Land Use Contest Judging Begins in Raleigh County
Agriculture and conservation specialists begin field work judging farms in the Raleigh County Conservation and Land Use Contest. Six judges, including Palliseil and H B Thomas, plan inspections this week, with 23 prizes to be awarded at an October meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Sat Jai A
Ie N. Palliseil
Gislncl Banc
Raleigh County Agricultural Council
H. B. Thomas
Charles T. Shackelford
Rural Development Council
Richard J. Glass, Jr
Robert E. Snelling
O. C. Hutchison
Homestead
Cherry Cree
Beckley’s
Agricultural Council
Another Death Bath for Beckley Beetle Control
State and federal agriculture workers will spray DDT Friday or Monday on blocks where Japanese beetles were caught this summer. The treatment uses 25 pounds of DDT per acre in 1000 gallons of water and aims to saturate infestations near sprayed areas over about three weeks. The Princeton effort is near completion before teams move to S Kanawha Street Johnstown Road Woodlawn Granville and Park avenues under leaders Harold Battersby and Raleigh Rogers with help from Robert Rehkopf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Federal Agriculture Department
F. Waldo Craig
Craig
Princeton
S. Kanawha Street
Johnstown Rd
Woodlawn
Granville
Park Avenues
Harold E. Battersby
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Raleigh Rogers
State Department of Agriculture
Robert Rehkopf
State Department
H. E. Battersby
USDA
Battersby
Register Farm
Park Beef Prices Seen Falling Below Price Ceilings
AP Farm Reporter Ovid A. Martin reports the Agriculture Department expects meat from fall to winter to trade below Economic Controls Act price ceilings as price trends move outside control authority. Increased home freezers may dampen meat price volatility while farm meat animal sales rise to boost slaughter supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ovid A. Martin
Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Korea
Cracking Plant Boosts State Walnut Industry
An experimental effort at the W. V. U. Agricultural Experiment Station seeks profitable processing of black walnuts to aid small farms. Starting in 1945, hillculture partnered with B. D. Marple of Heaters to build a cracking plant and Walnut Company. By 1949 to 1951, automatic feeding and belt-packing improvements were added, with ongoing needs for drying of hulled nuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. V. U. Agricultural Experiment Station
Hillculture
B. D. Marple
Heaters
Braxton County
Mountain State Walnut Company
Marple
Rural Development Activities This Week Raleigh County
Raleigh County PMA committee chaired by Bob Farmer meets this week with events in Coalwood Jarrell Home stead Cherry Creek and Beckley Prosperity and Daniels. The calendar lists Tree Farm dedication Olga Coal Co. acreage and Fried events including Oct 23 New River Hereford Breeders annual show and sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
PMA
Kelly Farmer
Bob
McDowell County
Olga Coal Co
Coalwood
West Virginia Forest Council
Ballengee Farm Club
Davis School
L. N. Lively
Dairy Commission
RDC
Memorial Bldg
H. C. Avis
Beckiey
Board of Supervisors
Southern Soil Conservation District
Pineville
J. R. Keatley
Bozoo
Raleigh Pinners Council
Frank Bowman
Prosperity
Raleigh
Jarrell Homestead
Cherry Creek
Forestry Commission
Rural Development Council
Beckley
Ralph R. Kemper
Fayetteville
Raleigh County Farm Woman’s Club
County Court
E. T. Stromp
Dempsey Rural Life Conference
C. R. Cottle
Prosperity Farm Woman’s Club
Wayne Stewart
Grandview Community Council
van W. Carper
New River Hereford Breeders Association
C. C. Lewis Farm
Daniels
H. G. Farmer
Bolt
Local Boys Compete In Atlanta Event
A trio of Byrd Prillerman vocational agriculture students Freeman Napier George T Zeigler and Joseph Beard form West Virginia s livestock judging team at the National New Farmers of America Convention in Atlanta They compete with teams from 16 southern states where separate schools are maintained for Negroes State adviser W T Johnson and S E Warren Beckley accompanied the delegation Also represented are Stratton High School State Quartet members and Winifred Stone of DuBois High School as an official delegate
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byrd Prillerman Vocational Agriculture
West Virginia
New Farmers of America
Atlanta
Freeman Napier
George T. Zeigler
Joseph Beard
W. T. Johnson
West Virginia State College
Future Farmers of America Foundation
Johnson
S. E. Warren Beckley
Stratton
Stratton High School
William Brown
James Rogers
Justine Brown
Raymond Thompson
Winifred Stone
DuBois High School
WVU Chestnuts Sought Grow as Seedlings Reach 650
The West Virginia University chestnut project has 150 mature trees and 500 seedlings from seed from old disease resistant trees. Researchers hope a mutation may yield an immune variety and note work on rooting cuttings while advising best seed collection and shipping practices to preserve germination potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WVU
West Virginia University
Roger
Pease
Friends of the Land
New River
Agricultural output climbs above prewar levels
The article notes farm production in the United States is set to exceed prewar levels by about one third, with gains in corn wheat cotton and potatoes driven by mechanization and research. It cites a 33 percent rise in corn yield and 20 percent in wheat for 1948-50 versus 1939-41, and highlights doubled tractor use and quadrupled machinery investment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Department of Agriculture
Also Mentioned on This Page
Woodrow Wilson High School
Glass
Snelling
Fire Sea
Son
W. B. Connoley
Connoley
Raleigh County Court Room
West Virginia University Agricultural Experiment Station
Virgina
Charley
Raleigh Junk Co
W. Va
Ben Rhodes
Register Farm Editor
Eugene Jarrell Farm
Roger W. Pease
C-O Department of Agricultural Economics
Morgantown
Parkersburg
Lewis E. Smith
Calhoun County
Kiwanis
Smith
Little Kanawha Regional Council
Beckley Kiwanis Club
L K
Ohio
Ffawanaestia
Hira
C. C. Keller
Frederick Avenue
St. Joseph
Missouri
Hadacol
Tuuu Vu
Floyd Mabe
South 7Th Street
St. Louis
Link Robinson
Lindsey
Newport
Kentucky
Wrhasewan
John Geary
Ursuline Street
New Orleans
Louisiana
FE. Hoxworth
Waco
Texas
Dudley J. LeBlanc
Louisiar
LeBlanc
Senator Dudley 4. LeBlanc
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!