Beclley Rural Development Council Annual Meeting
The Raleigh Beckley Rural Development Council plans its annual meeting in Beckley on March 15 with D D Morse an agricultural expert from St Louis as principal speaker. Morse will discuss urban rural cooperation after a three day RDC accomplishments appraisal. Officers to be elected.
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Raleigh
Beckley
W.va
St. Louis
True D. Morse
Rural Development Council
Doane Agricultural Service
Morse
RDC
Ils
Rns
E T. Stromp
Beckley Chamber of Commerce
Stromp
Raleign County Agricultural Council
G. Snider
Poultry Commission
Fayette County
Health and Recreation Commission
L. E. Mohler
Dairying Commission
Dairymen Can Build Gown Gutter Cleaners at Low Cost
Dr. P. Y. Brown of West Virginia University argues dairy farmers can self construct gutter cleaners using stock items from implement firms. The university model at Dacy Farm runs belt type cleaners from old conveyor belting with canvas backing, costing about 1.25 dollars per foot, improving labor efficiency with faster cleaning times and electric options. Some 6,000 electric units have been installed since the 1920s, reflecting rapid growth in labor-saving dairy equipment.
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PY Brown
West Virginia University Agricultural Experiment Station
Brown
University Dacy Farm
University
D. P. Brown
Department of Agricultural Engineering
West Virginia University
Biorgantown
Farm assets decline marks postwar shift in 1940s
Asset values show a sharp drop from 127 billion dollars at the start of 1949 to about 119 billion as 1950 began, driven by declines in prices for crops and livestock while machinery and household goods offset some losses. Farm mortgage debt rises about seven percent to 5.45 billion, with real estate values down roughly six percent.
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Robert $. Boal
West Virginia University
U.S
Three Points Cited For Building of Poultry House
University of Maryland bulletin highlights three key factors for profitable poultry production. Proper location, sound construction, and adequate space for hens are urged, with emphasis on southern exposure, drainage, and material cost. Insulation and space standards are outlined for various housing types and breed sizes.
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University of Maryland
Rural Development Activities Coming Events in March
A sequence of March events from the Southern Soil Conservation District includes a March 9 board meeting at Tabor Ridge Beckley. March 14 gardening school at Nottall High School Lookout. March 15 annual Beckley Rural Development Council meeting at El Chico. gardening schools March 15 16 17 in Raleigh Mercer Summers counties. March 20-24 Recreation Leadership School for southern West Virginia. March 25 conservation education conference at the Beckley courthouse. J R Keatley Bozoo chairs the event with educators and agriculturists invited from six southern counties.
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Board of Supervisors
Southern Soil Conservation District
Tabor Ridg
Beckley
Fayette County
Nottall High School
Lookout
West Virginia University
Beckley Area Rural Development Council
el Chico
Raleigh
Mercer
Summers Counties
Recreation Leadership School
West Virginia
The
Health and Recreation Commission
RDC
Conservation
SSCD
J. R. Keatley
Bozoo
Raleigh County declares Conservation Week March 26 to April 1
Raleigh County proclaims Conservation Week to raise public awareness of resource destruction. President Jack A. Nuckols urges ministers to stress moral obligation to conserve natural resources in sermons on March 26. Schools, service clubs, and local groups planned observances across Raleigh Summers Wyoming Fayette counties with endorsement from the Rural Development Council Forestry Commission and Agricultural Council.
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Raleigh
Summers County
Jack A. Nuckols
Beckley
Jesse Morgan
Wyoming County
Fayette
Summers
Wyoming
Forestry Commission
Rural Development Council
Whis
Raleigh County Agricultural Council
Water as a vital resource demands conservation now
The piece argues water is America’s top natural resource and urges urgent conservation as demand rises. It cites Geological Survey findings on nationwide shortages, the need for hydro logical study, and the erosion of groundwater, plus federal efforts in water storage, dam building, and irrigation that have expanded Western agriculture and farm values.
