4 H Programs Highlight Dairy Bread Dress Revue Progress
Four H clubs across the county push dairy foods and bread baking demos led by Clarence Wooten. State winners in dairy and bread earn prizes including trips to Chicago and U S savings bonds. Dress revue work develops sewing, styling, poise, and leadership with Simplicity Pattern Co awards. County winners receive medals of honor. enrollment info from local leaders or the Extension office.
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Clarence Wooten
Raleigh County
Dairy Foods
Chicago
Carfalion Co
Standard Brands, Inc
Simplicity Pattern Co
Farm Club opens civil defense workshop in Beckley
Raleigh County Farm Women's Club plans a full day civil defense workshop on April 29 with nine condensed courses color coded red blue yellow brown and green. Each club must send at least five representatives to cover all five classes led by Nancy Boyd. Reservations to Miss Madge Richardson in Beckley include participant names and chosen classes.
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Raleigh County Farm Women's Club
Nancy Boyd
Beckley
The
Morial
West Virginia
Madge Richardson
Bair Building
Public Forest Projects Studied by Beckley Panel
A Forestry Commission committee from the Beckley Area Rural Development Council will study community public woods for city residents. Members M F Barksdale C T Shackelford Charles Hodel and Carl Lucas will review reports from communities with successful public woods and coordinate local plans for the West Virginia Conference on Water and Related Resources in Beckley this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forestry Commission
Beckley Area
Control Measures For Moles Released
Moles in the lawn cause unsightly tunnels and ridges, reducing food for other wildlife. Agriculture agent H B Thomas recommends chlordane applied as a thin soil layer when dry to target earthworms grubs and insects the moles feed on. Management aims to cover ground thoroughly and extend along runways to curb damage.
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H.B. Thomas
Raleigh
Thomas
Thomas Joften
District Fire Records Report Weekly Totals
Four counties ended the week with no new fires in District Four while Mc Dowell County led with seven fires burning over 70 acres. Wyoming and Fayette each reported multiple fires with total acreages of 15 and 10 acres respectively. Since March 1 eight counties have logged 63 fires burning 890.75 acres with weekend activity in Fayette Mercer McDowell and Wyoming at specific locations.
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Carl Lucas
Forester
Raleigh
Summers
Monroe
Greenbrier
McDowell County
Wyoming
Mercer
Fayette County
Fayette
Craig Fork
Stony Ridge
McDowell
Adkin
Turnhole Branch
David Branch
South Is Fastest Growing Market in U S Food Picture
Specialists from the Agricultural Extension Service at West Virginia University and a nationwide USDA survey find the South hosts the fastest growing food markets. Rising urban incomes and greater access to modern markets push higher food expenditures, while city families buy more processed foods than farm families.
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South
U.S
Agricultural Extension Service
West Virginia University
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Texas
Delaware
West Virginia
U. S
USDA
Ueda
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Hotpoint
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CLARK
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Howard Avenue
Mullens
Iris Friedricnsen Blatt
Betten
Wisconsin
Joseph diCarlo
Ona
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