Charles Furrow Builds Dairy Career At Brooklynwood Farm
Charles Furrow of Brooklynwood Farm, a 15 year old Shady Spring High sophomore, plans a lifelong dairy farming career. He supervised farming last year with 3 dairy cattle, 2 beef cattle, a fattening hog, crops, and earned $556.70. He was awarded a Holstein-Friesian heifer by Sears Roebuck Foundation and recently joined the Holstein-Friesian Association as a junior member. He will show the heifer at the state fair and continues a program expanding dairy cattle, sheep, and alfalfa while razing a barn and building a shop this summer.
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Charles Farrow
Brooklynwood Farm
Yo Ag
Young Furrow
Shady Spring High School
James Robinson
F.F.A. Club
Sears Roebuck Foundation
Vo-Ag
Charles
Floyd Farrow
Estle Furrow
Amherst Mascross
Phoebe
Posch Lundale
Pauline
Lundale Farm
Oak Hill
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Brattleboro
Vermont
National Holstein Organization
States
Puerto Rico
Brooklynwood
Rural Development Council approves three area shows
The Rural Development Council approved staging the state folks festival and named Shackleford as coordinator. Hibbs urged expanding strawberry production citing profits, with Hicks noting plantings quadrupled but 1959-60 yields below potential. Other reports cover tree sales, a wood products show, livestock market gains, poultry expansion loans, and upcoming ham bacon egg show.
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Hicks
Shackleford
Earl Snider
Beckley
Fesival
The
Poultry Commission
Farmers Home Administration
Joe Lilly
Copley Brothers
Shad Foley
Airport Road
Egeria
Snider
West Virginia
Rural Development Council
John Flanagan
Country Life
Charles Hodel
Parkersburg
Frank Barksdale
Roger Sharp
Slag Used as Oyster Bed Anchor for Baby Oysters
Slag from blast furnaces is dumped into oyster beds to serve as an anchor base. Baby oysters attach themselves to the slag as part of the reef-building process noted in the coastal area study.
Commendation for Soil Conservation Clerk Mrs Georgia Hypes
Mrs Georgia M Hypes a clerk-stenographer in the district Soil Conservation Service office is commended in a letter from State Conservationist L L Lough Morgantown praising her high quality work loyalty initiative dependability and resourcefulness. She and her husband Don and 13 year old Janie live at 1313 South Kanawha Street. She has served six years and earns respect across ten offices under Floyd Rothlisberger.
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Georgia M. Hypes
The
Soil Conservation Service
L. L. Lough
Morgantown
Hypes
Don
Janie
South Kanawha Street
Brucellosis Fight Shows Good Progress
Since 1954 the US Agriculture Department and state partners have cut the national infection rate in half. Georgia became the 24th state certified by year end 1959, as West Virginia notes, with criteria of at most one percent infected cattle and five percent infected herds.
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Agricultural Research Service
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Georgia
Agricultural Extension Service of
West Virginia
USDA
Strawberry Planting Check After Snow Melts
Raleigh County Agent H B Thomas urges strawberry growers to inspect plantings as snow clears. Mulch packed by rain and snow can smother crowns, so lift and fluff mulch to air in the beds. Remove mulch gradually as plants emerge to avoid gray mold and help clean berries.
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Raleigh
H. B. Thomas
Thomas
Beckley Wood Products Show Planned For June
The Forestry Commission of the Rural Development Council votes to host a wood products show in Beckley at the county 4-H Camp on June 3 and 4, shifting from a Memorial Day preweek to improve attendance and registrations for wood chopping and sawing contests. It notes a log concentration market discussion, a $10,000 initial timber marketing appropriation, and possible larger relief-budget funding. Glendon Keaton outlines state district realignments for wilt rust control covering 39 counties and five new planting protection criteria for white pines.
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Francis Keiling
Keiling
Forestry Commission
Little Beaver
State
Shackleford
William Shanklin
Livestock Commission
Richmond
Yong School
Shanklin
Beckley
Rural Development Council
State Timber Marketing Committee
C. T. Shackleford
RDC
Glendon Keaton
U. S&s. Forest Service Plant Disease Control Division
Keaton
Kentucky
West Virginia
Conquest of the Land Through 7 000 Years emphasized
The piece extols soil conservation as essential amid expanding populations. It cites Bulletin No. 99 by Dr. W. C. Lowdermilk detailing historical land use, erosion, and famine links, urging readers to study how soil care determines food supply and referencing government teaching kits.
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United States
Atlantic
Pacific
W. C. Lowdermilk
Soil Conservation Service
Department of Agriculture
Lowdermilk
England
France
Holland
Italy
North Africa
Near East
China
Babylon
Nebuchandnezzar
Mount Lebanon
Bayblon
Soil Conservation Office
Washington, D
Neighbors chatter and weekend rest notes
John S. Phillips shares casual musings about a quiet weekend spent resting. Dave Ashworth shovels snow and comments on aging and fatigue. Comical asides from Richie Snuffer, Pop Rothiis berger, and Ned mix with playful sayings about roads and alleys.
The Reverend E. P. Cochran and a Rural Council Leader
An anecdotal piece describes Reverend E. P. Cochran of Shady Spring Missionary Baptist Church demonstrating black powder reloading to Richie with live firing into a tree on a porch. It also notes Bill Shanklin as chairman of the Rural Development livestock commission and a mistaken phone call to an automotive department.
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E. P. Cochran
Shady Spring Missionary Baptist Church
Bill Shanklin
Livestock Commission
Rural Development Council
Eatthe
Automotive Department
Pauline Peck Aids Farmers Home Office Clerk Cares For People
Pauline Peck, county office clerk in the Farmers Home Administration, forms accurate estimates from records and reports and often recognizes people before they speak. She would like to visit with Frank Patton but must prioritize the store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline Peck
Farmers Home Administration
Frank Patton
Fear of Cap and Ball Rifles Swaying Local Gatherings
Citizens express worry over new cap and ball rifles as discussions stir in town. The rumor mill mentions Ned Raglanding staying away until Sunday, amid unsettled feelings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flintlock Phillips
Ned
Canadian Newsprint Exports to U S Up by Majority Share
About 55 percent of the nation's total newsprint production was purchased by United States newspaper advertisers last year, reflecting strong cross border demand for Canadian pulp.
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U. S
Newspaper page reads by three quarters of women readers
A general news page with advertising shows a high reach among female readers with about 75 percent of women who read the issue engaging with that page. This reflects broad cross section interest in advertising content alongside news items.
Early Egyptian Pyramids Built for Pharaoh Tombs
The pyramids of Egypt, dating from 3500 B C to 1800 B C, were designed to house the tombs of the Pharaohs. The world’s first jet passenger service began in May 1952 linking London and Johannesburg.
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Egypt
B. C
London
Johannesburg
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Charles Furrow
Chas
Robert Hicks
Fred Lantz
John Stiles
Franklin Lilly
Angus
Hereford
O. C. Hutchison
Cording
Floyd Rothlisberger
F. Rothlisberger
Mrs. Hypes
Scotland Yard
Jack the Ripper
Joseph E. Levine
Chairman Keiling
Carl Lucas
Bob Davis
Harry Headley
Simon Peter OF
Galilee
Technicolor
Panavision
Jacy
Anthony Astaire Perkins
Donna Anderson
John S. Phillips
Watced TV
Dave Ashworth
Dave
Richie Snuffer
Pop Rothiisberger
Jack
Richie
Larry Hurd
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