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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1969
Page
5
John Wells outlines updated farm income tax filing steps focusing on casualty losses from natural causes. He notes major erosion and flood impacts, instructions to compute loss values, adjust land basis, and urges review of the 1970 Farmers Tax Guide now available at the Extension Office for accurate returns.
Huron County Extension Agent John Wells notes farming remains mostly family run with 56 percent of farms maintaining that model. He cites a 10 percent drop in farm income in 1969 due to bad weather including heavy Fourth of July rainfall and poor pollination conditions.
Ohio's 1969 crop production, though below 1968 for corn soybeans and wheat, stood as the second largest on record. The All-Crops Index reached 130 percent of the 1947-49 base, with corn to grain at a record 85 bushels per acre and corn for silage high, while oats and hay showed declines and sugar beet output fell 4 percent from 1968.
Huron County Farm Bureau clarifies Ohio towing law 4513.32 allowing multiple wagons behind agricultural tractors. Patrol and sheriff officials caution but confirm no arrests for multiple wagons if kept in a straight line. County farming outlook notes higher prices, labor shifts, and a 1969 agricultural gross income around $21 million.
Federal experts call to stop pesticide plants from dumping liquid wastes into city sewers in the Lake Michigan watershed. The report, based on surveys in Michigan Wisconsin and Illinois and joined by state officials, found some plants used sewers but urged changes and further sampling of urban runoff and sludge handling.
No Bucyrus market prices listed this week due to holidays. Bucyrus auction prices will appear as scheduled next Saturday in The Reflector.
Washington based report notes a steady decline in the number of farmers while Agriculture Department employment rises overall. Directly farm related staff cuts offset by growing emphasis on food and consumer-service programs within a department once focused on farmers. The 1963 fiscal year figures illustrate shifting priorities.
The Ohio Crop Reporting Service shows hogs and pigs totaling 2.56 million on Dec 1, down 1 percent from a year earlier. Breeding stock at 358,000 also fell 1 percent, with market hogs at 2,199,000 down 1 percent. Sows for September through November stood at 125,000, unchanged.
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