Do It Yourself Tools For Amateur Plumbers
Do It Yourself Tools For Amateur Plumbers offers guidance from MR. FIX on home plumbing tools. It lists common items like chisels hack saw hammers soldering iron and adjustable wrenches and explains use of Stillson pipe and crescent wrenches plus methods to avoid marring surfaces. It notes adding specialized tools as needed for more complex jobs and mentions pliers and locking vise grip pliers as useful wrench substitutes.
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MR. Fix
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
First Step in Fixing a Leaky Faucet
A cardstock from a vintage guide lists essential plumbing tools to fix leaks. It covers cutting tools including hacksaws and pipe cutters, vises adapted for pipe, cleanout tools like plungers and ribbon snakes, and a seat dresser to refresh worn valve seats.
House Of The Lonesome Pine In My Neighbors Column
A reflective piece about a towering pine on Fairview Avenue Beckley and the foreseen fate of the tree. The poem expresses pride in the pine and the belief that all things must pass, including even the steadfast landmark and the human heart.
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House of the Lonesome Pine
Fairview Avenue
Beckley
West Virginia Hereford Breeders Hold 21st Show and Sale
The 27th annual Hereford event will be at Jackson's Mill on April 13 with 18 consignors offering 45 bulls and 10 females from WV Ohio Pennsylvania and Maryland. An April 12 dinner at Mount Vernon Dining Hall features remarks by Paul Swaffar and Herman Purdy. Purdy judges April 13 show at 9 am and Col Ham Hamilton conducts the 1 pm sale.
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West Virginia
Hereford Breeders’ Association
Jackson's Mill
Roger E. Roberts
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Morlunda Farms
Lewisburg
Mount Vernon
Paul Swaffar
Kansas City
American Hereford Association
Herman R. Purdy
Pennsylvania State University
Purdy
Hereford
England
Tower
Col. A. W. (Ham) Hamilton
Main Street
Spencer
West Virginia 4-H Ham and Bacon Show Opens in Clarksburg
About 200 sugar cured hams and bacons are on display at the 2th annual West Virginia 4-H ham and bacon show in Clarksburg. The judging team is led by Ben Morgan, Penn State extension livestock specialist. Winners receive ribbons and prize money. An auction this afternoon will be conducted by Col. John Stiles of Parkersburg.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
UPI
West Virginia
Ben Morgan
Penn State Extension
John Stiles
Parkersburg
West Virginia Fishing Fun News Highlights Early Season
Several hundred fishermen enjoyed the Sut ton Reservoir area and downstream trout, walleye, and bass before trout season opens April 29, with barbless hooks used to return trout unharmed. Fire season reported near normal activity with almost 100 fires since January. contest announced by Baxter B. Winner offering prizes for largest bass and trout and best string of fish, with photos to appear in West Virginia Conservation magazine.
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Sutton Reservoir
Raymond Carson
Braxton County
Little Buffalo Creek
Gassaway
Ed Kinney
West Virginia
Gaxter B. Wimner
Fairmont
Wimer
Helgerlures
Baxter B
Locust Avenue
Seed treatment pays well for farmers
Kansas State University extension plant pathologist Claude L. King reports a seed germination above 9 percent plus fungicide treatment can raise stand by about 10 percent and save seed value. He notes seed treatment protecting roots can boost yields by at least 0.5 bushels per acre, delivering strong returns on a $5 fungicide investment, with additional protection against smut and head blights. Experiments at other stations support these findings, urging farmers to treat seed as a profitable opportunity.
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Kansas State University
Claude L. King
State Soil Conservation Committees Hold Meeting
State Soil Conservation Committees from New York New Jersey Delaware Pennsylvania Virginia and West Virginia met in Williamsburg Virginia for the fourth annual gathering to discuss budgets programs and district cooperation Topics included supervision of district budgets mining reclamation and urban conservation with experts from Delaware West Virginia and Virginia leading ten minute reports and extended discussions guiding future mutual efforts for soil conservation districts
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New York
New Jersey
Delaware
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia
Williamsburg
G. M. Worrilow
University of Delaware School of Agriculture
SCD
A. H. van Landingham
WVU Agricultural Experiment Station
West Virginia Soil Conservation Committee
Park C. Brinkley
State Soil Conservation Committee
Thomas Crites Named Surveyor Star Farmer
Thomas Crites a Trap Hill High School junior was chosen as Star Farmer of the Surveyor Chapter and will receive an award from the State Department of Agriculture. He presides over the Southern Federation Future Farmers of America, has run beef calves broilers crops and garden plots, and posted $1505.16 in two years of farming. He helped the Land Judging Team win in the Southern Federation and aspires to WVU for mechanical engineering.
