Dynamite clears drainage ditch adding 14 acres of land
Walter Patton of the Soil Conservation Service explosives a bottomland ditch with dynamite on the ManningStanley property near Glen Daniel. The blast from 130 yards downstream collapses debris, cleanly draining a mile long run and adding 14 acres to Frankie Stanley’s acreage.
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Manning
Stanley
Walter Patton
Beckley
Soil Conservation Service
Patton
Harry
Frankie Stanley
Potato Coloring Illegal In West Virginia
West Virginia Commissioner of Agriculture John T. Johnson announced that staining Irish potatoes with red dye to imitate new crop potatoes is illegal fraud. A rule since last August bans artificial coloring of Irish potatoes, with a suggested peel test to detect red stain and determine if coloring agents were used.
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West Virginia
Commissioner of Agriculture
John T. Johnson
Department of Agriculture
Code of
Johnson
Harvesting bush fruits in home gardens
Allan Swenson advises planning to grow raspberries blackberries dewberries currants and gooseberries for a rich season. He notes plant counts yields per bush soil moisture and sun needs propagation methods planting depth spacing and mulch use plus fertilization soil testing and pest control guidance from nurserymen and county agents.
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Allan Swenson
NEA Service
Tree Planting High in 1960 Surpasses Two Million Acres
U S Department of Agriculture data cited by West Virginia University specialists shows 2,137,460 acres planted in 1960, second straight year above two million. West Virginia planted 5,012 acres in 1960, cropland via Conservation Reserve accounts for about 600,000 acres, and small woodland owner plantings fell 12 percent from 1959. Chief Richard E. McArdle urges tenfold increases on small holdings to clear the 1970 backlogs.
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United States
U. S. Department of Agriculture
West Virginia Univers
USDA
Forest Service
West Virginia
Richard E
McArdle
Kennedy plan faces early farm policy test in Congress
The Kennedy administration's emergency feed grain program opens with a House agriculture subcommittee hearings set to begin Tuesday and Senate hearings likely Thursday. Key features include higher supports for feed grains and soybeans, a 20 percent acreage reduction to qualify, and a payment equal to 60 percent of normal production for idle acres. Backers include the National Farmers Union. opposition from the American Farm Bureau. Congress appears broadly friendly, with Democrats weighing details and a March 15 deadline to affect 1961 crops. A margarine spokesman is noted.
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Washington
UPI
House Agriculture Subcommittee
Senate Agriculture Committee
American Farm Bureau
National Farmers Union
Orville L. Freeman
Manufacturing Milk Survey Details Raleigh County Program
A Raleigh County survey on Manufacturing Grade Milk interviewed 441 farmers, with 52 showing interest and 24 of 44 interested in producing grade C milk. Start requires at least 200 cows. trucks from Beckley would serve Peters town to Christiansburg or Galax for Carnation and Sealtest. Two follow up meetings planned around Glen Daniel and Shady Spring.
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Beckley Hotel
John J. Flanagan
Raleigh County
FHA
Raleigh Register-Post Herald
Raleigh
Virginia
Carnation
Sealtest
Peterstown
Beckley Station
Christiansburg
Galax
Glen Daniel
Shady Spring
John Flanagan
If Winter Comes Can Spring Be Far Behind Dream On
John S Phillips reflects on community theatre Curtain Callers and the Palace Theatre, praises performers like Louise Burke Bill Snyder and Dick Boothe, and notes support from Judy McKinney and Ruth Laymen. He shares church service anecdotes Joseph Emery Tod Snider and playful family tales, plus local happenings from Watkins and the Manufacturing Grade Milk meeting.
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Louise Burke
Bill Snyder
Bill Cook
Dick Boothe
Noah
Ed Laymen
File
Bob Brown
Deputy File
Frankie Wheeler
Ruth
Judy McKinney
Palace Theatre
Hay Show and Silage Event At Jacksons Mill
West Virginia farmers are urged to prepare and bring hay and silage samples to the sixth annual State Hay and Silage Show at Jackson’s Mill from February 27 to March 1, alongside the WVU Daily Short Course. The article stresses soil testing, proper seeding, timely cutting, and proper curing as key steps to high quality hay, highlighting the vital dairy role and inviting wider participation.
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George Sharpe
West Virginia
Jackson's Mill
WVU
Shoppers complain of high food costs at checkout
A supermarket scene shows a customer unloading items including cigarettes, soap, lotion, gloves, batteries, magazines, a phonograph record, glassware, dairy, eggs, a TV dinner, and frozen chicken. She remarks food is expensive today and jokes that farmers are getting rich.
Dates Changed For Woodland Show At Market
The Woodland Show at Beckley Farmers Market will run Friday and Saturday May 26-27 after a Monday Commission meeting finalized location and moved dates from May 19-20 to avoid a conflict with society meetings. Forestry Commission chair Francis Keiling set a committee briefing for 1 30 p m Thursday in Beaver Coal Corp. Beckley with General Chairman Paul Feigley and named a full slate of committee chairs and duties for exhibits contests education tours publicity coronation arrangements and rapid briefing on conservation topics from the recent West Virginia Forestry Forum.
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Forestry Commission
Beckley Area
Paul Feigley
Don Cuppett
Robert L. Davis
Robert L. Davis Jr
Harry Headley
William Gillespie
Glendon Keaton
William H. Gillespie
Delbert Gillespie
Carl Lucas
Renee Keiling
Raymond Ve
Charles Hodel
Kenneth Patrick
John Phillips
More Beef This Year
The National Live Stock and Meat Board projects per capita beef consumption at 88.8 pounds in 1961, three pounds above 1960. Total per capita consumption of all meats is forecast at 164.3 pounds, with cattle on feed 6 percent higher on Jan 1 than a year earlier. Lamb is expected to fall slightly and veal to rise modestly.
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Chicago
UPI
National Live Stock and Meat Board
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Federal Agency
Meat Board
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W. Va
Prince
Getter Electrical
Chia
As al
Ae Levesi
Margarine Pro
Ducers
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Department
Freeman
John S. Phillips
Joseph Emery
Earl and Mildred Snider
First Baptist Church
Joseph
Tod
Watkins
Stanley Herrington
Augusta
Stan
Hazel Herrington
Georgia
Stanely
Steve
Flo
Hazel
Jack
Joe Fourney
Tony Leeber
Charleston
Frank Deering
John
Phillips
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