Weather Facts For Huron County Farmers And Residents
The county records a 40 year span of extreme temperatures from 108 degrees to minus 25. Average rainfall runs around 35.91 inches yearly with 157 day growing season and 20 to 22 inches of rain in warm months. Frost dates near October 11 and May 7 with elevation around 850 feet, rivers Vermilion and Huron described. advice includes protecting roses, watering evergreens, and draining outdoor pipes before freezes.
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Huron County
Ohio
Geauga County
Lake Erie
Norwalk
Savannah Lakes
Ashland County
Plymouth
Richland County
Tim Gahring Rears Pheasants At North Fairfield Farm
Sixteen year old Tim Gahring of the Ralph Gahring farm keeps a flock of ring neck pheasants along with ornamental birds in North Fairfield. A Firelands 4-H member, he started with 50 baby chicks and now raises about 150 birds yearly selling roosters for 2.50 and breeding hens to a Plymouth dealer for hunt clubs. Tim plans to continue pheasant raising through high school and major in biology in college.
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Ralph Gahring
Fairfield
Tim Gahring
Firelands
Tim
Plymouth
Ohio
South Central High School
Import Controls Seen as Prime 1967 Issue for U.S. Dairy
Washington based National Milk Producers Federation officials say import controls will be the main fight for dairy farmers in 1967. They note imports of milk products this year around 2.5 billion pounds, over 2.5 times 1965 levels, with 1967 imports forecast higher. The Agriculture Department supports higher import levels as it seeks to raise production and avert shortages. The group backs Sen. William Proxmire's bill to limit imports.
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U.S
Washington
UPI
National Milk Producers Federation
NMPF
Milk Federation
Agriculture Department
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Administration
Auction consignors report mixed prices across livestock and crops
Bucyrus livestock sale shows hogs and cattle moving lower on butcher and feeder grades while calves and sheep balance markets. Dairy import trends note a 1962 66 base would cut future imports, and fertilizer demand rises with global population. Ohio State experts warn battery power drops at freezing temperatures.
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Bucyrus
Poinsettia Care Guide for Bright Blooms Through Winter
Daily care involves keeping the plant in or near a sunny window at 65 to 70 degrees by day and moving to a cooler spot at night not below 60 degrees. Water when the soil dries, avoid standing water, remove wrapped materials, and prune after mid April. For next Christmas blooms, follow a strict light-dark schedule from October through Thanksgiving and maintain proper watering, feeding, and repotting practices.
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Harry K. Tayama
Ohio State University
Ohio Farm Events and Pig Sale Dates Noted
Farm calendar lists contact Fred Rapp Bainbridge and Edwin Roger OSU with events on December 6 7 8 9 16. Activities include the Ohio Graded Feeder Pig Sale by Producers Livestock in Chilli cothe Lancaster and High boro areas plus an Roadside Marketing Conference at OSU and the Lime and Fertilizer Conference at Ohio Expo Centers Columbus. Ralph Davis and Harold Shoemaker noted with Producers Livestock in Lancaster and Hills.
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Fred Rapp
Bainbridge
Edwin Roger Osu
Ohio
Chillicothe
Agricultural Administration
OSU
Ohio State
Arts and Crafts
Ohio Expositions Center
Columbus
Lancaster
Ralph Davis
Hills Rt. 1
Highboro
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Ohio State University Extension Agricultural Engineers
Harold Shoemaker
Osa
Leland Dupler Lancaster, Re
Firelands Tool Rental, Inc
Woodlawn Ave
Delco
Norwalk Parts CO
Linwood ST
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