Moorefield Hosts Annual House and Garden Tour June 8
Moorefield WV hosts a nine-home tour June 8 from 10 am to 6 pm to benefit the Hardy County Public Library Association. New additions include Kingwood Farm near Headsville, Green Valley Stock Farm between Moorefield and Petersburg, Caledonia Inskeep home-place, Mill Island, The Willows, Sunset View, and J C McCoy home. Hotel McNeill serves lunch and provides an 1870s guest register with signatures of Grant and Lee.
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Moorefield
W. Va
Old Town
South Branch Valley
Hardy County Public Library Association
H. 8. Pownall
Kingwood Farm
James Carskadon
Headsville
Beaver Run Road
Keyser
Cumberland
Maryland
Green Valley
Petersburg
Cailedonia
Walllow
McNeill
Mill Island
Seymour
the Willows
Ranedolph
South Fork
Maj. Gilmore
Jubal Early
McNeill Rangers
Sunset View
Heiskell
J. C. McCoy
Grant
Lee
Hardy County Library Association
Hotel McNeill
Better Fruit From Chemically Thinned Trees
The U S Department of Agriculture reports better size and appearance from fruit trees due to chemical thinning. Din tro compounds in the West and hormone sprays in the East boost uniformity and reduce on off years. Spray thinning costs five to six dollars per acre versus hand thinning at seven eight dollars per acre. More research is needed to understand exactly how thinners work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.S. Department of Agriculture
U. S. DA
Curb Market Opens Saturday in Frederick County
The Farmers' Curb Market begins the 1957 season Saturday on the city parking lot by S Kent Street. It will run 7 to 10 a.m. each Saturday with dressed chickens bread cake lettuce radishes strawberries onions pickles cured meats eggs apple butter and fudge featured this week.
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Frederick County
S. Kent St
Crossword puzzle clues and grid notes
A fragmented crossword puzzle page lists Across and Down clues with numbers and partial word hints. The readable items include hints like Large r volume and Apple center among others, with several incomplete entries and stray phrases.
Soil Stewardship Week Observed Nationwide
Paul Moore a soil conservationist for the Lord Fairfax District said Soil Stewardship Week is observed again this year to stress mankind's sacred duty as stewards of the soil. Ezra Taft Benson Secretary of Agriculture urged participation by farm church civic conservation and other groups to highlight wise use of the land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Moore
Lord Fairfax
National Association of Soil Conservation Districts
Ezra Taft Benson
Emwell
Death rate falls faster for women than men study finds
A Met Life study of industrial policyholders from 1950 to 1955 shows the overall death rate fell nine percent by 1955, with white women and non whites benefiting most. Heart disease and cancer remain leading killers. cancer deaths rise for men but fall for women due to better treatment. Accidents dominate under age 25. Life expectancy reached 70 in 1955, up about 1.75 years since 1950.
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Science Service
ST. Louis
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
E A. Lew
Mortimer Spiegleman
Society of Actuaries
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Curb Market
Mercures
Phome
Winchester
Virginia
Daily Crossword
Harangue
Fla
Aah
Rhodes Drug CO
HFC
America
N. Loudoun Saag
J.C. Penny
Mohawk
Super Shell
Shell
Shell Research
Buncutter Oil Corporation
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