Sugar Curing Home Meat Supply Directions
Instructions from West Virginia University on home sugar curing of pork products for a reliable meat supply. Details cover curing mix of salt sugar and saltpeter, quantities per ham weight, rubbing, folding, and multi week aging, with temperature guidance 36 to 40 degrees F and drying times for hams shoulders bellies and bacon.
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Jon Emech
West Virginia University
Emeh
Akan
Clive
Jean
Kmeh
WVU Studies Legumes and Grasses in Raleigh County Trials
West Virginia University Agricultural Experiment Station analyzes summer field trials of alfalfa and grasses in Raleigh County and surrounding areas. Data cover yields and mineral content for alfalfa varieties Narragansett and Williamsburgh, legume and grass mixtures, soil nutrient uptake, and the performance of ladino clover amid winter kill.
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Raleigh
West Virginia “University
Agricultural Experiment Station
University Agronomics
Narragansett
Williansburg
Williamshuecg
Grinattalta
Williamsburg
Wilamsbirg
Seed mixtures and alfalfa yields in Point Pleasant plots
Seed variety notes from Point Pleasant and Narragansett show Italian and Viking birdsfoot trefoil, red clover, and Nar ragansett alfalfa producing top yields. Orchardgrass and brome varieties also high, with guidance to read seed bags for variety names.
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Pels
Lincoln
Point Pleas
Ant
Narragansett
Whitowa
Sore. Courtey
4 H Officers Training School Set Saturday
Four officers from over 30 clubs in Raleigh County are invited to attend the Annual Club Officers Training School at Beckley Junior High School. County leaders say attendance will earn credit toward club projects and annual activities. Registration starts at 1 pm followed by instructional sessions on offices and duties led by Wooten and instructors from the Raleigh County 4 H Leaders Association.
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Raleigh County
Pale
Becktey
Clars
Thee Wooten
Dre
Beckley Junior High School
Kucst
Wooten
Jigues Losty
Git Leaders Association
Cluh
Cooke
Heckley
Mel
Nelle Keeler
Sophia
Jewel
Dalen
Glen Mor
Sue Hersley
Whitby
Song Beaders
Clui
Wan- Lear
Happy Minds Health Theme Drives 4-H Club Plans
The Raleigh County 4-H program launches Happy Minds as a health focused theme. Clubs appoint committees to promote health activities, select county health reports, and aim for a state king and queen of health, with a prince and princess from each county.
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Happy Minds
Raleigh
Clarence
Woolen
J. B. Boggs
Bath Witt
Jackson's Mil
Woo
Wonten
Government Buys Beef To Stabilize Prices
Government purchases to bolster beef prices amount to about 220 to 25 million pounds by year end, delaying deliveries to lift demand in fall market peaks. Extensions economist Robert S. Boal notes drought cuts cattle slaughter and hides demand, while program buys support school ranch and overseas supply through Foreign Operations Administration.
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Mos
Department of Agriculure
Robert S. Boal
West Virginia Uniersity
Ee Bode Ead
Abit
Foreign Operations — Administration
U.S
Young Boy Wins 1953 Missouri Corn Yield Contest
Eleven year old Douglan Weekley of Lamine Cooper County tops 331 entrants in the Missouri Farmers Association Corn Yield contest with 12.26 bushels per acre. He did most labor himself lifting 80 pounds and planting 75 percent of the corn while his father handled disking and pulling an air tractor. The winning field lies in the Missouri river bottom, protected from some drying effects.
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Lamine
Douglan Weekley
Missouri Farmers Association
Cooper County
Missouri
Agricultural Yield and Fertilizer Cost per Acre
The report noting an average yield of 14 534 stalks per acre using MBPA US 520Y variety and fertilizer cost of 20.51 dollars per acre.
Nutrition and Marketing Topics at WVU Dairy Short Course
The West Virginia University Dairy Short Course will hold a session at Jackson's Mill on January 5, 1954. Topics cover nutrition, milk quality, dairy marketing, and milk’s role in human diets, drawing health officials, farmers, milk plant operators, and sanitarians.
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West Virginia University
Jackson's Mill
J. T. Miller
State Department of Health
Cob
Bryant
Johnson and’ Johnson Company
Ines
Dairy and Food Law Forum Topics In West Virginia
Harold Anvick of the State Department of Agriculture and Ray Alberts of the American Dairy Association lead a West Virginia discussion on dairy and food laws and an advertising campaign to raise per capita dairy use. J H Clarke and B W Tideman address marketing problems and the future for dairy farmers as part of an evening session.
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Ang
WR Fetisddisg
West Virginia
Harold Anvick
State Department of Agriculture
Ray Alberts
American Dairy Association
A.D
ML Trott
Michigan State
J. H. Clarke
Agricultural Economics
AU Wivaul
BW. Tideman
Boal outlines five point plan to stabilize cattle market
Boal explains the cattle market faces pressure from drought damaged herds and poor condition. He cites six items in a five point program to stabilize prices, including campaigns to boost beef consumption, maintaining foundation herds, and controls on feed hay and livestock costs.
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Boal
Egg Production Economy Needs Higher Efficiency
West Virginia University Extension poultry man Ted R. Hash argues for greater egg production efficiency to counter declining egg prices. He notes that while markets stabilize, producers control costs per dozen eggs via feed conversion and housing, water, lights, and management.
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Ted R. Hash
Extension Poultry
West Virginia’ University
Hash
West Virginia
Grass Clover Pastures Boost Dairy Yields In Tests
Orchard grass-ladino clover pastures produced better and more uniform grazing over three years at the Alvey Agricultural Experiment Station. Milk production rose about 10 percent when cows rotated to a new grazing area every three to four days, with four days of higher output before decline.
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Seison
Alvey Agricultural Experiment Station
Poultry Market Report From Vaktuson Burg Area
Live poultry markets in Vaktuson Burg and surrounding valleys show a weak broiler and fryer market with abundant supplies. Turkeys move slowly while prices record slight 24 hour gains. broilers under 3 pounds to 3 pounds vary 22 to 23 cents per pound, hens 24 to 22, fryers 48, toms 31 to 12. Weekly data shows 63 percent of purchases under 9 pounds averaging 22.63 cents, 63 percent 3 to 4 pounds averaging 23.51, and 25 percent 4 pounds and over averaging 24.16.
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Vaktuson Burg
Vatt
Shenandoah Valley
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