Agriculture Dept stocking up for school lunches
The Agriculture Department is stocking up for the National School Lunch Program for the coming school year. It plans to purchase peanut butter rice rolled oats and other staples locally via bids and offers. The department acts as the national purchasing agent for participating schools and will reimburse costs through the program. It notes 1961 production figures and the U S role as a top producer with large cheese and butter outputs.
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Gaylord P. Gadevin
Washington
UPI
Atriculture
Greeny Tt
Vice
FAS
Department
Del
Soviet Union
United States
West Germany
Farm prices rise with steady costs in July survey
The Agriculture Department reports farm prices rose four tenths of 1 percent in the month ended July 15 while farm costs stayed flat. Parity rose as prices and costs diverged, with live stock and livestock products driving the gain. Hog and beef cattle prices increased, while corn held around 1.04 dollars per bushel.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
FFA Students Build and Manage School Forest Project
Students in New London, guided by Gilman Baker, plant and care for a 40-acre school forest on land donated in 1948 by Homer Johnson. The forest serves as a conservation and education lab while providing a potential income stream. the project operates under a three-member district committee and aims for a Class A designation.
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New Lonnon
Farmers of
Gilman Baker
Vocational Agriculture Department
Homer Johnson
New London
Johnson
Virgil Burner
William R. Burton
Pasture Growth Affected by Harvest Schedules
A Cornell style report from Ithaca notes pasture grass yields and aftergrowth vary with harvest timing. Orchardgrass often leads in total yield. bromegrass lags due to aftergrowth limits. Four to six week cutting intervals affect tiller production and dry matter yield, with junior Guernsey membership expanding participation nationwide.
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Ithaca
Ohio
Parsons
Peterborough
Eugene Cornish
Gratton
AGOC
David
Cornish
United States
American Guernsey Cattle Club
AGCC
N. H
State Offers Trees for Private Land
Ashland emphasizes private land owners may order fall or spring planting stock from the State Division of Forestry. A new pine list is now available through Lorain County Extension, county Soil Conservation offices on Rt 113 Elyria Rd, or Ashland Farm Forester. Minimum order 500 trees. native hardwoods and rare conifers included. Forestry reps will inspect sites on request and advise tree types. 80 percent cost share via County Agriculture Stabilization Committee for reforestation. Contact Ag Center offices Rt 113 for details.
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Ashland
State Division of Forestry
John Basinger
Lorain County Agriculture Extension Office
County Soil Conservation Service
Rt 113
Elyria RD
Basinger
Forestry Division
County Agriculture Stabilization Committee
Ag Center
Teenagers to receive records at county fair
Wellington reports an advertising promotion at Lorain County Fair this year offering 45 RPM records to 200 teenagers daily. Records go to the first 200 teenage paid admissions each noon, with records and a prizes to be presented to members of the Junior Fair Court.
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Wellington
Loraan
Belden
Lorain County
Hamm
Elaine Burke
Marge Sutmaier
Val Dario Grella
Mary Ann Stanstowleski
Oberlin
East Oberlin
Anita Hunt
Parity defined Parity term confus(ion) for farm folks
New York reports on Parity defined as a U S Department of Agriculture concept. The article explains Parity as the price that should flow to farmers for production relative to the prices they pay for non farm goods and services. It notes the confusion among farm residents and nonfarm residents about the term.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
New York
Ohioan wins hay test at North America contest
In Hershey Pennsylvania Robert L Mikesell of Frageysburg Ohio won the hay champion title at the National Grassland and Field Days Conference. His second cutting alfalfa entry earned the re gume division crown and beat two reserve grand champions Rolling Rock Farms Ligonier PA and M L Baird and Son Springfield OH. Entries came from PA OH DE NY CA MD WI KS GA MI TX and Ontario Canada.
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Hershey
Ikingum County
Ohio
North America
Milton Hershey Farms
Robert L. Mikesell
Frageysburg
RFD
States
Canada
Rolling Rock Farms
Ligonier
Lester L. Ray
M. L. Baird and Son
Springfeld
Pennsylvania
Delaware
New York
California
Maryland
Wisconsin
Kansas
Georgia
Michigan
Texas
Ontario
4-H Roundup Blues at Erie County Fair
The Birmingham Cloverleaf 4H Club earned a blue ribbon and grade A for its Farm Pond Safety booth at the Erie County Fair. Exhibitors Elaine Krysik Kathy Tuttle Becky Kneisel Kay Johannsen Ruth Ann Johannsen oan Johannsen Susan Sebolt George Brunow Tennie Wickens Rodger Witter and Cleetus Witter received blue ribbons for stock shown.
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Birmingham
Farm Pond
Erie County
Elaine Krysik
Kathy Tuttle
Becky Kneisel
Kay J Johannsen
Ruth Ann Johannsen
Oan Johannsen
Susan Sebolt
George Brunow
Tennie Wickens
Rodger Witter
Cleetus Witter
Food stamp plan helps improve diets in pilot tests
An Agriculture Department survey across eight pilot areas shows food stamp use increased purchases of meat and dairy and fruits and vegetables by large margins. Over 90 percent of participating families approved of the program and reported improved diets. Retail stores reported total food sales rising, with program supporters including welfare workers and administrators.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Pri
Becky Kneisel
Elaine Krysik
Nina Hunter
Brenda Tomlinson
Tomlinson
Sandusky
Ruth Am Johannsen
Kay
Joan
Ronald Brunow
Donald Kneisel
Ohio dairymen earning ten thousand dollars yearly
A review of 125 Ohio dairymen shows seven individuals net at least 10,000 dollars annually after capital and other charges. Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station economists analyzed records, citing six common management practices among the best paying operations including herds of 50 to 60 cows, two-man farms, efficient labor use, extensive land for crops and pasture, and on-farm feed production with high yields and soil management.
Farm Population Share Dropped to Eight Percent in 1961
Ohio State University Extension Economists released the latest survey showing 8.1 percent of the U.S. population living on farms. The report highlights rural population distribution and shifts in agricultural living patterns.
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United States
Ohio State University Extension
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