Hummel Urges Credit to Secure Early Farm Supplies
Claude S. Hummel of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland urges farmers to use credit to obtain supplies and equipment early. He notes this year may require preplanning of needs and that early machinery repairs fit into defense plans alongside PMA and extension officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hummel
Claude S. Hummel
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Lorain County
C. M. Ferguson
Dale Williams
PMA
Williams
Early orders urged for repairs and fertilizer as shortages loom
Extension experts warn labor and material scarcities will disrupt repair shops and farms. Huber advises pre spring tractor repairs and frequent oil changes with longer warmups. Dodd and Jones favor early fertilizer orders due to storage and transport delays, while suggesting forward buying and potential credit. Nae smith cites a weekly minimum wage for married workers in Bolton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. G. Huber
Huber
Earl Jones
D. R. Dodd
Hummel
Brucellosis Threat Reaches People and Pigs
Ohio State University extension specialist H. M. Barnes warns swine brucellosis can infect humans who assist sows at farrowing. Emphasizing soap and antiseptic hand washing, he urges blood testing for new stock and daily herd isolation to prevent spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio State University
H. M. Barnes
Barnes
Advises Orders For Insecticides Be Placed Now
Columbus report says Ohio State University entomologist T. H. Parks warns summer insecticides may be in short supply. Farmers should order now and accept delivery to ensure needed products. County agents offer updated lists and usage recommendations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
T. H. Parks
Ohio State University
Parks
Ohio
Wellington News Briefs and Community Notes
Wellington items report nurse Alic e Bishbaugh passing state exams and earning a certificate. Community orchestra elects officers. twenty two musicians to form the group. Birth announcements include Jean Alice Bowman and Sandra Lee Conklin. Various club meetings, civic notices, and local personnel changes follow, with events and visits in Wellington and nearby Oberlin and Elyria.
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Wellington
Alice Bishbaugh
Charles ‘Bishbaugh
R. C
Bisbaugh
Wellington High School
Huron Road Hospital School of Nursing
Allen Memorial Hospital
Oberlin
Robert Bowman
Jean Alice
Oberlin Hospital
Bowman
Allen Hospital
Conklin
LaDonna Mills
Paul Mills
Denham Brothers Win Lorain County Corn Yield Plaque
Denham Brothers of La Grange received the Lorain County Corn King plaque at Columbus for the 1950 De Kalb National Selected Five Acre Corn Growing Contest with a yield of 121.50 bushels per acre. Also honored were Myron and Jundor Kolbe Wellington 118.32 bushels George Reese Russia Township 106.85 Ira Swartz Grafton 104.48, with moisture tests and farming practices data used to judge. The 1950 contest involved nearly 5 000 farmers from 23 states and Canada.
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Denham Brothers
la Grange
Lorain County
Columbus
Myron
Jundor Kolbe
Wellington
George Reese
Russia Township
Ira Swartz
R. D
Grafton
States
Canada
Conservation program boosts yields on Armstrong farm
On the Howard Armstrong farm near Cambridge, three years of contour strip farming, alfalfa meadows and improved pastures have lifted dairy cows from nine to ten and added six young cattle. Forty cropland acres are contour stripped and 25 acres host alfalfa with hay and ensilage stored. trees were planted to reclaim gullies and cattle are fenced from 29 acres of woodland.
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Cambridge
Howard Armstrong
Oscar Share
Guernsey County
Armstrong
Share
Birmingham Area Church and Tournament Schedules
Local notes list basketball tournament dates for Erie County games at Sandusky and Castalia with key dates February 17 19 21 and 24. Union Lenten services run February through March at Florence Henrietta and Birmingham churches with guest speakers to be announced. Civilian Defense chair C D H H Bredlow will address the Florence Township Community Club February 11. Florence Congregational Junior Sunday School elected officers for one year and announced party honors for Larry Carpenter departing for military service. Residents report returns and illnesses with brief household updates.
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Birmingham
Birrmingham
Erie County
Sandusky
Castalia
Florence Congregational Church
Henrietta Methodist
Henrietta Evangelical Reformed
Florence
Birmingham Methodist
C. D
H. H. Bredlow
Route 60
Florence Township
Birmingham School
Florence Congregational
Robert Thayer, Jr
David Bostater
Lydia Moon
Geneva Beckstein
Eleanor Sayler
Jane Phillips
Larry Sebolt
Marshall Oates
Larry Reising
Sunshine Girls
Margaret Parker
Rosemary
Rosetta Reising
Joan
Sandra Sturtevant
Carol Bilby
Mattie Derby
Vermilion
Harold Appeman
Wakeman Road
Alice Herbst
Cleveland
St. Johns Hospital
Trevah _Gerrick
Recruits Ready to Aid Farmers in Crop Campaign
Two groups of recruits stand ready to help Ohio farmers in the coming crop season. Floyd Delashmutt of Ohio State Univ says seed supplies for corn borer resistant hybrids Ohio K62 W64 C54 L51 and alfalfa wilt resistant varieties Ranger Buffalo Atlantic will be plentiful though demand may exceed supply. He urges checking seed tags for variety origin and purity.
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Columbus
Ohio
Floyd Delashmutt
Ohio State University
Delashmutt
Ranger
Buffalo
Atlantic
Profitable sheep require good pasture and care
Guernsey county agent Oscar E Share says rising interest in sheep hinges on improved pastures and legume hay. He warns against jumping to sheep without proper feeding, fencing, parasite control, and dog management, urging farmers to like sheep before buying.
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Columbus
Oscar E. Share
Guernsey County
Share
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British Weavers Amalgamated
Bolton
England
New
Miami Ave
Eastern Heights
Elyria
Seaboard
Broad Street
Ostrov
Para Finance Company
Ducrease
One
Wagner
Faith Ware
Herrick Ave
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Richard J P. MacDermott
Cecil Johnson
Charles Willard
Silent Circle of
King’s Daughters
Frances Fisher
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Home
Elias Cooper
Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Lorain-Medina
Masonic Hall
Aileen Benninghoff
Lakewood
W.S.C.S
First Methodist Church
Robert Herrick
Gaylord Bassett
Miami
Florida
J. P. Rogers
Herrick
New Orleans
Jake Kesser
Irene Kinter
Curtis Truman
Harry Bovard
Wayne Carmen
Harry Wagner
Russell Shepherd
George Ravitch
Howard Lehman
Hamlin Woman
Nora Miller
Don
Hope Journal
Hope
Arkansas
Mansfield News-Journal
Outdoor Writer's Association of America
Outdoors Writer's Association of Ohio
Sportsmen
Better Fishing Inc
Chicago
Miller
Mansfield
Wellington Telephone Company
Kenneth Grose
Mabel Clark
Penfield
Myrtle Grose
General Motors
Western Reserve National Farm Loan Association
Broad St. Elyria, Ohie
East Main St
Ravenna
Conkey
Kane Implement & Supply
Elgris
DRY Cleaners
Broad ST
Rodeces Este
Kanerd
Elyria Fence &Implement Co
Oberlin Rd. and
West Ave
BABY
Wilford Hatchery
Oberlin Business
Farmers Supply
Farmer
Amherst
Harris Farm
Wynn
Hurst Service
Amherst Business
Ferguson
Bell City
Lorain
Beeton Tractor Sales & Service Cor
N. Ridge & Foster Park
Wakeman
Fred E. Graves
CE Salis Scientific
Firestone
Cedar
Farm Bureau Co-Op. Assn
Elyria Truck & Implement
Oberlin Rd
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