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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1928
Page
14
Ohio fruit growers face frost risks with limited options this season. The article urges pruning as a key, cost effective practice to improve fruit size and color, enhance spraying efficiency, and reduce thinning costs while coping with tight finances and weather uncertainties.
Two clover varieties APAN and Korean clover new to Ohio are tested in southern state pastures. They grow as annuals, provide late summer pasture when bluegrass dies, and adapt to acid, low fertility soils. Seed is broadcast in winter or early spring with four pounds per acre. Also notes Western Canadian wheat pools have 140000 members and handle over 209000 bushels yearly.
Ohio Experiment Station chief Dr. H C Young urges fruit growers tailor apple disease prevention to local conditions to reduce spray cost and injury. He outlines regionally adjusted lime sulfur and sulfur spray dilutions for pre and post blossom periods, notes substitutions and the exclusion of dormant sprays, and cites Bulletin 592 guidance.
Old Rome carnival fades under official ban on street masks. Public masquerade collapses to indoors balls as children dress as fairy tale figures and famous aviators, with many still recalling the lost gaiety of prior years.
Ulver Indiana March 3 Four C veteran cattle breeder Jacob Myers long refused to show stock until confident of a grand prize. After decades of effort neighbors urged him to enter at county state and Chicago fairs. He finally entered one animal Johnnie Logan, whose trip to Chicago earned seven ribbons including Grand Champion Polled Shorthorn Steer, making Myers as proud as his famed commander.
The article notes a surge in salad emphasis within 4-H and food clubs in Ohio and Michigan, citing the Ohio State University extension service and Montgomery County as leaders. Twenty three girls in a Montgomery club trialed the program, finding it highly successful as part of a broader carnival week with festive costumes and Derby hats.
Campaign to ready land for spring work urges gardeners to set up bird houses to curb insects. ARSHUR N, PACK President calls March action, detailing grafting, lawn care, root division, and plant preparation for vegetables, flowering plants, and window garden propagation.
A garbled March bulletin from County Extension Agent T. H. Johnson outlines poultry husbandry tips. It urges buying vigorous chicks from certified sources before May 18, cleaning brooder houses and litter, moving to clean ground, and feeding a complete ration with all-mash methods and milk supplementation to curb diseases. The note also references a Paris item about War Minister Paul Painlevé, described as a leading European mathematician, seen exiting the ministry with a helmeted boot and visiting a janitor’s shack.
Agricultural note explains iClubroot, a slime mold in soil affecting cabbage and other mustard family crops. Lime or mineral amendments counteracts by raising soil pH. disease thrives in acidic soils but weakens in alkaline. Also includes Ohio ALI-MASH poultry rations and feeding tips for chicks.
Crowding chicks in brooder houses reduces growth and raises mortality. Researcher L. B Nettleton of the Ohio Experiment Station advises 200 to 500 chicks per brooder, depending on type, with outdoor range after three to four weeks. A 10 by 12 foot space suits 200 or 400, while 12 by 12 or 14 foot houses hold 400 to 500. smaller spaces halve capacity. Ensure ample mash space and separate quarters for cockerels between six weeks and marketing.
In greenhouse trials at the Ghia Ispenment station the 17 soil treatments tested included peat combined with a 3-12-4 fertilizer and various soil modifiers such as bone meal superphosphate sulphate of ammonia cow manure lime straw hay manure slag and other amendments. The aim was to determine which combination yields the largest chrysanthemum plants.
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