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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1969
Page
5
Discusses low growing ground covers as substitutes for grass for problem areas. Lists options including Weeping Forsythia Virginia Creeper Creeping Juniper English Ivy Periwinkle Rock Cress Moss Pink. Notes benefits like reduced weeds once a solid cover forms and recommends spacing and soil preparation.
Dick Leuthold of Bucyrus spoke to Ohio farmers at the Production Credit Association building detailing the Ohio Soybean Association's goals. He advocated a half cent per bushel promotion levy, emphasized foreign markets, cited Japan and Europe as targets, and noted tariffs and competition from other oils. Fred Brill of Madison County discussed his yield contest methods.
Senate hearings chaired by Sen. George S. McGovern show hundreds of thousands of U S poor do not benefit from food programs due to illiteracy and red tape. Churches can identify eligible families, secure waivers, and press local governments to expand food aid, multiplying church dollars into meals.
Market totals 210 consignors 1424 hogs and 253 cattle with steady to higher tone. Hog ranges 55 higher for market weights 17.80 to 21.35 per hundred. cows 17.50 to 19. bulls 21.50 up. calves 38 to 44 for choice. feeders 53 with cat 17 to 18.10 head. Sheep/S lambs 539 steady to 25 higher. Wool and clips reported.
Huron County 4 H Saddle Clubs draw growing interest as spring horse shows approach. Last year 196 youths aged 9 to 19 completed the 4 H Horse program under agent Carlos Tucker. This year enrollment is expected to top 200 as members study horsemanship, horse science, and related topics using Cooperative Extension Service project books.
The Cattle Futures meeting originally set for March 10 is moved to April 2 at 8 p.m. in the Production Credit Association Building Norwalk due to speaker George Reed of Merrill Lynch Fenner and Smith car accident. 4H Saddle Clubs in Huron County invite farmers to hear about corn and soybean futures. call the Extension Office for joining or volunteering.
The Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center in Wooster hosts a one day program for all Ohio strawberry growers. Eldon Banta of The Ohio State University Extension horticulture describes the event as a statewide study of production practices problems and solutions.
The Kiwanis Club of Monroeville hosts Farmers Night at 6 30 p m Monday in the Congregational Community United Church of Christ with Huron County Commissioner Arthur F. Herner serving as this year's chairman.
James Smetzer is elected president of the Future Farmers of America chapter at Monroeville High School. Other officers include John Brooks vice president Michael Schaefer secretary Timothy Wendt treasurer John Scheid reporter Michael Martin sentinel and David Francis student advisor.
Washington moves to create an independent hunger fighting unit inside the Agriculture Department. Proponents say it would group food stamp and other programs into a distinct service reporting to Lyng, while preserving the department’s overall control. Critics see it as resistance to removing programs from the department.
Washington announces a cut in soybean price support to 2.25 a bushel for the year, based on top grade beans, with storage and sales rules to curb government surpluses. Cotton seed support set at 37 per ton.
Ohio is highlighted for leading in tomato juice processing and ranking high in multiple foods. The industry employs over 85,000 people and yields more than five billion containers annually. Canning, begun in 1809 by Nicolas Appert, preserves nutrients and enables year round marketing of most food.
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