$80,000 Market Improvement Program In State
Charleston WV—West Virginia will spend about 80 thousand dollars on a farm market improvement program. Agriculture Commissioner John T. Johnson says the aim is to move farmers produce to central points in large volumes to attract buyers. Projects include a cooling unit at Weston, packing and grading gear at Inwood, sizing and tomato handling at Beckley, and washing and grading equipment at Elkins and Parsons. Research on spray residues will support future laboratory capability in the Eastern Panhandle. Plans for further funding will be sought in the 1957 Legislature.
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Charleston
John T. Johnson
Weston
Inwood
Beckley
Eas
Johnson
Elkins
Parsons
Easttern Panhandle
John
Uex- Son
Johnson Sidue
Eastern Test Center
Market Demand Surges As Farmers Lure Supply In AL
AL Warren Patton assistant market manager said buyers want potatoes tomatoes cabbage sweet corn snap beans peppers carrots and head lettuce. He urged farmers to bring produce to market where demand is high and more buyers than farmers attended the opening with nine buyers and three farmers present. One reason for shortage cited crops running behind schedule.
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Soo Revee AL
Warren Patton
Patton
Zero Grazing Advantages Told by Dr Graf
Dr. G C Graf head of the VPI dairy department says zero grazing brings feed to cows and suits larger herds. Benefits include higher forage yields per acre, uniform quality and milk production, easier strip cropping, and reduced fencing costs, with drawbacks like expensive gear, more labor, and limited use on wet, stony, or hilly land. California and Virginia tests show higher yields and steadier milk when practiced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. C. Graf
VPI Dairy Department
Graf
Virginia
Classes Announced For Fair Exhibits In Fayetteville
Fayetteville ANS reports Home Economics Division announces fair exhibit classes with judges and a Aug. 7 2 PM entry deadline. Cash awards and ribbons for top places, defense for non competition ribbons. Locking at night to protect displays. Committee lists across Baking Canning Sewing Embroidered items and woven rugs categories.
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Waugh
Paul Wilshire
Lochgelly
James Legg
Hi- C
L. 8
Upton. Alley
G H. Riner
Fayetteville
W. H. Haynes
Verna J. Walkup
Ansted
Farmer Values Time With Forage Harvesting System
A farmer reports lengthy daily time spent hooking up equipment, traveling 2.2 miles, and cutting green forage to feed 30 cows, totaling about 114 hours day in VPI tests using a self loading wagon.
Pork Price Spread Continues to Widen
Morgantown report by WVU Extension economist Robert S Boal notes the marketing price spread for pork widened through 1955 from 21.19 to 25.8 cents per retail pound, while farm hog prices fell sharply. The quarterly spread reached record levels as consumer prices lagged farmer price declines, with barrow prices dropping from 19.39 to 10.73 per 100 pounds between June and December 1955.
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Morgantown
Robert S. Boal
West Virginia University
Boal
iChicago
Plains
Plowing Match Site Progress Report Near Peebles
Columbus area committee members checked the 1957 World’s Conservation Exposition and Plowing Contests site near Peebles. Work is on schedule after two years of development on a 2 500 acre area with ponds hedgerows and conservation plots. More than 20 countries expected to participate and headquarters will be on Russell K Webb farm.
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Columbus
Peebles
Bili K. DeVore
Salddor
Russell K. Webb
Oxford
England
Donald Barbee
Conover
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Jack Sutherland
United States
Rochester
N. Y
Secretary of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Jack ‘Sutherland
Mone Farmington
Berkley Warman Maths
Kentucky
Old Crow
Atioral Dist
Teter
ANS
Oak Hill
Beenan
Porter Waugh
Canning
Raymond Kelly
Long Branch
C. B. Steele
Powellton
D. H. Price
Maplewood
Leon Haga
Hico
Ray Humphrey
Long Maplewood
H. W. Mc Clung
Jess Evans
Joe Stokeley
Lookout
Marshall O'Dell
Theodore Deitz
Victor
Earl Goddard
Rainelle
G. M. Powers
Main Street
Coats
Buskens Tweedie
Emi
Miakage
Vassialin
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