Milan Melon Growers Describe Craft and Festival Impact
Alto Miller and Jack Stenger in Milan discuss melon farming since 1925 and 1928 respectively. They note sandy soils and adequate moisture drive quality and popularity, with the Milan Melon Festival boosting retail and wholesale sales, while some crops to Cleveland markets and roadside stands. Mortensen adds melons are a shorter, popular but secondary crop.
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Alto Miller
Milan
Miller
Jack Stenger
Stenger
Cleveland
Carol Mortensen
Mortensen
Apple Prices Seen Strong for 1965 Processing and Juice Apples
Miles Phillips of the Ohio Agricultural Marketing Association says prices for 1965 processing apples at $3 per hundredweight and juice apples at $1.75 are realistic, as crop conditions and demand favor processing. Grower representatives from seven AF‑BF affiliated states met in Pittsburgh and noted excellent harvest prospects despite drought in parts of Michigan Ohio Pennsylvania and New York. Competition for processing and juice apples is expected to be keen due to strong demand.
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Miles Phillips
Erlin Heights
Ohio Agricultural Marketing Association
Apple Operating Board
Phillips
American Farm Bureau
Apple
Pittsburgh
Michigan
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York
Appalachian
Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
Beef cattle rise in Huron County farming ranks
Huron County farms report 1.75 million dollars in cattle sales making beef cattle about 1 percent of gross agricultural income and fourth in the county's farm earnings. Economists from Ohio State foresee better times through 1966 with demand and income growth boosting beef consumption, while supplies expand and imports of feeder cattle from Canada and Mexico are expected.
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Huron County
Ohio State University
Canada
Mexico
Reduced Yields From Deep Cultivation In Vegetables
Deep cultivation can be particularly harmful to vegetable crops as feeder roots are cut or broken off, seriously reducing yields.
Milk output in 1965 revised downward by 0.5 percent
The Agriculture Department said droughty pastures and higher beef cattle prices reduce milk cow numbers. 1965 production revised to 126.6 billion pounds, unchanged from 1964, with an estimated 15.6 million milk cows, 3 percent below 1964. Production per cow projected near 8,110 pounds.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Department
North Central
North Atlantic
Population Down Among U.S. Farm Residents
The share of Americans living on farms falls to about 6.8 percent, down from 7.1 percent in 1963 and 8.7 percent in 1960, indicating a continued rural-to-urban shift.
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U.S
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Carl Mortensen
Nancy Rockwell
Sharon Klepper
Jeanne
Merlyn Miller
Larry Booth
Neil
Norwalk
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Woodlawn
Norwolk
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Norwalk Parts Co
S. Linwood
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