From the Ground Up: Forest Values Pay for Woodlot Owners
Mrs. Couch of Shady Spring, advised by extension forester A B Lyon, logged a fire damaged five acre woodlot and earned 219.19 dollars net after selling salvage posts from a scarlet oak and removing other undesirables. Her savvy shows the financial benefits of knowledgeable forest management and value appreciation in timber.
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Benehodes Register Farm
F. A. Couch
Shady Spring
Couch
Register Farm
Tent Early Plant Protectors Help Quick Fruit Harvest
Tent plant protectors form miniature hot houses to shield early tomatoes peppers and vegetables from wind frost and insects. They keep soil soft and allow easy cultivation while trapping daytime heat for faster growth. Surecrop cucumber touted for early harvest 98 days from seed grown in Rocky Ford Colorado.
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Dean Halliday
Rocky Ford
Colorado
Fertilizers Split Over Garden Use In Home Plots
AP News outlines two schools on fertilizers with manure and compost as natural options versus commercial blends like a 5 10 5 mix. Experts urge careful use, noting tomatoes need little nitrogen and advising soil mixing, along with manure and limited chemical applications.
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Robert FE
Geiger
Department of Agriculture
All Bran testimonial letter prompts daily intake
Mrs Antonina Graziano of Jersey City reports that ALL-BRAN keeps her and her husband regular and she uses it in cooking. The ad urges constipations sufferers to eat about one ounce daily with water and to return empty boxes for a money back guarantee from Kellogg’s Battle Creek Michigan.
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Antonina Graziano
Garfield Ave
Jersey City
N. d
Kelloge’s
Battle Creek
Mich
Farm Bureau Heads Resume Attack On Federal Conservation Subsidies
Washington debate over government subsidies for soil conservation ends, with American Farm Bureau Federation leaders pushing to cut non-defense spending by halting payments that cover about half the cost of lime and fertilizer. They face counterarguments from the National Agricultural Limestone Association, which warns reduced subsidies would hurt soil fertility and national food production. Congress will decide.
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Ovid A. Martin
Washington
Agriculture Department
Uncle Sam
iThe
American Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Bureau
New York
Iowa
National Trade Association of Agricultural
THE
National Agricultural Limestone Association
Congress
Poultry Prices Steady Across Markets At Peerless Co Op Beckley
Commercial heavy hens hold at 38 cents this morning at Peerless Poultry and Egg Co Beckley with other prices listed for common heavy hens light fryers and broilers roosters and eggs. Shenandoah Valley notes May 4 prices for broilers and fryers 30-31 mostly 40 heavy hens 32-34 turkeys 45. Delmarva May 3 market steady with fair demand for fryers roasters and smaller supplies of heavier fryers and roasters with broilers and fryers 30-31, mostly 30.
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Peerless ‘Poultry and Egg Co
Beckley
Rural Development Council
Shenandoah Valley
Delmarva
Early Seeds Boost Many Dahlias for Gardeners
Garden guides note many dahlias can be grown from seed. Start the seed early. Varieties to sow include Coltness hybrids and even the decorative types, with seed often sold by dahlia specialists.
Stratton Wins Chapter Awards at State NFA Convention
Stratton Newjz Farmers of America captured the f Morrison Sweepstakes Award at the 15th State NFA Convention held at West Virginia State College Institute. The Beckley delegation earned three firsts six seconds and four thirds for the sweepstakes total, marking the fifth straight year Stratton won the prize. Notable wins include first place in 10 yard dash by Leroy Grant and multiple top finishes across cattle judging trade records and individual judging. Additional honors went to star farmers Winifred Stone Arthur Saunders James Evans and others from DuBois and Byrd-Priller high schools as well as George Zeigler and Lawrence Washington for related awards.
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Stratton
Newjz \Farmers of America
S.’ Morrison
NFA
West Virginia State College
Institute
Marion
Garnet
Mimms
Ronald Taylor
Robert Burks
William Scott
Jackson
Williams
Winifred Stone
Joe B. Shelton
Arthur Saunders
James Evans
Terry
DuBois High School
Mt. Farmer
Hope
Teilard Chisiton
Byrd-Priller
Man High School
Amigo
George
U. S
Zeigler
Thisland
Lawrence Washington
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Savings and Investment Commission
Frederick W. Meyer
National Fire Protection Association
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Mily
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Marvel Bread
Marvel
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