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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1962
Page
10
U S Department of Agriculture scientists in Puerto Rico are enhancing a wild African plant that contains rotenone in its leaves to establish a domestic source of this natural insecticide.
A state tile ditching machine has been at three area farms this week laying about 2,000 feet of tile daily. The $15,000 machine, with an 8 1 2 foot ditching wheel and three to four operators, digs two to three feet in Raleigh County and will move to Wyoming County. Albert E. Beaty designed the system and Walter Patton supervised the work, aimed at draining wet ground to protect crops and improve pasture.
The 26th annual National Home Demonstration Council meeting drew over 7,000 women from 40 states to the University of Kentucky campus last week. West Virginia sent 26 delegates led by Gertrude Humphreys with speakers including Dr. Frank G. Dickey and Eunice Heywood.
John S Phillips muses on walking from Fairview and weather quips while thanking A J Stone for a Quarter Horse feature and praising 4-H steer photos. He notes retired DNR officer Berker’s return, recalls Greenbrier State Park, and muses about future poems and rhymes in the Centennial Poetry Committee context.
Robert E Hicks reports on an experimental egg auction market at Weston designed to stabilize egg sales with contracts and a penalty for noncompliance. The RDC will discuss selling the idea to area producers and grants permission for Howard St Clair to use the Land-O-Hills seal once quality and local production requirements are met.
The Entomological Society of America estimates 225 million pounds of insecticides used annually across 48 states on about 4.62 percent of 1.93 billion acres. Cropland treated totals 165 million pounds, with little forest or grassland chemical use. A cereal leaf beetle outbreak threatens oats and corn in Michigan and Indiana, while New Jersey and Detroit ports intercepted the pest. Federal purchases for School Lunch include canned tomatoes, frozen beef, poultry, beans, and dairy. Frozen stock on Aug 1 reached 207 million pounds across turkeys, broilers, hens, and ducks.
The third annual Southeastern Feed Production School will be held September 23 to 25 at the Center for Continuing Education in Athens Georgia. Sponsored by the Southeastern Poultry and Egg Association, the program features top industry staff and practical topics for mill operators managers and foremen. Registration is 50 dollars per person and space is limited.
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