Market Manager Outlines Black Walnut Crop Purchase Plan
Beckley Farmers Market will buy dried walnuts at 3 dollars per 100 pounds this winter. Market Manager O C Hutchison says large quantities are available but nuts must be hulled and dried, with drying times of about five weeks in dry weather and ten weeks when wet. Gather before a severe freeze and contact the market or Rural Development Council for details.
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Beckley
O. C. Hutchigan
Hutchison
Beckley Farmers Market
Rural Development Council
A. S. Beecher
VPI
Dwarf Apple Trees Suit Home Orchards
Dwarf apple trees offer easy spraying pruning thinning and picking in home gardens. Malling and Clark dwarfs provide various heights with rootstock and grafting methods. New mulches like black plastic conserve moisture stabilize soil and boost yields better than straw or sawdust.
Wyoming Farmer Plans Reforestation To Restore Soil Health
Amerigo Bazzie of Pineville leads a soil and water conservation plan on his 260 acre old home place along Turkey Creek in Wyoming McDowell. He aims to poison defective hollow beech trees prune yellow poplar thickets and open seed beds to aid natural reseeding while considering a farm fish pond. The U S Soil Conservation Service backs the project.
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Amerigo Bazzie
Pineville
Turkey Creek
Bazzie
Poultry Market Report from Harrisonburg Virginia
Live poultry market steady in the Shenandoah Valley with good demand and liberal supplies. Farm prices to 12 noon Tuesday show broilers under 3 lbs at 20-20 percent, 3 lbs and over at 20-22 percent, heavy hens 18-19, turkey fryers 31-82, hen turkeys 38 and toms 27-44-28. Weekly broiler purchase summary for week ended Oct 14 shows 26 percent under 3 lbs at 17-20.2, weighted 18.47. 54 percent 3-3.5 lbs at 18-21, weighted 18.84. 20 percent 3.5 lbs and over at 18-21, weighted 19.42. Change vs prior week plus 20.9 percent.
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Harrisonburg
Shenandoah Valley
Higher Egg Prices Rise With Fall Market Outlook
The article notes expected higher egg prices this fall and winter as farmers shift away from chicken production due to low profits. It discusses mulching with black plastic to boost soil temperature, speed crop maturity by 10 to 15 days, improve tomato quality, and enhance water distribution for furrow irrigation. Kentucky Wonder beans yields rose from 400 to over 600 bushels per acre with black plastic mulch and irrigation, driven by abundant rainfall this season.
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Kentucky
Dairy Commission Seeks Education Board Backing for Local Milk
The Rural Development Council's Dairy Commission will ask Raleigh County Board of Education support to use locally produced milk in schools. Don Amon leads a committee to meet October 25, with aims to promote the Land-O-Hills emblem and educate principals and PTA leaders. efforts include letters, newspaper and radio outreach, and chalking up state-funded school milk programs.
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Rural Development Council
Dairy Commission
Raleigh County Board of Education
Don Amon
South Sand Branch
Board of Education
Commission
Raleigh County
US Department of Agriculture
Land-O-Hills
C. T. Shackleford
Ruben Cook
Ernie Shelor
Bill Martin
John Stenson
Land- O-Hills
Forestry Commission Endorses Camp Plans
The Forestry Commission of the Rural Development Council endorsed two proposed camping programs at Washington Carver Camp in Fayette County for 1956. Wesley Lynch, the new camp director, outlined plans for forestry and conservation camps on different weeks for youth next year. Heavy livestock receipts influenced local hog prices, with 250 hogs selling around 14.85 per hundred pounds amid market volatility following the ceiling lift.
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Agriculture Department Marketing Service
Forestry Commission of the Rural Development Council
Washington Carver Camp
Fayette County
Commission
Wesley Lynch
New Broiler Plants Boost Production Across Counties
New broiler plants nearing completion in Raleigh and Fayette counties will raise area output by about 200 000 birds annually. Three plants with capacities of 12 000 3 000 and 4 000 will start soon at Shady Spring Lively and Hico, with Maple Meadow planning a 10 000 capacity facility. Egg production rises alongside, and local producers promote Land Of Hills branding to market quality eggs.
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Raleigh
Fayette
E. 0. Snider
Rural Development Council
Poultry Commission
Shady Spring
Lively
Hico
Snider
Land-O-Hills
R. E. Hicks
Fruits and Vegetables Commission
Beckley Farmers Market
Hicks
Harris Brothers
Narrows
Harrises
RDC
C. T. Shackelford
E. A. Thomas
Four-H and FFA Set Baby Beef Fat Lamb Show Sale
The State 4-H and FFA Baby Beef and Fat Lamb Show and Sale will run October 25 to 27 at Jackson's Mill. Entries are due by 3 p.m. October 25, with shows starting October 26 and 27, featuring about 85 fat steers and 100 fat lambs, many grading prime or choice, with shipping fever vaccination for all steers.
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Jackson's Mill
Benj. F. Creech
West Virginia University
Jackson’s Mill
Creech
Population Animal Counts in Uruguay
There are more than four times as many cows as people and eight times as many sheep as people in Uruguay. The statement compares livestock to human population, indicating cow and sheep numbers scale with the number of people.
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Uruguay
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