Ditching Machine Demonstrated On Three Farms at Glen Daniel
Three Glen Daniel farms tested a state soil conservation ditching machine. It dug 96 feet in 1 hour 40 minutes with tile laid simultaneously. ideal rate 800 to 1000 feet per hour. Machine works on true grade and requires minimum eight cents per linear foot, $50 minimum. Tile lines set 30 inches deep to protect lines, drain more acres with less tile.
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Southern Soil Conservation District
Raleigh County
Norman Stephens
John R.cook
Joe Davis
Glen Daniel
Norman Stevens
Local Tomato Crop Sale Guarantee Promoted by Market Leaders
Beccky Farmers Market managers and state agricultural officials promote a local guarantee for tomato sales through coordinated marketing. The program stresses quality production, cooperation, and selling at current market prices, with researchers noting late summer demand from southern markets.
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RDC
C. T. Shakelford
West Virginia University
Tts
Green wrapped tomato production survey
A field survey asks farmers to complete a form on greenhouse tomato production practices. The Rural Development Council in Beckley requests submission of the survey to Box 165 for analysis and regional agriculture planning.
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Beckley
Rural Development Council
Woodland Equipment Show Promises Gear Display and Talks
Seventeen woodland equipment manufacturers and distributors are invited to exhibit at the Fifth Annual West Virginia Woodland Equipment Show on May 20 at Camp Creek State Forest. Morning demonstrations precede afternoon educational talks on pole peeling, wildlife management, pruning trees, walnut marketing, charcoal kilns and log grading. Two displays cover white pine blister rust and forest fire control. Contests with prizes will run at noon for chopping, sawing and heave-ho, with planning meetings set for April 10 Beckley and April 18 at the forest.
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Woodland
West Virginia
Camp Creek State Forest
Forest
Phil Berthy
Beckley
Do Not Bury Seeds Planting Tips From The Home Gardener
The Home Gardener advises planting vegetable seeds shallowly to ensure germination. Small seeds like lettuce and radishes should be barely covered with about one quarter inch of fine soil to allow warmth and energy for sprouting. For crusty heavy soils, cover small seeds with well rotted manure or compost to prevent crusting and aid germination. Larger seeds such as corn and beans are discussed for spring planting.
USDA Publishes 1955 Vegetable Guide With Acreage Shifts
The U S Department of Agriculture releases 1955 guides for 16 fresh summer vegetables totaling 494,490 acres and 15 fall vegetables at 269,500 acres. Late potatoes statewide total 1,023,500 acres, including 14,000 acres for West Virginia. Action by growers is voluntary. production should balance with demand. Boal notes expected yields and a 5 percent dip from 1954, yet ample supply to meet needs.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Robert S. Boal
West Virginia University
Boal
USDA
West Virginia
Hereford Cow Delivers Quadruplets on local farm
Hereford Nebraska reports a dairy farm where a single eight year old Hereford cow on the Wirsell Witler farm near Hereford produced quadruplets this week three bull calves and one heifer. The cow previously yielded six pairs of twins and two single calves.
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Dawson
Neb
Wirsell Witler Farm
Vegetable Planting Advice and Keens Remark
A reader presents a leaflet titled Vegetable Planting Information with planting depths for garden vegetables and offers copies. The note urges spring planting and adds a remark that only the dead should be buried for keens, a hedged or symbolic warning.
Cook Builds Wire Cages for 175 Laying Flock
James Cook of Shady Spring is building wire cages to house 175 laying hens this fall with a 10 foot table to weld the 48 inch by one by two inch mesh wire. His father, Mark Cook, now runs a Florida poultry farm and approved the project. Water cups on a center line serve four cages. Target cost 70 to 80 cents per cage. A trial at Cook Poultry Farm will test efficiency for future use.
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James Cook
Cook
Shady Spring
C. C. Hutchinson
Rural Development Council
Poul
Mark Cook
Florida
Cook Poultry Farm
Barnyard Drama to Attract Future Farm Scientists
Columbus Ohio farm leaders urge dramatizing barnyard problems to lure bright young scientists into agricultural research. National Farm Chemurgic Council President Henry T. McKnight says farming must be as dramatic as space and H bomb ventures to boost income and industry links.
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Henry T. McKnight
Chemurgic Council
Moon
McKnight
Spanishburg FFA Wins Four Firsts in Southern Fed Scholastic Contest
Spanishburg High School dominates the Southern Federation scholastic contest at Shady Spring High School securing firsts in parlimentary procedure speech creed and string band. Trap Hill High School won the quartet first. Nichols County and Trap Hill took second and third in several events. The public speaking winner received a $25 war bond. First place winners advance to a district in Lewisburg. A banquet honored attendees and a May 7 field day at Nicholas County High will include athletic contests soil judging and other events.
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Spanishburg High School
Future Farmers of America Southern Federation
Shady Spring High School
Spanishburg
Trap Hill High School
Nicholas County High
Trap Hill
Nicholas
Shady Spring
Princeton Bank
Lewisburg
Homemakers of America
Virginia Bonds
Shady
FFA
Nicholas County High School
Dry Hill-Prosperity Officers Named for Community Program
T. N. Thurman of Dry Hill was elected president of the Dry Hill Prosperity Country Life Program at a meeting Monday night. Officers include Walt James as vice president and Charles S. Coe as secretary with Mrs. Seldon Adkins treasurer. Committee chairs span agricultural education health home improvement and reception with names such as D. W. Kinzer R. S. Coe and Herbert Atha. A barbecue committee lists Kinzer James Dearing and others. The group voted $10 to Dry Hill Maxwell Hill and Prosperity Elementary Schools for improvements. Meetings set for the first Tuesday night monthly.
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T. N. Thurman
Dry Hill
Dry Hill- Prosperity Country Life Program
Walter James
Charles S. Coe
Seldon Adkins
D. W. Kinzer
R. S. Coe
H. F E. Meade
Walter. James
Herbert Atha
Basil Bailey
James Dearing
Bert Atha
A. J. Meade
Wayne Stewart
Charles Coe
John Hogan
Maxwell Hill
Prosperity
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Beckley Farmers Market
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RDC Fruits and Vegetable Commission
Woodland Equipment Distributors
Camp Creek
Perle Mesta
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Hereford
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