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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1955
Page
8
J B McLaughlin warns that West Virginia’s artificial insemination program faces collapse without state funding. He notes past gains from cooperative breeding efforts, the need for affordable service for small dairymen, and budget cuts threaten four to five months of support, risking reduced herd efficiency and industry progress.
Home gardeners should not overlook perennial vegetables that live for years and require little care while providing annual harvests. Asparagus, rhubarb, perennial onions, and garden sorrel are highlighted with planting depths, spacing, and harvest timelines to maximize long term yields.
Shenandoah Valley area live poultry market unsettled with ample supply and fair to good demand. Farm prices yesterday ended at noon show broilers under 3 lbs 20 20 percent, 3 lbs and over 20 4 21 percent, heavy hens 19 20, small turkey fryers 30 302, heavy toms 27 28. Weekly broiler purchases for week ended Sept 23 show 33 percent under 3 lbs, 44 percent 3 3 1/2 to 4 lbs, 23 percent 3 1/2 to 4 lbs and over, weighted averages 22.36 to 23.14. Change vs prior week minus 9.8 percent.
The West Virginia Aberdeen Angus Association will hold its fifth annual Purebred Calf Sale on October 20 at Jacksons Mill. Officials say the sale should be among the best conducted by the organization.
Garden vegetables can endure winter with specific handling. Root crops like carrots beets turnips and parsnips store well in moist soil in unheated sheds or boxes. Leaf crops such as lettuce endive kale and Chinese cabbage tolerate frost while warm weather crops like tomatoes should be ripened indoors before freezing.
The Federal State Crop Reporting Service releases a chart to help West Virginia poultry growers gauge market conditions. It uses a three week average for marketable broilers to smooth sale timing and bases the average weekly price on prior week sales from major broker producing areas. The chart aims to help growers anticipate near term market directions.
John M. Amos of VPI urges beekeepers to unite weak colonies with strong ones and install new queens where old queens remain. Feed sugar syrup at two to one for colonies under 75 to 80 pounds, reduce hive entrances, and add windbreaks such as corn stalks stacked behind hives for cold protection.
Advice on storing vegetables, avoiding poor condition and frozen items, and using outdoor root cellars. Instructions cover selecting crates or barrels, sinking tiles, insulating lids, and protecting stores from rodents with hardware cloth.
West Virginia’s 1955 lamb crop reached 272000 head, up from 1954 by 1000, despite ewe decline of 5000. Average 108 lambs per 100 ewes. Prices held at 19.50 per hundredweight mid July, similar to 1954. Wool output 1472000 pounds, weight per fleece 5.2 pounds, price 47 cents per pound in mid July, down from 53 cents in July 1954.
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