Soil District Board to mull state offer third time
The State Conservation Commission and Southern Soil Conservation District will revisit a memorandum of understanding offering technical help from a farm forester and wildlife technicians. The board urged four amendments, aiming to allow direct plan submissions, partial plan acceptance, official district forms, and a stated aim for farm forestry and wildlife programs. Nine hundred farmers are cooperators across six counties, with two vacancies to be filled by the State Soil Conservation Committee.
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Soil District
State Conservation Commission
Southern Soil Conservation District
Snperwhare
C. F. McClintie
The
Conservation Com
Hubert Woodrum
Bill) Pollack
J. C. Appel
McClintic
Conservation Commission
U. S. Soil Conservation Service
State Soil Conservation Committee
Board of Supervisors
J. R. Keatley
Bozoo
J. J. Shrewsbury
Crow
P. L. West
Princeton
F. Bratton
G F
Farmer
Bolt
B. A. Wright
Long Branch
Wyoming
McDowell
Raleigh County Forest Improvement Demonstration
J. W
Ann Boggs
Forestry Commission
Rural Development Council
Frank Halstead
Local Protectors In County Fire Control
A hundred and two local forest protectors join Raleigh County fire control for the season from October 15 to December 15. Weir Covey states they may require citizen aid in suppression and urge reporting fires. Fire towers at Tams Mountain Ivy Knob Round Knob will be manned by Ira Souder Barney Brown and Walter Redden. Two danger stations operate at Tams Mountain and Kingston, with Patrolman Willie Peters on western duty. List of protectors includes Calvin Plumley Isaac Plumley Abraham Will Stover and many more across Behero, Beckley, Birchton, Coal City and other communities.
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Raleigh County Fire Control Organization
Weir Covey
Covey
Ira Souder
Tams Mountain
Barney Brown
Ivy Knob
Walter Redden
Round Knob
Kingston
Willie Peters
Calvin Plumley
Isaac Plumley
Abraham
Will Stover
Ameagle
Dewey Honaker
van Massey
L. C. Milam
Arnett
J. W. Williams
Murphy Williams
Artie
Wilson E. Greer
W. C. Hatcher
Beckley
W. J. Groseclose
Besoco
Tom Gillespie
S. S. Goode
Birchton
Kelly Farmer
L. W. Worley
Bolt
Leslie Dunbar
W L. Kincaid
Charlie Workman
John P. Workman
W. F. Winston
Clear Creek
W. V. Nugen
Coal City
W. M. Cantley
Colcord
John Milam
Melvin Sawyers
Coolridge
Bird Thompson
Crab Orchard
Tracy Shannon
Crow
John Cook
James D. White
Dorothy
Clinton Bone
A. S. Burnside
Harvey Jarrell
P. C. Jarrell
Elihue Price
Beverege Borrer
Dry Creek
W. S. Marcum
Lawrence Stoots
Eccles
J. H. Clay
Edwight
Elmer Shrewsbury
Egeria
Elvin Miller
Eunice
Elbert Allen
Fairdale
L. V. Sweeney
Ghent
G. W. Prince
Glen Morgan
James Wright
Grandview
J .E. Chambers
Roy L. Chambers
J. A. Stover
R. R. Stover
Cecil Sweeney
Harper
L. O. Cooper
Jonben
Jip Stanley
Rayford
Teaford Brown
Killarney
Isaac Massey
Jesse Williams
Leevale
S. E. Birchfield
R. L. Dillon
H. H. McKinney
J. N Shumate
Lester
G. P. Anderson
N. L. Williams
MacAlpin
C. G. Williams
Maynor
Lacy Armstrong
Jim Morgan
Die Williams
Wilbur Winston
Mt. Hope
RFC
Clarete Goodson
New
Hillie
Names of Local Figures and Places in Historical List
A long list of individuals and surnames associated with various localities such as Pineknob Piney View Sandstone Shady Spring Slab Fork Sprague Sundial and more. The fragment names numerous persons including Albert Canterbury Everett Peters Oswald Edward Kingsley Billie Meadows and others with several surnames repeated across communities.
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WB. Harvey
Walter C. Waddell
Whitby
Dunns Show Interest In Community Club Formation
Dunns residents indicated a desire to form a permanent community club at a meeting last week. Seventy two persons heard R. E. Harbert, agricultural agent, and Miss Clifton Dotson, 4 H club agent, explain the assistance communities are receiving from national, state and local agencies to improve rural living.
