Forestry Commission Plans 4 Woodlot Tours
The Forestry Commission and Rural Community Development Council approve four woodlot tours in Fayelte Mercer Summers and Raleigh counties before Nov 1. The plan follows a committee study redefining educational aims and highlighting forestry education as the chief challenge. Twelve selective demonstration areas were set as a 1949 goal. three have improvements already established on Baker Grandview Worley Coutts farms with Lyons assisting.
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Fayelte
Mercer
Summers
Raleigh
Forestry Commission
Rural Community Development Council
Commission
A. B. Lyong
J. G. Baker
Oak Hill
J. W. Worley
Grandview
Harlan Coutts
Greenvalley
Lyons
Frank Halstead
New River Company Forester
Fayette
H. M. Hart
R. W. Basham
Streeter
John H. Myers
Halstead
State Division of Forestry
Hare
Ground Up Shows Farm Bureau Delegates Share Community Labor
In Jackson's Mill the Older Rural Youth committee organized recreation for convention delegates. C L Harvey of Egeria volunteered as an assistant and sewed a patch on his pants during a playful moment. Farm Bureau delegates sampled roast beef as regional farmers in the Southern Soil Conservation District discuss conservation plans. The district covers four counties with 900000 acres of forest and 230000 acres in woodlands.
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State Farm Bureau
Jackson's Mill
C. L. Harvey
Egeria
Harvey
Farm Bureau
Southern Soil Conservation District
U. S. Soil Conservation Service
LDS
SCS
The
Soil Conservation Service
Hinston
Princeton
Fayetteville
Beckley
Fayette
Jackson’s Mill
June Whitt
Smilers
John L. Holliday
Fayette Farm Bureau
Jack Christian
Lansing
Dennis McClucheon
Holliday
Mill
Register Farm
Truck Farms Use Portable Irrigation System in Ohio and New York
In southern Ohio the Lick Run area and Long Island Nassau County potato and rock farming regions rely on portable irrigation to conserve water. Ponds supply farm irrigation with 20 foot four inch pipe sections and threadless joints. Farmers report easy handling and drought crop savings, while others without irrigation face heavy losses.
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Lick Run
Ohio
Long Island
Nassau County
Decline in puliorum reactors lowers chick mortality
In Morgantown West Virginia Byron W Moore of West Virginia University reports that fewer puliorum reactors in breeder flocks have reduced the death rate of baby chicks. Moore heads the National Poultry Improvement Plan efforts in the state.
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Associated Press
Morgantown
West Virginia
Byron W. Moore
Moore
Wast Virginia University
National Poultry Improvement
Use of Parathion Calls for Caution
Parathion, a new insecticide, can be dangerous, the Agricultural Experiment Station reports. Field operators who use this organic phosphate material in spray or dust should note the protective precautions stated on the package, the station warns. Severe poisoning by parathion could cause death. Case reports indicate the importance of proper treatment without delay. A physician should be called at the first sign of illness.
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Agricultural Experiment Station
4-H Incentives Total 380000 Reach 4-H Members
4-H boys and girls with outstanding records will receive 380000 in 4-H incentives this year. Awards range from county medals to college scholarships, arranged by the National Committee on Boys and Girls Club Work and supervised by the Cooperative Extension Service. About 1800000 members in 80000 4-H clubs across 46 states Alaska Hawaii and Puerto Rico are eligible. The National Jer Club Congress in Chicago November 27 to December 1 will climax the year, with 1300 members expected to attend and receive recognition. National winners will be eligible for scholarships totaling 40000, plus cash prizes and other benefits totaling nearly 30000.
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National Committee On Boys and Girls Club
G. L Moble
Cooperative Extension Service
States
Alaska
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Chicago
Noble
Baltimore Produce and Poultry Market Report
Prices for apples and potatoes show small gains and mixed demand. Potatoes, cobblers and US1s vary by size with limited availability, while poultry arrivals are moderate and steady with mixed weights and grades listed.
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Associated Press
USI
U.S
N.C
Maryland
Butler
Declining Pork Market Prompt Farmers to Spread Hog Sales
Washington AP staff writer notes a new Agriculture Department price support provision aims to smooth hog price swings by rewarding farmers who spread farrowing over the year. The plan sets higher guarantees in Off-peak selling seasons to curb market gluts and raise average prices for both farmers and consumers.
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Ovid A. Martin
Washington
Agriculture Department
Standard
Meat Production Declines in State in June
State meat production for June totaled 4.5 million pounds from 21,100 head slaughtered, down 12 percent from May 1949 and 6 percent from June last year. Cattle and hog slaughter fell vs 1948 while sheep and lambs rose slightly. national production in commercial plants reached 1,570 million pounds, up 4 percent from May but down 7 percent from June 1948.
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Federal State Crop Reporting Service
Bozoo Farmer's Dam Holds After Heavy Rainfall
Four and a half inches of rain fell in under three hours at Bozoo on Monday, per the U.S. Soil Conservation Service, while Peterstown recorded no rain. J R Kealley said it was the heaviest flood he has seen in 19 years. Water filled the Keatley pond and flowed over the spillway for the first time, but the dam remained intact.
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Bozoo
U. S. Soil Conservation Service
Peterstown
J. R. Kealley
Keatley Pond
Shackelford Studies Tupelo Rural Program Progress
Raleigh Register reports Charles T. Shackelford, director of Beckley area Rural Community Development, studied Tupelo Mississippi and Doane Agricultural Service plans. He outlined five commissions, noted active poultry, dairies and markets, and cited a large local turnout. The piece covers screwworm warning and corn crop conditions in West Virginia.
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Raleigh Register
Beckley
W. Va
Shackelford Studies Progress of
Tupelo
Miss
Tupelo, Miss
Charles T. Shackelford
Shackelford
Ure Beckley Area
Doane Agricultural Service
St. Louis
Tugelo
Tupeto
Shackel‘ford
Morris McGough
McGough
Commissons
Savings and Investment Commission
Daley
1918 Winner Repeats In Chicken Contest
John E. Weidlich of Roanoke, Lewis County, repeats as top winner in the state Chicken of Tomorrow contest. His broad-breasted New Hampshire flock placed seventh nationally last year. Earl D. Hammond Jr. of Parkersburg won the junior division and finished second to Weidlich in the breeder group. Weidlich’s son Robert Weldlich won first in the adult non breeder class.
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Associated Press
Moorefield
John E. Weidlich
Roanoke
Lewis County
Weidlich
New
Robert ‘Weldlich
Grain Market Opens Softer on Small Seller Pressure
CHICAGO Grains opened softer on the Board of Trade as small commission houses and professionals sold amid weak demand. Soybeans held firm while futures for Wheat and Corn showed declines. Opening prices for Wheat and Corn across several contracts are listed with mixed directions amid a cautious start to trading.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Board of Trade Today
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Emery Winston
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Jack Tillinghast
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Daniel Webster
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Athens
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