Soil and Man Need Rest to Keep Going
Soil conservationist Harry L Headley argues soils, like people, require rest periods and rotations. Continuous row cropping without cover crops or three years of hay rotation depletes humus and fertility, making fields hard to work and less productive. Implement two to three year truck crop rotations with grass and legumes, seeded to alfalfa, Ladino clover, and orchard grass, with hay harvest and returned manure to restore soil structure, reduce disease and pests.
Committee Named to Select Body To Govern County Farm Market
A three member committee was named to select a governing body for the Cran berry Heights producer's market. The RDC executive, Raleigh County Court and Fruits and Vegetable Commission approved market building plans by Collis Amon Beckley with footers to start Tuesday. Committee members include Charles Hodel C T Shackelford and J B McLaughlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cranberry Heights
Raleigh County Court
Rural Development Council
Fruits and Vegetable Commission
Collis Amon
Beckley
Charles
Assistance to Complete Work on Raleigh County 4-H Camp
County 4-H leaders and volunteers will finish grounds cleanup and equipment moves at the Raleigh County 4-H Camp. A work committee meets June 14 to complete tasks before camp operations resume later in June, with water supplied by a pledged 400 gallon tank truck and 125 National Guard cots available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County 4-H
County Club
Clarence Wooten
Raleigh County Agricultural Council
Wooten
Garland Shaver
National Guard Army
Raleigh
Dairymen urged to sell public of milk products
Dairymen are urged to join a June milk promotion as producers gain more from the campaign. West Virginia University extension dairyman G Heebink notes 1954 first quarter milk output hit records and dairy foods remain a good buy. USDA data show per capita milk consumption near 250 quarts yearly and calcium needs vary by age and status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Heebink
West Virginia University
Heebink
USDA
Freeze Asparagus Now For Low-Cost Winter Stock
Ohio State University nutritionist Sue Christian urges freezing asparagus to save costs next winter. She recommends Mary Washington and Washington Strains as good freezer varieties and outlines blanching 2 to 4 minutes, cooling in ice water, draining, and packing in moisture proof containers before sealing and freezing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sue Christian
Ohio State Univer
Christian
Mary Washington
Washington
Shade Tree Gardening Like Fireside Planting
A breezy farm column from El Dorado notes May delays in wet weather hampered early garden work and discusses sprouting, planting space, and the emotions of gardeners. It covers weed and pest control, sprays, and the role of county agents, then shifts to reflections on farming risks and small profits from recent ventures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Dorado
Mount Hope woman wins Grange Essay Contest prize
Mrs. FE. L. Adkins Route 1 Mount Hope has been chosen as local winner in the National Grange and American Plant Food Council essay contest. Her piece on Building Fertility to Cut Farm Costs advances to state and national judging with $5,000 in cash prizes and trips to Spokane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FE. L. Adkins
Route 1
Mount Hope
National Grange
American Plant Food Council
E. H. Sudduth
Southern Soil Conservation District
Sudduth
W. C. Alkire
West Virginia State Grange
Parkersburg
Adkins
Paul T. Truitt
Farm Fly Control With New Sprays
New chemicals for farm fly control can kill even the toughest strains with generations of bred in resistance. The three major control plans are residual spraying, space spraying or poison baiting. Two new residual sprays are malathion approved for dairy chemical likely to be approved for buildings other than dairy barns. There's no field evidence that flies can develop resistance to these two such as in the case of DDT.
Fayette County Fair Organized at Lookout
E R Vawter named chairman for Fayette County Fair to be held the week of August 19 at Lookout. Jack Nestor named publicity manager and chairman of arrangements. Committees include awards Sam Crouse and others from Fayetteville Lookout Yo A g and Farm Women. Previous fairs at Lookout successful, boosting interest in farm products crafts and exhibits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vawter
Fayette County
Lookout
Nuttall High School
Jack Nestor
Nuttall Vocational Agriculture
Sam Crouse
Fayetteville
Hugh Cavendish
Lora Grose Miller
Dollie Greiner
NFA
I. S. Leech
Mr. Hope
Beatrice Whanger
Nestor
Fire Blight Strikes Area Apple Trees
County Agent H B Thomas reports fire blight harming local apples this spring. He says warm weather ends spread and advises not pruning now, but removing and burning infected twigs when trees are dormant to avoid transmission via wood or tools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. B. Thomas
Thomas
Tygarts Soil Group Wins State Contest
West Virginia's Tygarts Valley district is the state's grand award winner in a national soil conservation contest for 1953 54. D T Paugh and Clarence J Pingley will join 98 other winners on an all expenses paid trip to Wigwam guest ranch Arizona in December. Second place honors go to the Guyan district with Clyde Smoot named outstanding farmer cooperator. Bronze plaques will be awarded to both first and second place districts at a regional National Association of Soil Conservation Districts meeting. West Virginia judges include J B McLaghlin J O Knapp L L Lough E D Knight Carroll Greene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tygarts Valley
West Virginia
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
D. T. Paugh
Rt. 4
Philippi
Clarence J. Pingley
Elkins
Wigwam Guest Ranch
Litchfield Park
Arizona
Paugh
Tygarts Valley District
Pingley
Ralph W. Teter
Volga
C. F. Phillips
Montrose
C. E. Kereens
S. M. Lohr
Kasson
William M. Brown
Grafton
Denvis Hornbeck
Buckhannon
Guyan
Howard B. Thornburg
Barboursville
P. J. Williamson
Branchland
Co. W. Gregg
Huntington
Roy Fox
Gilbert
Eustace Adkins
Ceredo
Wade B. Ferguson
Wayne
Lovel R. Dolin
Madison
Walter G. Dingess
Logan
National Association of Soil Conservation Districts
Early Beef Calves Show Most Profit
Extension expert Benjamin F. Creech from West Virginia University notes that calves born in late February and March outperform later calves. Early calves gain weight faster, settle cows by mid June, and allow spring tasks such as castration and dehorning before pasture turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin F. Creech
West Virginia University
Creech
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Harry L. Headley
Summers County
Jewel Fox
John W. Holstein
Hinton
W. J. B. Simmons Jr
U. S. Department of Agriculture
United States
Mone Farmington Betten
L. L. Smith
Ballengee
Greenbrier River
See
Cohen Drug Co
Collin's Drug Store
Neville St
Carrol Hawkins
J. B. McLaughlin
Raleigh County
Hawkins
C. C. Hutchinson
E. R. Vawter
Fayette
Tygarts Soil Group
Menmbbers
J. B. McLaghlin
State Soil Conservation Committee
J. O. Knapp
L. L. Lough
E. D. Knight
State Soil Conservation
Carroll Greene
Bourbon
National Distillers Prod. Corp
N. Y
American Motors
Hornets
WASPS
Wasp
Jets
Main
Oak Hill, W. Va
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