Keep Records Key for Farmers Says Extension Agent
Robert S. Boal of West Virginia University urges farmers to keep complete records for the year to track gains and losses, tax reporting, insurance, loans, fertilizer claims, and compliance with conservation programs. The Agricultural Extension Service offers a free Farm Account Book with a year‑long use commitment, confidential handling, and optional year-end analysis by WVU economists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert S. Boal
College of Agriseeks
West Virginia University
Mr. Boal
Boal
Agricultural Extension Service
West Virginia
Morgantown
Department of Agricultural Ficonomies
Keep poultry houses dry to cut chick diseases
West Virginia college warned that moisture breeds poultry diseases. Maintain dry houses with tight roofs and walls, proper ventilation, absorbent litter, and avoid overcrowding to reduce losses from disease. Use wire frames for water and replace wet litter promptly.
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T. Wightman
West Virginia College of Agriculture
Wightman
Typical Housewife Leads Beadle County Farm Plan Effort
Mrs Phillip J Crowlie of Huron South Dakota named by the OPA as a representative for American women in policy making brings a hands on approach to farm labor and food conservation. She led a Beadle county community effort that mobilized 600 women to produce food, spawning a statewide plan. She balances family life with public service and believes practical experience shapes policy.
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Margaret Kernodle
Washington
O.P.A
Phillip J. Crowlie
Huron
South Dakota
Beadle
Prentiss Brown
Rec
Ems
Crowlie
John
Roderick
U. S Army
Fort Knox
Mary Jane
Sioux Falls
Conserva
English Land Army
A.A.A
Farr Security Administration
U.S. Employment Service
Beadle County
Department of Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
Wickard
Usda War Boards
Expert advises pasture recovery after harsh winters
West Virginia agricultural expert E. J. Wellhausen warns that severe winter killing damaged alfalfa, winter wheat, and barley. He outlines recovery strategies with emergency hay crops like oats soybeans and Sudan grass and recommends specific seeding rates and combinations for resilient regrowth.
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E. J. Wellhauden
West Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station
Sudan
Government Wheat Available for West Virginia Farmers
Government owned wheat for livestock feed is now available in West Virginia. J Ward Wood says the program adds 100 million bushels to sales to ease feed shortages as 1943 production aims rise. Price is 1.04 to 1.06 dollars per bushel delivered. orders limited to three months supply plus on hand.
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West Virginia
J. Ward Wood
Pine
War Board
West Virginian
Congress
Roosevelt
Mr. Wood
Farmers to Make Their Own Reports for Wartime Needs
West Virginia farmers and others will self report their performance under the agricultural conservation program. J Ward Wood says the new system saves man hours and travel by eliminating farm visits. Farmers will record war crop acreages and production practices, with coordinators aiding in form preparation.
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West Virginia
J. Ward Wood
A.A.A
AAA
Mr. Worf
Wood
License Sought for Cecil Hutchinson to Wed Icie Mae Jennings
Cecil Hutchinson aged 21 of Kilsyth has applied for a license to wed Icie Mae Jennings, per county clerk records.
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Cecil] Hutchinson
Kilsyth
Icie Mae Jennings
Columbia Crew Plans Four Regattas This Spring
The Columbia varsity crew will run a curtailed schedule of four regattas this spring. Columbia meets Rutgers and Princeton on April 17 in New Brunswick, Navy on April 24, and Rutgers on May 1. The team competes in the Childs Cup on May 8 at Annapolis.
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Associated Press
New York
Columbia
Edward §. Elliott
Rutgers
Princeton
New Brunswick
Navy
Annapolis
Navy enlistment prospects for Kenneth Rollan Medley
Kenneth Rollan Medley from Prosperity has completed the focal examination for enlistment in naval training. He will report to Huntington for final examination after acceptance papers are returned to the focal recruiting station.
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Kenneth Rollan Medley
Prosperity
Focal
Huntington
Poet James Larkin Pearson’s Fifty Acres Reclaimed by Time
A Boomer North Carolina profile recalls poet Pearson born 1879 on Berry Mountain Wilkes County. He lived on fifty acres near Boomer turning to verse about simple farm life while composing young on the hillside. He later moved cityward but remains known as the states poet laureate to many readers.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
James Larkin Pearson
Tar Heel
Peason
Robert Burny
America
Homer
Pearson
Berry's
William Thomas
Mary Tower Pearson
Minhead
Berry's Mountain
Wilkes County
Punkin
Blue Ridge
Vimes
Pioneer
Parsonville
John Crouch
Carpenters Trade
Jefferson
Ashe County
Republican Patriot
Yellow Jacket
Moravian Falls
Cora Walhiee
Peurson
Fool Killer
Morevian Falls
Fifty Acres Af Boomer
State Farm Budget Cuts Hit West Virginia University Agriculture Station
The West Virginia legislature approved a two year budget totaling 135 750 for the West Virginia University agricultural experiment station starting July 1 1943. Personal services drop from 86 620 to 80 000 while current expenses fall to 18 000 though new funds add an autonomy farm for Morgantown expansion and support for Remann Memorial Farm and Kearneysville station. Dr C R Orton warns that reduced spending will curb essential farmer directed research.
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West Virginia
Agricultural Experiment Station
West Virginia University
C. R. Orton
Villege of Agriculture
Morgantown
Remann
Warcansville
University Experiment Farm
Kearneysville
University
Orton
Simple Essentials Of Poultry Culture For Backyards
Backyard poultry guidance from J R Smith WVU extension stresses careful feeding housing and management to boost meat and egg production. Start with about 12 hens for a four person family with three times as many chicks, recommended breeds include New Hampshire Barred Rocks White Rocks and Rhode Island Reds. Provide ample space avoid crowding use brooding setups or improvised methods and ensure warm temperatures clean water and proper food from hatch to laying age.
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West Virginia
J. R. Smith
West Virginia University
West Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station
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