Go Big Or Get Out Is Dairy Farmer's Choice
In Huron County dairy farmers face a choice between expanding to a sizeable herd or leaving the business. Numbers show a 30 percent drop in cows from 1956 to 1964, with 6 600 cows in 509 herds by 1965. Bulk tanks and labor shortages push toward larger scales as fixed costs rise.
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Dairy Farmer's Choice
Janet Conway
Gerald Palm
Huron County Dairy Service Unit
Claude Bauer
Walnut Road
Allen Albright
Route 61
Huron County
George Dalton
Wakeman
Dalton
Palm
Gilbert Dobbins
Dobbins
New Scrambled Egg Mix Added To Aid Poor In U.S.
Agriculture Department expands food donation to 24 commodities adding scrambled egg mix for about 3.5 million needy Americans. Nearly 7.6 million pounds valued at $8.1 million already purchased for July to August delivery. mix contains 51 percent whole egg solids and 30 percent dried nonfat milk.
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Bernard Brenner
Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Poor Peoples
Said
Roberts Dairy Co
Lincoln
Neb
Insects Hit Alfalfa In Second Third Cuttings
Ohio farmers reported four to five inch alfalfa growth stalling and yellowing in second and third cuttings. Potato leafhoppers, blown in from Gulf States, cause sap feeding and plug the plant. control is preventive and cost effective with recommended insecticides and scouting using a 15 inch net.
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Ohio
B.D. Blair
Ohio State University
Gulf States
Blair
4-H Animal Field Day Planned in Fremont Area
4-H members attend Area 4-H Animal Science Field Day Tuesday in Fremont beginning at Hasselbach Meat Market Route 19 and continuing at Sandusky County Fairgrounds. Carlos Tucker notes tours of Hasselbach’s and a discussion by Norm Hasselbach and Dr William Newland on show animal preparation and slaughter details.
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4-H
Fremont
Hasselbach
Route 19
Sandusky County Fairgrounds
Carlos Tucker
Huron County
Norm Hasselbach
William Newland
Animal Science
Fungus Dilemma For Home Gardeners This Season
Home gardeners face fungus issues on tomatoes potatoes melons cucumbers and other vegetables with brown leaf spots powdery mildew and anthracnose. Regular fungicide dust or spray containing Ziram Maneb or tri basic copper plus continuous treatment every seven to ten days controls blights and leaf infections. Insect control with malathion or DDT helps when aphids or leaf feeders are present. Read labels and follow directions carefully.
Mom Nite Highlights Clarksville 4-H Merry Maids Officers Installed
Kathleen Puder welcomed 12 mothers 20 members and Louise Linder special guest at Norwalk Community Hall. 1968 officers were installed by Mrs Arthuretta Carey and Mrs Leslie Franklin. Members initiated Kathy Kay Carey Karen Cramer Pamela Bursley Teresa Dunlap Cynthia Bursley Brenda Eagleson Lisa McClaflin Jody Lambright.
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Clarksfield
Kathleen Puder
Merry Maids 4H
Louise Linder
Huron County Extension Office
Norwalk
Arthuretta Carey
Merry Maids
Leslie Franklin
Kathy Kay Carey
Karen Cramer
Pamela Bursley
Teresa Dunlap
Cynthia Bursley
Brenda Eagleson
Lisa McClaflin
May Weather Triggers FHA Emergency Loan Approval in Ohio
Severe May weather caused record low temperatures and 24 days of rain across Ohio damaging crops and delaying farming. The Farmers Home Administration authorized low interest emergency loans in 53 counties including Huron Erie and Richland to support eligible farmers and cover losses.
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Ohio
Huron County
Maynard F. McFadden
Farmers Home Administration
Huron
Erie
Richland
Crawford Counties
Secretary of Agriculture
Orville Freeman
Crawford County
McFadden
FHA
Norwalk
Bucyrus Auction Report Hogs Cattle Calves Sheep Prices
Consignors 252 with 1 681 hogs and 441 calves at market. Hog prices mostly lower with butcher hogs 18.50 to 21.55 per cwt. sows 14.00 to 17.30. boars 12.10 to 15.50. feeder pigs 216 head steady 18.25 to 20.00. Cattle steady to lower on low grades. steers 25.00 to 28.10 top. heifers 23.00 to 26.00. cows 15.00 to 20.60. bulls 23.00 to 24.90. Calves up a touch with good 27.00 to 39.00. sheep and lambs 25 lower with wool grades 25.75 to 27.15 and aged slaughter 5.00 to 8.00.
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Bucyrus
Substitutes Spark New Dairy Research Horizons at OSU
Columbus reported that dairy substitutes push research in milk components. Ira Gould of Ohio State University outlines turning milk into diverse food components and recombining them for new dairy foods. He notes high protein dry milk production and cream stability improvements, plus whey proteins’ nutritional value.
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Columbus
Ira Gould
Department of Dairy Technology
Ohio State University
Tetany Hits Ohio Counties Reported by OSU Specialist
A variety of convulsions and paralyses known as tetany is spreading in Ohio’s Eastern and Southeastern counties. Grass tetany follows low blood magnesium, mainly affecting cows turned to pasture in spring, or during late winter hay feeding. Early signs include dullness, loss of appetite, stiff gait and limited hind leg flexibility.
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Columbus
Ohio
Richard O. Smith
Ohio State University
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