There's Gold In These Here Burley Patches Tobacco in Wayne County grows on small plots
Reporter T L Pennington and Franklin Lilly visit Tom and Joe Sullins in Winding Gulf Hollow Raleigh County to measure two small tobacco plots totaling one acre Joe's 0.41 and Tom's 0.59 acres The piece explains irregular patch shapes require careful surveying with a 100 link chain and sketches Pennington notes the Sullins sisters and Ellis Jackson are other local tobacc growers with high market prices in Huntington and a history of agricultural controls devoted to tobacco programs and government allotments.
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T. L. Pennington
West Virginia
Wayne
Cabell, Mason
Putnam
Huntington
Raleigh County
Ellis H. Jackson
T. J
Joe Sullins
Maryland
Virginia
North
South Carolina
Fort Knox
Tom
T. J.) Sullins
Epperly
Pennington
Joe
George Washington
Wayne County
George
Sullins
Joe’s
Ellis Jackson
T. K. Pennington
Franklin Lilly
Lilly
Govtman Pennington
Gulf Hollow
USDA Milk Meetings Set For Charleston July 31
The U S Agriculture Department will hold a public hearing in Charleston on July 31 to discuss proposals to change the federal marketing order governing milk handling in parts of West Virginia, Ohio, and Kentucky. The hearing was called at the request of cooperative associations representing milk producers in the three state area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
UPD
U. S. Agriculture Department
West Virginia
Ohio
Kentucky
13 State Development Meeting Opens At WVU
Approximately 150 rural and urban development leaders from 13 states gather at West Virginia University for the 11th annual Southeastern Community Development Association conference. Highlights include resource development themes, symposia with notable scholars, tours, a barbecue at Cooper's Rock, and WVU led lectures on land use planning and regional growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia University
Southeastern Community Development Association
Agricultural Sciences
Evansdale
SECDA
C. T. Shackelford
Beckley
E. J. Nesius
Wvui College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Home Economics
Cooperative Extension Service
Conrad Taeuber
Washington, D.C
Bureau of the Census
U. S. Department of Commerce
John Larson
Hagerstown
Potomac Edison Co
Harry B. Heflin
Glenville State College
Cecil H. Underwood
Huntington
Island Creek Coal Co
James H. Thompson
WVU
Bureau of Business Research
Morgantown
Cooper’s Rock State Forest
West Virginia
Patrick Gainer
Beckley Rural Development Council
Upper Monongahela Valley Association
Little Kanawha Regional Council
Monongahela Power Company
Appalachian Power Company
Robert Pasley
Charleston
Division of Research and Planning
State Department of Commerce
Herbert H. Smith
Trenton
N.J
John C.ludlum
WVU Center For
Ispeak
S. Howard Evans
National Chamber of Commerce
Harry N. Osgood
Chicago, Ill
Sears, Roebuck and Company
John C. Pontius
Philadelphia
Saturday Evening Post
Morgan
Agriculture agency urged to form state and county hog cholera committees
The Advisory Committee urged the Agriculture Department to establish state and county hog cholera panels nationwide to eradicate the disease. It backed vaccination expansion, improved outbreak reporting, proper disposal of infected swine, quarantine rules, premises disinfection, and a state federal education effort to unite swine growers. The piece also reports on Hatchery chick and poultry production declines in June 1962 and notes the 1962 wheat support price set at 2 dollars per bushel, with parity and supply considerations guiding final rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaylord P. Godwin
United Press International Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Crop Reporting Board
Turkey
Farmers Market Sells Bush El Beans at Beckley
Beckley Market offers about 200 bushels of half runner beans for sale today. Manager Porter Lewis says beans are sold first come, first served at 1.50 to 2 dollars per bushel. West Virginia Farm and Home Safety Council urges home hazards check as timely safety reminder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Porter Lewis
West Virginia Farm and Home Safety Council
Farm Safety Week Sets Theme for National Drive
President Kennedy proclaims July 22 to 28 as the 19th annual National Farm Safety Week with theme Family Safety at Work and Play. Mrs Ancil Peterson leads West Virginia safety efforts. co sponsored by the National Safety Council and the U S Department of Agriculture. Secretaries urge year round safety and highlight 1960 farm resident deaths and injuries totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
Ancil Peterson
West Virginia
Peterson
West Virginia Farm and Home Safety Council
National Safety Council
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Neighbors Explore Greenbrier Cabin Trips and Local News
Flo and I spent a week at Greenbrier State Park in a forest cabin near Route 60, sharing travels with neighbors from Vienna and Alliance. We met park staff and visitors, swapped tales of travels to Thailand Israel and Trans Jordan, and noted how solid economies grow from local capital for development. A mower accident at Soak Creek hospitalizes Delores Wolford. study of regional strip mining devastation in a hollow reveals widespread environmental impact.
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Flo
Greenbrier State Park
Mrs. Phillips
Route 60
Caldwell
Lewisburg
White Sulphur Springs
Greenbrier
Anthony’s Creek
John Hodel
Howard’s Creek
Burger
Thailand
Israel
Trans
Jordan
Delores Wolford
White Cross
Rev. S. D. Wolford
Soak Creek
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Tom Sullins
Usda Tobacco
USDA
W. R. Hein
Poca
Radio
Freezer
Phonograph
Aubrey Smith
Cabin
Aubrey
John Jamison
John
Dodsons
Congers
Vienna
Mr. Milburn
Stanfarys
New Jersey
Mrs. Anderson
Caroline Lembright
Sue Anderson
J. F. Lembright
Mrs. Lembright
Alliance
Lembrights
Dr. Lembright
John S. Phillips
Africa
Lembright
Clarksburg
John McKay
Chris
Cliffie Sarandon
Rodos
Greece
Cliffie
Athens
Gus
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