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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1950
Page
13
August 21 26 1950 prize totals at the State Fair of West Virginia surpass prior years with more than 40000 in gains for successful exhibitors and horse owners. Livestock shows plus youth programs see boosted purses, including 17500 for the livestock show and 10000 for harness and running races.
The fair features 23 classes over Monday to Wednesday with boys and girls on ponies and adult riders. Four trophies and cash prizes totaling 2345 dollars are up for grabs across five championship stakes, including gaited, hunter, Tennessee walking and three gaited divisions.
The four day program lists ten harness events and five for amateurs with races scheduled Tuesday through Friday featuring pacing and trotting events with purses from 750 to 950 dollars. Saturday highlights non thoroughbred running, ponies and mules in novelty and mixed gait events.
Sixteen descendants of Holstein matriarch Adella, alive at 21, form a high-producing Michigan herd. Adella has raised 18 calves, with 2 heifers among them. Owners Jack Chamberlain and Sons hope for another calf as Adella’s lineage averages 518 pounds of butterfat per cow last year. An Adella daughter produced 690 pounds. Adella herself averaged 500 pounds fat over 10 DHIA years. Two sons serve at the Michigan Artificial Breeders' Cooperative.
Mrs. Fay Ingalls operates Hobby Horse and Lowland farms totaling 677 acres in Virginia. She bred Shorthorn cattle and raised racehorses to balance income across cycles, integrating soil improvement under PMA directives. She plans to show Shorthorn cattle at the State Fair and has historically bred draft horses and Dalmatians since 1904.
Thermopane glass panels, two sheets sealed with air removed, insulate while letting sun heat through. Used in trains and show windows, resist frosting and save heat, though cost is higher. New cheaper glass grade tested by an agricultural engineer in barns, poultry houses, greenhouses, and other farm buildings.
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