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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1919
Page
2
In Raleigh County fruit growing is seen as best adapted due to steep hills and cool climate. Eight years ago four farmers from Grand View E B McClure E L Stover Cecil Carper and Walter Warden planted a portion of their farms to apples, starting a push to boost the industry.
A vintage advertisement touts Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a safe remedy for kidney liver bladder and stomach troubles. It claims energizing effects and renewed health with three or four capsules daily and offers a refund if dissatisfied, urging readers to buy only the original imported product.
E B McClure cultivates four acres with 300 trees yielding 1000 bushels this season. C L Stover five acres or 375 trees produce 1400 bushels. Cecil Carper five acres with 375 trees yields 500 bushels. Walter Warden three acres yields 500 bushels. Fruit is hard picked graded and sells for 1.50 per bushel at orchard and sent to coal towns. Orchard men prune lime sulfur spray thrice yearly and care for trees to prevent disease. Other farmers are urged to visit these orchards to learn proven methods.
Feeding soy bean hay to hogs in winter reduces labor threshing of soybeans and supplies protein, replacing tankage and middlings. The oil in the beans and the leaves kept by hogs keep them in good condition. Soybean hay and corn form an ideal winter ration.
The Extension Division of West Virginia University plans a six week intensive general agriculture course replacing the proposed ten weeks. One week is Farmers Week from January 5 to 9 with an expected attendance of about a thousand farmers. Governor John J. Cornwell and U S Department of Agriculture Secretary David Houston are likely speakers.
J G Halpin of the Wisconsin Poultrymen's Association urges farmers to feed pullets well now to ensure heavy egg production in winter. He compares pullet conditioning to dairy heifers before calving, recommending a mix of grains such as corn, wheat, oats, or corn barley oats, plus ground feed. If milk is available, no other animal feed is needed. without milk, add meat scrap tankage or ground bone.
Edward Crouch of Marshes possibly sets state record by filling an 80 ton silo with ensilage from four acres raised on worn-out soil restored by proper farming methods. He hopes to harvest 40 bushels of wheat per acre on the same four acres next year.
A historical note recalls John Mitchell and Secretary of Labor Wilson opposing a large miners strike. They stood firm against a determined crowd and persuaded the miners to abandon the planned action. The leaders’ stance is described as a decisive, principled stand in labor history.
W. J. Heatherman, chief of the state department of mines, announced that the government mine rescue car will be sent to seven mine rescue stations in West Virginia for demonstrations.
Rabbit pelts, once low value, have climbed in price boosting trapper interest. An eastern firm plans 10,000,000 skins for 1919 1920 and seeks American sources. Dried skins sold by the pound yield seven or eight hides per pound and could offer farm boys a tidy winter income and trapping experience.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox noted author and poetess dies at her Branford Connecticut home The Bungalow last Thursday after months of illness and a nervous collapse during war relief work in England.
The West Virginia College of Agriculture reports a new one month high reach as 130000 farm men women girls and boys were contacted by extension forces during September.
West Virginia University defeated Princeton University in football with a 25 to 0 score. The game took place at Princeton, New Jersey, on Saturday.
A projection estimates granting women the vote will bring 15 to 18 million new voters to the United States, reshaping future elections and civic participation.
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