1968 Huron County Agriculture Highlights and Price Pressures
The record summarizes 1968 farm issues in Huron County with weather and price woes. It notes awards to local dairymen and youth, farm club milestones, conservation efforts, and community programs. Key names include Paul Knott Barbara Becker Gary Palm and Barbara Nuhfer, plus institutions like the Huron Soil and Water Conservation District and FFA chapters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
John Stackhouse
Norwalk
Huron County
Paul Knott
Huron-Erie County Holstein Association
Marsha Dalton
William Lund
Holstein Friesen World Publication
Gary Palm
North Fairfield
Huron County Fair Service Unit
Neighborhood Club
Greenwich
Huron County Farm Women’s Club
Leon Riley
Huron Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors
George Cawise
Willard Future Farmers of America
Huron- Erie Counties
Wilbert Skinn
Dublin Road
Ray Feichtner
Lepley Brothers
Prairie Road
Paul Millers
Farm Bureau Drafts Bill To Bar Farm Strikes
The American Farm Bureau Federation crafts a substitute bill to ban strikes and protect individual workers rights in farming. The plan would exclude NLRB oversight, require secret ballots by the Agriculture Department, allow damages suits, and prohibit secondary boycotts and union shop contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Brenner
Washington
API
American Farm Bureau Federation
Capitol Hill
House Labor Committee
Senate
House
Farm Bureau
Congress
National Labor Relations Board
Farm Workers
Agriculture Department
NLRB
California
Housewives Hear Marketing Experts This January Meets in Norwalk
OSU extension specialists Lois Simonds and Edgar P. Watkins lead two free talks on food costs, pricing, and meat buying as part of the series I'll Do a Better Job of Food Shopping. Sessions run January 7 and 14 at the Production Credit Association Building Norwalk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois Simonds
Ohio State University
Production Credit Association
Whittlesey Ave
Norwalk
Simonds
Council On Consumer Information
Ohio
Edgar P. Watkins
OSU
Medina
Watkins
Kent State University
Barbara Becker
Huron County
Land Bank Loans Total 914 Million in Fremont Area
The Federal Land Bank Association of Fremont reported over 9.5 million dollars in loans outstanding to area farmers at 1968 year end. Ralph D. Fiebiger described the cooperative serving Sandusky to Erie Counties and its aim of long term, low interest financing for land, capital, buildings, equipment and livestock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Land Bank Association of
Fremont
Ralph D. Fiebiger
Sandusky
Seneca
Ottawa
Huron
Erie
Fiebiger
Federal Land Bank Associations
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Tennessee
Market Livestock Prices and Supplies Reported
Consignors 150 total head 1361 cattle hogs, market down $1 on hogs. Hog prices 15.40–19.75 butcher, sows 13.40–15.10, boars 10.80–11.30. Feeder pigs 189 head steady 16.75–17.60. Cattle 170 head steady with weak undertones. calves 22 market up $4. sheep and wool prices listed. clips and feeder lambs priced.
Free trees for 4-H forestry projects in 1969
Up to 200 red or white pine trees are available at no cost to 4 H Club members for forestry or tree planting projects. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources supplies the trees. applications are at the Cooperative Extension Office and due by Jan 15. Plants must be sited where they can mature for timber, not ornamental use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlos Tucker
Board of Township Trustees
Farm And City Operational Expenses Indicated In Summaries
Farmers in Huron County submit annual summaries for Ohio State University Rural Economics analysis. The program compares farms, estimates overhead per crop acre and costs per hundred pounds of milk or pork, and tracks economic factors. The piece notes price disparities and urges consumer awareness of farmer contributions to low food prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huron County
Extension Service
Ohio State University
United States
Rural Zoning Promoted To Solve Environmental Problems
Extension specialist John B. Mitchell explains rural zoning as a tool for towns and counties to manage land use and reduce air water and waste issues. Steps include trustees action or petition, five member local zoning commission, land use map and public hearing before county or regional planning review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Mitchell
Ohio State University
County
Regional Planning Commission
School Menus Across Several Districts
Norwalk Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri menus list Sloppy Joe Macaroni and Cheese Raspberry Shortcake Tuesday mashed potatoes gravy peas applesauce Wednesday Spanish Rice lettuce dill peanut butter sandwich cherry crunch Friday fish sandwich with tartar sauce Owen fried potatoes lemon pie. Monroeville weekly meals include ravioli bread and butter peanut butter sandwich peaches cake milk. Berlin Milan menus show orange juice beefaroni hot turkey candied yams and ham salad sandwich. South Central lists pork sandwich chili roast beef gravy chow mien and sloppy joe with milk and dessert. Willard offers chuck wagon sandwich beef and noodles cream of tomato soup macaroni and peas fish steak Friday. New London features macaroni and cheese vegetable stew sloppy joes meat loaf and scalloped potatoes with mixed fruit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroeville
Berlin
Hamburg
Willard
Also Mentioned on This Page
Norwilk
Future Farmers of America
Columbus
Henry Dalton
Dale Sigsworth
Western Reserve Ffa
Jerry McLaughlin
FFA
Huron Soil and Water Conservation District
4-H Club
Camp Conger
Barbara Nuhfer
Huron and
Erie County
National Fish Hatchery
Hebron
Conger
Barbara
Ohio Research and Development Center
Wooster
Steve Prout
Wayne Bunting Farm
Bellevue
Debbie Sengstock
Tom Anderson
New London
Vernon Reddick
Kenton Sherman
Milk Producers Federation
Lee Buckingham
Huron County Planning Commission
Cleveland
Fred Chapin
DR. Simonds
For
On the Farm Service
Watereyan Hs
Earl V. Hurst
America
Bucyrus Auction
Ohio Department
John K. Wells
Firelands Tool Rental, Inc
Woodlawn Ave
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