Beef Cattle Short Course Set for Jacksons Mill
The West Virginia University Appalachian Center and WVU College of Agriculture and Forestry will host a Beef Cattle Short Course for state cattle producers at Jackson's Mill on January 29 30. Dr Robert A Long from the University of Georgia will present Breeding and Selecting Modern Cattle and The Beef Cattle Industry Here Today Where Tomorrow.
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West Virginia University Appalachian Center
WVU College of Agriculture and Forestry
West Virginia
Jackson's Mill
Robert A. Long
Department of Animal Industry
University of Georgia
Cattleman
U.S
Armour and Company
C. J. Cunningham
Reymann
Farm Labor Figures and Rural Education Topics
The report notes 2.8 million hired farm workers in 1966, an 11.7 percent drop from 1965, with 1.6 million working over 25 days and 1.3 million under 25 days. Fractions describe race and regional wages, while a separate section covers extension talks, pruning guidance, and a factbook on rural youth and transition. It lists speakers for a January 29 30 short course and ends with current feed prices for wheat corn oats soybeans.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
South
West
North Central States
Northeast
Northwest
America
Grantsville Livestock Prices at Jan 13 Sale
Grantsville Community Sale on January 13 reported hog prices with top barrows at 19 to 21.60 dollars and light, heavy butcher categories from 12.50 to 21.10 dollars. Veals ranged 35 to 7 dollars, sheep and lambs utility at 19.95, slaughter ewes 7.75, cows and heifers in varied ranges, and bulls from 22 to 24.30 dollars.
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Grantsville
Bridgeport Stockyard Monday Sale Prices Reported
Bridgeport Stockyard pricing by the hundredweight shows stocker cows 160 to 232.50 dollars, steer calves 24 to 27, heifer calves 22 to 25, stocker steers 23 to 25, stocker heifers 18 to 21, fat heifers 20.50 to 23, fat cows 16 to 17.50, canners and cutters 10 to 15, beef bulls 18 to 19.75, baby calves 10 to 26 per head, and veal steers 38 to 42.50, good 32 to 38, medium 31 to 36, common 28 to 30.50.
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Bridgeport
Canada’s Century of Agricultural Growth and Progress
Canada evolved from a rugged frontier to a world class producer of crops through massive settlement, land grants, rail expansion, and mechanization. By 1961 the rural share rose to 30 percent with 174 million acres farmed, spurred by ARDA, crop insurance, and university led advances.
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Canada
Prairie Provinces
Dominion of Canada
Hudson’s Bay
Dominion Lands Administration
British Columbia
Agricultural and Rural Development Act
ARDA
Feeling Soil With Fingers Good Test For Quality
A garden tip article explains how to assess soil by feel, describing loam as a balanced mix of sand silt and clay. It advises improving non loam soil with organic matter like compost peat moss leaves clippings and kitchen scraps to achieve workable soil for plants.
Green Thumb tips and seed starting gadgets from Naples expert
Mr George Abraham outlines soil building with rye buckwheat clover and vetch plus earthworms and organic matter as key conditioners. He describes starting plants with Jiffy-7 pellets and explains differences between Christmas and Thanksgiving cacti while inviting readers to request a free growing guide by mail.
Laying House Design Boosts Litter Dryness and Profit
A well ventilated and insulated laying house keeps litter dry longer reducing cleaning to twice yearly. Drop pits capture most material and are cleaned before field work. Manure spread on land is quickly integrated as fertilizer, boosting profits from the laying flock. Insulation raises fall and winter production and sustains summer output with a cooler house.
Milk cow numbers fall in the U S to 13.6 million
The mid-1967 dairy herd totals 13.6 million head, down 3.9 percent from the same period in mid-1966, signaling a contraction in U S milk production herds.
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U.S
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Green Thumb Clinic
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Webb Publishing Co
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RED Ranger
Morgantown Cooperative, Inc
University Avenue
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Greer, W. VA
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