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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1956
Page
4
The Gold Pak carrot debuts as a long slender, golden orange root with fine flesh and minimal shoulders. It is praised for sweetness and tenderness at all growth stages and recommended for home gardens and market use.
Live poultry market in Harrisonburg Virginia shows steady activity with fair to good demand. Prices last 24 hours to noon yesterday list broilers at 17-18 percent, heavy hens 22-25 cents, no turkeys reported. weekly broiler/fryer purchases for Shenandoah Valley ending Jan 13 totaled 582 head, 2% weighs 1 2 pounds, weighted average 19.18 cents, down 10.4 percent from the prior week.
A U S D A year end review shows school lunch participation up 10 percent from last year while the Special School Milk Program grows 48 percent in participating schools. In October 1955 about 9.4 million children ate lunches with milk, with the program now in its second year aiming to raise milk consumption in all schools.
Washington reports President Eisenhower proposes a 1987 farm program focusing on acreage allotments, commodity payments, and surplus disposal. Measures aim to cut overproduction, move surpluses, and adjust price support with emphasis on cotton wheat rice peanuts sugar and livestock. Rural development funds and research investments are included, with a plan for soil and fertilizer use and a cap on price support loans to large farming units.
A garbled but dense document outlines proposed gasoline tax measures and a broad set of tariff revisions for farm and general electric service. It covers fuel clauses, minimum charges, billing practices, three-phase service, and meat grading regulations, with references to agricultural marketing acts and federal rules. The text mentions adjustments under fuel clauses, credits, and extensions of rural lines, plus standards for meat grading services and related regulatory oversight.
Farmers should understand wiring basics to ensure efficient electric systems. The article covers power delivery, adequate feeder wires, 20 ampere branch circuits, and numerous dedicated circuits. It stresses proper voltages, proper conductor sizes, and the role of power suppliers in planning safe electric modernization.
In planning the livestock and feed program for a farm accuracy in determining the feed supply is as important as the feed requirement data used in calculating the number of livestock that can be carried.
A special instruction school for farmers producing green tomatoes for Beckley Farmers Market will be held February 16 at 7:30 p m in the Raleigh County Courthouse. Dr. C F Bishop and W H Conkle of West Virginia University will discuss plant varieties, methods, lime and fertilizer needs, cultivation, and pest control. O C Hutchinson, Beckley Farmers Market manager, will cover marketing and harvesting aspects. Raleigh County farm agent H J Thomas invites interested farmers.
Agricultural Extension Service researchers report that washed potatoes boosted sales in a 12 store display test by the U S Department of Agriculture and Pennsylvania State University. A combination display of washed and unwashed spuds raised sales about one third with a four cent washing premium, while pure washed displays showed less impact. Prices and stocks varied with vegetable merchandising strategies across multiple products.
Pruning fruit trees this winter will ease fruit picking next year. Home gardeners are advised to trim established trees to remove dead or competing growth and shape branches for better light exposure.
WVU prepares for the 1956 Broilers Day at the University Poultry Farm on Friday afternoon January 20. Visitors may inspect teaching and research facilities and review results from the second random sample broiler test and other studies on purebred New Hampshires crosses three way crosses and nutrition. The event highlights growth trials egg production and management topics for hatcherymen and broiler breeders with tours in the morning and results presented in the afternoon.
A poultry efficiency school will be held in Beckley on February 5, led by Raleigh County Farm Agent H B Thomas. Poultry specialists Ted Hash and B W Moore from West Virginia University will cover lay ing flock efficiency and visit local staged layer operations. The program begins at 10 am at the Raleigh County Courthouse.
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