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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1970
Page
5
The Agriculture Department mailed 2.1 billion in farm payment checks to about 1.7 million farms for cotton, feed grains and wheat, with the season opening July 1 and an expected 3.3 billion total within six weeks.
Leaf samples show brown leaves die back and scorch from water shortage. Anthracnose and Verticillium wilt occur, with moisture and soil issues. fireblight and scab noted on crabapple and Euonymus. Control via fungicides and insecticides. prune dead limbs and remove to curb disease.
A 29 stop farm city tour in Seneca County September 19 and 20 showcases hog beef cattle dairy sheep and poultry farms with automatic equipment demonstrations at Eldon Weaver Farm Chemical Center and a 100 acre pony and horse farm. The Myers Meadowbrook Farm a vacation property now in year 14 is featured along with the Sorrowful Mother Shrine and Flat Rock Children's Home. Guides may start at any stop drive own car and obtain route information by writing Tour Committee 240 S Washington St Tiffin.
Markets consignors 218, total head 1416. Hogs 557 with prices 19.60 25.75 for butcher hogs, sows 17.50 19.60, boars 16 18, feeders 24 25. Cattle 296, steers 27.75 32.30, heifers 24 30, cows 18 24, bulls 26 28. Calves 26 with 35 43.50 top. Sheep 537 prices down 1.50. Wools and breed ewes listed with ranges.
Ohio farmers lose nearly 5 million dollars yearly to insect pests in stored grain. OSU entomologist William F. Lyon urges protection programs, urging dry storage under 14 percent moisture, clean bins, residual spray, and malathion or pyrethrins treatment at storage time.
The Ohio Cattlemen's Association calls its annual Summer Round-Up for August 1 at the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center in Wooster. Host groups include the Wooster Area Cattlemen's Association and the Wooster Area CowBelles with an AM program and a beef barbecue at noon. Dr. Ewing of Iowa State University will speak in the afternoon.
Classified line advertising invites readers to place items for sale with a contact phone number 662 4241. Short notice for local sellers.
Richard Hintz a 21 year old OSU honors student in the College of Agriculture says agriculture is the nation’s biggest industry and plans graduate work in genetics after earning his degree in animal science He aims to research or return to help on the family farm He leads the Towers honor society and serves as Alpha Zeta vice president He criticizes some student activist demands but supports courses shaping university offerings He works on the 1000 acre farm caring for 300 hogs and 120 cattle with long days in soybeans and field work
UPI reports the Agriculture Department projects a 1970 hog crop of about 101.8 million head, up 14 percent from 1969, with spring and fall crops rising 12 and 17 percent respectively. June 1 hog counts are about 64 million head, up 10 percent, hinting at lower consumer pork prices as beef imports policy looms.
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