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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1963
Page
6
June is Dairy Month promoting dairy foods as quick versatile companions for cookouts. Recipes include buttermilk fried fish with tartare sauce and a hot buttermilk mustard sauce, grilled ham slices, and a casserole with ground beef cottage cheese sour cream olives and green onions that can be prepared in advance and kept warm for picnics or cookouts.
The article notes a population boom from 132 million to 180 million between 1940 and 1960 while farm residents fell from 30.5 million to 15.6 million. Dr. Don Fessler of Virginia Tech cites war and economic shifts as the core drivers of the farm exodus and the later partial return to farming.
County agent R E Harbert outlines cutworm control methods for spring, including paper collars for transplanted plants and five percent DDT or Chlordane dust. He also shares garden spray and dust recipes using Malathion, Methoxychlor, Maneb, Zineb, and Sevin to combat insects and diseases.
Dates for the state Four-H electric congress in Virginia are set for August 28 to 30 in Richmond. Virginia Tech officials at VPI cooperate with power suppliers. details will be announced later. The highlight is naming the best county Four-H electric program and the individual winner who receives an all expense paid trip to the National Four-H Club Congress in Chicago.
Ronnie Neal of Clear Fork Four-H Club in Tazewell County led the Dairy Judging contest at Chilhowie Virginia. The Tazewell County team placed second behind Russell County, with teammates Jimmy Neel and Phil Snapp also helping. The event advances to the Four-H Short Course at Virginia Tech June 24-29.
The Virginia Beef Cattle Association board in Charlottesville outlined plans for 33 feeder calf sales and 18 yearling sales this fall starting September 11 and running to November 7. Carl L Orange presided. 62,000 cattle brought in over $9 million in 1962 from seven spring and 32 fall feeder calf sales plus 20 fall yearling sales. Directors include Ralph Rasnic Arthur Horney Frank Karacofe Owen Thomas Russell Yowell Harold Bailey Jack Jamney C. T. Togo Graves Rufus Copenhaver W E Davidson and Charles Lawson with affiliations to shorthorn interests and livestock auction markets.
Margaret Collins of Draper Virginia has been appointed by Carroll County to replace Mrs Glenna Runni as home demonstration agent. Collins is an assistant professor of home economics at Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station and holds a BS from Radford College an MS from Virginia Tech with further work at Penn State. The appointment takes effect in July.
D. C. O. Willits of the US Department of Agriculture urged West Virginia farmers to expand maple syrup production. He noted West Virginia shares maple resources with Pennsylvania Virginia and Maryland and cited an untapped reservoir of over 13 million trees.
Dr J M Grayson professor at Virginia Polytechnic Institute announces George Calvert Rock has been named assistant professor of entomology at the Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory. He succeeds the retired Dr Walter S Hough. Rock earned a B S in biology from Bob Jones University and an M S in entomology at VPI.
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