Farm Bureau's Rise Shapes Rural America and Policy
The Farm Bureau promotes stronger communities through cooperative farm study and public service. Since its 1914 Lever Act, it expanded to county agents, rural electrification, better schools, tax reform, rural telephone service, and insurance programs. The Ohio Bureau seeks 26 000 to 50 000 members while pursuing fair rates and improved transportation for farmers.
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United States
Farm Bureau
Broome County
New York
Binghamton Chamber of Commerce
al Coopersion Service
Coun
Orsi Farm Bureau Org Strong
Ly Unis
Ohio Farm Bureau
Insurance Department
The
Experiments in Egg Production and Poultry Ventilation
The field day at Ohio State University poultry plant drew poultry raisers from across Ohio. Experts discussed egg production, mash feeding, ventilation, and concrete coops, with emphasis on efficient heating and air flow and cost concerns.
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Eyrdine
Erith
Aifhouch
Fara
Dean Vivien
Corese of Agriculture
Ohio State University
Dakam
Government Farm Facts on corn borer plan for fall
The Department of Agriculture aims to inform farmers in infested areas about effective control methods and secure their cooperation. A separate note reports Britain’s push to popularize Empire Minpire products and boost native goods. Fay Polis outlines a national poultry and egg standardization program to guide grades and retail sales. New Zealand pursues points covered by Potts in marketing efforts.
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C. W. Warburton
Department of Agriculture
Great Great Britain
Great Britain
Fay. Polis
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Uns
New Zealand
Records of Hens Highlight Athens County Poultry Study
Farmers in Athens County keep 43 year long records as part of a county education drive. The Ohio State extension service issued a 16 page bulletin on Poultry Profits in Ohio based on 543 farmer poultry records, with named residents contributing data.
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Athens County
Everal Farm
Sta County
Rese
Irakent @ extension ser
Ghia
Gho
E. Cray
P. B. Sunbro
Fallsis
Ohio
The Story of My Chickens and Club Work
Max Huston writes about his poultry project with the Federal Valley Livestock club at Amesville. He details organizing the club, raising White Leghorn chickens from 73 day-old chicks, keeping them in improvised housing, monitoring, feeding, and selling outcomes, and crediting the club with teaching self reliance and good sportsmanship.
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Federal Valley Livestock Club
Amesville
Max Heston
Tell
Editora Note
Max Huston
Hems of
Mn Cc
Curtis
Mr.Curtiz
Warren Kasler
Ralph Frash
John Kusler
Tree Urer
Wade Copeland
Ray Starling
Springfield
Fis
4 70
Wheat Is Midas For Canada Wheat Is Midas For Canada
Canada exported 251,205,788 bushels of wheat valued at 348,237,878 dollars in the last year. Wheat flour exports reached 1,595,457 bushels for 9,247,824 dollars. Alberta alone is expected to yield 208,000,000 bushels, just 51,285,788 fewer than the yearly export total.
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Canada
Alberta
Coolville Class Visits High Class Herds in Torch
Torch, G D Russell reports Coolville class members visited high class herds for judging weeks ago. The purebred Jerseys owned by Charles Gibbs were judged, focusing on milk production and ease of stock handling. Gibbs aims to breed for high milk yield and practicality in sale stock and graded stock.
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Louisiana
American Jersey Cattle Club
Philadelphia
Coolville
G. D. Russell
Torch
Entmal Andry
Clase
Charles Gibba
T Day
Dairy Equipment Gifts Planned for West Virginia Site Train
OMEROY Oct 29. Pome-By Proy Bend farmers on the West Virginia side may visit the West Virginia Better Dairy Site special train run by the B&O railroad in state cooperation. Visitors at each stop will receive valuable dairy equipment. Stops include Point Pleasant November 7 Graham Station November 8 Ravenswood November 8 in the afternoon. The train carries purebred bulls from state flocks, offered at cost to raise Ohio Valley cattle standards.
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West Virginia
B. & O.railroad
Point Pleasant
Graham Station
Ravenswood
Ohio Valley
Flock Culling Under Way Amid Lean Returns
In Church Barton Caolville area farmers report culling of white leghorn flocks as costs rise and profits shrink. Only 45 of 50 hens and pullets remain profitable, while others head for sale or reduced activity. Vocational instructor aided inspection, with August census guiding decisions. Linear trend shows hens entering winter quarters and restart of laying later.
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Qorn
Simon Kn
Mr. Simmons
Church Barton
Caolville
Shine
Farm Bred Teachers Predominant in Midwest Colleges
Farm bred students form 65 percent of enrollment at Missouri's five state teachers colleges. Louisiana normal schools report 36 percent farm raised while Michigan similar schools show 4 percent. In Pennsylvania industrial, 19 percent of normal enrollment are farmers' children. At the University of Chicago education department, 42 percent of the 1924 27 master's degree recipients have farm parentage.
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Missouri
Louisiana
Boys in Coolville Select Seed Corn for Next Season
In Coolville, student agricultur eclass under instructor R C Jane stored and selected seed corn for Wallace Kincade as part of school work. The corn chosen at field land will be returned to the school in February for germination testing and later planting by their fathers next spring.
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Henry
Coolville
R. C
Wallace Kincade
Declamation on Program at Stewart Institute Meeting
Stewart Institute schedules an iDeclamation program as part of the state Farmers' Institute on November 9 and 16. The two day program includes talks on highways farming plant growth and cow testing along with declamation contests and demonstrations led by W Moore Mrs Milner and others at Rome Grange and Stewart Institute. A.C. Ramsey Jr reports a potato yield of 816 bushels and 15 pounds from 150 acres with field averages around 360 bushels per 50 acres. Crop data shows declines in corn cotton tobacco and sugar beets while wheat oats barley hay and rye rise.
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Stewart
State
Farmers’ Institute
Fie
Wals
W. Moore
Lotsa Potatoes
A.C. Ramsey Jr
Warne County
Ohio
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Chicken Project Inc-H Club
Pomeroy Bend
Ralph Ladd
Athens
Rsity Poultry Plant
Tion
Columbons
Sisted
Treasury Department
Busreau
Nevada
Seene
Leity
Isfa
Winter
Kennard
Esa
F.C. Sears
Mangachusetts Agricultural College
Government Farm Facts
Wax Heston
Mam
Coulyile
Stewart Institute
Athens Messenger
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