West Virginia University. College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Home Economics.

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A three page letter from Ted R. Hash, State Extension Poultry Specialist to Herbert C. Kriesel, research Associate, Agricultural Economics commenting on an article by Kriesel on competitiveness of West Virginia in the production of broilers, and a eight page memorandum from Kriesel to Hash replying to the criticism of the article.

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News and special feature releases, 1925-1955, including the following titles: Agriculture news service, Mountain State Features, Farmhouse fables, Religion and life, guide lines on the Mountain State, and Manhandled soil.

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The official letters and papers, especially incoming and outgoing correspondence, of the WVU College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Home Economics, and Harry Ross Varney, Dean.

Scope and Contents Gerald Heebink (1895-1956) was an extension diaryman in the West Virginia University College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Home Economics from 1935 to 1956. Records consist of papers related to Heebink's work with artificial breeders' cooperatives; various national diary associations, including the Dairy Herd Improvement Association, the Holstein-Friesian Association of America, the West Virginia Jersey Cattle Club, Guernsey cattle clubs, and the National Eight Point Dairy Program; and the...

Scope and Contents Gerald Heebink (1895-1956) was an extension dairyman in the West Virginia University College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Home Economics from 1935 to 1956. Records are chiefly Heebink's subject files from 1940 to 1956 and consist primarily of addresses given by Heebink, pamphlets, letters, articles, and reference files. Topics covered include barns, dairy cows, coops, extension methods, feeds, land use planning, program planning, and silos. Also included are reports to the State Extension...