Audubon Tours Offered From Charleston And Miami
Naturalists guide Audubon Wildlife Tours across Bull's Island in Cape Romain Refuge South Carolina and in Florida Everglades and Florida Bay. Two day Bull's Island trips depart from Charleston weekly through January 24 and one day trips to Cuthbert Rookery begin January 15. Tours by wagon boat and patrol boat explore mangrove lanes and bird colonies with guides led by Alexander Sprunt Jr and Charles M Brookfield. Folders from the National Audubon Society list schedules and contact details in New York.
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Audubon Wildlife Tours
National Audubon Society
Bull's Island
Cape Romain National Wildlife
South Carolina
Alexander Sprunt, Jr
Carolina
Sprunt
Charleston
S. C
Man- Grove
Cuthbert Rookery
Florida
Fifth Avenue
New York
Raleigh Plan Attracts State Wide Attention
Eugene Jarrell's 102 acre Cherry Creek farm was chosen as a long term demonstration site for applying approved land use and farm management principles. Raleigh County Agricultural Council selected the farm with Jarrell's cooperation to develop a complete plan funded by the farmer. The project aims to model a workable program for state wide adoption across conservation, forestry, crops and livestock.
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Ao’ Council
Cherry Creek
Eugene Jarrell
Raleigh County Agricultural Council
Raleigh
Jarrell
John L. Gorman
Gorman
Agricultural Extension Service
U. S. Soil Conservation Service
State Conservation Commission
Raleign County Vocational Agriculture — Supervision
Rural Development Council
Alogle
H. M. Harr
H. B. Thomas
Beckley Area
Soil Conservation Service
O. C. Hutchison
Council
United Planning
Forestry
Conservation Commission
J. C. Appel
Mercer
Jackson
Raleigh County
Rural Development Activities This Week and Coming Events
Raleigh County PMA Committee meets with Kelly Farmer and Bob as chairmen. Poultry Commission RDC council meets Friday at Memoria Riledg Beckley with E O Snider chair. January events include Fertilizer Placement School in Beckley, Dairying Commission meeting, Raleigh Pines Council in Prosperity, and SSCD board meetings in Beckley and Charleston. Activities cover artificial breeding discussions, New River Poultry Exposition, Sheep Production School, and New River Hereford Breeders Association meeting chaired by J C Dillon.
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Raleigh County
PMA
Kelly Farmer
Bob
Poultry Commission Rural Development Council
L Bidg
Beckley
H.C. Avis
Raleigh Pinners’ Council
Frank Bowman
Prosperity
Board of Supervisors
Southern Soil Conservation District
J. R. Keatley
Bozo
Becktey
SSCD
H. N. Hansucker
Charleston
J. Kealley
New River Poultry Exposition
Q. Ja. Akers
Forestry Commission Rdc
Frank Halstead
Rural Development Council
E. Stromp
Lew Campbell
Bull Farm
W. Va
Clarksburg
C. G. Eno
WVU
Morgantown
New River Hereford Breeders’ Association
County Courtoom
J.C. Dillon
Hinton
B. F. Creceh
Raleigh County Farm Bureau
County Court Room
H. G. Farmer
Bolt
Ben Morgan
Lewisburg
Recreation Bidg
Winter Leisure Is Planning Time
WVU Extension Landscape Architect T D Gray urges homeowners to review garden notes, evaluate rose borders, and browse catalogs for improved plant varieties. He suggests creating a window display of house plants, feeding birds in winter, forcing narcissi for indoor bloom, freeing evergreens from heavy snow, and checking tools and spray equipment before spring.
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T. D. Gray
WVU
Jimée
German farms impress congressman on European visit
Rep. E H Hedrick described Germany as a big garden after aerial views of Western Germany and a motor tour from Frankfurt to Essen. He noted rapid agricultural recovery, full labor in towns and farms, extensive woodlands, well kept river banks, and high conservation. He contrasted French efforts unfavorably, saying they won’t work as hard.
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Germany
Rep
E. H. Hedrick
Sedrick
United States
Hedrick
Western
Europe
da Hedrick
Frankfort
Essen
Sue Henley to Attend Berea College Study Program
Miss Sue Henley of Whitby will join the Youth Opportunity School at Berea College Kentucky January 5 to 28. Sponsored by the Raleigh Pinners Council she will study history science Bible citizenship and art in morning sessions while afternoons add dramatics recreation and music. Frank Bowman RPC president says her Berea experience will aid the county 4-H Clubs and council and the Pinners plan recreation leadership efforts for 1950.
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Sue Henley
Whitby
Berea
Raleigh Pinners’ Council
Frank Bowman
RPC
Miss Menley
Pinners
Bowman
Health and Recreation Commission
Rural Development Council
Commission
Four Raleigh Breeders Enter Master Shepherd Competition
Four Raleigh County sheep raisers join the Master Shepherd project in Greenbrier Valley Marketing Association's eight county program with regional cash prizes. Entrants include John Shumate Beckley C C Lewis Daniels Minor L Scott Grandview and H G Farmer Bolt. Awards hinge on gross returns flock management and records with a State winner receiving a Certificate of Achievement from the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company.
