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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1931
Page
14
Agricultural editor notes fall is best for planting deciduous shade trees when soil is unfrozen. Planting in autumn gives a head start before summer heat. careful timing, soil preparation, and moist, well-drained conditions aid root growth.
Athens Messenger readers may obtain personal agricultural advice at no charge by writing to The Messenger Agricultural Editor in Washington DC. Questions on yards, gardens, flowers, poultry, or char stocks will be answered with detailed guidance by mail.
Washington hearing set by the Plant Quarantine and Control Administration to consider extending the Japanese beetle quarantine to Ohio and South Carolina. Beetles found in Charleston Columbus Cleveland and other locations prompt review of movement restrictions on farm products soil and nursery stock. Ornamental shrubs can be planted now with the same results as spring says Ohio State extension specialist J L Chadwick.
Fashion notes from The Athens Messenger offer two dress patterns for informal winter wear. Pattern 113 features a graceful faux jacket look with flared sleeves, sizes 14 to 42, yardage listed. Pattern 1012 and 1045 present a crepe frock and a school frock with bloomers, sizes 16 to 42 and 2 to 6 respectively, with fabric suggestions and yardage. Catalogs priced at 15 cents, pattern plus catalog 25 cents, order to The Athens Messenger Pattern Department in New York.
In Bluff, Arkansas, Offutt and his wife turn four acres of produce into a home canning operation using a self made pressure cooker. By Aug 1 they had 700 jars and cans stored, hoping for over 1000 as pumpkins and crops come in. They join a regional surge, with over seven million quarts canned locally to cut grocery bills amid hardship.
Ohio State University horticulture official W A Davis says families can dry fruits and vegetables at home to cut costs. Simple methods work with cookstove trays or boards, and free information is available from Farmers Bulletin 984 mailed by Ohio State and the USDA.
In Hocking County August reports to the Extension Service show Mrs. Claude Hart of Aurelville leading with 17.54 eggs per bird and W F Hahn of Rockbridge at 15.36 eggs. L T Worley of Rock House set a demo flock record at 36.57 eggs per bird, Wilson Ross of Laurelville second with 16.32. For the year W Hahn tops with 166.01 and Mrs James of Starr Township 164.24, with Ross 156.49 and Worley 120.12 in other classes.
Ohio State University expert says fertilizer can advance corn maturity and raise quality on most Ohio farms. Five year trials at Wooster show broadcast 0-12-4 yields up 9.1 bushels with marketable corn rising from 51 to 53 percent. split and hill applications raise yields further and hasten silking. Part or all fertilizer placed near the young plant yields faster growth, earlier maturity, and lower moisture at husking, especially on light colored soils.
At this time of the year pullets near laying age show symptoms of Range Paralysis. Flocks experience blindness weight loss lameness and sometimes paralysis. The disease’s cause remains largely unknown and little is understood about its management.
Reading the Athens Messenger Agricultural Editor offers free grain mixing directions to balance grain feeds with roughages for cows under fall and winter high prices. Readers are urged to write to the Agricultural Editor, Van Gorder Service, Inc, Washington, PD, with inquiries on dairy, poultry and other farm and home activities.
Definitions and farm trade terms to be discussed on air by J. U. Robb and four Agriculture Department specialists during the National Farm and Home Hour. The week’s program outlines daily farm topics, weather, cotton crop, and farm protection talks airing 12:30 to 4:30 pm EST on stations in New York Pittsburgh Cleveland Louisville and Cincinnati.
A Chicago meeting of agricultural leaders from land grant colleges state extension directors cooperative groups and Farm Bureau affiliates adopted resolutions underscoring that true cooperation starts with personal service and sacrifice for community gain Local organizers emphasized community action as the seed for rural welfare and called for universal support of general farm organizations and strong extension services including 4 H agents to boost educational and cooperative efforts
The advice notes that curing the trouble is usually the after effect of disease and that worms are often present in affected flocks. Owners should treat for worms, cull birds that are lame, blind, or paralyzed, and periodically remove weak birds each week to prevent further losses.
Dan P. Van Gorder, Messenger Agricultural Editor, emphasizes two main waste channels for livestock feed in winter: inadequate shelter and lack of hot water. He urges sufficient shelter and ample hot water to prevent grain loss and improve animal health for poultry, hogs, cattle, and sheep.
Dunlop urges diversification as a remedy for agricultural woes noting game farming as a profitable side line. He outlines farm sizes, woodland use, bird species, and hunting facilities, plus cooperative models and favorable rights for sportsmen.
Apples of the Dec Jicious variety are grown at M. V. Bailey and Co. Barnold’s orchard in Vinton County. Harold Chambers, longtime extension agent, says several thousand bushels of apples will form the crop, aiming to place the fruit on the market to rival Washington State’s output. The Bailey venture has ties to county extension programs as a new partnership develops.
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