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Thomas Crites
Trap Hill High School
Surveyor
State Department of Agriculture
Southern Federation
Future Farmers of America
West Virginia
Thomas
Vo-Ag Department
Cedar Lakes
Raleigh County
Lrst
West Virginia University
WVU Announces Second Annual Life Sciences Institute
West Virginia University will host its second Life Sciences Institute from June 5 to 30 under Dr. O J Burger. About 20 teachers and researchers will lead the program for science-minded high school boys, with labs in nutrition physiology breeding pathology agronomy genetics and seminars from top scientists from USDA Rutgers and Ohio State. Junior year high school students may apply via their principals to join the selection committee including Dr Burger and several college faculty.
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West Virginia University
O. J. Burger
College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Home Economics
Burger
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Rutgers University
Ohio State University
OR. Burger
Charles Main
O. M. Neal
College of Agriculture
Marion Gallogly
Ralph G. Mitchell
Grape Pruning Time In The Mountains
H B Thomas Raleigh County Farm Agent advises pruning grapes in early spring with March or April, noting late pruning increases bud damage and reduces yields. He explains how many buds to leave based on vine vigor, warning bleeding from wounds is common but not harmful and vines recover as wounds heal.
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H. B. Thomas
Raleigh
Mr. Thomas
Kennedy Urges More Utilization Research In Farm Program
President Kennedy asks Congress to expand agricultural research focusing on utilization marketing and nutrition with emphasis on new uses for farm products. He notes current spending is about 18 million yearly, under one third of total research funds, and supports expanding utilization studies. The budget may include aids to soil districts watersheds and forestry, and a possible one year wheat surplus reduction plan with quotas. Meat import data for 1960 shows beef veal down 29 percent mutton down 21 percent pork down 2 percent lamb up 31 percent and variety meats down 24 percent.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Congress
Senate
Capitol Hill
Agriculture Department
Spruce Sprays Threaten Spruce Trees Nationwide
Weather conditions in coming weekends will determine when to apply dormant malathion to combat spruce gall aphids. The eastern spruce gall aphid targets Norway spruce while the Cooley spruce gall aphid infests Colorado blue and Sitka spruces, causing curling and dieback in new growth.
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Henry W. Gilbertson
Davey Tree Expert Co
Norway
Blue
Sitka
Spring Comes Early In This Rocket Age
John S Phillips writes as a neighbor observer noting Spring arrives at 3 33 pm on a Monday and contrasts the old date of March 21 with modern punctuality He shares bits from daily life including hospital delays a trip to Watkins a visit with Judge Riffe and Doctor Bledsoe a goat nanny twins and plans for Easter He muses on flagpole decor at City Hall and rouses readers to stand up for American ideals He ends with reflections on weather holidays and the Shamash sun god signifying the season and a farewell until Sunday
Open Letter Promotes Raleigh County Marketing Facilities
An open letter from local figures urges use of newly established marketing facilities at Skelton for Fruits Vegetables and Livestock. It credits cooperation with Raleigh County Court and the West Virginia State Department of Agriculture and asks producers to contact Oscar Hutchinson and Porter Lewis to learn services and potential profits from the markets. The message stresses practical benefits and ongoing expansion.
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Raleigh
West Virginia State Department of Agriculture
Skelton
Oscar Hutchinson
Porter Lewis
Earl E. Bibb
Beckley Hardware & Supply Co
Fogus Named Area Extension Forester in West Virginia
Donald Lee Fogus named Area Extension Forester with headquarters in Elkins to cover Tucker Randolph and Pocahontas counties. A Greenbrier County native and WVU forestry graduate, he previously Custodian of Cedar Creek State Park in Gilmer County. He will lead forestry education for small farm woodlands and collaborate with 4 H and vocational agriculture programs.
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Donald Lee Fogus
Elkins
J. O. Knapp
West Virginia University
Greenbrier County
Fogus
White Sulphur Springs
Division of Forestry
West Virginia Conservation Commission
Cedar Creek State Park
Gilmer County
Tucker
Randolph
Pocahontas
Knapp
AES
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John S. Phillips
House of the
Lonesome Pine
Ai Gen
Huntington, W. Va
Wilhelmina Bicker
Near Huntington
Miss Bicker
Milos Ki Pabac
Ean Ade
Cope
W.va
Dr. In
Anna Lucasta
Ertha Kitt
Sammy Davis Jr
John Hoyt
Marcia Henderson
Ni Johansson
Hciml Worlds
Glen Jean
Cash McCall
James Garner
Natalie Wood
Mari Blanchard
Albert Dekker
Marlon Brando
Asher W. Kelly
Kelly
State Soil Conservation Committees
George Sharpe
West Virginia University Extension
Ieee Searl
WVU
U.S
Bernard Brenner
Prince Street
Judge Riffe
Watkins
Mary Molina
Cecil Hamrick
Mary
Grandview
P. S
Cecil
Charleston
American Legion
America
United States OF America
Ever
Anow
WWNR
Joe Rahall
Joe
Dick Boothe
Area Extension Forester
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