H H Smith Joins Raleigh County Aberdeen Angus Association
H H Smith of White Oak Shady Spring District joins 58 Raleigh County breeders in the Aberdeen Angus Association after establishing a 220 acre grassland farm. He operates nine brood cows a herd sire and five calves, begins expanding herd for registered stock, and plans to sell young herd sires.
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Raleigh County
Franklin Lilly
Aberdeen
Emulous
Smith
Smiths
Harold Smith
West Virginia
Nature Folding for Long Snooze Cleanup in the Garden
Autumn cleanup guidance for homeowners urges removal of leaves and dead stock, composting, burning of pests, washing and oiling stakes, storing tools and furniture, checking water lines, and mower maintenance to prepare for winter. stresses ongoing fall chores.
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Nature
Junior
State FFA and Four-H Baby Beef Fat Lamb Sale Underway
The seventh annual State 4-H and FFA Baby Beef and Fat Lamb Show and Sale is underway at Jackson's Mill with 85 fat steers and 100 fat lambs to be shown. Events include grooming demonstrations by C R Ripley and Ben Wamsley, and a type demonstration by J Keith Harvey. Medals, bonds, and a trophy will be awarded by sponsors including Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Allegheny-Blue Ridge Shorthorn Association, and Kroger. Premiums funded by the State Department of Agriculture.
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Jackson's Mill
Benj. F. Creech
West Virginia University
C. R. Ripley
Monroe County
Ben Wamsley
Greenbrier County
J. Keith Harvey
Doddridge County
Culture
American Hereford Association
Baltimore and Qohio Railroad
Allegheny-Blue Ridge Shorthorn Association
Kroger Company
James H. Warner
Columbus
Ohio
Ohio State University
Howard Dawkins
Parkersburg
Monongahela Power Company
West Virginia Purebred Sheep Breeders’ Association
State Department of Agri
Pasture Renovation Aims To Boost Tall-Growng Pastures
Renovation improves grazing lands by breaking sods applying lime and fertilizer and sowing tall growing grasses and legumes. It may replace bluegrass with orchardgrass broomgrass and clover on weak soils, with disking or shallow plowing aiding weed control and deep lime placement. Rotation and permanent sods offer different benefits for erosion control and mid summer production.
Chick Placements Up In State During Sept
West Virginia commercial hatcheries produced 689000 chicks in September, up 20 percent from a year earlier and 72 percent above the 1948 52 September average. State farm layers yielded 36 million eggs, with 2866000 layers total, up 10 percent from September 1953. Broiler price at 24 cents a pound, farm chickens steady at 20 cents, vegetable prices at 46.5 cents per dozen, turkey prices up one cent per pound, and poultry feed prices generally declined.
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Charleston Wo
West Virginia
Federal
Vending Machine Study At WVU Dairymen
WVU Agricultural Experiment Station tests vending machine sales of cold chocolate milk for campus workers and students. Two machines operate in Terrace Hall and the Field House, selling half pint bottles. Milk outsells soft drinks, with peak interest after PE classes and intramurals, and plans to expand to Men's Hall with pint containers and snacks.
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West Virginia University Agricultual Experiment Station
Terrace Hall
Experiment Station
Men's Hall
Horn Attracts Cattle
Regina reports a new car horn designed to ease cattle roundups. Developed by livestock men, the device imitates a moose mating call to lure cows, with Dr. E. Carlson noting it “works like a charm” though joking about its sex appeal.
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Regina
Sask
E. Carlson
Federal District
Feed prices in mid September for poultry rations
As of mid September the cost per hundred pounds of broiler mash was 5.30 dollars scratch feed 4.40 dollars and laying mash 5.00 dollars reflecting bulk poultry feeding costs.
Watering guidance for new lawns and beds from OSU
Ohio State University extension floriculturist Victor H. Ries says established lawns and shrubs need no extra water, but new seedings and beds require about an inch weekly. Use a mechanical sprinkler to soak soil four to six inches deep for three to four hours, checking with tin cans to reach an inch of water.
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Victor H. Ries
Ohio State University Extension
Ries
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Banks of Angus
Hampshire County
West Virginia University College of Agriculture
U. S. Army
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Normandy
Harvard
Scherer, Bowers
White Oak
Harold H. Smith
Bordwight
Wlone Fanmington
WVU
Carbon Vanadium Steel
Wilson
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