Dry Hill Erects Land-O-Hills Community Signs
The Dry Hill Country Life Program Committee completes three large community signs bearing the Land-O-Hills symbol to mark Dry Hill entrances. Black and white street signs and individualized farm signs follow, funded by the Dry Hill Farm Womans Club. C. T. Shackelford notes RDC approval for others to use the symbol.
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Land-O-Hills
Dry Hill
T. N. Thurmond
D. W. Kinzer
Dry Hill Country Life Group
W. D. Kinzer
Dry Hill Farm Womans Club
C. T. Shackelford
Rural Development Council
New River Country Life Program
RDC
State Farmers Plan More Crop Acreages
West Virginia farmers expect a broad rise in crop areas this year the Crop Reporting Service said Wheat acreage will be the lowest since records began in 1866 with only 68000 seeded last fall. Total cropland about 1224000 acres up 10000 from 1953 though below the 1943-1952 average. Corn will reach a new low with 138000 acres in prospect down 2 percent from last year.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Early Green Thumb Tips for Seedlings and Transplants
This note guides spring gardening from starting seeds to transplanting. It covers seed flats, transplanting mixtures, liquid fertilizer use, hardening off, and gradual outdoor acclimation. It emphasizes indoor to outdoor steps, timing before frost danger, and enjoying the growing process.
Hogs Scarce as Hen's Teeth on Area Farms
Agricultural economists warn the winter pig crop in Raleigh and Fayette counties will be about 9 percent lower than last year while prices for pigs are expected to be good. Local farmers report difficulty locating shoats and anticipate few sows in the county if shortages continue.
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Raleigh
Fayette County
el Dorado
Panhandle
Texas
Oklahoma
West Virginia
Warren French
W. C. Combs
Crab Orchard
C. FE. Snider
Appalachian Electric Power Co
Franklin Lilly
Harry Headley
Susie
Ruthie
Visitors Spread Livestock Disease
Farmers should bar visitors from stock barns and poultry buildings to curb disease spread. The American Foundation for Animal Health urges strict keeps out rules, noting germs from clothing can carry hog cholera fowlpox and other infections. Quarantine new stock and seek veterinary diagnosis if illness appears to prevent wider outbreaks.
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American Foundation For Animal Health
Foundation
Canada
Europe
New AB Proofs Aim to Improve Artificial Breeding
G Heebink extension dairyman explains AB proofs use artificial daughters rather than natural daughters to assess sires. AB proofs, tested across multiple herds and varied feeding and management, are likelier to reflect real farm conditions and aid future bull selection in West Virginia DHIA cooperatives.
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G. Heebink
Extension Dairyman
Heebink
West Virginia
DHIA
Flexible Price Supports Mean Defeat for Midwest Candidates
Senator Young predicts no Midwest Congress members elected next November who back flexible farm price supports. He urges 90 percent parity for major crops and argues farmers oppose flexible plans, while other GOP and administration officials push varied positions on dairy and farm price policy.
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Washington
Sen
Young
R-Nd
Congress
Midwest
Senate Agriculture Committee
Eisenhower
North Dakota
Omaha
Neb
House
Sen. Ferguson
Michigan
CBS
Benson
NBC
McCarthy
R-Wis
Agriculture Department
Live Poultry Market Report Shenandoah and Charleston Areas
Shenandoah Valley area reports a steady live poultry market for broilers or fryers with fair demand and heavy receipts. Prices at farm for 24 hours ending yesterday noon show broilers 23 to 24 cents, mostly 23 to 23.25. heavy hens 23 to 25. small turkey fryers 33 to 34 cents. Charleston area notes market steady with ample supplies and farm prices for 24 hours ending yesterday 10 AM. 16 lots of broilers or fryers totaling 42,650 head averaged 3-3.5 lbs, price 23 to 24 cents, no turkeys reported.
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Harrisonburg
Shenandoah Valley
Charleston
South Branch Valley
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Leroy Robinson
Richard Randall
Dubois High School
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