Windmills Fade from Huron County Countryside
Fifty years ago windmills lined Huron County farms supplying water for animals and home use. Today few remain as modern pumps and piped water replace them. Owners recall sentimental value and repurposing as weather vanes and TV antennas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carole Sprowls
Huron County
Earl C. Herner
Monroeville
Herner
Randall
Pye
Hipp
Paul Songstock
Fairfield
Paul Lorchers
Olena
Park Ernsberger
Route 250
Norwalk
Napoleon, Ohio
Ernsberger
C.C. Schimpff
W. Main St
North Fairfield
Schimpff
Buckeye area livestock sale results show mixed gains
At the Bucyrus auction consignors totaled 242 with 1 614 head. Hogs 709 with market .70 higher. feeder pigs 181. cattle total 1 276 with varied steers and heifers across grades. Calves 23 down 1. sheep and lambs 422 steady with spring lambs at 29 to 30.80 and aged sheep at 37.50.
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Bucyrus
Garden Insect Control Tips for Home Planting
A warming trend boosts garden work and introduces pests like flea beetles and aphids. Malathion and Sevin target mites aphids and beetles with coverage and a 1 7 day harvest waiting period. Full control relies on timely applications before rain and thorough plant contact.
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Levin
Silo Entry Warns of Dangers in High Moisture Crops
Ohio State University safety expert W E Stuckey warns that airtight silos with high moisture crops create low oxygen and high carbon dioxide. A person can suffocate within minutes without self contained breathing apparatus and a rope restraint plus standby helpers.
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W. E. Stuckey
Ohio State University Extension
Stuckey
Stuckey Addes
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BOF
T.V. Smith
Walter Hipp
State Road
Memorial Lake Park
Wilcox Mill
Claude Wilcox
H. Vernon Smith
Benjamin Gahring
Pamela Dwight
Carl Schimpff
Firelands Tool Rental, Inc
Woodlawn
Farm
Cooperative Extension Service Office
THE
House OF Service
Complete Automotive Machine
Norwalk Parts CO
S. Linwood ST
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