Tazewell County Fair Opens In Richlands June 17
Milk Sales On Upward Swing reports that U S farmers marketed 75 percent of milk in 1920 rising to 94 percent in 1962. In Virginia the shift is sharper with 83 percent marketed today, up from 37 percent in 1930. Factors include less on farm use, fewer dairy farms, and a move from cream to whole milk signaling price support implications.
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A. J. Ortega, Jr
Virginia Polytechnic Institute Agricultural Economics Department
U. S
United States
Virginia
Ortega
Ortego
Slime Mold Appears After Wet Weather On Lawns
Slime mold may appear on lawns after wet springs and early summers. S. B. Fenne of Virginia Tech notes gray splotches 4 to 8 inches across can form, turning dark brown, with dark spores emitted when disturbed. The fungus thrives on decaying matter, but is not parasitic and causes no lasting damage. Control measures are unnecessary as the disease clears up in normal weather.
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S. B. Fenne
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg
Christmas tree pruning demo and egg grading meetings planned
County Agent R E Harbert announces a pruning demonstration on Howard St Clair's farm near Augusta Addition Princeton to run Friday June 21 from 2 to 4 p.m. Carl Hardin WVU extension specialist leads the session. An egg grading and poultry discussion will follow June 20 at 7:30 p.m. at the Memorial Building in Princeton with Ted Hash assisting.
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Howard St. Clair
Ingleside
Augusta
Princeton
Carl Hardin
West Virginia University
Memorial Building
Ted Hash
New Apple Grading Plans Under Study
Virginia Tech researchers propose sampling improvements that reduce maximum error to under 5 percent in 95 percent confidence for field crates bulk bins and processing line loads. The new method aims for precise size and defect measurements with minimal cost increase, enabling fair pricing and improved processing efficiency as producers shift to higher quality apples.
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Fire blight a major trouble maker in home orchards
Plant pathologist S B Fenne of Virginia Tech warns fire blight infects apples pears and ornamentals across Virginia and can kill medium trees if untreated. Remove blighted twigs by hand or sanitize tools and in commercial orchards spray during bloom with streptomycin sulfate to control the disease.
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S. B. Fenne
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Fenne
Virginia
Face Fly Research Being Continued
Research on controlling the face fly, a new pest for beef and dairy cattle in Virginia, continues at Virginia Tech led by Entomologist Dr. E C Turner. Economic methods for dairy herds are available locally, but two years of trials show medicated mineral salt reduces larvae in manure yet does not stop adults from biting cattle.
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Virginia
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
E. C. Turner
State Meet Set At Camp Caesar
State Conservation Camp will be held at Camp Caesar in Webster County from June 10 to 15, 1963. Mercer County will send two Four-H boys. Henry Friedl wins a scholarship to attend the training conference. Raymond Bowen is sponsored by the State Four-H Foundation in Morgantown. The group travels with R. J. Mullins. Lowell McPherson will return the members home June 15.
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Camp Caesar
Webster County
Clifton Dotson
Mercer County
Henry Friedl
Athens Athenian
Princeton Periwinkle Garden Club
Raymond Bowen
State Four-H Foundation
Morgantown
R. J. Mullins
Rural resilience hinges on farming under radioactive conditions
National security depends on rural workers resuming food and fiber production after an emergency. Farmers must learn to farm under radioactive conditions as they already handle hail flood cold insects and disease.
Grass Studies Aiding Farmer
Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station reports on millets and sudangrasses. Sudangrass and sudangrass sorghum hybrids show fast seedling growth and early grazing, while pearl millet recovers after cutting and avoids prussic acid. Disease resistance varies. Sahil hybrid exceptional for vigor and yield. New hybrids offer high potential but stem size and hay quality vary. Virginia Tech recommends Green Leaf Piper and Sudan SXII1. common and sweet sudans are not advised due to poor yields and disease susceptibility.
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Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station
Virginia
Potts
Wythe Man Among Three Honored by DHIA Awards
Three veteran Dairy Herd Improvement Association supervisors in Virginia were honored for promoting efficient DHIA production. J Hartsel Hawkins of Culpeper won first place with a $7 check and plaque, Warren Rhodes of Roanoke took second with a plaque and $50, and Edward Deilde of Wytheville earned third with a $25 check.
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Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Virginia
J. Hartsel Hawkins
Culpeper
Warren Rhodes
Roanoke
Edward Deilde
Wytheville
World Wheat Trade Rises Sharply Over Ten Years
World wheat exports climbed from an average 948 million bushels in 1950 51 to a record 1702 million in 1961 62. Drivers include higher consumer demand and weather shocks, with US aid programs and carryover stocks bolstering trade. Projections suggest demand rising to about 9.2 9.5 billion bushels by 1986 while production keeps pace to meet needs.
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Europe
Asia
North
Africa
Japan
Canada
United States
W. S
U. S
Exonomic Research Service
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Cross-Breeding Improves Calf Births Weaning Weights
Virginia Tech station experiment from 1958 to 1962 with 120 cows of Angus Hereford and Shorthorn stock shows crossbred calves yield higher birth and weaning rates and faster growth than straight-bred. Five calf crops were produced across five years with crossbreeding achieving about 90 percent calves born alive and 87 percent weaned per cow bred compared with 82 percent born alive and 76 percent weaned for straight-bred calves.
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Agricultural Experiment Stations
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Steeles Tavern
Richlands Fair and Stock Show to Open June 17
Richlands in Tazewell County Va prepares for the official county fair expected to draw thousands. The event runs June 17 to 22 at Richlands High School and nearby sites with merchant, Home Maker, Four H, flower, and livestock exhibits, plus a guest banquet by W C Daniel of Danville on June 20.
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Richlands
Tazewell County
Tazewell County Fair
W. R. Williams
W. C. Daniel
Danville
Richlands High School
Richlands Kiwanians
Lions
Chamber of Commerce
Virginia
New
National Guard
Richlands Women’s Club
Peterson's Ointment Promises Fast Pile Relief
Advertising copy touts Peterson's Ointment as a quick cure for the torture of piles with a cooling astringent formula. It claims relief from itching and offers box 60 cents or applicator tube 85 cents with a money back guarantee.
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Peterson
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