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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1968
Page
6
The Agriculture Department forecast higher farm egg prices through mid 1969 due to reduced flocks, with a 1968 average of 29.6 cents per dozen. Prices then should stay above last year’s levels before a potential fall downturn as flock sizes adjust.
An engineer warns that lowering engine speed below design on corn pickers increases losses. Correcting engine speed and setting ground speed to 2.8 mph reduced losses by 80 percent, yielding 3 to 6 extra bushels per acre. A 10 minute check and local County Extension office instructions guide adjustments.
Ralph Bishop recounts two years in Mwanza Tanzania as a Peace Corps teacher of agriculture English and arithmetic. He describes the six acre school farm low yields due to soil lack of rest and scarce equipment and notes cattle as wealth and dowry. He plans graduate study in world or African studies after Cornell anthropology degree.
Gerald K. Snyder of Forest Park Georgia accepts a Holstein Friesian Association of America post. He will coordinate breed promotions with the Ohio Holstein Association board major committees and local clubs from the Wooster Ohio headquarters sharing office space with Calvin Wilcox. Snyder is an Ohio native and Ohio State dairy science graduate previously with Curtiss Breeding Service.
The Cooperative Extension Service in Huron Erie and Ottawa Counties sponsors a tri county young homemaker housing workshop on November 19 and 20 at St Stevens United Church of Christ in Sandusky. Four hour in depth classes cover The Family's Home remodeling room layout storage cost of housing credit furniture floor coverings portable appliances and decorating. OSU Extension specialists and home economists lead sessions with options for mornings afternoons or full day. Registration for Huron County is due by November 8 at the Norwalk office.
Bundled cull and feeder hogs mixed with cattle and sheep sales. Hogs sold 40 cents lower. feeder pigs 18.00-18.25 head 10.00-18.00. Cattle active. steers 25.50-28.70, heifers 23.50-27.20, cows 15.00-18.90, bulls 21.00-24.20. Calves 24.00-40.50. sheep 709 head, market 0.50 lower. wools 18.00-26.00. clips 23.00-24.40.
Farmers report a strong harvest of soybeans and corn but warn that about 20 percent of stalks show stalk rot and widespread corn borer damage. With prices for No 2 corn around 80 to 85 cents, experts urge careful picking, drying, storage, and marketing to minimize losses in Huron County.
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