4-H Camp Conger Set For Two Sessions In July
More than 250 4-H boys and girls from Huron County will attend 4 H Camp Conger in two sessions July 7 11 and July 14 18. Campers arrive after lunch Monday and depart Friday after lunch. Activities include crafts ceramics water wildlife soil conservation health programs and outdoor sports. Camp staff includes extension agents John Wells Barbara Becker and Carlos Tucker with guest presenters from Ohio Edison Company Huron County sanitarian Roger Dixon and area 4-H leaders. New restroom facilities were completed recently and work days are planned by nearly a dozen local 4 H clubs to ready the grounds.
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Huron County
Carlos Tucker
4-H
John Wells
Barbara Becker
George Manful
George Huston
Ohio Edison Company
Roger Dixon
Huron County Sanitarian
Hank Tappel
Allen Ulrich
4- H
Richard Wells
Marcia Heidt
Coleen Garner
Barbara Kramer
Hartland Merry Mixers
Pat Price
Norwalk
Busy Needlers
Sharon Smith
New Haven
Happy Workers
New Haven 20Th Century Farmers Clubs
Pam Nuckols
Rawhiders
Becky Smith
Greenfield
Janet Sparks
Ripley Junior Farmers
Ted Eschen
Wakeman Wranglers
Tom Anderson
New London Happy Farmers
John Brooks
Peru Panthers
Harold Underwood
North Fairfield
Chester Upper
Migrant Camp Welcomes Millie Brickey For Summer Work
Millie Brickey arrives at the Stokely Van Camp migrant camp on North West Street to assist migrants as rains hinder fieldwork. She will stay through August 23 and handles transport, translation, medical aid, clothing, and recreation while coordinating education for children and seeking further job opportunities. Local churches organize volunteers and agencies support the self funded program amid limited work and rising migrant families.
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Judy Morgan
Stokely- van Camp
North West Street
Millie Brickey
Millie
Colombia
Rotary International
Fort Hayes State College
Kan
University of Mexico
Union City
Church Women United
Norwalk
L.H. Bender
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
North Pleasant Street
William Ruby
Ruby
Maplehurst Elementary
Bowling Green
Bender
Bellevue
St. Paul High School
St. Paul
Norwalk Furniture Company
Bible School
Kipton Community Church
Sandusky
Findley pushes farm payment cap amid hunger claims
Rep. Paul Findley outlines hunger and malnutrition in states such as Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Michigan Minnesota and Wisconsin. He argues federal aid to farms should be capped at 20000 to fund broader food programs.
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Washington
UPI
Paul Findley
R- Il
House
Findley
Ohio
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Michigan
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Senate Appropriations Committee
New Ohio Meat Inspection Law Affects Slaughtering Plants
Ohio’s new Meat Inspection law places state oversight on slaughtering facilities and home operations selling meat to the public. Inspectors will conduct ante mortem and post mortem checks and can halt slaughter if meat is unfit. A $100 annual license is required, with facility upgrades possibly mandated to meet strict sanitary standards.
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John K. Wells
Ohio
Ohio Department of Agriculture
United States Department of Agriculture
State Department of Agriculture
Delay Likely in Farm Hearings On Nixon Plans
House hearings on basic farm legislation may be delayed from July 15 to after Labor Day if Agriculture Secretary Hardin is not ready to present new farm policy proposals. Rep. Poage indicated a delay unless Hardin testifies by mid July, with talks ongoing on a long term land retirement plan to reduce idle cropland. The piece also notes Woodchuck damage to corn and soybeans and local control cartridges available at the Huron County Extension Service.
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Bernard Brenner
Washington
UPI
Nixon Administration
Rep. W.R. Poage
Dtex
Agriculture Committee
Agriculture
Clifford M. Hardin
Hardin
Poage
John Wells
Huron County Cooperative Extension Service Office
Merchant Marine To Collect 87 Million On Farm Surplus
The Merchant Marine will receive about 87 million dollars in subsidies this fiscal year for carrying foreign aid shipments of surplus American farm products. The 15 year old Cargo Preference Act requires half of all aid shipments move in U S flag vessels when available. Subtotal subsidies from mid 1954 to June 1970 reached 1.453 billion dollars, with peak annual costs of 160 million in 1963.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
USS
Agriculture Department
U.S
Senate Appropriations Committee
Venore Transportation Co
Sparrows Point
Manhattan Tankers Co., Inc
New York
State Marine Lines, Inc
Hogs Cattle and Sheep Prices Reported at Market
Markets consignors 211 total head 1202 hogs 509 up market 80 higher butcher hogs all weights 23.20 to 26.70 sows 16.50 to 21.60 boars 16.75 to 17.80 feeder pigs 21 to 22 head 10 to 17.50. Cattle 439 market 50 to 1 lower steers choice 31.25 to 33.60 good 29 to 31.25 standard 26.50 can and cut 24 and down. Heifers choice 29.25 to 32.20 good 27 to 29 standard 25 to 27 utility 22 to 24 can and cut 21 and down. Cows market 50 to .75 commercial 20.75 to 23.30 utility 18.25 to 20.75 can and cut 18 and down. Bulls market .50 can and cut 22 and down bologna 24 to 27.90. Calves 26 market 1.50 down choice 35 to 45.50 good 30 to 34 commercial 25 to 30 utility 24 and down cull or deacon 45.50 and down. Sheep and lambs 224 market 50 higher. Wools choice 29 to 31.85 good 27 to 28.50 utility 20. Aged slaughter sheep 5 to 11.40.
Crop Bulletin Shows Poor Ohio Field Conditions in Week Ended June 20
The week ending June 20 was unfavorable for Ohio farmers with only three favorable work days. Hay was cut and lying in fields after rains while soil moisture remained adequate to excess. Corn and oats show yellowing in low spots. corn at 10 inches and soybeans at four inches. Planting progress trails, alfalfa and clover hay harvest lagged, oats headed, barley harvest begun, wheat ripening, and sugar beets 95 percent completed.
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Ohio
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