Peach crop damage noted in Meigs County
Meigs County agent reports ninety percent of peach blossoms killed by frost but expects a half crop. Farmers consider irrigation and soil tweaks as nature’s cycles dictate growth. Bulletin summaries from Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station include pig growth, codling moth control, and frozen foods usage. Brucellosis testing gains emphasis in county cattle herds.
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B. Blakeslexz
Meigs County
Pomeroy
Homer Webster
Ohio
Mr. Webster
Webster
Rewest
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
Wooster
Marietta
Efficiency In Pasture Pays Cash
An Ohio farmer notes wide variation in pasture carrying capacity due to fertility and pasture type. The New Zealand grazing system, using temporary electric fences to divide fields and rotate cows, produced over 163 dollars per acre in grazing value.
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George 1. Zeis
Ohio
New Zealand
Chief Cattle Counter Retires After 25 Years
Columbus Ohio. Glenn S Ray Ohio's chief cattle counter for 25 years retires from the state agricultural statistician post in charge of the Ohio Crop and Livestock Reporting Office. He is succeeded by Ben A Klenmolz, his assistant since 1947.
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Columbus
Glenn S. Ray
Ohio
U. S. Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Ben A. Klenmolz
Local families share time across towns in weekend visit roundup
Mr and Mrs. Cottrin of Porter visited Clyde Cramer on Sunday. The Morehouse family hosted several guests including Raymond Reynolds and his son Rodger from Columbus. Other visitors came from Huntington, Jamestown, Vinton, and Columbus to spend time with local residents. Pauline Cottrill accompanied the group for an extended stay before returning home.
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George” Keith
Amos Adams
Mt. Zion
Vinton
Okey Sharp
Delano
Wesley Lopez
Fréda Chaffin
Linda
Clyde Kuntz
Naomi
Kathryn
Donna
Marcella
Columbus
Naomi Adams
Pauline
Poor Painting Job May Be Expensive
Arthur W. Steudel of Sherwin Williams urges farmers that good paint adds value and protection when properly chosen and applied. He warns that cheap paint can cost more over time, and stresses reading labels to ensure durable, weather resistant coating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur W. Steudel
Sherwin-Williams Co
Steudel
Agriculture Department Lifts Swine Quarantine
The Agriculture Department lifted some federal quarantines tied to the swine disease vesicular exanthema. Quarantines remained in Wayne County Michigan and parts of Springfield and Loudon Townships in Ohio. Florida and Maryland are now free of federal quarantines from the disease.
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Agriculture Department
Wayne County
Michigan
Springfield Township
Lukas County
Loudon Township
Seneca County
Ohio
Florida
Maryland
Osu Economist Named Farm Department Head
Dr M G Smith named chairman of the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station economics and rural sociology department in Wooster Ohio He will succeed retired Dr J L Falconer and join the Agricultural Extension Service of Ohio State University in July.
Hot lunch for hogs bill signed in Missouri
Gov. Phil M. Donnelly signed a law creating a hot lunch for hogs rule. Effective July 1 swine feeders must cook garbage before feeding it to hogs to prevent health issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Phil M. Donnelly
Price supports urged for basic farm commodities
Rep. Ratford Hope of Kean, chair of the House Agriculture Committee, says price supports for basic farm commodities must be continued. The FBI held two Cleveland men on charges of complicity in the theft of a truck cargo of nickel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Rat‘ford Hope
R-Kean
House Agriculture Committee
Cleveland
FBI
West Virginia Dairy Day Focuses on Farm and Herd Management
The 1953 Dairy Day at West Virginia University will center on Farm and Herd Management. I C Porterfield announces the June 30 field day at the Morgantown dairy farm. Guest speaker George Bulkley of Carnation Milk Co will attend. The program includes research results and displays on vex machines forages and processes. The university will showcase Ayrshire Holstein and Jersey herds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
West Virginia University
I. C. Porterfield
University
Morgantown
West Virginia
George Bulkley
Carnation Milk Company
Ayrshire
Holstein
Jersey
There's Something About Farming I Delight To Be Led by a Child
Valerie Cooley at eighteen months leads her parent on a farm tour showing gravel sticks violets jonquils and horses. The child’s curiosity drives exploration from the slope to a roadside puddle and a sunset, revealing joy in simple discoveries and a link to faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lister Cooley
Valerie
Vallerie
Bob
Florida
Steak and beef roasts top stores' weekly buys
Prices for pork products are booming with high costs, while frying chickens stay steady or fall slightly. Several big stores featured turkey sales as part of weekly deals reported by station food stores.
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Ry ‘Ine Associace
Jumbo the circus elephant tows power tractor in challenge
An official from a local machinery firm proposed matching a modern tractor's pulling power with an elephant's strength. Jumbo the elephant was hitched to the tractor and dragged it around the lot, overpowering the machine.
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Sluefield, W, Va
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