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Raleigh County
Greenbrier Valleyee
Fayette
Greenbrier
Mercer
Monroe
Nicholas
Pocahontas
Insecticide Dusts Boost Clover Seed Yields in Panhandle Study
West Virginia University researchers report red clover seed yields in the South Branch Valley rose after applying insecticide dusts on experimental plots. yields matched or doubled those of treated plots, while a fungus disease called black patch was found to reduce yields and seedling survival, prompting further control studies.
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South Branch Valley
J. G. Leach
West Virginia University
Agricultural Experiment Station
Panhandle
West Virginia
Cumberland
FS. Elliott
Leach
Cattlemen to Hear Livestock Outlook at Beckley Meeting
Benjamin F. Creech of Morgantown will summarize the 1980 livestock outlook for the New River Hereford Breeders Association at its Raleigh County unit meeting in Beckley. The January 20 session in the County Courthouse will cover market prospects and officer elections with possible changes to the fall show timing. President H. B. Dillon will lead. topics include removing damaged trees and improving forest stands at the venue.
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Benjamin F. Creech
Morgantown
New River Hereford Breeders’ Association
Raleigh County
Beckley
Counmy
H. B. Thomas
Raleighann
Creech
Thomas
Themas
Dillon
Hinton
Potato Supports Lose 200 Million for U.S.
The Fifth Federal Reserve District reports continued potato price support at parity in 1950 with a $1.60 per hundredweight base and a total 1950 acreage allotment of 4,137,800 acres, down seven percent from 1949. CCC losses on the 1949 potato program exceed 301 million, over three fourths of all farm price support losses.
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Fifth
Federal Reserve District
Commodity Credit Corporation
West Virginia
Maryland
Virginia
North
South Carolina
CCC
California
York Imperials Top State Apple Crop in 1949
York Imperials again led the state's commercial apple production accounting for 781000 bushels in 1949 or 21 percent of the total crop. The 1949 total of all varieties reached 3720000 bushels, 35 percent above 1948 and slightly above the 1942 47 average per the Federal State Crop Reporting Service, with the variety ranking second in 1949.
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Gory Imperials
Federal-State
Community type nests gain popularity in West Virginia poultry houses
West Virginia University extension poultryman Ted R. Hash reports community type nests, about 2 by 4 feet with one entrance per section, accommodating about 75 hens. The design reduces crowding and dirty or broken eggs, saves floor space, and simplifies egg gathering. Plans available from county agricultural agents.
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West Virginia
Ted R. Hash
West Virginia University
Hash
Gardener Insecticide Methoxychlor Endorsed by WVU Expert
Dr C F Bishop extension plant pathologist and entomologist at West Virginia University endorses methoxychlor for garden insect control. He says it is less poisonous than DDT and rotenone, won’t injure foliage, and can replace multiple products. It targets beetles and leafhoppers and applies to cabbage family vegetables tomatoes potatoes cucumbers squash and melons. It costs less and will be sold under several brands.
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C. F. Bishop
West Virginia University
Bishop
Poultry Judging Training For Yo-Ag 4-H Youth
Vocational agriculture students and 4-H members from five Raleigh County schools received poultry judging training at Shady Spring High School this morning. Ted R ash of West Virginia University led the session with County Agent H. B. Thomas reporting. A similar event occurred yesterday at Nuttall High School Lookout for Fayette County 4-H youths, in preparation for the New River Poultry Canossion in Beckley on January 27, 2B.
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Raleigh County
Shady Spring High Schoo
Ted Rash
Extension
West Virginia University
H. B. Thomas
Nuttall High School
Lookout
Yonr
Fayette County
New River
Beckley
WVU Engineer Urges Shop Safety and Remodeling
West Virginia University extension agricul tural engineer Waldo Well outlines how a well arranged workshop boosts safety and efficiency. He advises weatherproofing heating, large doors, bright light, a concrete floor, light interior colors, wall benches with under-drawer storage, defined tool areas, and proper equipment like a forge grinder drill press hoist and welder while warning not to store gasoline or oil in the shop.
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Aarm
Sshop
Waldo Well
West Virginia University
National Safety Council
McDowell Maps Added To Southern Soil Conservation District
McDowell County received a complete aerial map set from Washington's Department of Agriculture. The 1,000 plus maps, in three sizes, will guide conservation plans for individual farms upon owner requests. A two day Mercer and McDowell county planning conference convened in Princeton with district supervisors and representatives from related agencies.
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Register
Welter Princeton
McDowell County
Southern Soil Conservation District
Memorial Building
Department of Agriculture
Washington
J. H. Myers Soil Conservationism
Mercer
McDowell
P. L. West
Elgood
EF. F. Bratten
Prince‘ton
William Kiser
Welch
C. B. Bonebrake
Po- Veahontas Land Corporation
Floyd Rothlisberger
The
Soil Conservation Service of
Beckley
andDempsey Sharp
J. H. Myers
Princeton Office
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Jeckley
Winter Leisure
Berea College
AFBF
Jackson's Mill
American Farm Bureau Federation
Gerald A. Lee
Farm Bureau
Lee
Federal
Chicago
Washington State College
Joan C. Lynn
Bureau
Lynn
Anglo-American Food, Agriculture, and Forestry Division
Associated Press
Martinsburg
Appalachian Service
West Virginia University Agricultural Experiment Station
Eastern Panhandle
U.S
York Imperials
Grimes Golden
Stayman
Rome Beauty
Ben Davis
U. S
USA
Russia
Yo-Ag
SC5
McDowell Maps
Beckley News
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