Hearing on hybrid seed labeling April 26
Washington based report notes a public hearing scheduled April 26 by the Department of Agriculture to consider a rule change relaxing hybrid seed labeling. The plan would adopt three label classes under the American Seed Trade Association proposal, redefining what can be described as hybrid for agricultural and vegetable seeds and adding cautions for lower hybrid content.
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Washington
UPI
Department of Agriculture
Ban the Belt Fight the Waistline in Fashion Columns
Country wife by Pat Leimbach argues waistlines are returning and mocks the era of tight cinches. She ridicules the mental strain of shaping garments, celebrates sack and tent silhouettes, jokes about pregnancy fashion, and urges widespread activism with the slogan Ban the Belt. She notes how leg exposure grows while waists vanish and urges readers to organize locally.
Ohio County Farm Bureau Annual Enrollment Notice
Ohio County Farm Bureau announces annual enrollment period from April 15 to May 15 for membership updates and program enrollment. Members advised to review eligibility, benefits, and deadlines with the local bureau office.
Farm Bureau Insurance Program Offers New Member Coverage
An opportunity for new and uninsured members to obtain hospital surgical life insurance protection for themselves and their farms. For all members four plans provide Major Medical Expense benefits, Monthly Income Disability, Supplemental Life Insurance, and Accidental Death and Dismemberment. Contact your Nationwide Insurance Agent. Local Farm Bureau helps connect.
Blackbirds Roost in 160 Ohio Spots
The Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife reports over 160 blackbird roosts in Ohio, from Ottawa County summer roosts to smaller sites, mainly near lakes and swamps. Richard Winters seeks reports of unrecorded roosts as the bureau expands field work and testing control methods, noting no short term solution exists.
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Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife
U. S. Department of Interior
Ohio
Ottawa County
Richard Winters
Ohio Department of Agriculture Laboratores
Reynoldsburg
Bureau
Six Holstein cows set lifetime milk records in Ohio and nearby
Six cows in Lorain County and nearby farms surpassed 100 000 pounds of milk in their lifetimes with high butterfat yields. Names include Crocker Jerry Burke Annette and Rose Hurlwood Posch among others, owned by Don Crocker & Sons, Harry B Rowland, R H Streicher, and Andy Takacs. The Holstein Association notes thousands more cows above 50 tons and highlights profitability of long tenure cows amid rising rearing costs.
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Brattleboro
Lorain County
Ohio
Valley City
Holstein-Friesan Association of America
Crocker
Jerry Burke
Annette
Crocker Raburke
Leona Supreme
Don Crocker & Sons
Burke Budd Farm Corn
Harry B. Rowland
Wellington
Rose Hurlwood Posch
R.H. Streicher
Oberlin
Ruth Sovereign Adjudicator
Andy Takacs
Wellington Warsons
Texas
Burke Darlin
Mike J. Yarosh
Holstein Association
Wool and mohair payment rates set for 1967 marketing year
Farmers and mohair growers will receive incentive payments based on 65.8 percent of dollar returns from shorn wool and 86.8 percent for mohair. The program, led by ASCS chair Gordon W Greene, estimates total payouts near $70 million, the highest in a decade and more than double 1966. deductions of 15 cents per pound for wool and mohair apply, with 7.5 cents per hundredweight for live lambs.
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Gordon W Greene
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County Committee
Greene
Green
ASCS
Shuteman Completes IH Training Course in Canton
John Herman, a serviceman for Shute Equipment Co. and International Harvester dealer in Elyria, completed a two day training course at Canton. The program covered tractor hydraulics hitches and diesel fuel injection systems with IH Mobile Service Training Unit.
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John Herman
Shute Equipment Co
International Harvester
Elyria
Canton
Selection of tillage systems to speed corn planting in Ohio
Delay after May 1 can cut yields. Samuel Bone urges choosing tillage that reduces time to plant while avoiding crusting. Light colored soils favor no till or minimal tillage to speed emergence. dark soils may require spring adjustments to maintain high yields.
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Northern
Ohio
Samuel Bone
Ohio State University
Ohio Agronomy Guide
Patton Earns Gold Star Guernsey Breeder Award 1967
William A. Patton owner of Pattenholm Farm New London earns Gold Star Guernsey Breeder Award for 1967 from the American Guernsey Cattle Club. His herd of 31 cows produced 11,751 pounds of milk and 610 pounds of fat with 84.6 percent average classification. Patton’s recognition cites health standards, herd registrations, and active membership in state and national Guernsey associations. Pattenholm Grace produced 16,030 pounds of milk and 865 pounds of butterfat in 365 days.
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Peterborough
N. H
William A. Patton
Pattenholm Farm
New London
American Guernsey Cattle Club
Guernsey
Patton
Pattenholm Grace
Best time to treat soil insects in field corn
Extension entomologist B D Blair of Ohio State says control is best with a soil insecticide before planting for pests like cutworms wireworms rootworms and garden symphylans. Fields with history of wireworms or cutworms or corn after sod or in rotations with known soil pests should be treated. rootworm control uses a 61 inch band at planting, while postplant cutworm treatment varies in results.
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B. D. Blair
Ohio State University
Blair
Ohio County
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