Monongahela Area Grows in Pioneer Movement
The Upper Monongahela Valley Association, formed in the mid-1930s, aims to raise agricultural production and improve rural living in West Virginia. The article notes ACM initiatives including the Upper Ten branding for a potato market cooperative, the 1946 launch of the West Virginia Artificial Breeders Cooperative, and a Farming for Better Living contest, all bolstering farm income and rural development across counties.
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Upper
The
Country Gentleman
Howard Bloomfeld
UMVA
Gower Company
Monongahela
A. C. Sparr
Mononahela Power Company
Fairmont
UMWA
Bloomfield
Sport
Agricultural, Extension Service
West Virginia
Artificial Breeders’ Cooperative
John Pierpont
Clarksburg
Robert R. Currey
Power Company
ABC
Productive Pastures Replace Mine Spoils
West Virginia reclamation efforts convert strip mine spoils to pastures and meadows under WVU Agricultural Experiment Station guidance. Type A spoil requires liming and delay. Types B and C seedable after leveling. Grasses like orchard grass and red top perform well. black locust shows strong growth. conifers such as short leaf pine show promise in trials.
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West Virginia
West Virginia University Agricultural Experiment Station
Tyre
Rural Development Activities This Week and Coming Events
Details of rural development meetings and events in Raleigh County and surrounding areas. Includes January 10 board meetings in Beckley with chairs Keatley and CyAvis, February 6 Raleigh County Agricultural Council, February 7 poultry commission meeting, February 8 PMA committee, February 9 SSCD board, February 20 Raleigh Pinners Council, February 22 4-H Leaders training, February 23 4-H regional style review with Mercer, Summers, Monroe, Greenbrier, Raleigh and Fayette counties, and March gardening schools at Nuttall High School Lookout with WVU specialists.
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Board of Supervisors
Southern Soil Conservation District
SCS
Beckley
J. R. Keatley
Bozoo
Dairying Commission
Memorial
H. CyAvis
Raleigh County Agricultural Council
John L. Garman
Raleigh County
el Chico
Poultry Commission
Rural Development Council
E. O. Snider
PMA
Kelly Farmer
SSCD
Raleigh Pinners Council
Raleigh
Mercer
Summers
Monroe
Greenbrier
Fayette Counties
Fayette County
Nuttall High School
Lookout
West Virginia University
Summers Counties
Dairy Commission To Map ABC Unit
The Rural Development Council Dairy Commission will map the ABC unit area tomorrow night. The ABC rule limits coverage to about 25 miles from a unit headquarter. Lew Campbell, ABC bull farm manager in Clarksburg, urged enrolling at least 1500 cows and breeding 1200 to 1400 cows artificially in year one. W C Warner of Fayetteville and C E Shumate of Beckley, directors of the State Dairymen's Association, will help describe the area and plan community meetings to enroll members.
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West Virginia
Dairying Commission
Rural Development Council
ABC
Lew Campbell
Clarksburg
Commission
W. C. Warner
Fayetteville
C. E. Shumate
Beckley
State Dairymen's Association
U S Budget Seeks 28 Million for Forest Conservation
The 1951 budget requests over 28 million dollars for natural resource conservation, with white pine blister rust control receiving 4.6 million dollars and related insect pest programs boosting funding. Agencies targeted include Forest Service, Soil Conservation Service, Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service and Bureau of Indian Affairs, totaling about 275 million for the year beginning July 1.
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Glendon EK. Keaton
Pipestem
West Viree
U. S. Bureau of Entomology
AFPI
Truman
Congress
Bureau of the Budget
U.S. Forest Service
Soil Conservation Service
Bureau of Land Management
National Park Service
Bureau of Indian Affairs
U. S. Forest Service
Bureau
Mingo County Election on Joining Guyan Soil District
An election among landowners set for March 25 will decide if Mingo County joins the Guyan Soil Conservation District. Carrall Greene, executive secretary of the State Soil Conservation Committee, announced the date after a Williamson hearing yielded support. The district currently includes Cabell, Wayne, Lincoln, Logan and Boone counties.
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Tne
Charleston
Mingo County
Guyan
Mercer County 4-H Leaders Form Executive Committee
The Mercer County 4-H Leaders Association organized an executive committee as its policy making body. Members include President Mrs. B. C. Hodges of Bluefield, Vice President Mrs. Fred B. White of Princeton, Secretary Miss Nancy Waitlaker Route 1 Princeton, Treasurer Mrs. Lydia Winfrey of Princeton, Rock District, Mrs. Marie Shutt Sandlick Plymouth district, Mrs. J. C. Hight Athens Jumping Branch, Mrs. Mary Adison Ellison East River, Mrs. Barbara McKenzie Elgood Beaver Post, Bill Winfrey Princeton, and County Agent R. E. Harbert and County Club Agent Clifton Dotson. A committee to draft bylaws was appointed. The next executive meeting is April 3 and the Leaders Association meets April 14 at the First Methodist Church, Princeton.
