Farm And City Garden Fungicides And Tree Care Notes
Extension tips discuss fungal and insect issues in home gardens with focus on tomatoes potatoes cabbage and lawns. Copper fungicides Benlate and Benamyl used for blight fusarium diseases and loose smut. Lawn health tied to mowing and fertility. shade trees require proper watering pruning and avoiding root damage from nearby construction or dumped substances. A UPI report notes Elizabeth the cow birth of triplets at Gordon Aubrey Farm in Smiths Basin, rare as quintuplets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John K. Wells
Hudson Falls
N.Y
UPI
Gordon Aubrey
Smiths Basin
Elizabeth
Les Nuffer
Washington County Extension Service
Seed corn de tasseling back as growers test blight resistant strains
Area growers in Huron and Erie counties bring back teenagers to detassel seed corn for 1972. With Texas male sterile stock failing against Southern Corn Leaf Blight, crews work to produce cross bred seeds using fertile varieties while awaiting new sterile strains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huron
Erie County
Texas
Ohio
Art McCarty
Schlessman’s Seed Co
Avery
McCarty
Wakeman
W.B. French
Wakeman Seed
Schlessman Seeds
4-H Scholarships Offer Several National Awards
Six national scholarships of 800 dollars each target current or former 4-H members entering their junior year in 1971 with majors in home economics. Additional awards total nearly 180,000 dollars across forestry crop protection animal science and agriculture reflecting the National 4-H Service Committee's 50th anniversary year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooperative Extension Service
National
National Committee
Granges Sponsor Ice Cream Social at Erie County Fairgrounds
Seven Granges in Erie County plan an old fashioned ice cream social at the Erie County Fairgrounds on Sunday starting at noon. Proceeds fund a proposed Grange youth camp with Margaretta Perkins Oxford Milan Huron Berlin and Vermilion Granges taking part.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie County
Erie County Fairgrounds
Margaretta
Perkins
Oxford
Milan
Huron
Berlin
Vermilion Granges
Farms Still Family Affair
A 1968 Agriculture Department review found 13,300 farming corporations, mainly in California and Florida, accounting for 1 percent of farms and 7 percent of farmland. Most were family or individually owned, with two thirds focused solely on farming, suggesting family farms remain strong amid corporate competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
California
Florida
U.S
Market Report Beef Hog and Sheep Prices by Weight
Market totals show 206 consignors and 1511 head. Hogs steady to mixed with feeder pigs 5.00 14.50 and slaughter hogs 18.60 21.30, sows 14.50 16.90, boars 10.00 14.50. Cattle steady with steers 26.00 33.00, heifers 25.00 30.50, cows 18.00 23.30, bulls 25.00 31.00. Calves sharply higher 24 47, sheep and lambs 326 with wool prices 26.00 30.40 and feeder lambs 15.00 18.00.
EHOVE Hires Director Avery Aboard Vocational School
EHOVE vocational school board hired a Toledo University faculty member as vocational director. Harry Tolles, 41, replaces Ron Forman who resigned last month and will start Aug. 1 with an annual salary of 15600 dollars. The board added 10 new teachers and cut one position Gerald Stump of Norwalk resigned to take a Kansas teaching job. New staff include Kendall Smith Monroeville Robert Black Bellevue Dan Hall Milan Roger Knight Norwalk Richard Helman Willard Deborah Laird Sandusky Eric Magnuson Inglewood Calif Robert Longnecker Sandusky and Janice Yurista Port Clinton. The 1972 budget is 1484000 dollars down from 1584000 and no new construction next year may lead to a 6 mill operating levy in November. Bids for bakery and dairy items were won by Sandusky Bakery and Toft Dairy Sandusky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avery
Toledo University
Ehove Vocational School Board
Harry Tolles
Ron Forman
Tolles
EHOVE
Gerald Stump
Norwalk
Kansas
Kendall Smith
Monroeville
Robert Black
Bellevue
Dan Hall
Milan
Roger Knight
Richard Helman
Willard
Deborah Laird
Sandusky
Eric Magnuson
Inglewood
Calif
Robert Longnecker Sandusky
Janice Yurista
Port Clinton
Creighton Christ
Sandusky Bakery
Toft Dairy
Pull Power 71 Tractor Pull Set at Erie County Fairgrounds
Erie County Fairgrounds prepare for Pull Power 71 tractor pull sponsored by EHOVE Young Farmers Association. About 100 machines expected, with a new track surface and bleacher seating for 2 500. Event starts Sunday at 1 p m with rain date July 21 at 6 p m.
First Girl Joins Manea Fishing Club and Wins Angling Contest
Gillian Beeken eleven becomes the clubs first female member in Manea England and wins the angling contest with a four pound catch, beating twenty four male members. Proceeds from tractor pull entries fund prizes with four place winners per class and categories by weight. Tickets sold by Young Farmer members at the gate. Pull-Power 71 aligns with an Erie County Granges ice cream social and lunch starting noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manea
England
UPI
Gillian Beeken
Fair Board
Area 4-H
Erie County Granges
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Granges
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