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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1962
Page
10
The Secretary of Agriculture announced a reduction in dairy price supports for the next marketing year to 311 dollars per hundredweight for manufacturing milk and 572 cents per pound for butterfat. The cut, 29 cents per hundredweight, follows the Agricultural Act requirements and aims to keep supplies adequate.
The U S Agriculture Department library becomes the National Agricultural Library joining the National Library of Medicine and Library of Congress in specialized national duties. The Soil Conservation Service will aid Tunisia with soil and water management under USAID, starting with 250000 acres and three SCS staff.
The LaGrange Dairy Lads and Lassies 4-11 club invites all boys and girls aged 10 to 21 in the LaGrange area to attend its first meeting Tuesday at 8 pm at Bob Stewart's home 46 West Main Street. Advisor urges interested youth to join a dairy project.
Eldon Banta of Ohio State University Extension says prune grape vines in spring, saving last year's wood for this year's buds. A healthy vine should end with 40 to 50 buds across four or five canes, while weaker vines have 36 to 40. Bleeding at pruning wounds is not harmful and will stop.
Ohio Farm Bureau introduces a new record keeping service for farmers in Wyandot Seneca Crawford and Marion counties in agreement with the Ohio Agricultural Extension Service. Moneysmith, a longtime extension specialist, will supervise in cooperation with the four counties to provide confidential electronic record keeping and regular financial reports for farm members.
Columbia Co. and peers defend a 66 acre greenhouse belt along the river as they battle nature with artificial heat rain and soil management. Two crops per year are harvested in January and July while coal gas and irrigation systems power rapid production.
Farmers and ranchers are increasingly building farm ponds for water supply erosion control fishing fire prevention and recreation according to the U S Department of Agriculture.
Ohio faces lower honey content amid dwindling bee colonies despite sugar beet yield gains. Ohio ranks high in production but warns of reduced per colony yields, with State University Extension agronomists noting declines over the past decade.
A historic note states that a hundred years ago hogs weighing over 30 pounds were common as fat was valued for lard. The present ideal hog reaches about 20 pounds with more lean meat and less fat, reflecting changing market demands.
Ohio State University extension floriculturist Marvin C. Carbonneau notes no tree perfectly fits all home owner desires for shade trees. He lists best choices by size: large 20 to 50 feet include honey locust, sweetgum, sugar maple, pin oak, London plane, red maple and ginkgo. small trees for compact yards include golden rain tree, flowering crabapples, redbud, and flowering dogwood.
The guide emphasizes proper seed type and lawn care routines, with pre emergence crabgrass treatments like Dactal and Zytron. It advises early application, usually by April 15 in northern Ohio, and details mowing heights for Kentucky Bluegrass and Merion, fertilization schedules, lime needs, and safe use of 24D for broadleaf weeds.
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