4-H Conservation program mobilizes youth nationwide
The national 4-H Conservation of Natural Resources program engages parents, youths, educators, and specialists in soil and water conservation wildlife preservation reforestation and anti-pollution efforts. Leaders include John Deere sponsors and county state and national awards with six national scholars receiving $600 each.
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New Jersey State Division of Fish and Game
Colorado
John Deere
Chicago
Farm Income Expected to Rise Five Percent in 1968
USDA projects net farm income about 15.2 billion dollars this year, up five percent from last year, driven by higher prices, larger marketings, and increased government payments. Also tips on planting ornamentals in April and May, advising careful depth, proper ball size, and site suitability for dogwoods and evergreens.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Be Up-To-Date in the Production of Strawberries 1968
West Virginia University Cooperative Extension Service releases two publications for Mountain State farmers. Be Up-To-Date in the Production of Strawberries, 1968, by N Carl Hardin with a Frost Protection by Sprinkler Irrigation section by Arthur W Selders. Building Plans for Sheep Facilities includes sketches for sheds shelters corrals chutes feeding equipment by Waldo E Bell. Copies are free via County Extension offices.
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Cooperative Extension Service
West Virginia University
N.carl Hardin
WVUI
Appalachian Center
West Virginia
Arthur W. Selders
WVII
Waldo E. Bell
Mountain State
County Cooperative Extension Service Office
Management Steps For Artificial Breeding Of Beef Cattle
A practical guide for producers on artificial insemination and herd management. It covers nutrition, health status, cow identification, records, calving season, facilities, and labor needs. Getting cows bred focuses on timing after calving, heat detection, insemination timing, and using clean up bulls. Poor nutrition or management defeats AI gains.
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A.I
Rantsville Livestock Sale Prices Recorded at Grantsville Event
Prices paid at Grantsville Community Sale shows HOGS top $19.50 to $20.90 with heavy $14 to $20.40 and light $16 to $18.70. VEAL ranges from $22 to $40.50. SHEEP AND LAMBS at $7.50. CATTLE: GOOD $25.50 to $27.90. HEIFERS $22.75 to $23.10. COWS $19 to $21.50. BULLS $22 to $23. STOCKER FEEDER $26 to $30. HEIFER CALVES $24 to $25.25.
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Grantsville
Standard
Bridgeport Stockyard Sale Prices Recap
Prices at the Bridgeport Stockyard this past week include stocker cows 170 to 290 per head and steer calves 26 to 28.50 with heifer calves 22 to 25.50. Stocker steers ranged 115 to 150 per head and 24 to 29.50 for other stocker steers. Fat cattle and hogs quoted at 17 to 25.10 for cows and heifers, 18 to 20 for hogs, with various bulls and calves priced per head.
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Bridgeport
Ground covers and their landscape virtues
West Virginia University expert Clifford W. Collier Jr notes ground covers provide beauty while curbing soil erosion and tolerating harsh conditions. He highlights English and Baltic ivy, periwinkle, junipers, and other options like Euonymus and Pachysandra as versatile, shade tolerant choices for gardens and slopes.
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Clifford W. Collier
West Virginia University
Appalachian Center
Read The Label On Pesticides
A study by the U S Department of Agriculture shows one third of pesticide accidents stem from not reading or following label directions. WVU expert David O Quinn urges reading labels to learn proper use and precautions to prevent harm and accidental deaths.
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U.S
David O. Quinn
West Virginia University Appalachian Center
Quinn
Hometorown Tomatoes What Tastes Better
A home gardening column offers tomato variety advice for small plots. It endorses early varieties like Fireball and New Yorker, suggests potted tomatoes for quicker starts, and recommends growing on wires to ease care. It also promotes Four O Clock and Marvel of Peru, and includes a bean tip Tendercrop.
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Homse
Guernsey Cows Set Records at Friendship Hill Farm New Geneva
Three registered Guernsey cows in the Friendship Hill herd at New Geneva set production records under the American Guernsey Cattle Club guidelines. The cows were Friendship Princess B. C. Iris, 12,470 pounds of milk and 563 pounds fat. Friendship Ivy N. T Flower, 14,040 pounds milk and 608 pounds fat. and Friendship Mad Vern, 12,100 pounds milk and 587 pounds fat in 305 days, tested under Pennsylvania State University supervision.
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Guernsey
Friendship Hill Arm
New Geneva
Pac
American Guernsey Cattle Club
Pennsylvania State University College of Agriculture
Friendship Princess B. C
Iris
Friendship Ivy N. T Flower
Morgantown Livestock Prices At Auctions This Week
Morgantown weekly sale totals show baby calves 30 to 39 dollars per head veals 24.10 to 36.50 dollars per head heifers 97 to 126 dollars fat heifers 18.10 to 18.80 cows 90 to 235 dollars per head butcher cows 15.80 to 17.50 bulls 200 to 220 dollars per head stocker bulls 28.50 to 28.70 heavy bull 21.90 dollars small pony 17 dollars per head.
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Morgantown
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Green Thumb
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Morgantown Livestock Sales
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