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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1965
Page
5
Arthur Sprinkle, who turned 80, recounts farming evolution on his 111 acre Quarry Road farm eight miles northeast of New London. He shifted from horse powered tools to tractor equipment about 28 years ago, noting haymaking and crop practices have become much more efficient while livestock numbers declined.
Over seventy dairymen from Huron and Erie counties joined a farm tour on Friday March 19 to inspect free stall housing at multiple farms including Harway Wayne Dalton Julius Krebs Wakeman and the Erswell New London Brswell Stone Crocker and others. The tour highlighted manure handling savings dust control and sun heated milking parlors with a focus on efficient feeding and liquid manure disposal.
Sprinkle recalls early 20th century farm labor in blocks of ice cut 20 inches square and frozen to depths over 200 pounds. He helped lay cinder roads shipped from steel mills for $1 per carload and helped build a double track of the Big Four railroad. The family gathers every holiday with children and grandchildren named in attendance.
Ohio ranked 12th in 1964 farm marketings with 1.056 billion dollars while California Iowa Texas and Illinois led. Ohio tops in soft red winter wheat greenhouse crops and nursery products with a broad spread across farming sectors. Dairy support prices for 1965-66 rise with milk at 3.24 dollars per cwt and butterfat at 59.4 cents per pound.
Hog prices ranged 12.50 to 18.15 with feeders 15.25 to 15.75 per head. Cattle sheushings quoted with various grades from 11 to 26.10 for steers and heifers, calves 23 to 35.50, bulls 16.50 to 29, and sheep plus lambs at 4.75 to 26.10 with feeder lambs 21 to 23.60. Market movement showed moderate gains across hogs cattle calves and sheep.
The cereal leaf beetle joins Ohio’s black list of bad bugs as the 1965 program tightens controls on movement from infested areas. Wintered beetles awaken with warmth and target oats. regulations overseen by John M. Stackhouse require certificates for hay, straw, and corn shipments to prevent spread. The Plant Pest Control Division and USDA cooperate. fifteen counties were affected by mid 1964 with more added later.
Beekeepers in Columbus and across Ohio report scarce nectar from goldenrod and asters leading to lighter stores for winter. Amateurs with small colonies may use candy to feed bees while commercial practitioners rely on syrup or dry sugar.
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