County clinics curb open dumps with new health rule
Ohio health department moves to close open dumps by July 1 with licensing and engineered landfill plans. In Huron County 15 dumps have closed leaving only three landfills, provoking worries of more roadside litter though officials note current collections reduce dumping. Residents voice mixed views on distance to Willard and ongoing trash practices.
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State Health Department
Department
Huron County
Willard
Townsend Township
Clarence Ellett
Roger Dixon
Dixon
Fitchville
New London
Clarksfield
Norwalk
Blackbirds Feast in Ohio Cornfields 1968
In 1968 blackbirds fed on Ohio corn across 1,018 fields in 19 counties plus Monroe County Michigan. Stockdale reports total field corn damage in 20 counties estimated at 365000 bushels and monetary losses between 1.512 million and 2.0412 million dollars led by Redwinged Blackbird.
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Ohio
Monroe County
Mich
Thomas M. Stockdale
Extension Wildlife Specialist
Market Place Returns as Agribusiness Centers Expand
The agribusiness center concept brings back the old market town in country centers. National Farm Stores plans 20 centers in Mid-America starting this year with $3 million each. Each site will host livestock pens, sales arena, and offices, plus automotive, lumber, grocery, fuel, and farm services.
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Dorothy Clune
Minneapolia
UPI
Harold Steffen
National Farm Stores, Inc
National Farm Stores
Competitive Livestock Markets Corp
Kansas City
Litton Industries
mid-America
Correct
Market Report On Hogs Cattle Sheep And Wool Prices
Markets consignors 194 total head 1404 hogs 684 market .40 lower butcher hogs 17.20 20.80 sows 14 18 boars 13 14.50 feeder pigs 81 cwt 18.25 19 head 6 16.75 cattle 191 market steady steers choice 28 29.20 good 25.50 27.75 standard 23.50 25.50 utility 21 23.50 can cut 21 and down heifers good 23.75 25 standard 22.50 23.50 utility 18.50 22 can cut 18 and down cows market steady commercial 19 21.50 utility 17.50 19 can cut 17.50 and down bulls market .50 higher bologna 23 25.80 calves 13 market sharply lower choice 38 42.50 good 30 37 commercial 25 30 utility 24 and down cull or deacon 43 and down sheep and lambs 516 wools choice 26.50 28 good 24 26 utility 24 and down clips choice 26.50 28 good 24 26 aged sheep for slaughter 4 10.70.
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Bologna
New Chairman Led Ohio Bird Damage Control Panel
James W. Steckell of Torco Pest Control in Columbus named chairman of the Coordinating Committee for the Control of Depreciating Birds. The four year old panel will inform Ohioans about bird damage in 1969 and tour damaged fields to persuade lawmakers media and the public. Red winged blackbirds caused an estimated 1.5 to 2 million dollars in losses last year and 1969 plans include population reduction methods.
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Columbus
James W. Steckell
Torco Pest Control
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Conservation Group Enters Goodyear District Competition
Huron Soil and Water Conservation District joins the 23rd Goodyear contest to crown the nation’s top 53 districts. District efforts will be scored against others with state judges and Goodyear sponsorship. The grand prize is a fully paid work study trip to Arizona in December 1970 for one governing body member and the outstanding farmer from each winning district, with 106 people invited to Goodyear Farms near Phoenix.
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Huron Soil & Water Conservation District
Chase Heyman
4-H Clubs Set Record Enrollment in Ohio 1968
Ohio youths joined 4-H clubs at a new high of 99,570 members, up 3,349 from 1967. About two thirds were girls and one third boys across 5,568 clubs, with 13,626 volunteer adult advisors and 9,477 junior leaders offering guidance, both records.
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Columbus
Ohio
Albert F. Gehres
Ohio Cooperative Extension Service
School Lunch Menus by Districts and Weekdays
Monroeville New London Western Reserve Berlin Milan Norwalk City South Central Willard menus list weekly meals for each weekday. Items include mains like sloppy joe spaghetti pork barbecue and fish sticks with sides such as corn beans and fruit or desserts like apple crisp and cookies with milk.
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Monroeville
Hamburg
Berlin-Milan
Planting Dates For Corn In Huron County From Local Research
Ohio researchers report May 10 to 15 as ideal corn planting in Huron County with May 7 historically yielding best in Wooster. June 13 plantings drop yield by 43 percent. soil and air temperatures guide future recommendations.
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Wooster
Hoytville
Castalia
Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center
Huron County
Erie
Huron Counties
Ehove Joint Vocational School
Don Nickels
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