ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times

DATE: Tuesday, July 16, 1996                 TAG: 9607160096
SECTION: CURRENT                  PAGE: NRV-1 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 

BRINGING IN THE SHEAVES

LENGTH: Short :   17 lines
ILLUSTRATION: PHOTO:  GENE DALTON/Staff. Eldredge Cox who lives on Route 631 
          near the Copper Valley section of Floyd County harvests a crop of 
          oats the old fashioned way.  After cutting them with a cradle, he 
          ties them into bundles and makes them into stacks.  He says he'll 
          use the oats to feed his livestock. color.