Fayette 4-Hers Enthusiastic About Calf Program
Fayette County 4-H members show strong interest in a new calf project announced by Fayette County 4-H Agent Harold Sullivan. Six clubs already have calves or are acquiring them as the program, including an upcoming November 1 achievement night at Lookout High School, aims to teach cost, feeding, and livestock basics while offering ribbons, premiums, and wider agricultural knowledge.
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Harold Sullivan
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America
New Foot-Rot Treatment Slated for Sheep in County
West Virginia University extension agents report a new foot-rot treatment for sheep in Raleigh County. A blend of blue stone and formaldehyde will be used after field trials showed strong promise, with Thomas noting rapid results and farmers already planning broader adoption to boost local sheep production.
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West Virginia University
Raleigh
B.yenly
Jackson's Mill
Meigh County
Thomas
Thomias
Specialists Answer Questions of Week C Editor Note
Questions from farmers compiled by county agricultural agents and Virginia Tech staff cover parity hopes, storage, and prices. Answers explain parity history, advise on corn storage cost efficiency, note cattle price slumps easing, drought effects on regional prices, and frost risks for sudan grass sorghum silage with delayed feeding cautions.
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Virginia
Polytechnic Institute
Nation's top 4-H club members to attend Chicago Congress
The 33rd annual National 4 H Club Congress in Chicago will honor and reward over 1,300 youths from 49 states Alaska Hawaii and Puerto Rico for outstanding 4 H project work. Attendees will receive all expense trips and additional rewards as they culminate years of effort while emphasizing personal achievement and democratic club practices.
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iGuy L. Noble
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Milk Program Meeting Planned Friday Night
Friday at Fayette County Courthouse the milk program meeting will begin at 7 30 pm with speakers including Sam M and Lyte Austin. Wellman urged dairymen and Farm Bureau members to attend to learn about Farm Bureau efforts in the milk program and its impact on day to day living through awards and scholarships for Congress bound students.
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Fayette County
Lyte Austin
West Virginia Farm Bureau
U. S
Do It Yourself Electric Hot Bed for Amateur Gardeners
Instructions describe converting a cold frame into an electric hot bed using a heated cable and thermostat. The guide covers frame setup, cable layout, soil bedding, insulation with mulch, and options for placing flats above or atop the cable. It emphasizes lower cost, steadier heat, and earlier seed germination versus manure-based methods.
Training School Set For 4-H Officers
Fayette County 4 H Club officers will attend a county wide training school at 7 p m on Nov 13 at Lookout High School. Harold Sullivan Fayette County 4 H Agent says each officer will be instructed in office duties and new leaders will learn about 4 H projects. Between 100 and 130 persons are expected.
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Fayette County
Lookout High School
Harold Sullivan
Sullivan
Tablerack Poultryman Expands Operation With FHA Aid
Ernest Walker of Tablerock enlarges his poultry business by building a new block type house for 2,000 chicks at an estimated 4,000 dollars, while continuing to use an older house. He plans to start 1,899 more pullets and installs dry-keep innovations. FHA farm housing loans aid the project and other farm needs in Raleigh County.
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Ernest Walker
Tablerank
Carlton
Raleigh
Ernest Wii
Walker
Tablerock
Home Administration
Walter
FHA
William FP. Patton
Ernest N. Walker
Milk Output Declines in West Virginia Farms
West Virginia farm data for September show milk production at 74 million pounds, down four million from August, though higher than September 1955 by one million. Farmers received 4.90 per hundredweight for wholesale milk, 25 cents above August and 30 cents over last year. Cattle milk prices edged up, while feed costs eased from August. Egg production reached 2.8 million on state farms, four million below August, and commercial hatcheries produced 786,000 chicks, 22 percent under August and the year's lowest monthly total amid weak broiler prices.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Federal State Crop Reporting Service
Alpost
Rural Electrification loans fund dial telephone for farms
REA loans over seven years connected 718 653 farm families to dial telephone service. Since 1939 the program has loaned 321,877,542 dollars to 430 organizations for new or improved rural systems. With a 2 percent rate and up to 35 years to repay, funds show a peak annual lending near 20.98 million and similar needs projected for this year.
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Rural Electrification Administration
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REA
Delaware
Jane
Maryland
Tennessee
Virginia
West Virginia
Comfortable Milk House Temperatures Needed Year A round Expert Stresses
Dairy farmers experiment with year round comfort in milk houses by heating or cooling as needed. Minnesota and southern Illinois examples show insulated structures and portable heaters plus ventilation to maintain workability. Room coolers are increasingly used in barns and milking parlors to trim heat and moisture efficiently.
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Ira Miller
Minnesota
A. Southern
Mlinois
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