Sheepmen Vote On Self Help Renewal Referendum
County ASC offices will collect ballots from sheep owners September 10 to 21 to decide whether to renew the Self Help promotion and advertising program for lamb and wool. If two thirds vote yes and represent two thirds of total sheep owned by voters, the American Sheep Producers Council will continue the program funded by sheepman contributions from wool and lamb sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ASC
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
American Sheep Producers Council
Joe M. Donlin
Casper
Wyo
National Wool Growers Association
National Lamb Feeders Association
ASPC
Donlin
Sheep Producers Lamb Feeders
Feeder Calf Sales Begin Thursday at Jackson's Mill
The 1962 series of Demonstrational Feeder Calf Sales across West Virginia begins Thursday at Jackson's Mill with about 400 head of mostly Hereford calves. Regional sales run through October at multiple stockyards and fairs, with 115000 calves sold in 30 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mountain State
Jackson's Mill Mill
Joe Emch
West Virginia University
Jackson's Mill
Petersburg
Lewisburg Fairgrounds
Charles Town
Morgantown
Angus Spencer
Marlinton Co-Op
Weston Stockyards
Bridgeport
Elkins Stockyards
Terra Alta
Lamberton
Emch
Cooperative Extension Service of
State Department of Agriculture
West Virginia
September 1 1962 fruit crop report for apples and peaches
The September 1 1962 forecast places apples at 5 000 000 bushels with a 300 000 bushel drop from a month earlier. Peaches total 650 000 bushels, down 100 000 from August 1. Appalachian area apples total 24 900 000 bushels, with declines across West Virginia Virginia Maryland and Pennsylvania from the prior year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Statistical Reporting Service
Panhandle
Appalachian Area
West Virginia
Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia Crop Report September 1 1962
August weather was dry and hot with the highest temperatures since mid May in parts of the state. By Sept 1 soil moisture was short statewide and very short in the northern third. Rains over Labor Day weekend provided brief relief. crop yields and production forecasts are given for corn oats wheat barley tobacco hay apples peaches milk and eggs with year to year changes and regional variations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Statistical Reporting Service
Solution of Water Mysteries Sought
National Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts calls for research into six areas of water movement including soil, plants, streams and air. Director Floyd E. Myers says full basic answers could prevent future water shortages in the United States. An egg s air cell forms as it cools and contracts after laying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts
United States
Floyd E. Myers
U. S. Water Conservation Laboratory
Temple, Ariz
ASC Committee Duties Listed
ASC farmer committeemen named to run for next year with duties in local field administration of acreage allotments marketing quotas commodity loans feed grain program wheat stabilization Sugar Act Wool Conservation and farm storage facility loans. Eligible voters will cast ballots by mail by October 2 1962 in Raleigh and Wyoming counties to elect community and county convention delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ASC
Secretary of Agriculture
Raleigh
Wyoming County
New Lumber Grading Standards Explained
National Lumber Manufacturers Association releases an eight page pamphlet detailing a standardized system of lumber grades and sizes for frame construction. It covers grade names uniform requirements standard descriptions sizes new sheathing thickness and simplified span tables. The program aims to simplify design and use for consumers and builders. Copies available by writing NLMA Washington 6 DC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Lumber Manufacturers Association
National Lumber Manufactures Association
Massachuset N. W
Washington
D L Fogus Urges Fire Season Caution In WV
West Virginia official D L Fogus warns that the fall forest fire season runs Oct 1 to Dec 31 and urges alertness to prevent damage to forests. He advises burning only between 5 p.m. and 5 a.m., making firebreaks, keeping tools ready, never leaving fires unattended, and using care near woodlands. Fogus notes fire risk endangers forests, wildlife, and outdoor enjoyment, urging statewide effort to KEEP WEST VIRGINIA GREEN.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Donald L. Fogus
West Virginia University
Fogus
Neiver
Neighbors recall Hereford Show and Sale crowd
John S Phillips reports on the Hereford dinner and Show and Sale in Beckley. He notes a record crowd, the lively auction, and key figures like Ag Commissioner John T Johnson, Bob Hicks, Tommy Thomas, Douggie Allen, George Farmer, George Kardish, and Bennett Day. Prices appeared strong with a $10 per head average rise, amid cool, windy fall weather and talk of the Browns beating the Giants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature
John T. Johnson
R. E. Hicks
RDC Fruits and Vegetables Commission
H. B. Thomas
Raleigh
Hereford
Bob Hicks
Tommy Thomas
Douggie Allen
George Farmer
George Kardish
John
Paul McGraw
Tommy
Curtis
Sunday Neuersays Forester Notes and UFO Talk
A breezy column recounts editing errors in a forestry edition, comments on criticism, a forest fire warning, and jokes about ventriloquists, porpoise speech research, and space capsules. The writer mentions travel to Morgantown, a Saturday or Sunday radio tone, and signs of a outgoing local neighbor community.
Manchin to Speak at Columbus Farmers Home meeting
A James Manchin, state director of the Farmers Home Administration, will speak in Columbus Ohio on September 2021. The agency boosted West Virginia lending by 65 percent in the past two years with over $5 million advanced in fiscal 1962 for family farms housing and rural living improvements. Washington attendees include Howard Bertsch and Floyd Higbee. The agency has spurred rural economy growth via water system loans new house financing and forest resource credit. Over 25 years Fmha and predecessors loaned more than $33 million in West Virginia with over $17 million repaid and high interest collections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. James Manchin
Farmers Home Administration
America
Columbus
Ohio
West Virginia
Washington
Howard Bertsch
Floyd Higbee
Timber marked for cutting in Greenbrier State Forest
Foresters from the Lewisburg office mark timber on about 400 acres of Greenbrier State Forest. The area along Kate's Mountain east side in Laurel Branch near Tuckahoe Road contains an estimated 800000 board feet of pine and mixed hardwood to be removed. Marking should finish by mid August with bids from local mills expected after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Foley
Greenbrier State Forest
Lewisburg
Kate's Mountain
Laurel Branch
Tuckahoe Road
Winter cover crop reduces erosion and enriches soil
A winter crop in the garden helps cut soil erosion during winter months and adds organic matter when it is spaded or plowed under in spring.
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Raleigh Register
Beckley
W. Va
The
Hereford Breeders
Sale
Tatcette
Heifer
H. G. Farmer
Elepedes - Co
New River Hereford Breeders Association
Special Fruit Report
John S. Phillips
Kelly Farmer
Robert Cook
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County Committee
D. L. Fogus
Rob
Joe Moran
Joe
Sarah Otto
Flo
Mr. DeGaulle
Henri
Hus
Charlie McCarthy
Edgar Bergen
Chamber of Commerce
U. S
Virgin Islands
Manchin
Forestry Notes
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