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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1929
Page
2
A study shows three-fourths of rural families fail to meet the standard of living believed proper. The average farm family spends about SAO per year, highlighting widespread affordability constraints and living costs in rural areas.
Department of Agriculture findings from 14 900 farms show average cash for expenses is 800 yearly with 60 percent below 3500 for living. A proposed standard would allocate 1200 cash plus 386 meat and groceries 360 clothing 400 education and 100 for fuel and light to ensure a respectable lifestyle for a farm family of five.
The program runs April 22 to 26 with talks by Dr. W. Gilbert on plant diseases, W. Sherman on fruit and vegetable markets, Eric Benglund on agricultural finance, and others discussing mortgage debt, erosion losses, roadside marketing, and grain and dairy trends. Ohio farm values and data updates are also featured.
Chemistry will continue to aid agriculture per Witam Haynes, chairman of the American Chemical Society Economic Symposium at Ohio State University on April 26. He says chemistry helps reduce costs and may shape fertilization and waste disposal, while cross pollination education and fertilizer focus frame farmer relief and production efficiency.
Policy by the Forest Service designates National Forests for scientific and educational use via Research Reserves and Primitive Areas. Plans include boundaries favoring essential virgin areas, with public recreation allowed if compatible with study, aiming to preserve prime forest conditions across major regions.
Ohio farmers report reduced sowing of oats and barley for 1929 with significant declines in oats by 18 percent and potatoes by 5 percent, while tobacco and tame hay rise. Nationally corn acreage falls except in the Dakotas and Nebraska. barley and tobacco see notable increases, and winter wheat survival appears below average.
Poultry experts advise delaying outdoor turnout for hens after confinement to winter quarters. First dry spell and sunny days help purge decayed matter, but early range use risks blowouts, sickness, and reduced egg output. If birds show trouble, administering saline and keeping indoors during rain helps.
The article traces early literary societies and their meeting places from East Wing rooms to Music Hall in 1909, noting libraries that became the Carnegie Library nucleus. It closes with a class poem stressing the value of good society for student training and public speaking.
In Rochester New Hampshire Bernard Gange after two years at the University of New Hampshire applies modern agriculture taught at colleges. He says scientific feeding increased milk per cow to a gallon and a half, turning 156 acres to profits with last year’s gross near 70000 and a branch electrical system among latest improvements.
The Lakewood Colorado Grange dedicated a new hall built at a cost of 35000 dollars. Ostensibly the most expensive Grange hall in the United States it serves Grange needs and acts as a community center with welfare projects planned under Grange leadership. The project drew generous public support and the hall was almost debt free at dedication.
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