Harvest Field Day Showcases Hybrid Corn Yields
On Robert Brooks farm in Huron County a field day showcased 19 corn hybrids with Halting 254 yielding 130.5 bushels per acre at 22 000 planting and 482 at 129.5. Dekalb XL 45 led light planting with 122.5 bushels, while Landmark 873 X followed at 119.5. Demonstrations covered harvesting machinery, loss calculations, and diversions ditches with sessions at Norwalk Wakeman and Rt 20 sites.
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Huron County Agronomy and Conservation
Schlessman
Old-Style Corn Cookery Remembered From Frontier Husking Bees
A retrospective contrasts Thursday’s corn harvest at a Peru area farm with frontier husking bees. It recalls social games, red ear kiss customs, and varieties like dodgers mush pone hominy and grits, plus a coffee-like roasted corn drink, citing Ohio Historical Society notes.
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Robert Brooks
Peru
Johnny
Rural Emergency Preparedness Tactics By Huron County Board
The Huron County Defense Board coordinates rural emergency planning through Soil Conservation Service, Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee, Farmers Home Administration, and the County Extension Agent. It monitors radiation, advises on fallout protection for water and livestock, and urges storage and preparations for fires, storms, and nuclear events.
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Huron County Defense Board
Soil Conservation Service
Karl Reinhardt
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Robert Finlay
Farmers Home Administration
4-H Club
Mittee
Bucyrus Market Report Auction Consignors Totals Released
Local market rundown shows 256 consignors posting 1641 hogs and 344 cattle. Hogs declined 1.20 while cattle held steady with varied grades from calves to canner cuts and prime calves priced up to 41.50. Sheep and lambs range from 6.60 to 23.70 with wool grades listed.
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Bucyrus Auction
North Central Egg and Poultry Co op 25th Anniversary Meeting
The North Central Egg and Poultry Cooperative marks its 25th anniversary with a members meeting on Oct 26 at 8 pm in the American Legion Building New Washington. Fred Grimm area extension agent Fremont will speak on proposed by law changes for districting of territory.
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North Central Egg and Poultry Cooperative
American Legion Building
New Washington
Fred Grimm
Fremont
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Rt. 61
Brooks
Huron County Extension
John Wells
John Deere, Oliver
International Harvesters
Allis Chalmers
Paul Metz
Norwalk
Morris Chapin
Rt. 20
Wakeman
John Stack
Wakeman Townline Road
Robert Brooks Farm
Kenneth Ott
Bill Brooks
Ohio Historical Society
Daniel R. Porter
Monroeville Ffa
Leon Stein and
Martin Brooks
Harvester
Firelands Tool Rental, Inc
Woodlawn
THE
House OF Service
Bill Heyman
Norwalk Parts CO
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