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Agricultural Revival in the Mountain State Gains Momentum
West Virginia shifts from coal to farming as UMVA and two regional councils push agricultural growth. business interests back farmer aid through marketing, markets like Parkersburg, and the Beckley Rural Development Council backed by a $12,000 yearly budget. Leaders include A. C. Spurr and E. T. Stromp, with Doane Agricultural Service studies guiding the plan.
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Ben Rhodes
Mountain State
West Virginia
Piqneer
Upper Monongahela Valley Association
UMVA
A. C. Spurr
Fairmont
Monongahela Power Co
Little Kanawha Valley
Beckley
UMWA
Little Kanawha
Ripley
Lattis Simmons
Parkersburg
America
Trucy D. Morse
Doane Agricultural Service
Beckley Area Rural Development Council
RDC
Morse
E. T. Stromip
Beckley Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Promply
Doane Agricultural Service of
St. Louis
Stromp
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
Poultry Commission
Beckley Area