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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1933
Page
10
About 1,300 Ohio farmers with records reported an average cash income of 603 dollars in 1931. Farms averaged 143 acres with income from dairy, hogs, poultry, sheep, cattle, and crops totaling 2314 dollars per farmer while expenses reached 1107 dollars.
The Farmers Week program at Ohio State University runs January to February 3, targeting about 5000 Ohio farmers. Topics stress low cash outlay strategies to increase income, including cost of ill timed cropping, liming, manure use efficiency, seed buying for 1933, timothy truth, current fertilizers, soy bean markets, legume selection, and harvesting for more corn and grain.
A guide on keeping annual farm records explains how summarized data reveals payments for the year, efficiency, and leaks. It notes that rural Americans pay 39 percent of Ohio road costs in 1951, about 35.5 million dollars, up 4 percent from 1921-25.
In 1932 statewide 7195 farm women in 25 Ohio counties studied home furnishing under Miss Anne Biebricher from Ohio State University. About 3706 women in 3500 homes learned to improve living rooms with little cash, while 3400 homemakers in 3110 homes learned furniture care and repair. Trumbull County alone valued 400 repairs at 2400 dollars, with state totals suggesting repairs saved around 19200 dollars and overall savings near 16000 dollars.
The Ohio State University radio WEAO 570 kcs lists January 23 evening lineup with music segments at 8:00 and 9:00, talks on farming topics by J P Schmidt C M Ferguson J S Falconer Grace Treach C Croy G W Conrey and W F Stewart, plus sessions on poultry, land use, youth needs and vocational agriculture.
Mrs. Sarah Ellen Cummins 81 died Monday at her Fairview home near Letart from pneumonia after influenza. She is survived by her husband. Funeral services will be at Fairview Church at 2 p.m. Wednesday with burial in a nearby cemetery.
The notice lists multiple land transfers in Athens Athens County and neighboring townships. Transactions include warranty deeds, quitclaim deeds, and administrator deeds involving individuals such as Errett A. Person June H. Lee Ellen Fox James Brown David Moore and others with parcel details across Townships like Athens Ames Canaan Dover Rome Trimble Waterloo and Nelsonville City.
Ames-Bern High School's Future Farmers of America chapter promotes vocational agriculture through leadership, savings drives, cooperative buying, and activities like banquets, tours, contests, and basketball. President Edward Keirns leads twenty members including Doyle Wagoner and Harold Koker among others.
White dining rooms are the latest home trend with chaste white walls curtains and woodwork paired with maple furniture. An eight room Colonial style showing emphasizes white interiors and reproductions of early American pieces including a butterfly table dating to about 1700.
Attendance grew 14 percent over two years despite a 40 percent cut in state funds from 38000 to 23000. In 1931-32 costs averaged 83 cents per attendee with 23 cents covered by the state. All 88 Ohio counties held institutes with Wayne County leading in 1932 with 16 events and 37760 attendees. Twenty cooperating state agencies provide talent at low or no cost.
A Wooster Experiment Station study comparing spring plowing and disking over 20 years found little difference in grain yield between methods. Disk drill sowing oats without prep lowered yield by about 17 percent. Thatcher’s 5 year trial varied seedbed prep and sowing dates from mid April to mid May.
Atheneum room features a maple reproduction set of chairs and a central rose and blue rag rug with black border. Ruffied curtains and over-drapes echo the rug colors, with black framed fruit still lifes and electrified glass lamps. Suggestions include white walls with plain blue and gold trim or green accents as alternatives.
Public safety notice warns motorists about carbon monoxide poisoning from closed garages. It explains gas from exhaust can render victims unconscious quickly, especially in winter, and urges open doors for ventilation and fresh air before reentering. It also warns about lead compounds in some gasoline and cautions safe handling of cleaning solvents and antifreeze.
Loans are being made by the Regional Agriculture Credit Corporation to commercial raisers and general farmers who raise poultry as a sideline under the Emergency Relief and Construction Act of 1932. Money is available with adequate security at 6 percent interest. Inspection, appraisal, title check, and mortgage recording costs are outlined, with the borrower bearing the title and recording expenses.
Apple orchard pruning should begin after harvest and storage. Remove unproductive or weak trees and replace with new plantings this spring. Thin dense growth and prune crowded branches to improve fruit color and reduce next season’s thinning work. Apply lead and oil dressing to wounds after they dry.
Report indicates 21 000 families in the United States still own automobiles. The figure highlights continued reliance on private vehicles amid broader shifts in transport usage.
The article notes the seasonal rise in chick purchases, warns that many buyers may have received poor stock from unreliable hatcheries, and urges poultrymen to select chicks carefully to ensure profitable returns amid low grain prices and cash flow concerns.
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