Agricultural season faces delays and drought plus flood losses
The June Agricultural Situation reports planting delays of about two weeks and extensive Mississippi flood damage across five states. Drought affects the southeast and southwest, while pasture and ranges yield slow spring feed. Crop prospects show declines in wheat and corn prices with mixed livestock movements and a cautious outlook for farm incomes.
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Mississippi
Southeast
Southwest
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau
Caramer
Lapean Cuathas
Nebraska
Lrte
Meron
Hari
Ohio Poultry Day At Experimental Station June 17
Comprehensive program announced for Ohio Poultry Day at Wooster Experimental Station on June 17 and a poultry school the day before. Speakers include CHO University of Wisconsin pioneer alpih and OSU extension staff plus sixteen others. Attendees can inspect station buildings and experimental flocks and review cooperative agriculture reports.
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Ohio
Wooster
Alpih
CHO University of Wisconsin
Poultry Extension Service
Ohio State University
Two Formulas Proposed to Keep Flies From Cows in New Jersey
Ed Perry, New Jersey extension dairy specialist, submits two formulas for fly and mosquito sprays to protect dairy cows. Spraying is recommended twice daily after milking and before evening milking, with all containers left outdoors to avoid milk taint. First formula uses powdered resin with laundry soap and kerosene, tar oil, and water. second formula combines kerosene, pine tar, carbolic tar, linseed oil, and soap, mixed and applied as directed.
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Brunswick
N. J
Ed Perry
New Jersey
Perry
Selection of Spray Materials Grows More Difficult
The article notes increasing difficulty in choosing spray materials as new products appear yearly. It advises growers to test options cautiously, prefer the standard lime sulfur fungicide, and conduct multi-year trials under own orchard conditions. It also mentions Kanred wheat’s superior Argentina yield and a bran bait method for cutworms.
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H .C. Young
Department of Botany and
Ohio Experiment Station
Self
Young
One of Adversity Woman Succeeds in Dairying
Mrs M J Eig faced poverty and hardship in youth but built a Jersey dairy operation on a 115 acre Idaho ranch. After failed ventures in sheep and earlier cattle, she expanded to cows geese pigs and hens. Her herd became productive with record Jersey cows and champions like Ladi isophia Winena in 1923.
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M. J. Eig
Sia Condren
Jane
Idaho
Eanz
Ladi Isophia Winena
Buniar
Secondary Road System Aims to Reach Farm Communities at Builders Convention
Plans for a June meeting in WatkintronWill form county organization to stimulate road building efforts The American Secondary Road system penetrates farm communities and includes more than 27460 mules of help and improved routes Officials foresee an extended program to organize counties and reduce road costs through coordinated construction and maintenance efforts Attendees include farm leaders and road builders leaders from the national association may attend
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Sveler
Watkinrton
Rartines
Eietg
Amereat
Simmer
Minimum quart production rule hits Ohio dairymen
Ohio State University dairy extension specialists report 4500 quarts as a minimum for profit in Medina County herds. They detail costs per hundredweight across production ranges from under 6990 pounds to above 9005 pounds and note current Ohio market prices and the potential gains from boosting efficiency and cooperative farming to reduce surpluses.
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HIO
Medina County
Ohio State
Ohio
Ohio University graduates and Athens figures highlighted
The article profiles Ohio University and Athens natives connected to Harvard Business School. It notes graduates such as Clinton P. Biddle and others from Athens who advanced through the school’s early expansion funded by G. George F. Baker. It details the new Baker foundation plant opposite Harvard Stadium, with dormitories for about a thousand men and extensive facilities.
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Fay Wallace
Tee School
G. George F. Baker
New York
Moon
Harvard
Barton
United States
Land & General Administration
Clinton P. Biddle
Econ
R. Biddle
Athens
Bifdla
Baker
Darrell Moore
Athens Woman Among Noted Poultry Flocks Leaders
In Athens county a woman identified as Mrs. Charles Mansfield owns a leading flock of white brandottes among six demonstration flocks totaling 6,900 chicks. Poultry Specialist Paul B. Zumbro notes zero brooder pneumonia across the flocks, crediting sanitation and all-mash feeding with sour milk. County Agent T. H. Johnson cites healthful chicks and states New York Coal Company farms hold 4,900 birds, Ralph Barker 1,200, and Mrs Mansfield 406.
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Charles Mansfield
Athens
Paul B. Zumbro
Athens County
Zumbro
T. H. Johnson
Johnson
Mmr Zumbro
Johnsom
New York Coal Company
Ralph Barker
G. O Shanks
Millionaire Invents Root-Digging Borer Destroyer for Corn
J H Harrison, once a hobbyist inventor, has developed a triple plow device to combat the corn borer. The machine plows three rows, splits roots, digs up plants, and uses a rake to gather debris for burning, aiming to attack the pest at its source.
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EORTA
J. H. Harrison
Harrison
Field soil survey in Ohio accelerates strawberry tests
The agricultural experiment station and the U S Department of Agriculture resume soil field work in Ohio counties this May. The survey aims to classify soils by field differences to guide land use and farm practices. It will be pushed through summer and fall to evaluate agricultural worth and adaptability.
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Ohio
Fertilizers speed maturity in corn experiments
Ohio experiment station tests show late planted corn matures two to three weeks earlier when aided by high grade fertilizer. June 5 plantings with 3-12-4 and related mixes reduced moisture at husking and boosted dry corn yield by notable margins.
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Ohio
Robt. M. Salter
Istation
Wooster
Maine
Mystery Mosaic Disease Study Boosted by New Microscope
The mosaic plant disease may be better understood using an ultra microscope by J T Barnard. Dr Gye claims the instrument helped isolate a cancer germ, highlighting potential breakthroughs in microscopic research.
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J T. Barnard
Dr. Gye
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Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station
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Ate Edelle
F Farm
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Ohio Univerity
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HH. McKinney
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Santa Rita
Arizona
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Iple
Echeel
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Mirs
Thomas E Clark
Harris Wood
Vo Womint Mersenvile
P. Wood
Athans
Julian Gunder
F .Cr Bush
James Brown Davis
T FF Pans
Cincing
Janes D Brown
Teasnant Henderson
Hig University
H. Harrison
Chur Esnemment
Avse
Ohio Station
Celestial Telescope
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