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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1932
Page
12
Detroit reports preview new car add ons for 1930s models including fender guides with decorative chrome or lamp posts, rear view clock placements, novel horns with chimes, exhaust driven tones, and portable vacuum units. Designers push lights for all angles, aiding visibility and style.
The National Farm and Home Hour will air October talks on the foreign agricultural situation with L A Wheeler of the U S Department of Agriculture followed by A B Genung. A schedule lists speakers from the Bureau of Agricultural Economics and other divisions covering foreign lands weather crops animal industry and extension service programs. The hour runs 12:30 to 1:30 p m over NEC.
Haneh general manager of the National Association of Finance Companies advances an easy pay plan urging game owners to adopt a policy of repairing automobiles in the tent to revive activity.
A historical advertisement highlights Pattern 1114 and 1192 dresses with crinkle crepe and satin options. It promotes informal party wear, includes sizing notes and fabric details, and offers ordering through The The pattern department in New York.
A Ohio Experiment Station report by J E Thatcher summarizes long term crop rotation tests at Wooster. Forty rotations and five continuous culture trials compare yields of wheat, corn, oats, beans, and potatoes with and without green manure. Wheat generally outperforms in continuous culture and in many rotations, while corn often benefits from specific rotations and clover green manures, with varying yields across two and four year plans.
Pullets raised on range should be housed when the first egg is found. Moving laying pullets to new quarters after most are laying causes molts and feed waste. Crowded brooder houses reduce air quality and raise disease risk. Grade by maturity and keep small pullets on range longer. Do not house old and young pullets together.
A compilation of quit claims, warranty deeds, and receivers deeds recorded in Perry County filings. Transfers involve Elizabeth Grover, Dora Wilson, Catharine Quaider, Mary Vincent Ulmett Keenan, James R. Harvey, and others. Parcels span Athens City areas including Carthage and Nelsonville subdivisions with various acreages and undivided interests.
Fourteen 4-H beef clubs from Champaign Clark Clinton and Logan counties pool 1200 calves to be fed and fattened for market beef. Calves will be shipped from range country to county centers for uniform selection by experts from Ohio State University the Natual Order Buying Company York Central Railroad and Loram County. The best feeder will win a prize when calves sell next fall and youths will accompany them to market to learn livestock marketing.
Ohio State University horticulturist Truman Klein urges that anyone can grow house plants with proper care. The bulletin House Plants covers indoor plant needs, common pests, winter handling, and ideas for boxes, baskets, dish and porch gardens. It lists requirements for dozens of plant varieties suitable for indoor growing.
Proposal in Turkey suggests adding a loghal made from surplus rig and potato crops to gasoline to reduce overproduction. The plan aims to use up excess supply by altering fuel composition.
An hour spent on the spray or in the fall may be worth as much as a dollar to the orchard next spring. Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station recommends draining all water trapped in spray chambers to prevent freezing, inspecting for rust, and noting repairs so supplies are ready during winter downtime.
Professor Walter B Krueck urges farmers to remove lice and mites to protect poultry profits. He notes inferior pullets harbor disease, consume winter feed, and spread illness, and advises prewinter disinfection of perches and crates, with follow up treatment two weeks later.
Advice to auto owners stresses valve misalignment causing noise and power loss. Warped or burned valves from high heat require cylinder reconditioning after about 15 908 miles of running to regain proper seal and operation.
Ohio farmers in the Ohio Pork Production Club reported strong results with 11 of 53 members delivering over 1400 pounds of pork per litter within 180 days after farrowing. W. W. Wright of Franklin County and Carl W. Smith of Preble County posted standout records, with Wright achieving low feed costs and average litter weights around 1552 pounds in 150 days, and Smith averaging 1482 pounds per litter with pigs averaging 208 pounds.
Despite public sentiment against them, railroad grade crossings increase in 1930. Milton W. Harrison, head of the Railway Security Own Association, notes more crossings than in World War II era.
Landscape architect T. D. Gray of West Virginia University advises that tea roses are not reliably hardy across much of the state. He recommends mound of soil 10 to 12 inches high and straw mulch after ground freezes, with straw boats around bushes at higher elevations to prevent wind damage. Cut long canes to about two feet before mounding.
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