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Mercer County
4-H Leaders Association
Seader
B. C. Hodges
Bluefield
Fred B. White
Princeton
Nancy Waitlaker
Lydia Winfrey
Rock
Marie Shutt
Sandlick
Plymouth
J. C. Hight
Athens
Jumping Branch
Mary Adison
Ellison
East River
Barbara McKenzie
Elgood
Beaver Posd
Bill Winfrey
R. E. Harbert
Clifton Dotson
Leaders Association
First Methodist Church
Ribbons Awarded For Poultry Judging At New River Show
Fifty seven ribbon awards were given to a farmer vocational agriculture students and 4 H veterans who competed in the New River Poultry Exposition judging contest Saturday morning. Top scores went to Carriers with A Duncan Fayetteville Poultryman and New River Poultry Improvement Association leader. Other winners span FUTURE FARMERS of America chapters and 4 H groups across Raleigh Mercer Greenbrier and Fayette counties with many tied for places and high scores near 297 out of 300.
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New River Poultry Exposition
A. Duncan
Fayetteville Poultryman
Poultry Comission
New River Poultry Improvement Association
Future Farmers of America
Shady Spring
Hubert Baldwin
Glenn Alorgan
Mead Worley
Granview
Wiley Lilly
Bobby James
FFA
Woodrow Wilson
Mickey Rhodes
Charles Thomas
Lansing
Carl Flannigan
William Finely
Norman Shuck
John Lively
Roscoe Flannigan
Mercer County
Bayard Clemson
Modec White
Charles Thomason
Greenbrier County
Carrol Simms
Dennis Corkrean
Milton Boyce
Mathew Johnson
Pat McClintice
Lewisburg
Paul E. White
Wiliam Lakins
William Adams
Fayette County
Lloyd D. Fink
Fayetteville
Ivan Americas
Winifred Slone
Dennis Bolling
Paul Stroud
David Clement
James Evans
Gilbert Evans
Soil Districts Observe Tenth Anniversary In West Virginia
A program marking the tenth anniversary of the Greenbrier Valley Soil Conservation District was noted in Lewisburg. The Greenbrier Valley and Eastern Panhandle districts, organized February 9, 1940, helped launch a statewide program that now includes 14 districts.
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Tress
thirteen conservation plans prepared last month
Thirteen farms in the Southern Soil Conservation District were planned for soil and water conservation last month, covering about 900 acres. Floyd F. Rothlisberger reports the largest farm is 311 acres in Mercer County and the smallest 10 acres. Plans by Fayette and Mercer counties total four each, Summers three, Raleigh two.
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Southern Soil Conservation District
Floyd F. Rothlisberger
Mercer
Fayette
Summers
Raleigh
Fayette USDA Council to Aid in US Census Effort
Fayette County USDA Council meets February 6 to plan publicizing the 1950 census of agriculture. Charles Brannan urged council help. census begins in April and covers population housing and agriculture. Councils collaborate with district supervisors as the seventeenth decennial census proceeds. Members listed: A A Argabright, Ward Ashford, J Haynes Miller, Ben Sharpe, B A Stinnett, Miss Lucile Hodkins, P C Karickhoff, J S Leec e, James Dandy.
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Register
Weller Fayetteville
Fayette County
Usda Council
A. Argabright
Charles
Brannan
United States
Department of Agriculture Land
Bureau of Agricultural Economies
Farmers Home Administration
A. A i
J Argabright
Ward Ashford
J. Haynes Miller
Ben Sharpe
B. A. Stinnett
Brannan Plan Debate Draws Criticism From Farm Editor
Successful Farming editor Kirk Fox criticizes Brannan Plan supporters for weak reasoning. He says the choice is between a costly guaranteed income or disaster insurance, warns against government price guarantees, and favors a parity-based system with price floors to shield farmers from sudden drops while protecting domestic and foreign markets.
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Joseph and
Stewart Alsop
Kirk Fox
Successful Farming Magazine
Fox
Hel
Larger Turkey Crop Expected This Year
The Crop Reporting Service forecasts a larger national turkey crop in 1949. West Virginia growers aim for 750,000 birds, a 10 percent rise from last year, with total U.S. production up about 1 percent to around 41.9 million. Regional plans vary, with South Atlantic up 15 percent and Western states down 8 percent, offsetting other gains. Factors include feed costs, hatching eggs, poults, and market prices, which shifted 1949 dynamics. The 1942-46 average, record highs, and past stocks influence projections, but actual output may differ as intentions diverge from January.
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West Virginia
Toa Service
South Atlantic States
East North Central
North Atlantic States
West North Central States
Service
South Central States
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