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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1962
Page
6
John S. Phillips argues that producing food closer to the point of consumption boosts health, strengthens the economy, and raises culture, urging practical farming improvements for better living.
About 350 Mountain State 4-H girls will attend the annual State 4-H Girls Camp at Jackson’s Mill from August 6 to 11. Co directors Mrs June Thorn and Miss Eleanor Wilson outline daily themes from Open Doors to Door of Awareness with WVU speakers and a full schedule of events and WV exhibit.
Members of the West Virginia Association of Future Farmers of America plan to exhibit cattle at the 21st annual West Virginia Dairy Cattle Show August 15 to 18 at State 4 H Camp Jackson’s Mill. FFA events include an FFA Cattle Show and Showmanship Contest on August 16, with open breed classes and a Fitting and Showing Clinic. W H Wayman will supervise FFA events as state dairy show director.
Instructional steps for planning forms drainage and layering a concrete sidewalk. Includes mix ratios one part cement two parts sand four parts gravel and water guidelines. Covers base digging, curb edges, expansion joints, tar paper separation, and finishing tools like float broom edger groover for a durable non skid sidewalk.
Agriculture Department estimates 1962 six month net farm income at 12.8 billion dollars annual rate up about 2 percent from 1961 first half. Government payments rise with 1.2 billion estimated under 1962 stabilizations, while cash receipts edge higher on crops but livestock income falls. Per acre costs and wages also climb.
Farm expert A. D. Luers notes costs four times higher since 1940, driving net income gains to 12.7 billion in the postwar period though 1961 lags 1947. Cash receipts rose from 9.1 billion in 1940 to 34.7 billion last year as production costs consume a larger share of gross income. Prices for cattle and hogs edged up in the Corn Belt amid tighter marketings, with steers and beef prices rising and lamb trade slipping.
The West Virginia Association Future Homemakers of America will hold its 17th Annual State Convention at Jackson's Mill July 24 25 1962 with about 350 FHA members and advisers from 151 chapters statewide The theme is Seeking Precious Values and includes sessions led by Donna Collis Harley Cutlip and Diana Strawser with a variety of speeches reports and a banquet The convention will elect state officers with Debra Hart and Kenna Frittsrom as presidential candidates
Porter Lewis the market manager says all produce for Thursday’s Beckley Farmers Market auction must be delivered by 11 a.m. to prepare for the 1 30 p.m. sale. The instruction aims to ensure timely setup for the auction.
Neighbors report a hail event leaving many windows broken and a garden scene dusted with white pellets. The column also mentions beekeeping plans in Raleigh County, a Southern States Beekeepers meeting, and reflections on DuPont nylon’s wider economic impact.
Archaeologists digging in the Euphrates Valley uncover successive cultural layers. They reveal an agrarian culture about $000 years old, a herdsmen layer 12 years old, and caveman culture many centuries older.
The writer notes a trend from 20 inch theater and stadium seats to 22 inch seats in new buildings and predicts seats reaching 24 inches by 1970. Bus seating should widen as well.
Aries through Aquarius provide brief daily guidance with mis-typed phrases. Many signs urge balance, restraint, focus on self direction, and careful money choices. The row ends with a stray publication note from 1962 Field Enterprises.
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