Federal Forest Protection Gains in 38 States Nationwide
The Forest Service reports federal cooperation in forest protection extends to 38 states under the Clarke Mackary Act. Costs by state and private owners have risen, while federal expenditures reach about 1.2 million annually. Fire protection has reduced losses on protected lands, though unprotected areas still burn heavily. New tree nurseries boost planting stock, with New York and Pennsylvania leading in distributions.
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Forest Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Forest Services
Federalj
Parest
New York
Pennsylvania
Fixing Things Good 108 for the Months of Winter
An editorial urges winter as the time for farm improvements. Plan to whitewash barns, build a machine shed, and cover machinery. Prepare tools, tighten equipment, install running water, and create a cooperative home. Plan next year with family input and community involvement.
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Edgar W. Cooley
Wheat Yields Boosted by Sweet Clover on Heavy Ohio Soil
Study at Northeastern Ohio Experiment Farm Strongs ville shows wheat yields after sweet clover rose to 29.6 bushels per acre from 21.8, over six years, while following soybeans averaged 75 percent of the clover outcome. The practice involves plowing under the clover after the second year to enrich the soil for wheat planting. Deer on national forest land in the region are increasing, prompting management to keep herd levels stable with adjusted hunting limits.
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Ohio
Strongsville
Cuyahoga County
Trumbull
Obie
Gladden
National Forest
U. & Brest Beret
More Livestock Is Marketed by Truck
An Ohio Experiment Station study by G F Henninz shows trucked livestock rising as a marketing factor. In 1922 trucks carried 2.4 percent of hogs, 7 percent of sheep, 4.7 percent of cattle and 9 percent of calves to Cleveland. By 1927 these figures grew to 19.2 hogs, 19.1 sheep, 18.8 cattle and 21.9 calves, with a large rise in livestock from beyond 20 miles and 41 percent from within 20 miles arriving last year.
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G. F. Henninz
Department of Rural Economics
Ohio
Cleveland
Hartteing
Cousin of Cal Yarnell Wins Cow-Calling Championship
Ernest Coolidge, described as kin to Cal Yarnell of Wis and to the president, wins his community cow-calling title. He is photographed in the act of ko-bossing with a silver cowbell presented by the Ding Valley Creamery Institute of Chicago.
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Yarnell
Wis
Ernest
Ding Valley Creamery Institute of Chicago
Coolidge
1928 Record in Egg Production Noted in Athens County
O Shanks of Coolville earned the 1928 honor for highest egg production per bird in Athens County with 153 cages per average 219 birds. Poultry extension agent B E Cray and county farm agent T H Johnson summarized the demonstrators’ records. Cray spoke at a Chamber of Commerce poultrymen meeting about the hard year for producers due to high feed costs and low egg prices.
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Athens County
O. Shanks
Coolville
B. E. Cray
Poutry
T. H. Johnson
Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Crey
Wheat acreage in Ohio and U S shows declines from 1948
In autumn 1928 Onto sown 1 872 000 acres for 1929, against 7 400 000 in 1927 and 1 860 000 in 1926, per J 1 Falconer of Ohio State Univ Rural Economics. This is 78 percent of last year. December 1 condition 4 ee versus ten year average 36. United States sowing fell to 43 228 000 in 1948 from 47 280 000 in 1908, down 8.8 percent.
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J. 1 Falconer
Department of Rural Economics
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
United States
Four Ohio 4-H club scholars named for college funds
Esther Smearson of Femberville Mary Firestone of West Salem Ralph Frash of Athens and Robert Roseberry of Lily Chapeadison County win four hundred dollar scholarships from the Hocking Valley and Baltimore and Ohio Railroads to aid college study in agriculture. Winners, announced at the Ohio State University 4-H Club Congress, are noted for leadership and long club service. Scholarships may be used at any college when the holders are ready. Also mentions a London portable loudspeaker device for phones.
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Hocking Valley
Baltimore and
Ohio
Lwo
Ohio State University
Esther Smearson
Femberville
Wood County
Mary Firestone
West Salem
Wayne County
Ralph Frash
Athens
Athrons County
Robert Roseberry
Lily Chapeadison
Aus Sméarson
Cluba
Athens County
Miss Firestone
Eclub
Grange
Farm Bureau
Madison County
Marketing eggs through a graded system on farms
Farmers should improve production to fit a graded market standard. Use careful breeding for size shape and color, clean nests, and infertile eggs. Gather eggs regularly, keep hens dry cool and clean, avoid washing, and market frequently. Candler tech helps weed out weak eggs. about 20 percent of farm eggs fail standard grading.
Skippers Edger ton Victim Struck by Auto
Two youths, owners of a small Saskatchewan car, were detained after a deadly hit and drag incident near a British harvest site. Broadbent was struck, killed, and dragged for a mile and a half as a mobile crank jammed. Investigators say the drivers claimed unclear action and that the event involved crop cutting work in Canada.
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Edgerton
Frank J Broadbent
Filling Crevices Import Potash in Agriculture and Industry
The article notes potash imports in the United States totaling about 266 009 tons valued between 18 600 660 and 20 080 000 dollars. It states more than 220 008 tons were imported and mentions a land cement marketed for filling crevices around baths and tiled floors. It claims putty can fill wood cracks and be painted to conceal, and asserts such fill helps seal moisture.
Fertilizing Wheat Profits Highlight Long-Term Trial Findings
A sixteen year Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station study shows fertilizer applied to a wheat crop yields higher profits than unfertilized plots. Different application patterns across crop rotations produced varied per-acre returns, with wheat-fertilizer emphasis often best, while mixed applications favored wheat and corn in different price scenarios.
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Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
System for a Permanent Pasture Management Has Been Developed
A new system named the Hohenheim system improves pasture use by dividing fields into paddocks, rotating grazing, and topdressing with ammonium sulfate at intervals. Ohio agronomist B M Sulter notes higher nitrogen efficiency and crude protein in grass, with costs rising from 0.147 to 0.216 cents per pound for crude protein depending on application, suggesting potential savings versus alfalfa, and a protein increase from 1 to 1.7 percent. A Canadian town, Valley Alberta, reportedly set a world grain receipt record, handling over 2.5 million bushels via farmer wagons and trucks, including seven plants with double capacity.
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Hohenheim
Europe
B. M. Sulter
Ohio Experiment Station
Ohio
Recond
Valecny Alherig
York Imperial Apple Described With Mixed Market Prospects
Tests show York Imperial apple is light red with a yellow-green ground color and firm flesh but ranks low as a dessert apple due to tenderness and flavor. In Ohio trials it’s variable in growth, health, and production, with some sites resistant to twig blight while others yield heavy drops in alternate years. Storage issues include scald in northern climates, yet fully mature York keeps well in moist cheese or cold storage.
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York
Ohio Experiment Station
Vr. HH. Baliou
Lo ‘Experiment Farm
Melay Gounts
Ohio
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