Choosing Moving Firms With Careful Consideration
Moving requires written estimates from several companies and careful inspection of belongings. Compare weight distance and packing charges but beware underestimation of shipping costs. sort and discard items to cut costs. ensure insurance for nonvaluables. note complaints and request final reweighing if weight seems excessive. The Appalachia Educational Laboratory outlines a rural preschool program trial and critiques broad kindergarten expansion.
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Appalachian Educational Laboratory
Benjamine Carmichael
AEL
Appalachia
Truthful labels and GED test options highlighted
USDA label rules limit imprecise wording and require details like calorie content and serving size. Hard to peel eggs when too fresh. GED testing offered at 31 WV centers for those out of school 19 or older, with five subject areas and $5 cost.
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West Virginia
Registrar of
Bluefield State College
Board of Education
Air Photos Aids Farmers and Other Users in 1968 Prints
ASCS aerial photos serve farmers as a tool for self certification and crop acreages. They are also ordered by municipal leaders, timber firms, real estate professionals, bankers, and railroads for planning, land use, and asset assessment. In 1968 orders reached 900,494 prints costing buyers about 1.21 million dollars. Local counties handle inquiries for more information.
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ASCS
Henry Buchanan
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County Committee
Bedding plants guidance for seasonal gardening
West Virginia university extension specialist Clifford Collier offers tips for buying bedding plants. Choose green nonblooming stock, ensure loamy well drained soil, water deeply, and apply light nitrogen fertilizer after flowering begins. Consult county extension agents for Bulletins 114 and 91 for more on perennials and annuals.
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Mountain State
Clifford W. Collier, Jr
West Virginia University
Appalachian Center
Collier
West Virginia University County
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Nonfat Dry Milk Cuts Weekly Milk Costs
A family using 21 quarts of milk weekly saves over $3 by using nonfat dry milk instead of home delivered whole milk. The product provides all nutritive elements except vitamins A and D and has about half the calories.
Lawn Seeding Tips and Pesticide Safety Advice
Homeowners are urged not to seed bluegrass until fall unless irrigation keeps seedlings moist. Alternatives include fall seeding or temporary ryegrass now. Early September is ideal for a new lawn to develop roots before winter. Pesticide safety reminders warn against indoor mixing, smoking, and wind drift. Wear masks in dusty spray, wash hands, and follow label directions. Firefighters face danger from stored pesticides in fires.
Greenhouse Crops May Benefit By Carbon Dioxide
Greenhouse crops may benefit from higher carbon dioxide levels, according to Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station director S H Wittner. He reported findings at an American Society of Agricultural Engineers meeting in Logan Utah. Generating equipment and dry ice can raise greenhouse CO2 and additional research could lead to engineered growth structures that control CO2 as a nutrient variable.
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Blacksburg
Michigan
S. H. Wittner
Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station
American Society of Agricultural Engineers
Logan
Utah
Virginia Tech
Delayed Action Vodka Reported by Soviets
The Soviet Union boasts a new vodka brand Semeynaya with delayed action to appear in Russian liquor stores. Atlas magazine says it is suited for home and family use, letting the head of the household drink several hours later, giving children time for homework and sleep.
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New York
Atlas
Moscow
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Carmichael
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Tennessee Valley Authority
Fontana Village
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Edwin Pruett
Sarah Bowling
Department OF Agriculture
Margaret M. Meador
United States Department of Agriculture
Ened
Consumer and Marketing Service
Meador
Appalachian Power Company P. O
Roanoke
Appalachian Power CO
Binfield Baily Telegraph
Richard H. Cutlip
McNeil Marshall
Delayed Action Vodka
AEPCO
Princeton
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