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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1929
Page
14
The county extension report records 32 clubs with 491 members enrolled in 1924. The largest group, the Happy Mellow Hustlers, has 52 members, while four small clubs contain six members each.
The Forest Service reports eleven new clubs added this year boosting enrollment from 531 in 1928 to 491 in 1829 and listing various Sewing and Livestock groups in Athens Sugar Creek Nelsonville Torch Rome Stewart and others. New leaders include Bell Athens Torch Ralph Liloyd Copeland and others while old leaders remain in charge. The text highlights a broad program of youth clubs and agricultural projects tied to forestry research and education.
A fragment discusses how cold prevents bruising from turning black and blue in children and offers a tip on arranging flowers with a central holder then loosely placing remaining blooms for a casual look.
A proposed method suggests hanging clothing on a hanger near an electric fan to dry and remove wrinkles once you reach home. The idea claims thorough drying and wrinkle elimination through airflow.
Fragmentary tale recounts a circus scene with Mister Elephant and a keeper named Jeanne. The elephant and Varney clash over exercise and direction while the carnival offers five routes, reversing plans and stirring backstage tensions amid humorous misadventures and a stray discussion of Ringling flaws.
The sixth Annual Poultry Judging School will run August 12 to 17 at Ohio State University. It offers practical instruction in culling and selecting birds, laboratory work, and lectures on breeding and poultry production. Notable instructors include W. R. Graham of Canada. Attendance required for inspectors of accredited flocks. registrations and program details to follow.
A report from Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station experts notes wheat can substitute for corn in hog and cattle rations when prices are low. Tests show wheat plus tankage or fish meat boosts gains, with six and two thirds bushels of wheat plus forty pounds of tankage yielding 100 pounds of gain, and cracking kernels preferred to grinding.
A nostalgic piece by Kr Paddock explores hunting fallen apples in tall grass under trees and cooking fresh apple dishes. It blends reminiscence of farm life with sensory details and contrasts with modern farming, mentioning Argentina’s 1927 crop and vivid kitchen aromas.
A simple homemade heater keeps grafting wax melted for apple tree grafts. Pioneered by I P Lewis at Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station, the method melts wax and applies with a brush, wrapping the graft with cheesecloth to exclude air and avoid tying.
The article emphasizes careful handling of cold baked ham during slicing. It stresses that appearance matters and urges precise, neat, and gradual slicing to preserve quality and presentation.
The second annual tour for Ohio breeders runs July 22 to 25 starting in central Ohio with most stops in the northeast. It features fifteen modern poultry plants including five trap nesting facilities, one turkey farm, a large hatchery, a feed plant, and broiler operations. Stops include the Terminal Tower Building and the Airport in Cleveland. previous buses are replaced by private car travel as the tour stays within the state.
In Sunfish Hills western Pike County a large lumber and veneer operation runs a modern saw mill. Hundreds of small logs from nearby hills await processing as wagons and trucks haul tulip popular maple basswood sycamore and chestnut timbers to the mill amid daily loading activity.
Government Farm Facts unite nearly 25 000 producers to curb soil erosion and promote net lower than 37 degrees storage. Associations from Oklahoma Texas Kansas Louisiana New Mexico meet at College Station Texas to back federal soil conservation programs. U S Department of Agriculture notes rising crop acreage nearing pre war levels and 100 active marketing cooperatives handling Dairy products valued at 640 million dollars in 1928. Interstate livestock transport oversight reports 19 million carriages and 45 million hogs inspected.
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