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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1928
Page
14
The guidance stresses delaying pruning until new growth begins to avoid wasting energy. Early pruning risks energy loss and may reduce scab prevention effectiveness by disrupting growth and disease resistance timing.
By E R Wallace from the Ohio University Agricultural Department outlines timely pruning before growth begins, removal of brush, and clean ground to aid spraying. It warns of potential San Jose scale and aphid infestations and prescribes dormant oil lime sulfur sprays plus nicotine in later sprays. Professor Ballou notes a persistent sea
A fragmented report discusses delegate selection for a convention. It contrasts New York’s difficult process with Southern influence and the quest to assemble a favorable slate, noting political maneuvering, figures, and potential alliances while touching on agricultural analogies and turf management as a metaphor for strategy.
Gerry Worace of Malone earned 455 from a one acre truck garden despite being 60. Ohio hens laid 31 more eggs in 1927 than in 1926, with 243 demonstration flocks reporting each hen producing 1436 eggs in 1926 and rising to 146.7 in 1927.
McCrary of Tulsa uses a block of ice at the base of each tree to simulate winter. He claims artificial cold prevents sap rise and bud swelling, protecting fruit buds from late March frosts and promising a larger crop.
The mudwinth archery tournament in Los Angeles attracts famed bowmen from across the nation. Stanley J Spencer, the world champion archer, gives a lesson to Mason Afitebell during the event.
Report from 23 cow testing groups in Ohio shows 1944 cows or 19.7 percent produced 40 pounds or more of butterfat in January and 767 cows or 10.5 percent yielded over 1 500 pounds of milk. Medine association leads 40 pound butterfat percentage. North Trumbull tops milk production. Individual records include W H Miller Westerville pounds butterfat and J T Shafer Medina Holstein 1059 pounds.
Horticulturist I Howlett of Ohio State urges heavy annual pruning of Delicious apples to increase vigor and fruit set. He emphasizes thinning rather than large-cut heading, noting large size and color improve market value.
Morse Salisbury takes direct control of ARM PROGRAMS under the U S Department of Agriculture, succeeding Sam Pickard who resigned to join the federal radio commission as secretary and then member.
Ohio 4 H forestry clubs expand statewide, led by F W Dean extension forester. County agents report orders for 56 000 two year pine seedling bags to plant on waste and idle land. Clubs focus on native woodland recognition and improvement with Athens and Marricon counties hosting first clubs last year.
Instructions from the horticultural station describe constructing a hotbed frame to grow plants early, with fermentation of horse manure, soil covering, and staged temperature controls. The method aims to speed maturity, harden plants, and enable certain crops to reach harvest when ordinary seasons fail.
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