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Dunns
R. E. Harbert
Clifton Dotson
Ag Enrollment Drops to 678 at WVU
University of West Virginia College of Agriculture, Forestry and Home Economics reports enrollment fell to 678 this year from 764 last year. The decline raises questions about program demand and funding for the department.
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College of Agriculture, Forestry and Home Economics
West Virginia University
Three-in-One Eggs From Crab Orchard Flock
Don Gamble of Crab Orchard raises White Leghorn hens producing three in one eggs. A buyer found three triple yolks in a dozen eggs, the first report from Gamble’s flocks which also yield many double yolk eggs. The birds are a large Michigan strain.
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Don Gamble
Crab Orchard Poultryman
Gamble
Michigan
Cattle Feeding Profits Tied to Economical Ration in Fall
Rural development notes say profits this fall hinge on economical feeding gains more than price margins. Doane Service advises storing good grain and using government loans, while Doane warns feeds will be tight and margins slim or negative. Regional events list includes forestry, soil, and Hereford cattle judging in Raleigh County with multiple meetings through October and November.
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Michigan
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
The
Doane Agricultural Service
Farmers Get Less and Processors Get More in 1949 Market Basket
Consumers spent 654 dollars for a family of three in June 1949, down from 702 a year earlier. Farmers received 311 dollars, 48 percent of the market basket, versus 362 dollars (52 percent) in June 1948. Marketing and processing charges totaled 343 dollars, 52 percent, up four points from last year.
Black-Draught Laxative Promoted for Constipation Relief
A historical advertisement touts Black-Draught as a friendly laxative for constipation and related symptoms such as loss of appetite headache upset stomach and sleeplessness. It claims benefits from sluggish digestion and notes a low pennyperdose cost and urging readers to buy today.
First RDC Reseeding Experiment is Started
The Rural Development Council launches its first forest reseeding demonstration on the Svuble Shumate farm near Glen Daniel. Sixty two Trap Hill High School vocational agriculture students scarified seed beds under Forestry Commission and RDC guidance to stimulate yellow poplar natural seeding.
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Rural Development Council
Svuble Shumate
Glen Daniel
Trap Hill High School
Forestry Commission
RDC
Ralph L. Long
Trap Hill
A. B. Lyon
H. M. Hart
Floyd F. Rothlisberger
Lyon
Trap Hill Voag
Syble Shumate
Dexter Worley
Shumate
Lionel Canaday
P. A. Clyburn
Norris Terry
Eugene Terry
Earlen Clemens
Register Farm
Hereford herd sale nets 15995 at Wheeling farm
State Agriculture Commissioner J B McLaughlin said 53 pure bred Hereford cattle sold for 15995 at an auction Saturday at Blach Morrow Farms near Wheeling.
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Associated Press
Charleston
J. B. McLaughlin
Wheeling
Laying Hens Need 13 Hours of Light and Feed
H B Thomas Raleigh County agricultural agent advises hens require 13 hours of light for maximum laying. If no automatic switch, use 18 hours of light through fall and winter, turning on artificial light around 5 am and earlier as days shorten. Feed as per manufacturer. Extra care means extra cash.
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H. B. Thomas
Raleigh County
Thomas
Pvt Hill Graduates From Army Medical Technician Course
Pvt Ruth D Hill daughter of Mr and Mrs J A Hill Crab Orchard has graduated from the Medical Technician course at Medical Field Service School Brooke Army Medical Center Fort Sam Houston Texas Graduates are being assigned to important technical jobs in the Medical Department.
West Virginia farm prices fall from last year report
September index shows farm prices in West Virginia down 11 percent from a year earlier while a 2 percent rise over July August prices is reported by the Federal State Crop Reporting Service.
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Associated Press
Charleston
West Virginia
Federal
State
Oakvale Livestock Sale Caps Increase Over $48
Princeton reports the Oakvale cooperative livestock auction closed for the year with 2,131 lambs and 232 old sheep sold. Total receipts reached 42,811.10, up from 35,533.10 last year, with agricultural agent R. E. Harbert forecasting a stock yard for Princeton and progress on organizing the project.
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Oakvale
Register
Princeton
R. E. Harbert
Harbert
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Memorial Bldg
Gus F. Walker
E. T. Stromp
FFA
C. C. Lewis Farm
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Lookout
Nuttall High School
J. J. Murphy
New River
Farm Bureau-Farm Women’s Council
Beckley Banks
Raleigh County Agricultural Council
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
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W.t. Grant CO
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Neville
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