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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1982
Page
4
A driver notes a roadside market near Route 511 in Rochester run by three children. Prices are five for a dollar for tomatoes and two for a dollar for zucchini. He reflects on genuine virtue behind small commerce and wonders about enterprise founded on innate virtue.
A string of brisk exchanges shows buyers haggling over a car, a house, and a tractor. Each vignette captures modern negotiations with blunt figures, skeptical sellers, and a wary eye on value. The speaker notes slowing down near Rochester as he watches for local kids.
Ohio extension notes describe no tillage seeding of legumes into small grain stubble to establish alfalfa for hay. Use paraquat, seed shallow, early August completion, monitor competition and pests, avoid harvest after seeding, and test soil pH and phosphorus. Also advice on managing wasps and hornets around homes with nest treatment guidance.
U S Secretary of Agriculture John Block describes Block Farms as a 3000 acre family run operation near Knoxville Illinois with his father Judd and son Hans supervising daily work. The trio expanded from 300 acres in the 1960s to about 6000 hogs and 2000 acres of corn and soybeans. The Blocks employ six full time workers and emphasize conservation tillage to curb soil erosion while planning a new farrowing and nursery building.
Ohio State University agronomy specialists will lead a seminar from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on September 1 at the cooperative extension service demonstration plots, located just west of the Lorain County Fairgrounds in Wellington.
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