speaker, Charles Faulkner, promotes private tests and a home demonstration, noting a follow up on hearing loss corrections next Sunday June 10th.
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Beltone
Bellone
Charles Faulkner
Commercial Bank Building
Bluefield
W. Va
Camping season fuels record crowd to outdoors
As schools end, families head to campsites and undeveloped woods for vacations. Smokey Bear urges campers to follow safety rules to prevent forest fires while using campfires and cooking gear in remote areas.
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America
Smokey
Sawmill Men Set Meeting in Elkins West Virginia
The West Virginia Sawmill Operators Association schedules its spring meeting for June 8-9 in Elkins. A Friday wood-industry tour and a Friday night panel conclude with State Senator Hans McCourt speaking on West Virginia's Wood Utilization Program. Costing context noted.
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West Virginia
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