Wheel Alignment and Brakes Checked By Firestone Here
Firestone Store at Broad and Cedar Streets offers wheel alignment with precise front end balancing using specialized equipment. For a nominal 1.19 dollars the brakes are inspected, linings and drums checked, bearings repacked, shoes adjusted, and brakes tested for equal four-wheel braking. Firestone also promotes tubeless tires and trade-ins, plus lubricating service and a wide range of home appliances and garden tools, all backed by Firestone testing standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Firestone
Firestone Organization
Mulo Sharp
Firestone Testing Laboratories
Inoculations Boost Calf Health, Says Vet
WOOSTER Ohio veterinarians from the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station report cud inoculations and adequate roughage promote calf digestion and overall health. W D Pounden warns against seeds causing indigestion or diarrhea and notes findings from cooperative projects at the station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Station
New York youth admits burglaries to fund “good living”
Eric Farrington, 18, was held on $3,500 bail after confessing to 25 apartment thefts totaling about $50,000. He told Judge Thomas Cullen that he carried out the burglaries to sustain a lifestyle he called “good living.”
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New York
Eric Farrington
Thomas Cullen
Insecticides Nip Resistant Flies With Low Toxicity
USDA entomologists report mixtures of sugar and phosphate insecticides across dairy barns in Florida control DDT resistant house flies. Phosphates malathion diazinon and a dialkyl phosphate showed high effectiveness and low stock toxicity, with dry sugar bait applied at 100 grams per building and five treatments weekly for 2 to 3 weeks.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Orlando
Florida
USDA
Agricultural Research Service
Rat Census Plan Outlines Farm Rat Estimates
A census-taker proposes a tiered method for estimating rat numbers on a farm. If no sightings occur but signs are present, the count is about 100. Occasional night sightings imply 100 to 500. Night and daytime sightings suggest 500 to 1,000. Heavy night activity and several daily sightings imply 1,000 to 5,090 rats.
Vandals Shift From Windows To Eggs In Whatcom County
Police report a halt in block gun raids that had destroyed hundreds of auto windows in Whatcom County. The vandals have switched to eggs according to authorities.
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Bellingham, Wash
Whatcom County
Field Day Schedule At Wooster Experiment Station
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station at Wooster releases 1954 field day calendar with new events. Greenhouse Vegetable Day May 6, Beef Cattle Day June 1, Small Fruits Day June 18, Power Day June 23, Hay and Pasture Day July 9, Sheep Day July 30, Pesticide Institute August 10–11, Dairy Day August 13, Orchard Day August 19, Corn and Soybean Day September 9, Swine Day September 10, Forestry Day October 7 concludes season. Director L L Rummel invites Ohio residents to visit for firsthand look at research.
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Columbus
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
L. L. Rummel
Powiry
Pesticide Institute
Rummell
Ohio
Wooster
Ohio Commercial Sheep Flocks Are Profitable
Three Ohio sheep men were recognized at Farm and Home Week for profitable flocks, averaging 230.94 gross per animal unit. R. E. Crider of Auglaize, Russell Dorn of Madison, and Robert Hunter of Madison led with high returns, lamb and wool yields, and management practices. Other honorees included Bollenbacher, McClary, Scheiderer, Early, Torrens, and Davis, with awards to promote profitable sheep production statewide.
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Ohio
R. E. Crider
Auglaize
Russell Dorn
Robert Hunter
Madison County
Ralph Grimshaw
Crider
Dorn
Hunter
Plumb Hall
Ohio State University
Robert Bollenbacher
Mercer County
John McClary
Clinton County
George C. Scheiderer and Son
Union County
A. J. Early
Greene County
Joe W. Torrens
Licking County
Everett Davis
Delaware County
Research May Help The Cardiac Farmer
A five year study funded by the American Heart Association Indiana Heart Association Purdue University and the Indiana State Board of Health with a 130000 grant will be conducted at Purdue laboratories and Indiana farms. The project aims to develop time and energy saving methods for cardiac farmers and to create programs similar to industrial rehabilitation and counseling. Dr Lowell B Hardin of Purdue notes the varied physical and mental demands of farm work and the need to understand heart disease in relation to farmers ability to continue work. A mobile lab will travel to farms to perform field tests.
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American Heart Association
Indiana Heart Association
Purdue University
Indiana State Board of Health
Indiana Farms
Lowell &. Hardin
Purdue
Hardin
Orchardmen Warned To Apply Dormant Spray
Missouri entomologist Wilbur R. Enns of the University of Missouri urges orchardists to apply dormant sprays to fruit trees and shrubs to combat scale insects. He recommends a miscible dormant spray oil with three gallons oil per 100 gallons water, to be used before growth starts in mild weather, and adds a fungicide for peaches to control peach leaf curl. He notes strawberry growers should stock insecticides and fungicides for early growth and offers dust or spray options, with home gardeners also facing pest pressures.
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Washington Vns
Missouri
Wilbur R. Enns
University of Missouri
Enns
Demand For Farm Loans Rises As Farm Debt Grows
Washington reports the Farm Credit Administration governor Robert B. Tootell says the cost-price squeeze on farmers is driving higher loan demand. He notes the national farm debt now totals eight billion dollars, twice the level of 1946, reflecting strain on federal support amid price shifts.
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Washington
Farm Credit Administration
Robert B. Tootell
Pullman
FOR MORE PROSPERITY use Classified ads Want ads are famous
Classifieds promise prosperity and money making from want ads with a dialing hint. The brief note suggests using the 4751 number to access ads and increase earnings. It presents a sales pitch rather than a news event or action.
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Dial
Navratil Displays Burch Corn Planters At Wellington Dealership
Navratil Tractor Sales of Wellington shows the Burch two and four row corn planters with power lift and multiple attachments including gauge shoes bed levelers wheel bands and fertilizer spouts. Planters operate 22 to 40 inch rows seed one bushel fertilizer 100 pounds and float 6 to 12 inches over uneven ground with a patented chain lock for precise depth.
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James Navratil
Navratil
Wellington
Economists Outline Startup Path For Young Farmers
Ohio State University economists Fred A. Hughes and Ray Bailey estimate that starting as an owner-operator today requires 20 000 to 39 000 dollars, yielding about 2 000 dollars net. They detail land and equipment costs, ladder steps from hired man to renter to owner, and the need for technical knowledge and business sense to avoid rapid asset depletion.
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Fred A. Hughes
Ray Bailey
Ohio State University
Stevenson Recovers From Kidney Ailment Speech Tour
Adlai Stevenson, after a vacation, heads to Chicago for the next address in his nationwide speaking tour. He says he is fully recovered from a brief kidney ailment during a visit with his sister and brother-in-law and was hospitalized briefly at Duke University Hospital in Dunham, North Carolina.
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Southern Pines
N.C
Adlai Stevenson
Chicago
Cook County
Democratic Party
Duke University Hospital
Dunham
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