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Crawford Central Press
America
New York City
United
Kins Precius Uguid
Wales
Congress
United States
Midwest
Geological Survey
Tigris
Euphrates
Iraq
Antibiotics May Be New Canning Aid
Antibiotics may revolutionize food preservation by enabling sterilization at lower heat. Early results from the U S Department of Agriculture and Western Regional Research Laboratory show canned vegetables treated with minute antibiotic quantities achieve similar spoilage destruction as conventional methods, often with faster canning and less equipment, using subflin produced by common bacteria.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Agricultural and Industrial Chemistry
Western
Albany
Calif
Conservation Aid Ended Beltsville Training Return
Lawrence B. Miller, a conservation aid for Raleigh and Wyoming counties, returned to the district U.S. Soil Conservation Service office after a three week USSCS training session at Beltsville Maryland. Miller said the session covered all soil conservation practices taught by USSCS specialists.
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Beltsville
Lawrence B. Miller
Raleigh
Wyoming
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
USSCS
MD. Miller
Time to Garden for Autumn and Winter Care
Gardener advises stopping dream catalogs and getting into dirt with pruning tips for northern climates. Preserve certain trees, protect perennials from frost, mulch and burlap evergreens, wash winter soot from branches, and tamp snow around trunks to deter mice. Also cover houseplants, feeder birds, and simple indoor flowering to brighten mood.
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Cynthia Lowry
Isale
Contour Strips Aid Hilly Farms In West Virginia
A conservation field day near Circleville Pendleton County highlights contour farming and strip cropping to curb erosion. Experts note strip and contour methods cut soil losses up to 52 percent, with rotation length and slope guiding strip width and crop sequences.
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Thomas F. Stafford
West Virginia
Circleville
Pendleton County
Pendleton
Raleigh
Fayette
Wyoming
Boone
Mercer
Forestry Group Fights Market for Low Grade Wood
The Forestry Commission of the Rural Development Council debates markets for abundant inferior hardwoods in the Beckley area. Members split on prospects with some linking oversupply to coal industry woes, others citing marketing limits. The Beckley Chamber of Commerce New Industries Committee led by Charles Hodel seeks new outlets to unlock profits for landowners with idle acres.
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Forestry Commission
Rural Development Council
New Industries Committee
Beckley
Chamber of Commerce
Charles ‘Hodel
Livestock Production to Expand Amid Shifting Crops Outlook
January issue of Successful Farming forecasts expansion in livestock production and a decline in crop output this year as government price supports ease after March 31. Market prices for farm products should stay near support levels while cash receipts dip about 10 percent in 1950. Acreage allotments apply to basic crops including wheat corn cotton tobacco rice and peas with non basic crops also capped. Hog weights expected to be unusually heavy through March raising discounts later in the season. Potato demand declines with per person consumption near 109 pounds in 1959 and national potato allotment set at 393 million bushels, 50 million below 1949. Morgantown event notes and an unusual egg laid in Union complete the report.
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Successful Farming Magazine
JSSI
West Virginia Livestock Association Set for Campus Meeting
The 80th annual gathering of the West Virginia Livestock Association will occur on the West Virginia University campus, likely August 8 through 11. Secretary Benjamin Creech announced tentative dates for the event.
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I Livestock Group
Morgantown
West Virginia ‘Livestock Association
West Virginia University
Benjamin’¥.Creech
Association
Strip Cropping as a Profitable Spring and Fall Practice
Evidence from research and farmer experience shows strip cropping is practicable and profitable. In spring, fields in sod can begin stripping by plowing alternate strips for corn, with wheat planted in fall on some fields. Some farmers seed wheat across the entire corn field and sow clover and grass in alternating strips in spring. More study is needed to realize full potential, but strip cropping already benefits hillside land previously unprofitable.
4-H Ham and Bacon Show Attracts Clarksburg Entries
About 200 entries are expected for the State 4-H Ham and Bacon Show in Clarksburg March 16 and 17, per West Virginia University Extension Service. Benjamin Creech says roughly 100 hams and 10 bacons will be shown with baked ham judged this year. Final-day auction will offer the entries. Egg production in late 1948 set records, and early 1950 output remained strong.
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Ie Assuctiicn Prest
Morgantown
Clarksburg
West Virginia University Agticulee Extension Service
Benjamin F.’ Creech
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High County Agriculteural Council
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Commission On Rural Roads
Country Life Program
New River
C. T. Shackelford
West Vinbenia University
Agricultural Experiment
Starion
PAY
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Ben Rhodes
Raleigh County Court Heralds
Oscar L. Chapman
Nebraska Reclamation Association
New Jersey
Bureau of Reclamation
Lake Mead
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Rothlisberger
Soil ‘Conservation
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Soil Conservation Service
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Forestry Group
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West Sunbury
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