Mansion House in Fitchville Faces Demolition by Highway Expansion
Fitchville’s 137 year old Mansion House, once a hotel and social center, is crumbling as traffic routes shift with U.S. 250. Residents recall its varied roles from post office to dance hall, while a 1928 bridge rebuild and highway realignment left the building endangered and near collapse.
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Fitchville
Milan Canal
Canada
Goldsmith’s
Vermilion River
State Highway Department
Mansion House
Centrifugal Force For Threshing
Ohio researchers at the Agricultural Research and Development Center test centrifugal force to separate grain from straw. J D Long M Y Handy and W H Johnson report using an analog computer to model threshing with wind. Losses at separation points range from one to ten percent or more.
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Detroit
Ohio
Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center
J.D. Long
Long
M.Y. Handy
W.H. Johnson
Safe Christmas Trees This Holiday Season By John Wells
County Extension Agent John Wells warns of fire danger from dry Christmas trees and offers buying tips. Check freshness by needles and shake tests, identify common species, trim the butt, keep water, spray daily, and unplug lights when unattended. Maintain wiring safety and have a fire extinguisher handy for a safer holiday.
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Ming
Farmers Getting Younger Noted In Survey Of Agriculture
A survey by the Articulture Department finds farmers on large commercial operations are younger on average than other self employed workers. The study notes older small family farmers exist but shrinking, with over 80 percent of production from large farms. It compares farmer ages with other industries and details regional differences and education levels among farm operators.
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Washington
UPS
Articulture Department
Radoje Nikolitch
Department
Nikovitch
Nikolitch
New England States
Lake States
Corn Belt
Appalachia
Farmers Attend Landlord Tenant Meetings in Norwalk
Twenty seven area farmers took part in two meetings on December five and twelve at the Production Credit Building in Norwalk. Paul Wright led discussions on writing fair inclusive farm leases and addressed practical components for leases.
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Production Credit
Norwalk
Paul Wright
Wright
Carlos Tucker
4-H
Live Christmas trees offer bargains for budget shoppers
Budget minded shoppers can buy live balled and burlapped Christmas trees, decorate them indoors, then plant them outside. Extension floriculturist James Caldwell notes soaking the soil ball, keeping the tree outdoors in shade until Christmas, and choosing smaller trees for better survival.
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James Caldwell
Ohio State University
Harvest Lag Hits Ohio Corn and Soybeans
The Ohio Crop Reporting Service says three weeks behind schedule with 70 percent of corn and 75 percent of soybeans harvested. Wet fields and high moisture delay work, quality is down from prior years, and losses may reach 15 to 20 percent though corn yields look fair unless snow disrupts harvest.
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Ohio
Ohio Crop Reporting Service
Midwest Livestock Prices Dip Slightly At Major Markets
United Press International reports mixed week trading with slaughter steers and heifers down to price declines at Chicago and other terminals while cows rise at some markets. Hog futures weaken though Sioux Falls shows strength. lambs steady to lower as futures slide.
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United Press International
Midwest
Chicago
St. Paul
Sioux Falls
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Chicago Board of Trade
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Clarence Mitchell
Abe Lincoln
Fred Goldsmith
Grange
Paul White
Union White
White
New London
Everett Gardner
By John Wells
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Norwalk Parts Co
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Linwood
Firelands Tool Rental, Inc
Woodlawn
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