Poultry Commission Re-elects Snider and Plans Moorefield Tour
The Rural Development Council Poultry Commission re-elected E. O. Snider of Beckley as chairman for a third term with Howard Ellis as vice chairman. Rob ert H. Ashe and J. Larrick were named secretary and treasurer, respectively, and Larrick will chair a promotion push for regional poultry and eggs. A Moorefield inspection tour is planned early next month as part of efforts to expand broiler production in Raleigh and Fayette counties, with incentives from Peerless Poultry and Egg Co. to boost quality broilers. Preliminary plans for the New River Poultry Expo in its third year were set for this month.
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Poultry Commission
The
Rural Development Council
E. O. Snider
Beckley
Appalachian Electric Power Co
Howard Ellis
Shany Spring
Robert H. Ashe
Fayetteville
Larrick
Snider
New River
Raleigh
Fayette
E. C. Snider
Fayette County
S. J. Crouse
L. P. Sorenson
Peerless Poultry and Egg Co
Moorefield
Commission
Yellows Resistant Cabbage Varieties and Maggot Guards
An agricultural note advises planting yellows resistant cabbage varieties such as Marion Market and Wisconsin lines to combat leaf yellow disease caused by soil fungi. It also describes cabbage maggots, their life cycle, and suggests making four inch tar paper guards around seedlings to deter maggot infestation.
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Dean Halliday
Marion Market
Wisconsin
Copenhagen
Golden Acre
Spacing Boosts Bush Bean Yield In Garden Trials
Tests at West Virginia University Agricultural Experiment Station show spacing significantly affects bush bean yields. Using Greenpool beans, trials compared one plant per two inches, three plants per hill six inches apart, one plant per four inches, and four plants per hill one foot apart. First pick showed spacing differences. second pick did not.
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W.V.U. Agricultural Experiment Station
West Virginia
State's Forests Should Earn More, Forest Service Chief Tells Kilgore
Forest Service Chief Lyle Watts told Senator Harley Kilgore that West Virginia's forests should generate more revenue. He cited 13 farm foresters, 2 million trees planted yearly, and 70 percent of state timber in small holdings, noting a farmer who earned $900 from 25 acres after forester guidance.
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Forest Service
Kilgore
Washington
West Virginia
Harley M. Kilgore
Beckley
J. W. Va
Lyle F. Watts
U. S. Forest Service
Watts
Lesage
Parsons
West
Monongahela National Forest
National Forest
Rural Development Activities This Week Report
Thursday meeting of the Board of Supervisors at the Southern Ioil Conservation District courthouse Beckley WA with Keatley and Bozoo as chairs. Friday RDC meeting in Beckley room 10 Memorial Bldg chaired by J W Meyer. April 16 Forestry Commission 1 30 p m Memorial Bldg Beckley Ralph R Kemper Fayetteville chair. Poultry Commission 730 p m Appalachian Electric Power Co auditorium Snider chair. April 17 Rural Development Council 730 p m county court room Beckley Paul B Earwood president Mrs C R Cottle chair.
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Board of Supervisors
Southern Ioil Conservation District
Beckley
Keatley
Bozoo
Raleigh Pinners Council
James Lowry
Sophia
Savings and Investment Commission
RDC
Memorial Bldg
J. W. Meyer
Forestry Commission
Ralph R. Kemper
Fayetteville
Poultry Commission
Appalachian Electric Power Co
Snider
Rural Development Council
County Court Room
Paul B. Earwood
Dempsey Rural Life Conference
C. R.cottle
Poultry Prices Rise in Broiler Markets Across Regions
Poultry market report shows price increases late last week in commercial broiler areas. Fryers and broilers quoted at 33, hens heavy 34, light 30, roosters 15 at Peerless Poultry and Erg Co Beckley. Eggs current receipts 41. Shenandoah Valley pickup Monday for broilers 30-31 heavy hens 32-33. Delmarva broilers and fryers across weights 29-30.
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Peerless Poultry and Erg Co
Beckley
Rural Development Council
Shenandoah Valley
Delmarva
West Virginia University Wins Holstein Breeders Award
Morgantown WV university earns the Progressive Breeders Award from the Holstein-Friesian Association of America for the fifth straight year. The honor is described by the association as the highest recognition for a breeder of registered Holstein-Friesian cattle.
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WVU
Associated Press
Morgantown
West Virgin
As University
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Farm Briefs and Wool Pool Totals Highlight Rural Report
Reappointment of Dr. HB Bennett to lead the U S Soil Conservation Service is announced by President Truman as he nears 70. Kilgore will interview Bennett on a Saturday radio program. Wildlife demonstrations run today and tomorrow on three Raleigh County farms under T R Samsell. Wool pool in Roane County totals 3 273 fleeces, up 231 from 1950, with 127 producers versus 116 last year. Meeces go to West Virginia Wool Marketing Association for sale through the national pool.
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HB. H. Bennett
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
Truman
Bennett
Department of Agriculture
Harley M. Kilgore
Raleigh County
T. R. Samsell
Aisteid
A. N. Ennisfarra
Grandview
Shady Spring
Eugene Jarrell
Cherry Creek
Woodrow Wilson Vo-Ag
Franklin Lilly Farm
Cool Ridge
Strattion Vo-Ag
Samsell
Associated Press
Spencer
Roane County
Herb Riggle
West Virginia Wool Marketing Association
National Wool Pool
Dairy Price Supports Increase for 1931 Year
Morgantown reports price supports for dairy products will rise in 1931 to spur milk production for civilian and defense needs. The milk support will be $3.60 per hundredweight at 3.95 percent butterfat while butterfat support rises to 67.6 cents per pound, up from 1950 levels of $3.07 and 80 cents respectively.
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Associated Press
Morgantown
Ward Wood
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