Athens County Heritage and Early County Agriculture History
Truax discusses Athens County roots from 18th century Fort Gower to the 1828 founding of a county agricultural society. It notes Athens founded 1800 near Ohio University, first Northwest Territory college degrees, and early fairs with premiums of 75 dollars for industry and skill. It also mentions the Coon skin Library at Ames and local library precedents amid deer hunting losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hocking
Ohio River
Athens County
Jacob Lindley
Artemas Sawyer
Thomas Ewing
United States
Ohio
Northwest Territory
Athens
Fort Gower
General Assembly
Truax
County Agricultural Society
Coonskin
Ames
Belpre Farmers’ Library
Hbrary
Cincinnati
Boy Grows Sponge Gourds For Bath Use In La Porte
Ready for Bath ILLY SCOREY, a 10 year old farmer from La Porte Iowa, stands with his backyard crop of sponge gourds. He explains how a gourd becomes a sponge by peeling and drying it, as taught by Bully.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illy Scorey
la Porte
Bully
Bugs hide from pests in wet year across plains
A NEA report notes a rainy year reduced crop pests in four U S states and three Canadian provinces. Members of the International Great Plains Crop Pest Committees meeting in Fargo, North Dakota, attributed favorable conditions to the lull, though certain insects such as hopparas, green bugs and cutworms appeared in small numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Fargo
N. ST. Paut
Ming
Dairymen urged to use corn and oats for feed
An agricultural notice discusses using corn and oats as the main grain in dairy rations. It outlines how 80 to 95 percent of winter grain needs can come from corn, oats, clover, alfalfa, or soybean hay, with small amounts of bran and oil meals as supplements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Perkins
Chile Experiment Station
Fall Pigs Demand Best Handling, Ohio Experts Say
Ohio State University animal husbandry officials advise a timed feeding plan for fall pigs to ensure profitability. Emphasizing high energy concentrates and protein supplements, they recommend corn balanced with skim milk or buttermilk, tankage, fish meal, alfalfa meal, or oil meal. Start with 15 to 20 percent protein supplement, easing to about 5 percent at finishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Animal Husbandry Department
Ohio State University
Best Time To Plant Shrubbery Says A N Pack Expert
The article advises planting shrubs in late fall after leaves die but before ground freezes, stressing firm establishment by spring and recommending fall pruning, mulching, and careful winter protection. It lists bulb and perennial planting guidance, rose care, leaf disposal, bird feeding, and houseplant care for winter, attributed to A N Pack of the American Nature Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. N. Pack
Arthur N. Pack
American Nature Association
NEA Secrice
The
Athens
Narcissi
Emperor
Empress
Alba Plena Orerata
Conspicuous
Rugulosus
Mrs. Langtry
Ornatus
Reecurvus
Sir Watkin
van Sion
Will Scarlet
King Alfred
van Waserns Grant
Canadense
Washington, D. C
Senator Smoot backs tariffs to aid farm exports
Senator Reed Smoot argues for higher tariff duties on agricultural imports, contending they would not reduce American agricultural or industrial exports. He cites Farm Journal figures showing export growth during protective periods, predicts gains in domestic markets and prices, and notes nonagricultural exports also rose under tariffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smoot
America
Reed Smoot
Republicat
Utah
Senate
Iiinance Committee
The
Farm Journal
Philadelphia
United States
Smoet
Bis Farm Journal
Wood Ashes as Fertilizer Value and Planting Program
J W Ames soil chemist at the Ohio Experiment Station explains coal ashes lack plant food while wood ashes supply lime potash and phosphoric acid. Unleached wood ash can yield about 100 lb potash 40 lb phosphoric acid 660 lb lime per ton. Ash potash is water soluble so keep under cover. Avoid mixing wood ashes with organic fertilizers due to nitrogen loss. Edmund Secrest notes Ohio forest planting advances with varied species on different soils using conifers and hardwoods, promising timber yields and natural reseeding potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J W. Ames
Ohin Experiment Station
Rover
n-Shio
Wis
Pagier
Edmund Secrest
Ohio
Norway
Clean up gardens to destroy garden pests in fall
Seasonal advice from Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station entomologist George A. Flinger urges thorough garden cleanup this fall to destroy overwintering insect eggs and rubbish. He notes borers leafhoppers flea beetles and plant bugs overwinter on old residue and should be burned or removed to protect next year’s blooms. Community effort urged to improve surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Fiinger
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Staation
Poultry calendars sent to Ohio county poultrymen
Ohio State University calendars for poultry production records have been distributed by county extension agent T. H. Johnson. The calendars help poultrymen track monthly production and profit or loss, with suggestions to improve flock health and output. Reports are sent monthly to Mr Johnson, and calendars are available to interested farmers through the county agent's office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio State University
T. H. Johnson
Johnson
Eve Ar. Johnson
Club Record In Hocking County
Seven of 262 youths completed i H Club projects in the county last year setting a new county high mark. Completion required presenting a project at the County Fair which reduced totals. Clothing clubs led with 139 completions. handicraft 37. home economics 10. potato growing 2. poultry 1. OGAN Nov. 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert W. Lang
Mr. Lang
Niy
Ogan
Portable forest fire pumps aid survival in rough country
Portable pumps on burros and portable reservoirs aid fire fighting in rugged forest areas. Five pumps tested together projected a fifty foot stream of substantial volume. The article notes tests and the usefulness of portable equipment for small fires in difficult terrain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wear
Popular Mechanica Magazine
Russia and Japan Buy American Sheep For Wool and Meat
The Farm Journal November issue notes Russia and Japan purchasing large numbers of American sheep from Utah to Oregon for Rambouillet wool texture and mutton. Russia seeks higher wool quality while Japan aims to build a self supporting wool industry despite limited pastures. Estimated Russian shipments may reach 60,000 in ten years. Japan seeks wool from fewer sheep given scarce grazing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American West
Russia
Japan
Utah
Wyoming
Montana
California
Oregon
Pacific
Farm Journal
Idaho
Also Mentioned on This Page
Indiana
Slim Pickins
NEA
Ohio Experiment Station
New York City
State Forester
Kingslow
Wrhwa
Latham
Roald Amundsen
Nobile
Italla
Amundsen Alao
Dietrichson
Hocking County
United States Tariff Commission
Thomas F. Doherty
Giant Cow
U. S. Department of Agriculture
H. T. Baldwin
Department
Times
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!