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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1956
Page
3
Shenandoah Valley live poultry market report shows steady demand for broilers and fryers with weights around 32 to 32 inches. Prices at farm fell within 20 to 24 cents per pound range with heavy hens steady around 34 to 36 cents. total head reported 753,900 for the week ending March 16 amid weather conditions affecting supply.
The West Virginia Poultry Convention is scheduled for August 1 through 3 in Moorefield Hardy county. Harold M Hyre WVU Associate poultry husbandman and publicity chair outlines an educational program on August 2 3 for poultry growers and other industry branches with relaxation elements. Jack Rudolph Intermont Hampshire county serves as WV Poultry Association president and convention program committee works out details.
Commissioner of Agriculture notes U S Department of Agriculture data showing West Virginia had the lowest net farm income in the nation. He cites small farm sizes, limited intensive acreage, and calls for national farm policy, price supports, soil conservation, and expanded farmers markets to lift income. He urges cooperation among state agencies, Extension Service, Experiment Station, and local groups.
Extension service specialists urge timely inspection of all farm equipment before field work. They advise checking hitches brakes fuel lines wiring and guards to prevent fires and accidents and ensuring safe steps and secure tool holders on tractors.
The Federal-State Crop Reporting Service notes West Virginia farms produced 31 million eggs in January mirroring January 1955 totals. Commercial hatcheries yielded 932000 chicks, up 43 percent from January 1955 and 42 percent above the 1950s monthly average. Prices farmers received for poultry and eggs as of January 15 were slightly higher than a month prior.
The West Virginia Agriculture Department will intensify a program to combat American foulbrood, a bee disease harming pollination of fruit trees in the Eastern Panhandle. Inspector Oscar M. Dick Jr. will direct the effort, focusing on eliminating all diseased colonies in Berkeley and Jefferson counties after 98 of 508 colonies were found affected last year. The department may expand to other Upper Potomac and South Branch Valley counties as winter infections are reported.
The dairy sector remains the nation’s top agricultural industry with dairying the largest single segment. About 16 million people rely on dairy work for their livelihoods while farmers used 16 billion gallons more crude oil than any other industry last year, according to USDA data.
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