ABC Heifer Sale Set For Nov 26 In Beckley West Virginia
The Dairy Commission of the Rural Development Council set the date for an artificially bred heifer sale as Saturday November 26 at the cattle barns of the Beckley Farm. D C Hutchison will be the auctioneer. Cattle must be brucellosis and TB tested within 30 days and approved by a selection committee. The sale aims to offer cattle for dairy men wishing to reduce or expand herds and obtain better stock than private sales.
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Dairy Commission
Develot Council
Beckley Farm
D. C. Hutchison
New River
Coupe
Argil Pace
Frank Patton
C. T. Shackelford
Delbert Pettry
Pinecrest
ABC
Beckley
Public sale offers AB heifers through Rural Development Council
Readers may contact C. T. Shackelford at CL 2-1230 or write The Rural Development Council Memorial Building to place AB heifers in the sale. The notice highlights improving blood lines and prestige through the sale program and invites interested breeders to participate.
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C. T. Shackelford
Rural Development Council
Walnut price rules for Beckley Farmers Market
Beckley farmers market will buy sound walnuts in three grades with prices 1.25 per hundred pounds for green nuts with hull, 3.75 for green nuts with hull removed, and 4.50 for hulled dry nuts. Drying must be even and mold free. nuts rolled to rattle test. Harvest tips include cracking ten nuts per tree and avoiding poor nuts for next year’s price. Cattle shading and pond management notes follow.
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Beckley
Lightning and herbs in the garden and house plants care
The piece explains how lightning may alter atmospheric chemistry forming ammonia and acids that fertilize soil. It offers herb gardening tips including thyme mint rosemary sage and parsley, indoor potting advice, drying and storing herbs, repotting guidelines, and a fall rose planting note with winter protection and soil preparation. It also promotes a lawn aerator as a tool to improve root oxygen and moisture access and reduce fertilizer runoff.
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Earl Aronson
W. J. Humphreys
Egg Price Ranges Reported by Pittsburgh Market
AP notes USDA market report shows egg supplies light on large ample on medium adequate on small with demand fair to good for large and spotty for medium light on small. Large white eggs price 64 to 69 mostly 66 to 67 brown and mixed 62 to 67. Medium white 53 to 58 mostly 55 to 56 brown and mixed 50 to 57. Small white 40 to 47 mostly 46. Large white 56 to 63.
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Pittsburgh
USDA
Halloween and Election Goblin Reflections From JSP
John S Phillips writes a light column noting Halloween and upcoming election share mood shifts and quirky contrasts. He recalls neighbors, dogs and a cat, local trivial tales, and readers’ tips, ending with a cordial see you Sunday.
True D Morse Organizes West Virginia Emergency Committee
Acting Secretary of Agriculture True D Morse announces a USDA emergency planning structure to meet national food and agricultural needs in crisis. West Virginia forms state and county committees with L L Lough as chair, plus seven agency representatives coordinating under the Foods and Materials Division.
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True D. Morse
U. S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
L. L. Lough
Morgantown
Soil Conservation Service
West Virginia
Clarence P. Hott
Harry D. McVey
Kenneth W. Shaffer
Farmers Home Administration
J. O. Knapp
Agricultural Extension Service
West Virginia University
E. M. Oliiver
Elkins
Forest Service
Allen S. Barnes
Charleston
Agricultural Research Servce
A. R. Miller
Agricultural Marketing Service
Morse
West Virginia State Emergency Planning Committee
Foods and Materials Division
Commodity Stabilization Service
West Virginia Extension Groups Elect New Officers
At the annual Agricultural Extension Service conference at the State 4H Camp WVU officers were chosen for 1950 51 In EPSILON SIGMA PHI Galen S My ers and Leighton G Watson named as chief and secretary treasurer Thelma R Pickens elected as annalist Other groups named presidents vice presidents secretaries and treasurers including Byron W Moore S Porter Smith Mary Washburn and Helen F Cole among many listed directors and advisers across WVU extension organizations
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Agricultural Extension Service
West Virginia University
Epsilon Sigma Phi
Galen S. Myers
Morgantown
Leighton G. Watson
Thelma R. Pickens
Webster Springs
Annalist
Agricultural Extension Workers Association of
West Virginia
Byron W. Moore
S. Porter Smith
Romney
Mary Washburn
Miss Washburn
Norvin Lee Bowyer
Buckhannon
Edith O. Friend
Kingwood
John L. Loyd
Philippi
Moore
Smith
Bella L. Butcher
James M. van- Metre
Lewisburg
Mildred Fizer
Charleston
Eleanor Wilson
Wheeling
Emma L. Noe
Wellsburg
Mildred. Fizer
Bonnie A. Peck
Hinton
Rush Butcher
Summersville
Betty A. Gunn
C. P. Dorsey
Bill Coffindaffer
June Thorn
Morganwen
Harley V. Cutlip
Weston
Ada Cox Reports From Finland on Porvoo Farm Life
Ada Cox describes a West Virginia exchange year with a Porvoo family and life on a Finnish farm. She details farm size, wealth in experience not money, crops including potatoes and beets, livestock growth, and daily routines from milking to washing methods in a town and rural context.
Berkeley County farmer honored as state conservation winner
Leo C. McIntire of Falling Waters Berkeley County is West Virginia’s 1960 state soil conservation winner. The announcement came at the nineteenth annual West Virginia Soil Conservation District Supervisors Association conference in Jacksons Mill. McIntire transformed his 59 acre dairy farm with contour farming, ponds, strip cropping, tile drains, and rotational grazing. Milk output rose from 6,900 pounds in 1954 to about 10,000 now. hay yields surged with 6 acre alfalfa fields yielding 1,150 bales. He credits FHA, Soil Conservation Service, and Extension Service, and plans to continue expanding production. He receives a gold watch, $50 bond, and a trip to district meetings, plus an all-expense trip to Memphis for the national meeting. He is active in Farm Bureau and local clubs, with family ties to Marlowe Methodist Church.
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Leo C. McIntire
Falling Waters
Berkeley County
West Virginia
West Virginia Soil Conservation District Supervisors Association
Jackson’s Mill
McIntire
Farmers Home Administration
Robert L. McKown
FHA
Berkeley
Jefferson
The
Soil Conservation Service
Agricultural Extension Service
McIintire
Farm Bureau
Marlowe Ruritan Club
Cynthia
McIntires
Marlowe Methodist Church
Eastern Panhandle
West Pocket Farm Vote Trend Reveals Shifting Loyalties
A Farm Journal study finds farm voters split patterns between Nixon and Kennedy across 1956. Farmers cite experience and party as top factors, with women showing steadier party alignment. They expect farm issues to shape rural voting behavior the next cycles.
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Messrs
Nixon
Kennedy
Farm’ Journal Magazine
Farm Journal
Chicago Market Cattle Hogs Lead Mixed USDA Prices
Chicago market reports show hogs steady with varied lots. butcher hogs 17.25 to 17.50 for 190 to 250 pounds and 16.75 for around 300 pounds. Cattle and calves: slaughter steers steady to 25 lower. loads 25.00 to 27.00 for choice prime. heifers 24.50 to 24.75. cows 13.00 to 16.00. bulls 17.00 to 19.50. Sheep slaughter lambs weak to 50 lower. native lambs 15.00 to 18.00 with high at 19.00 for small prime lots. Mixed grades noted across weights and classes.
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Chicago
USDA
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