National Safety Week Offers Test of Habits
West Virginia University extension specialists urge farmers during National Farm Safety Week to inspect and improve safety habits amid harvest. Advice includes stopping machinery before maintenance, wearing proper clothing, guarding moving parts, maintaining safe tractor speeds, keeping children home, and using headlights on roads.
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National Safety Week
Agriculural Extension Service
West Virginia University
National Safety Counci
Old Man Mole and Hardware Trouble in Cattle
A humorous column discusses moles as backyard pests and their burrowing habits, noting their teeth and tails for detection. It cites experts on mole behavior, including their dislike of others, underground life, and a yearly underground romance. The piece shifts to cattle health, detailing hardware trouble from swallowed objects, its symptoms, and treatment options. It ends with a brief note on corn crop estimates for 1952.
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Charles W
White Central Press
Tim
Mose Ology Catse
Tidge
Brien W. Dalrymple
Withal
Agriculture Experts Predict Uplift in Farm Output by 1955
Agricultural Extension Service specialists from West Virginia University say the nation could raise output of food and fiber by about 20 percent over 1950 levels and 18 percent over 1951 within four to five years if favorable conditions and needed inputs like fertilizer machinery and prices stay steady. The study notes potential capacity, not a forecast, and emphasizes improved farming practices and greater fertilizer use to reach higher production without assuming specific goals.
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West Virginia University
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Pastures Offer Greatest Yield Increase in County
Kelly Palmer, chair of the County PMA Committee, says pastures offer the greatest yield increase on Raleigh County farms. He cites results from the Agricultural Conservation Program and notes lime, fertilizer, and choosing top grasses and clovers can raise feed per acre, with some areas producing as much as 125 bushels of corn per acre equivalent.
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Raleigh
Kelly Palmer
PMA
U. S. Department of Agriculture
USDA Forecasts Record Grain Crop Production
United States Department of Agriculture projections indicate record 1943 grain production with yields and acreage varying by state. Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and Tennessee show notable output in corn, wheat, potatoes and other crops, with 1948-like index levels cited as a benchmark.
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USDA
Washington
Banner
Maryland
Department of Agriculture
Ginia
West Virginia
Tennessee
Sudan Grass Seedings Advise for Supplementary Pastures
Agronomists from West Virginia University Agricultural Experiment Station promote Sudan grass as an excellent summer crop for supplementary pastures. Seeding windows run from late May to early July, with shallow sowing of 20 to 30 pounds per acre and 500 to 1,000 pounds of 10-10-10 fertilizer. Grazing can begin five to six weeks after seeding, but avoid pasture after frost or when plants are stunted or less than 18 inches tall due to prussic acid poisoning risk.
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West Virginia University Agricultural Experiment Station
Sudan
Colorado
Foreign Farming Leaders to Study in West Virginia
Thirteen agricultural leaders from Belgium, France, Italy, and Yugoslavia will visit West Virginia July 26 to August 9 under a Mutual Security Agency and U S Department of Agriculture and Land Grant Colleges program. They will study Extension work, visit State Dairy Show, WVU, Wardensville Station, and county camps to observe livestock, horticulture, forestry, and farm organization, with a final appraisal in Washington, D C.
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France
Italy
Yugoslavia
West Virginia
United States
Mutual Security Agency
U. S. Department of Agriculture and
Herman Bowers
West Virginia University
Louisiana State University
U. S
Jackson's Mill
Morgantown
Moorefield
West Virginia Poultry Association
Wardensville
Rumeny
Grant
Pendleton
Pocahontas County
Elkins
Upshure
Jackson’s Mill
Washington, D. C
Ford Foundation backs adult education in rural America
The Ford Foundation through its Fund For Adult Education expands a grass roots program to boost adult discussion on foreign and national affairs. Since testing with 60 groups in 27 states, two discussion series are offered with film subjects from public libraries. Local leaders may be chosen from any group to run meetings, with kits sold at cost and background material provided.
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Ford Foundation
United States
America
Fund For Adult Education
Chicago Board of Trade
Glen Burch
Fund
Sec
West Jackson Blvd
Chicago
Jfilm
Desir Lable
Dairymen Study Milking Stalls In West Virginia
West Virginia University Agricultural Experiment Station reports on cow comfort stalls. Cows in larger 9 by 4 inch stalls show fewer injuries and cleaner conditions with higher milk yield. Comparisons include Dri Mag modified comfort stalls against conventional stanchion stalls while bedding cleanliness and lying time are evaluated. Results expected in 3 to 4 years. Literature available from the Agricultural Experiment Station, Morgantown, Va.
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West Virginia
University Agricultural Experiment Staton
Stasion
Agricultural Experiment Station
West Virginia University
Morganstown
Broilerman Sees Bright Market for Broiler Industry
James M. Duckworth told about 1000 attendees at the Rural Development Council poultry commission twilight meeting in Shady Spring that an excellent marketing period lies ahead for broilers. He urged producers to start projects now, noting December slumps are expected but that year round production with local feeders can reduce labor.
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James M. Duckworth
Lewissburg
The
Poultry Commission
Ellis Broiler
Shady Spring
It Poultry Jommission of
Rural Development Council
Ee Duckworth
Duckworth
Howard
Elis
Harry
EL Lises
Rocco Feeds
Greenbrier, Inc
Beckley Ice
Greensbrier
Quotas and Allotments Cut on 1953 Wheat Crop
Ward Wood, chairman of the State Production and Marketing Administration Committee, reports there will be no acreage allotments or marketing quotas for the 1953 wheat crop. Secretary Brannan says emergency needs warrant avoiding quotas as production exceeds 1952 levels and reserves must be maintained to meet unpredictable conditions. The Agriculture Department will set 1953 crop goals, expected to be smaller than 1952 acreage and production but larger than would be required with quotas.
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Brannan
U.S. Department of Agriculture
FFA Convention Concludes With Officer Elections
The 24th annual state FFA convention in Jackson's Mill West Virginia wrapped with officer elections after a five day program. Troy FFA of Gilmer County won the state parliamentary procedure contest with University High School Morgan Town as runner up and Rome Vertevere chapter taking third place.
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FFA
Jackson's Mill
W. Va
Future Farmers of America
Troy Ffa
Gilmer County
University High School
Morgan
Ron. ‘Ceverte
Fayetteville All-Electric Fair Set for July
Fayette County 4-H members will display projects in a booth at the All-Electric Fair in the Memorial Building from July 23 to 25 in Fayetteville.
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Fayetteville
Fayette County
Memorial Building
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