Mucklands Experiment Promises Fresh Crops and Fertilizer Tests
At the mucklands near Celeryville Ohio the only Muck Experimental Station studies soil fertility and fertilizer effects on crops like celery radishes and lettuce. Researchers apply phosphates nitrates and potassium to plots compare unfertilized controls sample soil and plant tissue and monitor risks of soft crops and copper depletion while greenhouse work tests herbicides varieties and propagation methods.
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Celeryville
Ohio
Postema
Florida
Mother Nature
Considerations for Planting Shade Trees on Home Or Farm Grounds
Farmers in Huron County plan 25 000 to 35 000 reforestation trees arriving April 13 at the State Highway Garage. Readers learn tree height ranges for common species and guidance on soil, planting holes, watering, wind support, and fertilizer needs for new plantings and shaded lawns.
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Huron County
State Highway
Farm income fears rise as costs outpace prices
Washington reports show farmers getting less for their output while paying more for inputs. Prices received fell for the seventh straight month into March as costs hit a record, with hogs and milk driving the decline and parity dipping to 73.5 percent from a year earlier.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Ohio Weevil Control Varies by Area Says Bug Expert
Entomologist Dr. H D Niemczyk of Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center notes control recommendations must reflect local life history. Weevil eggs hatch earlier in southern Ohio than in northern counties, guiding separate spray timings from April to May and a second spray in the south as damage recurs.
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Ohio
East Lansing, Mich
H.D. Niemczyk
Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center
Ohio advances in animal disease eradication progress
Ohio Director of Agriculture Dr. Harry Goldstein reports substantial progress in eradicating animal diseases since 1962. Bovine brucellosis bovine tuberculosis hog cholera and sheep scab have significantly declined due to broader veterinarian communication and prompt regulatory action by the Animal Industry Division.
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Columbus
Ohio
John M. Stackhouse
Harry Goldstein
Goldstein
Livestock Sale Prices Net Mixed Movement Across Species
Consignors total 235 head across hogs cattle calves and sheep with prices showing varied shifts. Hog butcher values 15.70-18.40. cattle steers 23.00-26.10 with higher can and cut. heifers 21.75-24.70. cows 14.50-19.10. calves 31.00-37.50. sheep and lambs steady with clip lambs 22.30-22.90 and spring lambs 24.00-25.30.
Three New Soybean Types for Export Market Announced
WOOSTER three new soybean varieties Disoy Magna and Prize released for 1967. Developed by ARS Ohio Center and regional agriculture stations in Iowa Illinois Minnesota for export markets. Varieties feature larger seeds purple flowers gray pubescence yellow seeds upright growth dull luster tan or brown pods and lower yields unless a premium export market exists.
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Wooster
Disoy
Magna
Tural
Iowa
Illinois
Minnesota
Paul Smith
Norwalk Farmers Reach High Corn Yields in Competition
Norwalk residents Ike L. Smith and Jerome Bauer from RD 3 joined 748 farmers nationwide in a challenge to exceed 200 bushels of No. 2 corn per acre. Smith averaged 162.81 and Bauer 155.41 bushels per acre, both growing DeKalb XL-45. Emanuel Weibert of Wiggins, Colorado led with 217 bushels. The DeKalb Agricultural Association sponsored the event.
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Norwalk
Ike L. Smith
Jerome Bauer
Smith
Bauer
Emanuel Weibert
Wiggins
Colorado
The
DeKalb Agricultural Association
Milk Test Supervisor Training Offered in Ohio State
Huron County dairymen may qualify as milk test supervisors through a Cooperative Extension Service program. Training at Ohio State University runs April 24 to May 4, with enrollment due by April 17 at the Norwalk court house extension office.
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Huron County
Cooperative Extension Service
Gilbert Dobbins
Norwalk
Larry Cucco
Homer Dalton Jr
Wakeman
Ohio State University
Cooperative Extension Office
Court House
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Edsel Gayheart
Manuel Arredondo
Ricardo Morales
Joe Garcia
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Animal
Corps Research Division of Agricultural Research Service
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Delco Remy
Autolite
House of Fine Service
Norwalk Parts CO
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