Fair Climax as 4-H Year Ends at Huron County Fair
The Peru Panthers 4-H Club readies for the five day Huron County Fair opening Tuesday at 6 p.m. Projects span from pop corn to potatoes and sheep to woodworking. Family members contribute multiple projects while siblings raise and show animals and crops under guidance of club advisors.
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Huron County
Chester Opper
Peru Panthers
Robert Brooks
The
Panthers
Opper
Brooks
Chester
Peru Panther
Billy
Ronnie
Jean Brooks
Huron County Fair
Pat
FFA
Monroeville Future Farmers Association
Richard Brooks
Ors
John Brooks
John
Peru
Celeryville Muck District Seeds Water Management Era
The Celeryville Con servancy District emerged from the mid-1940s Muck School as muckland growers pursued water control to curb subsidence and flood risk. With federal and state aid, the 1953 formation led to a 75-acre reservoir and expanded Marsh Run improvements, enabling gravity water-table control and levees. Preproject celery fields had strong yields. 1950s gains projected to rise from about $500 an acre to several million dollars in gross revenue.
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Celeryville Conservancy District
Celeryville
Muck School
Ohio
Michigan
John Wells
Huron County
Ohioa Extension Service
Muck School Committee
John Stambaugh
Ben van Zoest
Jack Holthouse
Henry Wiers
John Buurman
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Extension Service
Soil Conservation Service
The
Conservancy District
Huron River
Closing Markets Summary of Livestock and Grain Prices
The market report shows corn and soybeans with mixed gains and declines. Hog, cattle, and sheep sections list prices by grade and weight, noting overall steady or slight changes from last week.
Why Milk and Bread Prices Have Risen
Ohio State University Extension economist Dr. Bruce Marion notes a mix of tight 1966 supplies, lower storage, and higher costs and lower profits in marketing lift food prices. Beef and pork peaks drove higher poultry demand and dairy herd culling, trimming milk supply by about 5 percent and raising producer prices by 1 to 1-1/2 cents per quart.
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Columbus
Bruce Marion
Ohio State University
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Variety
Hercules
Billy Opper
Muskingum Watershed Board
Cos Vales Ee
Bucyrus Auction
House OF Service
Harry Allen
Norwalk Parts CO
S. Linwood
Jim
Len
Firelands Tool Rental, Inc
Woodlawn
Norwalk
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