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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1960
Page
6
The article warns bean beetles threaten crops and urges early spraying or dusting weekly or every 10 days. It recommends a mix of Malathion and Methoxychlor with water and notes Sev in as a new, highly recommended material that may need only two applications to control beetles all season.
Alfred Land showcases a new Fiberglas luggage line touted as the strongest material known. The moulded high fashion case retails at 20 dollars with zero down and one dollar weekly payments under Land's terms.
Two Tazewell County 4-H seniors Barbara Corell and Tommy Mustard attended the fifth annual 4-H Regional Resource Development Conference at Fontana Village in western North Carolina. About 300 youths from seven TVA states explored atmosphere soils minerals wildlife forestry water and human resources while engaging in study groups and a Fontana Dam tour, with recreational activities like square dancing hikes swimming horseback riding and games.
Virginia officials announced no quarantine for out-of-state horse shipments to curb eastern viral encephalitis spread. The virus is carried by mosquitoes from infected birds and affects horses pheasants and occasionally people. Encephalitis causes fever and nervous symptoms and peaks in summer with eastern and western forms.
The 10th annual West Virginia Stud Ram and Ewe Show and Sale will be held in Petersburg on July 89 at the Tri-County Fairgrounds. Ben Wamsley Jr. from West Virginia University notes 41 stud rams and 31 ewes of various breeds will compete with ribbons and cash awards for winners.
More than 1200 Virginia high school students and vocational instructors arrive at Virginia Tech for the 34th Virginia FFA meet. About 275 teams from 175 chapters compete in livestock dairy poultry crops public speaking and tractor contests to qualify for national events and the state fair. Virginia Tech President Dr. Walter S. Newman will welcome attendees at Burruss Hall. Frank Thomas of Salem presides with officers Cecil Wright Wayne Moon and six vice presidents.
County agent reports strong calf enrollments for the Regional Feeder Calf Sale at the State Fair grounds near Lewisburg on September 27 28 totaling 256 to date. Farmers listed include Laurel Valley Farm Sherman Wyatt FE Johnston John A Scott John Surface Hugh Gooch Jr George Surface James Hedrick Dr C E Lane C Christian I F Jennings and Fred Ball. Also notes a twilight meeting of the West Virginia Holstein Friesian Association Southern District June 20 at Pinecrest Dairy Farm Beckley with Dr I D Porterfield and Jack Kramer. Also mentions strawberry harvest success and Mercer County wool pool with 84 sheepmen delivering 11243 lbs of wool to Woolen Mills via West Virginia Wool Marketing program. A pruning demonstration is set for June 23 at Delbert Smiths farm. A good ventilation system in the milk house is advised to cut cooling costs.
The Stuart Land & Cattle Company herd posted the county’s highest May butterfat average at 49.0 pounds from 1340 pounds of milk testing 3.7 percent. W. G. Smith followed with 45.9 pounds from 1207 pounds of milk at 3.8 percent, and Gilmer Brothers were third with 39.1 pounds from 1057 pounds at 3.7 percent. The top three cows belonged to Stuart Land & Cattle Company, yielding 100, 94, and 90 pounds of fat respectively.
A Virginia report by James C. St Clair shows 11 500 acres of trees planted or contracted in conservation reserves nationwide in 1959. One third of plantings were on about 700 000 cropland acres enrolled in Soil Bank. In Tazewell County 9 conservation reserve contracts were active.
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