Experts From Ohio Experiment Station Will Be In District
Ohio University writer E R Wallace reports on apple scab control in Southeastern Ohio. Field workers studied leaf disease, timed sprays to weather forecasts, and advised pre rain treatments to curb spore release and improve spray efficacy. Results varied with weather and grower adherence.
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Ohio Experiment Station
E. R. Wallace
Ohio University
Southeastern
Ohio
Botany Department
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
Washington
Ohio Farmers Sell Thousands of Feet of Walnut Timber
Ohio farmers market walnut timber at high prices with government demand during wartime exhausted supply. Prices vary by log size from $25 to $75 per thousand, depending on diameter and quality. small logs fetch little, while larger logs and veneers, along with stump condition, determine value. Wind shakes frost cracks knots and heart rot affect pricing. Extra black walnut noted as highly valued.
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Ohio
F. W. Dean
Extension Forester
Doyle
U S Experts Woman Checks Up on Department of Agriculture
In Washington on January 28, Helen D. Orton, known as the figure sleuth, reviews Department of Agriculture statistics before release. A graduate in coefficient correlation, she weighs minor errors that could affect crop timing and seed usage, guiding future production decisions.
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Orton
Helen D. Orton
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Ohio Farmers Extend Eight Hour Day to Eight and Three Quarters
A study of 20 Putnam County farmers by John F. Dowler of Ohio State University found that farm operators work eight hours daily plus 233 overtime hours and Sunday livestock care. Some averages range from 6.9 to 11.5 hours per day, with many citing no vacation and heavy family labor.
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Putnam County
Ohio
HIO
John F. Dowler
Rural Economics Department
Ohio State University
Dowler
Stump Sale Values for Black Walnut by Size and Grade
The text notes allowances for first class stumps and details pricing. It states that three foot stumps are measured on a three foot log scale with diameter, yielding $350 to $400 per thousand feet or $25 to $20 per stump. It then lists stump prices by diameter band from 12 to 16 inches up to 25 inches or more, from $25 to $125 per thousand feet.
Weather expert predicts severe damage in 1928
E. Sanborn of Oklahoma A and M college says historical records indicate a green bug year, with the bug busier than in seven years and damage likely to rise to high levels in 1928.
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E. Sanborn
Oklahoma A. and
M. College
Cotton Production Drops in 1927 Mississippi Flood Impact
Cotton production in 1927 fell about 5 million bales from 1926. Acreage reductions and flood damage reduced total output to nearly 13 million bales, with the Mississippi flood contributing to the decline.
Investment Decreases in Agriculture Value 1927
The estimated value of all capital invested in agriculture falls to fifty eight billion dollars in 1927 from seventy nine billion in 1920, indicating a significant decline in farm asset value over the period.
Long List of Needed Changes From Immigration to Education
A special committee of the American Association of Land Grant Colleges and cooperation units says relief cannot come from a single act. They propose measures including surplus controls, land policy, tax shifts, freight rate studies, credit for co operatives, improved labor policies, tariff parity, broader cooperative business, farmer production adjustments, continued research, and permanent agricultural legislation with tax and rate equalization. They note agriculture got about 10 percent of current national income since 1920, down from 20 percent 1909–1919, and blame not lack of productivity but farmer responsibilities.
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Hicago
American Association of Land Grant Colleges and Caition
Federal
Intermediate Credit
Federal Intermediate Credit Banks
United States
Potato Variety Yields Improve in Late Planting Tests
Ohio Experiment Station reports Rural Russet and other potato varieties produced higher yields in late May plantings than at the usual time. All potatoes were sprayed, early plantings endured midsummer heat, and matured around September 10 after a five month growing season with favorable cool weather in fall.
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Ohio Experiment Station
Mushroom farmer gathers 20000 pounds annually
Howard Bell operates a mushroom farm in an abandoned cement mine at Akron New York where constant temperature and high humidity allow year round harvest. He produces about 20000 pounds of mushrooms each year.
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Howard Bell
Akron
N.Y
Bell
Three Troy Boys Order Seed Potatoes for Demo Plots
In Troy Township, three boys in vocational agriculture order sixteen bushels of certified Irish Cobbler seed potatoes via service manager N. E. Mills. They will plant one half acre with a mix of certified and uncertified seed to test performance, alongside spinach crops and small strawberry and corn plots.
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Troy Township
N. E. Mills
Paul Kinnean
Lester Murray
Clifton Ward
Flemming
Cook
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