Truck Gardeners in Meigs County Thrive on Good Prices
Meigs County truck farmers near Pomeroy report strong income as season extends from year start to potato harvest in September. growers use hot beds and local plants, with tomatoes requiring stakes and suckers, cabbage growing with little cultivation, and potatoes needing spraying before digging. Marketing spans 225 miles to markets, with early cabbage and July tomatoes driving prices. the largest grower ships thousands of tomato plants, cabbage, and seed potatoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Ohio River
Meigs County
Rane
Columbus
Letart Ls
Virginia
New Wheat Varieties Require Stiffer Straw For Machinery
G. H. Stringheld explains at the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station that higher fertilizer use and combine harvesters demand wheat with sturdier straw. Selections from 21 top hybrids out of a thousand grown in 1924 will be tested further to ensure they can carry 60 to 70 bushels per acre and keep heads upright until ripe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. H. Stringheld
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
Gore
Forrest Family Ties Run Deep on Same Farm
In Harrisonville a man named E. Forrest has lived his entire life on the family farm, born there over seventy years ago. His father and grandfather also lived and died on the same land, bought by his grandfather in 1800 for $1.25 an acre. The farm has stayed in the Forrest family for more than 125 years with only two siblings remaining from a large family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Forrest
Mr. Forrest
Forrest
O. E. Forrest
Harrisonville
Sept
Apple aphids infesting orchards in Ohio reports say
Rust growers report the wocky applaphis is more abundant than usual. Colonies appear at bark cracks and leaf bases on new growth. A tiny wasp like parasite helps control the pest, but heavy infections may require nicotine sulfate spray with soap or dormant oil spray for management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. BR. Outright
Qlite
Cutright
Thor Olson’s legend in wrestling and lifelong fitness
Thor Olson competed in the longest wrestling match on record, winning a key bout in two falls and earning the Lord Lonsdale belt of gold after defeating 124 rivals in London. He later coached at Apollo Academy, studied at Harvard summer school, won national titles, and built a career at Ohio University while pursuing a master’s degree. Olson credits Sweden’s early discipline and ongoing fitness as core to his success and plans to keep competing as long as possible.
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Thor
London
Lord Lonsdale
England
France
Germany
Europe
Apollo Academy
Harvard
Amrica
America
Union
Ohio University
Pormaroy
Department of
Hay
Snor
Sweden
Phare
Dining rooms for faculty with new kitchen and decor
The building will host two dining rooms on upper floors served by a built kitchen and dumb waiter. Capacity stands at 56 diners. Three kitchen staff and three student waitresses will operate. Interior redecorated with ivory and walnut, apricot drapes, and green uniforms.
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Windsor
Markham
Ontario
Machine Promises More And Cheaper Tobacco
News from Chicago reports new mechanized tobacco transplanting could slash labor costs and boost acreage. Virginia researchers note barley and bright tobacco require hundreds of hours per acre, and the new check-row transplanting machine, tested in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, aims to lower costs and raise output.
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Pref Wr. L. Seitz
Virginia Polyterhine Institute
American Soctets
Virginia
Lancaster County
Fall pigs Reed good early start before winter
Fall pigs can gain well if started early and fed properly before winter. Clean pasture free of worm risk supports growth. suckling sows need high protein feed, with corn and tankage or linseed meal mix, plus oats or middlings. adjust supplements if forage is short.
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Robison
Ohio
Lobison
More Wheat Boosts Poultry Diets Despite Corn Value
Farmers seek to substitute wheat oats and Darley for corn in poultry rations to lower costs. D L Kennard of the experiment station notes corn supplies essential vitamin A and superior heat and fat production. recommends including 34 to 40 pounds of corn per 100 pounds of total mash feed amid high corn prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. €. Kennard
Ay Oo
Hugh
Hog feeding study at Ohio experiment station profits vary
Experiments at the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station show feeding hogs corn can be more profitable than selling corn as grain when hog prices are low and corn prices high. If hogs are high and corn cheap, marketing through hogs pays regardless of feeding method.
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Ooster
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Atation Hera
W. L. Robison
Dining room expansion with lounge and office space
A project outlines a new dining room expansion adding a second door lounge and office. The lounge will be accessible to guests and further equipment may be added later as the plan progresses.
New Rules Issued for Corn Borer Control in Ohio
In Columbus on September 24 the Director of Agriculture Charles YV Truax announced regulations for controlling the European corn borer. They require destruction by burning or other means of air stalks and stubble by May 1 after the corn grows to prevent harboring the pest, with exceptions for clean fields and certain processed crop remnants treated to reduce infestation.
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Olumbus
Charles Yv.truax
Rural electrification grows across 27 states
Nearly 350000 farms in 27 states use electric service up from 122000 in 1924 and 225000 by early this year. A Rural Service Committee circular states 10 dollars worth of electricity can perform tasks from cooking for two to milking, washing, incubating eggs, pumping water, and heating wood. Imports sheep rise as Canadian wool growers report progress and Ontario bred stock being imported.
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Rural Service Committee
National Electric Light Association
Columbia
Coa-Operative Wool Growers Limited
Ontario
Five Dairymen in Athens Form Cow Testing Association
Five dairymen in Athens County form a cow testing association to run dairying on a business basis. Members include C. H. Copeland Guyaville Julian Gift Hebbardsville Dr T A Copeland Stewart Edger Klorns Amensville and Frank Minner Nelsonville. They hired G Jackson Graham of Washington County as tester with a 1000 pound milk and 40 pound butterfat honor list planned monthly.
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Athens County
Thens County
T. H. Johnson
Ohlo State University
Association
H. Copeland
Julan Gift
T. A. Copeland
Edgar Kierns
Frank Minner
Kierns
Copeland
Jersey
Gift
Jacksor
Ald
Work Progresses On New Alurini Auditorium
Incidental work may delay opening as construction continues on the Alurini auditorium. A pipe organ will be installed with provisions in the current build. Despite delays, the auditorium is planned to seat 3 000 and offer a capable stage for performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alurini
Hellity
Faculty Men to Have a Clubhouse and Painted Rooms
The project sets William Herbert as resident faculty member and Fred Malbauer as student attendant. A committee led by Victor D. Hill oversees furnishing, then the house committee of Meckinnon Harwis and Sias will draft rules. The library and membership oversee by named professors and doctors.
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William Herbert
Fred ?. Malbauer
Cleveland
Vicctor D. Hill
Frank B. Dillay
F. D. Borsythe
C. M. Meckinnon
Wilmer C. Harwis
A. B. Sias
H. Wilson
W. H. Cooper
H. H. Peckham
John R. Patterson
A. A. Atkinson
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Meigs
Bureau of Soils
U. S Department of Agriculture
Oho
Thor Olson
Regord
Apayette
Ind
Wees
Brown
Mrs. Jones
Athens
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