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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1957
Page
4
The piece argues that producing food nearer to consumers boosts health, strengthens the local economy, and raises cultural vitality by shortening supply chains and prioritizing fresh, regionally grown products. It emphasizes practical farming practices and community impact in sustaining regional livelihoods.
The Fayette County 4-H Club shows active membership with 25 present as Eva McClung offers health checkups for members including posture diet eyes and throat. Cattle lice appear as winter barns keep cattle indoors prompting a guide to control using powders nicotine sulphate and home remedies with emphasis on early action to prevent losses.
Washington agriculture secretary Benson testified before the Senate Agriculture Committee that the Eisenhower administration would accept a 70 percent parity price floor for corn under a new three year program. The plan would set support from zero to 9 percent of parity, replacing the current 7 to parity range. Benson argued the 1933 act no longer stabilizes prices or supplies and urged producers reduce output under the new framework.
Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson named James N. Aldridge of Lesage Cabell County to West Virginia State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee. Aldridge replaces Hobart Dunkle of Barboursville who resigned due to business pressures. Aldridge, a farmer who grows Herefords tobacco grains and hay, is vice president and director of the Cabell County Farm Bureau and serves on the State Vocational Rehabilitation Advisory Committee. He studied animal husbandry and chemistry at the University of Kentucky. Other former committee members include H. S. Vandervort of Morgantown as chairman and Clyde Bonar of Burlington. J. C. Knapp of West Virginia University remains ex officio.
A plan to help hog producers develop meat type animals advances as meat type certification. The United States Department of Agriculture and hog breed associations set rules including purebred status, litter size, ear tagging, weight checks, backfat and loin area minimums, and 200 pound slaughter thresholds. Ohio projections foresee hog prices near 20 dollars per hundredweight by next summer amid smaller fall pig totals and fewer sows farrowing.
A West Virginia University nutrition specialist discusses a 1955 USDA survey showing one quarter of the average family food budget goes to meats. The report, to be compiled fully, also notes dairy 15 percent, cereals 19 percent, vegetables 1 percent, poultry and eggs 8 percent, fruits 2 percent, fats and oils 5 percent, and sugars 3 percent, with insights into regional and income variations.
Jonn J. Flanagan was appointed area agent for rural development in the Beckley West Virginia region. He will assume duties in February 1955, succeeding as the program expands to Raleigh Fayette Summers and surrounding counties under the statewide Rural Development Program.
George Sharpe of West Virginia University will join vocational agriculture teachers from the southern district and 4-H leaders at Trap Hill High School on Saturday February 2 at 1 p.m. The program will cover land judging and the new land judging booklet. John Gorman of the Soil Conservation Service Beckley will discuss the subject with Raleigh County 4-H Leaders Association and promote local club interest.
Vernard Pack and Sons of Buckley were elected to membership in the American Angus Association at St. Joseph Missouri, announced by Secretary Frank Richards. The Packs were among three purebred Aberdeen Angus breeders in West Virginia elected to membership during the past month.
Raleigh County 4H Agent urges men and women to lead 4-H clubs, guiding youth with service, responsibility and community growth. The article emphasizes training, collaboration with extension workers, and the rewards of shaping citizenship and character in young people.
West Virginia University expert says EQ-33 nonionic DDT emulsion, a former Army formula, is now sold by retailers to treat rugs clothes and household furnishings. A tablespoon per pound of dry material protects against moths and beetles, with five percent DDT sprays for items not washable. One spray can guard items for a year or more under regular use and vacuuming.
In Harrisonburg Virginia the Shenandoah Valley live poultry market held firm with broilers or fryers selling at farm prices around 19 cents per pound and 16 to 18 cents for heavy hens. Turkeys were steady with small top turkey fryers at 25 to 26 cents. one lot sold at 47 cents. For the week ended Jan 23, 803,000 head weighed 23 to 31-2 pounds and averaged 18.01 cents, up 12 percent from the previous week.
Cobby West Virginia Bull Vops Southern Sale consigns animals in Raleigh County to the Nineteenth Annual Southern Regional Sale in Montgomery Alabama. Longview Emulator 19th was bought for four figures by Compton Inc Clarksburg. He is a great grandson of Envious Emulous with a double bred granddaughter of Binkeford Black Major as his dam. His pedigree includes Ebeneezer of Anoka Envious Blackcap B S and Revolu tion of Page 13th. He placed Grand Champion last fall at Cumberland and the Tri County Fair with owner W G Merrells present.
West Virginia University Agricultural Extension Service and the Plant Pathology team issued a stem rust leaflet No. 54. It notes barberry eradication reduces outbreaks but cannot fully stop the disease. The program covers barberry removal, growing early maturing grains, and planting just resistant varieties, with county agents supplying cultivar information.
Columbus area guidance from Ohio State University extension engineer Melville L. Palmer says inspect septic tanks yearly to prevent trouble from enlarging. If sludge exceeds 18 to 20 inches, pump out. Tank size depends on home, with 30 gallons for a two bedroom and at least 730 gallons with a garbage grinder. larger tanks and disposal fields reduce cleaning frequency.
At El Rancho Milling Company in Clovis New Mexico a two way self feeder bunker houses about two dozen cattle. The system uses treated posts tongue and groove lumber a metal plate and pipe brack to form a 35 by 72 by eight foot silo. Cattle push gates along as they eat silage and stay fed with minimal attention. area under gates must be cleaned every three or four days to ensure free gate movement.
Albert Hopkins of Madison wins the Burlington Liars Club 1956 World Champion Liar award for a tall tale about hogs and gumbo soil. His gold plated medal marks a dramatic win over Claude Yerkes, Kalispell, last year’s champ, with claims of gumbo roads and hogs’ tails leading to death from sleep deprivation.
G D Kite of Virginia Polytechnic Institute stresses ventilation in the poultry house affects bird health and egg output. Best temperatures range 40 to 70 degrees, with east and west windows spaced about one per ten feet to avoid excessive openings. Roof vents and insulation aid airflow. damp air signals poor ventilation.
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