Farm Bureau Region 5 Meeting Draws 200 Delegates
Two hundred or more farm men and women are expected to register for the Region 5 meeting of the Farm Bureau and Farm Women's Council in Beckley tomorrow. Major speakers include Mrs. Raymond Sayre of Iowa and Clyde Bonar of Burlington as well as state and county officials. The gathering voices rural road progress, government relations, and extension service topics with delegates from Mercer and other counties in Region 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau and
Farm Women’s Council
Beckley
Minor L. Scott
Grandview
M. Scott
Raleigh County
Farm Bureau
Frank Halstead
H. B. Moore
Lewisburg
Anderson' l Agricultural Extension Service
Lyns
Washington
Mercer County
H. B
Thomas
Maleigh County
Charlotte Vandiver
Raleigh
Fayette
Monroe
Summers
Pocahontas
Greenbrier
Scott
Lelane *Eoth
Andrew R. Birney
U. S. Treasury
Robert W. Pitts
Commodity Service Department
State Farm Bureau
G. W. Myers
West Virginia Farm Women's Council
F. L. Miles
Register
Princeton
Z. B. Boggs
Morgantown
Agena
Frank Bishop
West Virginia University
Gladys Warath
Mercer
Poca
Poca~ Aontis
Swanmers
Clifton Dotson
R. E L .Reert
Mary Fran Etmure
McTomas Club
Joe Testion
Matoaka
Peggy "Hamacick
Lentealm
Mary — Eltaight
Thelathens Club
C. O. Dove
Littlesburg Club
Friends of Land Head To be Elected Today
Officers of Friends of the Lant New River chapter will be elected this afternoon at Glenwood Park. President Charles H. Archer of Princeton announced that those who attended the meeting will be the guests of the Princeton Bank and Crust Company at a conservation banquet honoring Mercer County land use contest winners. George Richardson of Bluefield will be principal speaker. The New River chapter includes farmers business and professional people and agricultural specialists. The society organized in 1946 seeks cooperation for conservation of natural resources and is non profit funded by subscriptions. Applications may be sent to H. M. Harr secretary Box 3090 Heckley or to national headquarters Columbus Ohio.
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Friends of the
New River
Glenwood Park
Charles H. Archer
Princeton
Archer
Princeton Bank and ‘Crust Company
Mercer County
George Richardson
Bluefield
Princpal Speaser
Rations Society
Washington
Meier
Summers
Fayette
Raleigh
H. M. Harr
Southern Soil Conservation District
Beckley
Floyd F. Rothlisberger
L. L. Lough
Harlol M. Rhodes
Carroll Greene
State Soil Conservation Committee
Lough
Rhodes
Rothlisberger
Wyoming
McDowell
Princeton Bank and Trust Company
Meriver County Conservation and Land
Rural Development Week Activities And Coming Events
This week highlights include Friends of the Land meeting at Glenwood Park with officer elections and a 4 30 p m start. Mercer County Conservation Contest dinner and ACP election training at Beckley offices. Tomorrow features a Southern Soil Conservation District special meeting and joint Farm Bureau events in Beckley. ACP elections and county conventions delegates are planned later in the week. Coming events list Raleigh County contests and council meetings in October and November with chairmen H M Harr Frank Halstead and E T Stromp noted.
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Friends of the Land
Glenwood Park
Mercer County
Friends of the Land As Steel al
Essie E. Bailey
Princeton Bank and Trust Co
ACA
Tabor Bldg
Beckley
Omorrow
Board of Supervisors
Southern Soil Conservation District
USSCS
Tabor
Farm Bureau-Farm Women’s Council
Court House
Raymond Sayre
Ackworth
Iowa
J. C. Lynn
Washington
D. C
Clyde Bonar
Burlington
State Farm Bureau
ACP
Raleigh County
Beckley Banks
Raleigh County Agricultural Council
H. M. Harr
Forestry Commission
Rural Development Council
Frank Halstead
E. T. Stromp
Mercer Conservation Contest Winners To Be Named Tonight
Four Mercer County conservation contest winners will be announced at a banquet tonight at Glenwood Park. About ninety farmers entered this year, up from fifty seven last year, with Kasle BK Baley as toastmaster. Sponsors include Princeton Bank and Trust Company and several state and local conservation groups. Judges were K F Harbert John H Myers and Melvin Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer
Mercer County
Glenwood Wark
Princeton Bank and Trust Company
Kasle BK
Baley
Climax
West Virginia
George Richardson
Bluefield
New River Chapter
Friends of the Land
West Virginia Chamber of Commerce
State Markets’ Association
The
Agricultural Extension Service
Mercer Rural Planning Council
Farm Bureau
Farm Women’s Council
John H. Myers
Melvin Smith
Farmers Home Administration
Plentiful Foods Listed by USDA Announcement
In Morgantown the sericulture department via West Virginia University officials says apples, cranberries, turkeys and pork are plentiful. Pork is plentiful for the first time in years and turkeys will be cheaper than last year, according to the USDA notice reported by the Associated Press.
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Associated Press
Morgantown
Uo Os
Sericulture
West Virginia University College For Agriculture
New River Hereford Sale Averages 247 With 35 Lots
The New River purebred Hereford Sale at Daniels yielded an average of 247 on 35 consignments from 12 breeders. Top price 600 paid to Fred Ball for Miss Harmony S. Rup, bought by Fred Bailey of Athens. State officials and breeders noted a softer market but positive long term prospects as cattle numbers lag prewar.
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New River
Daniels
Fred Ball
Athers
Harmony S. Rap
Fred
West Virginia
New River Wevelord Breeders’ Association
Morlunda Domino
Morhunda Farms
Mereford
Harforce
J. C. Dillon
Brammer
H. E. ‘Brammer
Prince Cum‘ino
H. G. Farmer
Mabel Miss
Morlunda Farms
Dunnglen
Lady Axtell
Methods to rid fields of troublesome stones
Farmers are urged to remove stones before damage to equipment. Successful Farming outlines four blasting methods including mudcapping, ordinary snakeholing, contact snakeholing and blockholing, with guidance on when and how to apply dynamite, hole drilling, and mud covering to lift or shatter rocks.
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Farm Bureau Meeting
Egetees Bonar
Friends of Land
National Headquarters
Columbus
Ohio
Rogister
Fayetteville
C. H. Hartley
W. Warner
Beckwith
G. Heebink
Cc. H. Hartley
USDA
Dillon
Ford Domino
Forest Hill
Eddie Lowe
Forest Hill High School
Register Farm Photy
J. B. McLaughlin
United States
Jackson's Mill
Farms
Lassie Domino
Speed Mankin
Miss Harmony S. Rup
Blanche Leiston Lass
H. E. Brantmer
Elizabeth Mixer
S. A. Ford
Silver Doe
Ross H. Tuckwiller
Odessa 20Th
C. C. Lewis
Office Equipment CO
Izig
Main St
Imperial
Hiram Walker
Hiram Walker & Sons Inc
Peoriz
Che
Raleigh Register Farm Page
Ben Rhodes
Coudit
Persuant
Interstate Commerce Commission Service
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Chesapeake and Ohio
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