Tractor and vehicle safety on highways and farm waste systems
Nationwide data show about 140 farm equipment related highway deaths annually, with Ohio recording four tractor deaths on highways involving trucks and cars. The piece outlines motorist and farmer errors, safety practices such as slow moving vehicle signs, and the need for training, safety features, and proper operator rules. It also covers seasonal farm labor laws, wage rules, workers compensation, unemployment insurance, and cooperative extension guidance. It then discusses home sewage systems, their components, soil conditions, and maintenance practices to prevent contamination and odors.
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Ohio
Cooperative Extension Service
Elevators' Bankruptcies Rise Across Midwest Study Finds
A Illinois Legislative Council study for the USDA shows 165 grain storage facilities in eight Midwest states failed financially from the 1900s to 1982, with small country elevators most at risk. Mismanagement and diverted funds were common causes, and average recoveries for farmers owed money were about 30 to 69 cents on the dollar. The report urges early warning, tighter regulation, and better bonding, while congressional action stalls over a labor contracts provision and bankruptcy court authority.
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Washington
Illinois Legislative Council
Ohio
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Ilinois
Indiana
Iowa
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Wisconsin
House
Congress
Stallen
I am a vagabond on the road like Mr. Toad
The narrator shares a wind driven dream of southern sun and open highways. He seeks straight roads through farm country and hidden back roads, loves church spires over grain elevators, and cherishes cemeteries and birthplace memories from Missouri to Illinois. He drifted 1200 miles in a week, with plans fuzzy but joy in motion.
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Mr. Toad
Wind In the Willows
Sumac
Peterburg
Ill
Nancy Hanks
Edgar Lee Masters
Missouri
Jessie James
John J. Pershing
Mr Toad
Wheat substitute rise seen in 1984 feed use
AP reports that producers feed less corn to cattle hogs and poultry and shift to cheaper grains like wheat. The USDA notes corn reserves by Oct 1 may fall to 520 million bushels, the smallest old crop stock since 1978, leaving about a three week supply at current use. Beef output for 1984 may be up slightly first three quarters but total year is down about 1 percent. pork production down 6 percent. poultry up 2 percent with more cattle on feed in Texas and Kansas.
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Don Kendall
Washington
Agriculture Department
Texas
Kansas
USDA seeks comments on changes to slaughter hog standards
Washington notes proposed adjustments to official U S standards for slaughter hogs to ease application and better reflect actual yields of bean cuts while promoting more even carcass distribution among grades. Catfish production advances but beef output still outpaces it with March figures at 1.94 billion pounds and Q1 output near 9.66 billion.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
U.S
Thomas H. Porter
Department
Agricultural Marketing Service
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Washington, Ill
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USDA
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Oberlin
Main
Elyria
Trunpiks
Scheafer
Belden
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