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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1955
Page
8
A reader guidance piece explains poison ivy identification with three leaflets and warns of its year round toxicity. Advice covers immediate washing, alcohol rubs, tannic acid dressings, calamine lotions, and household remedies, plus garden control using chemicals and digging precautions.
Bill Cole found a queen bee and many subjects on his car hood and tried driving to scatter them. The swarm forced cooling at a service station as bees buzzed around the area leaving the driver with a honey slick mess and a sticky problem for the station owner.
A drought ready farming guide notes drought prone regions may need crop diversification and rotations. Sudangrass and lespedeza sericea provide drought grazing while deep-rooted alfalfa supports livestock feed. Winter grazing benefits from crimson clover rye grass and perennials like dallisgrass and Bermuda. Johnsongrass offers emergency hay. plan planting times and stocking to maximize peak growth and reseed stands.
Lawrence Miller and Maxwell Hill were named chairmen of the Raleigh County Country Life Program council at a meeting of New River program officers. T. N. Thurman was elected vice chairman and Warren Patton secretary treasurer as planners outlined council aims and upcoming activities.
Eight weeks after winter, 36 busloads from 18 states descended on Washington to press farm price reforms and how farm programs should be run. Sponsored by the National Farmers Union, the group met with Undersecretary Morse and REA Administrator Nelson before detailing goals to respective lawmakers. A staffer called the effort better than any other farm group activity.
MINNEAPOLIS Gov Orville Freeman proposes mandatory safety belts for car passengers to reduce injuries amid growing concerns about vehicle and air travel convergence. The plan targets passenger protection as transportation modes increasingly share routes and risks.
Shenandoah Valley area poultry market shows steady live market for broilers and fryers with heavy receipts. Prices recorded for yesterday include under 3 lbs at 26 cents, 3 lbs and over 26-27 cents, heavy hens 23-24, turkey fryers 30-31, heavy breeder hens and toms at 23, with weekly summaries noting 25 percent under 3 lbs at 26.54 average, 56 percent 3-4 lbs at 27.17, 19 percent 4 lb and over at 27.46, and a plus 204 percent change from the prior week.
Jessup and Cook's Poultry Farm in Shady Spring and Beckley’s Merchants Feed and Supply win approval to use a Land-O-Hills tape on egg cartons at a Rural Development Council Poultry Commission meeting. The program aims to promote local eggs meeting WV Fancy or Grade A standards produced within specified counties and sold under the symbol to protect producers and consumers.
Jim Kessinger and P. W. Burks were unanimously reelected as chairman and secretary of the Rural Development Council's Country Life Commission for the term starting July 1. The commission will decide on a cochairman at the July meeting. The panel approved using the Land-O Hills seat for eligible communities and commended RDC for its scorebook of community improvement suggestions.
Thomas H. Smith, chairman of the Wyoming County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee, designates the county ASC office in Pineville for the wheat referendum on June 25. Eligible voters are wheat producers with more than 15 acres for 1956 harvest. those with 15 acres or less are not affected. If two thirds of voting wheat growers approve, marketing quotas apply to the 1956 crop with price support likely 75 to 82 percent of parity. excess production faces a 45 percent parity penalty and no price support. If more than one third disapprove, quotas do not apply and price support is 50 percent of parity for those within allotments.
The Frank Beelaert family from Page Neb. entered judging contests at the Angus field day with Noah Beelaert tying for first in the men’s division with O W Weidauer of Lemars Iowa and winning the trophy on a coin flip. Bob Beelaert won the junior award while Mrs Beelaert tied for first in the women’s contest with Mrs Dick Bruner of David City Neb and also lost the trophy on a coin toss.
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