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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1928
Page
14
Prof. Wendell Paddock visits the Hocking Valley and notes scarce cooperation, fading rural institutions, a lingering one room schoolhouse, and limited recreation. He observes autos expanding opportunities, postwar hardship, and questions how future agriculture will look amid mechanization and labor shifts.
The Department of Agriculture reports a fall in farm bankruptcy rates with about thirty percent of farm tenants failing annually related to landlords. The latest index shows a higher portion of tenants tied to landlords, signaling evolving farm prosperity and changes since the prewar period.
The June berry described as plentiful yet small and not suitable for commercial farming. Birds share the fruit, which is praised for beauty and ornamental value in landscape planting. The article notes limited edible use and urges attention to its blossoming.
The Ohio Experiment Station tests show improved thick flesh pepper varieties like Prolific Yellow Daily Giant Sunnybrook and Oshkosh are popular for salads. Prolific Yellow and Sunnybrook yield early red or yellow fruits with smooth flesh, while Gibhosh and Desh w provide suited shapes and flavors for chopping and fresh use.
A joint Ohio committee of farmers and power interests plans rural electric development in Ohio. The group aims for uniform reasonable farm rates and to guard against excessive hook up charges and scams. Members include Walter H. Lio3d, I B Patmner, W F Kirk, C A Dyer, H C Ramsoner, M C A Pontius, T O Kennedy, O U H Hutchings, and C L Taoriry. A public order will be sent to the Public Utilities Commission for approval, modeling extensions used in Pennsylvania.
A poultry reform note cites Lice and Mites as causing useless loss and urges new remedies. D C Kennard of the Office Experiment Station promotes using sodium fluoride as a simple, inexpensive method to eradicate lice and mites, while warning against costly or ineffective approaches. It stresses applying treatment to roosts and using accessible materials, asking readers to contact Agricultural College or Experiment Station for details.
Southern Ohio farmers may face an early fight as field scouts report the European corn borer advancing across Shelby Union Delaware and Franklin counties toward Harrison and Jefferson. Officials say verification by laboratories is needed and full containment remains unlikely with efforts focused on retardation.
A discussion outlines why farmers may benefit from accrual basis accounting for taxes. It explains inventory valuation, end of year stock and product values, and recording of cash receipts and expenses to reflect steady long term growth.
Ohio Experiment Station reports spring wheat prospers in 1927 with average yields over 206 bushels per acre on experimental plots. While exceptional, officials caution against overoptimism as many fields in earlier years produced far lower harvests, highlighting spring wheat as inconsistent and weather dependent.
Dairy calf feeding starts with colostrum then two weeks of whole milk. Gradually replace with Akimmulk over a week or ten days. Proper start is essential for growing heifers into high quality cows.
Cardington, April 14. Russell’s raccoon farm focuses on a single breed, raising only black raccoons for pelts and zoological use. Originating from a rare color mutation observed seventeen years ago, breeding selects the darkest animals. Thousands of animals now populate pens, with shipments sent worldwide including recent consignments to Germany.
In a short crop rotation or continuous farming the practice of plowing under cover crops and using manure and fertilizer helps insure corn silage. The Delmont county Ohio experiment farm reports corn for silage grown continuously since 1917, illustrating the method's viability in rotations with wheat or oats and in hilly, labor-saving layouts near barns.
Associ ate horticulturist P H Batou of the Ohio Experiment Station says fertilizing poor land orchards increases yield and fruit quality. Nitrogenous feeds like nitrate of soda were introduced a score of years ago, reviving barren upland orchards and doubling or quadrupling fruit in some cases.
An Ohio State University analysis of 716 farm operators in northern townships shows 57 percent of operators over 40 own their farms, compared with only 23 percent of those under 40. Ownership rises with age, but land costs and local conditions influence becoming a landowner.
Edmund Secrest state forester urges public discussion April 22 28 as American Forest week to guard native farm woods from grazing and fires. He notes hostile grazing and fires devastate Ohio forests and calls for private and public cooperation with fire organizations and state nurseries to replant idle lands and expand timber supply.
Weather conditions influenced boll weevil activity impacting calcium production. In one year 1801 pounds of calcium compound were manufactured to combat the pest. In 1926 the pest remained active. however surplus production from the prior year was redirected, and only a small amount of chemical was produced.
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