Local Rural Development Council reports progress and proposals
The Little Kanawha Regional Council, supported by LERC and Parkersburg leaders, outlines five years of efforts to boost regional agriculture. A proposed managing director would coordinate expansion modeled on the Beckley Rural Development Council, with plans for improvements in marketing, eggs, and producer markets.
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LEERC
Parkersburg
Beckley Area” Rural Development Council
Charles T. Shackelford
Fayetteville
Mulch and Care Tips From Garden Experts
U S Department of Agriculture advises light hoeing to keep weeds down and avoid root damage. Use ground cover mulch to conserve moisture, shade soil, and prevent fruit rot. remove mulch before replanting to avoid nitrogen loss.
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Robert E. Geiger
U. S Department of Agriculture
Congress of Agriculture To Meet at Jackson's Mill
The West Virginia Congress of Agriculture will hold its annual meeting Friday at Jackson's Mill. State Senator Don J. Eddy and Dayton R. Stemple will discuss God government in West Virginia and how to acquire it. Wayne Tyler of the American Farm Bureau Federation will speak, with other speakers listed. A business session will conclude.
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Associated Press
Morgantown
West Virginia Congress of Agriculture
Jackson's Mill
Leland Booth
Don J. Eddy
Monongalia
Dayton R. Stemple
Barbour
West Virginia
Wayne
Tyler
Washington
Northeast
American Farm Bureau Federation
Booth
Fayette PMA Committee To Attend State Meeting
Fayetteville Fayette County will be represented at the State Production and Marketing Administration Conference May 23 24 at Jacksons Mill. Calvin Kenney Clifty chairman E L Clower vice chairman D A Griffin regular member and Miss Patsy Leighton principal clerk will attend. The annual conference will discuss problems of county PMA committees and their programs with three working committees including administration agricultural conservation and marketing.
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Register Starr
Fayetteville
Fayette County
Jackson's Mill
Calvin Kenney
Clifty
PMA
E. L. Clower
D. A. Griffin
Patsy Leighton
Garden pests threaten young seedlings and melons
Underground enemies like cutworms sow-bugs and wire worms attack seedlings at soil level and at night. Use slug bait or boiling water to kill sow-bugs and poison bran in hotbeds. Protect melons from cucumber beetles with cheesecloth tents and later Bordeaux mixture with arsenate of lead.
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Dean Halliday
New River Poultry Exposition Dates Set in Beckley
The Poultry Commission approves September 28 29 as dates for the third New River Poultry Exposition in Beckley with state aid promised toward premiums over 400. RDC manager C T Shackelford cites a letter from Agriculture Commissioner McLaughlin. A tour of Hardy County broiler area is reported with plans to expand marketing and production.
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New River
Beckley
Poultry Commission
Rural Development Council
Commission
EB. CO. Snider
State Department of Agriculture
C. T. Shackelford
RDC
J. B. McLaughlin
Commissa Sion
Hardy County
Broiler
Moorefield
Center
R. H. Ashe
Fayetteville
L. Scott
Table Rock
Snider
Shackelford
Franklin Lilly
Beaver
J. S. Larrick
Ashe
Fayette County Poultry Association
Fayette Cooperative Market, Inc
Oak Hill
Willis Wellman
Hico
L. ¢. Allman
Poultry Market Report From Beckley Shenandoah Valley Delmarva
Beckley market lists heavy hens at 35, common heavy at 31, lights 26, broilers and fryers 31, roosters 14, eggs at 43. Shenandoah Valley Friday market weak with broilers 27-30, heavy hens 33-35, light broiler turkeys 48. Delmarva Thursday market weak with broilers and fryers 28-29, cross cockerels under 3 lb 26-45.
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Beckley
Broilers & Fryers
Shenandoah Valley
Delmarva
Broilers & Frovers
Timber and lumber yield reported from mine operations
The report notes the mine produced about 52,000 near feet of timber and 6,009 board feet of lumber. The total value of the cut material is given as 731.60 dollars.
Forestry Field Day Planned for Fayette County
Fayetteville A forestry field day and demonstration for Fayette County farmers is set for May 22. Morning events at Ed Hills farm Belva cover marking trees for improvement cutting. Afternoon at the 4H camp Heckwith shows four acres cut over now reseeding with poplar and ash. Sponsored by the Fayette County Land Use and Forestry Committee. A B Lyon county extension forester leads.
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Register
Fayetteville
Fayette County
Vey Haynes Miller
Ed Hill
Belva
Heckwith
Fayette County Land Use and Forestry Committee
A. B. Lyon
County Extension Forester
Lyon
Lions Strawberries Grow for Welfare Efforts
The Hedgesville Lions Club cultivates an acre of strawberries to fund civic welfare projects. Orchardist Paul Linganifelier donated the land and 8,000 plants were set. Members and families tend the patch. students will be hired to harvest and berries sold to processors.
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Associated Press
Hedgesville
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