Buckeye area markets report mixed livestock results
At Buckyrus auction total livestock 1542 consigned including hogs 1050 and cattle. Hogs steady with butcher 15.60 18.25, sows 10.90 13.45, boars 10.50 11.20. cattle steady to higher with steers 24.00 24.50 prime and other grades 14 22, heifers 22.50 22.90 prime, calves 28 24 with declines. sheep and lambs steady with feeder lambs 16.50 18.80 and aged sheep 5.60 7.70.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coro Ae Bey
Lela
Bologna
Grain farm shifts from cattle to recreation at Broken Arrow Ranch
George P. Schafer converts 132 acre Halfway Road property from grain and cattle to a recreation complex focused on horses. He notes rising farm sizes and lower profitability for a one man operation and aims to offer urban workers a unique leisure destination with 30 acres of wooded, rolling land.
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George P. Schafer
Schafer
Route 20
Broken Arrow Ranch
ASC Promotes Cost Sharing for Grass Waterways and Riding Academy
The ASC outlines an 80 percent cost share for earth-moving to shape waterways and 1.40 per thousand square feet for seeding. applications must be filed at the Soul Conservation Service in Norwalk before starting work. The piece also describes plans for a riding academy at a farm, with a barn conversion for stalls and a lounge, lessons by Mrs. Sally Felton, and potential year round riding and winter activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ASC
Soul Conservation Service
Norwalk
Schafer
Halfway Road
Sally Felton
Huron County Sheriff’s Ladies Posse
Grain Survey Initiated to Aid Farmers and Elevators
A grain sanitation survey program to improve market quality for farmers is launched by the Ohio Grain and Feed Dealers Association, the Ohio Millers Association, and Bowling Green State University. William P. Shaw will visit farms to address insect and rodent problems, with eight Wood County elevators partnering and about 45 farmers invited.
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Bowling Green, O
Ohio Grain and Feed Dealers Association
Ohio Millers Association
Bowling Green State University
William P. Shaw
Sidney
Sahn
Wood County
Cereal Leaf Beetle Quarantine Expands in Ohio
Ohio extends quarantine to 88 counties after June hearing. Huron County remains uninfested but neighboring Sandusky and Seneca counties are in the regulated area. Malathion 57 percent emulsion is the approved control insecticide with specific application rates for grain.
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Huron County
John M. Stackhouse
Ohio
Big Spring
Hopewell
Jackson
Liberty
London
Seneca County
Ohio Department of Agriculture
Holsteins Sold To Venezuelan Buyer
The export sale of 10 Registered Holstein bulls from Hamilton Ohio area herds went to a Venezuelan buyer. James M. Lewis of Hamilton coordinated the sale with bulls purchased from James C. Lewis and Richard C. Lewis and five animals from Charles H. Lewis Jr. The bulls were intended as herd sires for Venezuelan dairies. The Holstein Association noted a 40 percent rise in official ownership transfers to foreign buyers last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brattleboro
Vermont
Hamilton
Ohio
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
James M. Lewis
James C. Lewis
Richard C. Lewis
Charles H. Lewis, Jr
Holstein Association
National Farm Safety Week Urges United Effort
Ohio Soil Conservation Service official Raymond S. Brown announces National Farm Safety Week from July 19 to 25 1964. The President urges unity to reduce farm home and rural highway accidents, with emphasis on safety features in ponds and water courses and cooperation with Extension Service and farm groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soil Conservation Service
Ohio
Raymond S. Brown
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
Columbus
Brown
Extension Service
Farm Press
American Motors Conservation Awards Nomination Window Opens
Detroit announces 1964 American Motors Conservation Awards with ten $500 prizes plus engraved plaques for professional conservationists in non profits and equal plaques for non professionals. One national and one local nonprofit will also receive $500 for notable conservation projects. Nominations due October 15 to the awards committee in New York.
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Detroit
American Motors Corporation
American Motors Conservation Awards
American Motors Conservation Awards Committee
Madison Avenue
New York
Ohio crop production seen at record high in 1964
Ohio farmers expect total crop production in 1964 to set a record and be about 2 percent higher than last year as gains in corn hay fruits and vegetables offset lower fall sown grains and oats. Total acreage for harvest runs about 1 percent below 1963, the third lowest of the century.
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Columbus
UPI
Ohio Crop Reporting Service
Buckeye State
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Magic Hand
Sandusky County
North
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House OF Service
Glen Tinker
Norwalk Parts Company
Tive
Tachometer Repair and Service
Norwalk Parts CO
S. Linwood
Wayne Hog Balancer
Hog Balancer
Wayne
Firelands
Elevator Assn
Hester ST
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