Allotment notices mailed for 1939 Lorain farms
Lorain County farmers receive acreage allotment notices for the 1939 agricultural adjustment program. County chairman T. H. Breysey reports more farmers will participate than in prior years as community committees begin visits to explain allotments for corn, wheat, potatoes, and other crops. Revisions aim to help farmers stay within wheat allotments to qualify for price adjustment and conservation payments, with maps marking reclassifications and options for wheat disposal before May 20.
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Lorain County
County Agricultural Conservation Association
T. H. Brey Jey
Lorain
Breysey
Public Hearing Next Week On Bangs Disease Bill
In Columbus Ohio February 15 public hearings on an emergency Senate Bill to eradicate Bangs disease in cattle are expected next week. Sponsor Senator Ray Palmer Barnesville says administration will be through the State Department of Agriculture Division of Animal Industry and the US Department of Agriculture with Bureau of Animal Industry cooperation. The plan mirrors the tuberculosis program with compensation for condemned cattle two thirds the difference between appraised value and salvage plus sun paid by USDA. Ohio has borne the fight costs totaling about 2 250 000 over the last four years.
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Columbus
Ohio
Senate
Ray Palmer
Barnesville
State Department of Agriculture
Division of Animal Industry
US Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Animal Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
Bang
U. S Department of Agriculture
Ohio Farmers Face No Vehicle License for Tractors
Farmers in Ohio who drive tractors for farm work and occasionally pull a trailer on highways will not be required to license those tractors as vehicles. The rule applies to tractors used primarily for farming and not for general road use.
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Ohio
Farming Facts Worth Knowing
Summary of practical farm notes covering poultry brooding setups with wire screens and corrugated board fences, lamb finishing gains from Illinois experiments, pasture seed economics for brome grass in Kansas, grasshopper control by targeted baiting, trench silo cave-ins and drainage, hog rations comparing cheese meal to tankage, and phosphate sources comparing raw rock to superphosphate. Also includes soil erosion findings from Cornell potatoes plots, and a calf rearing plan from Pennsylvania stations emphasizing staged milk dilution, balanced grain mix, clover hay, and sanitary benefits.
Ohio Farm Bureau Agrees Tractor Retains Agricultural Status
Information from Edwin J Bath shows the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles after discussions with Bath and advice from the Attorney General confirms that a tractor pulling a trailer keeps agricultural status as of February 6 1939. The Bureau notified the State Highway Patrol and other police, and asked the Farm Bureau to inform tractor owners.
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Edwin J. Bath
Ohio Farm Bureau
Columbus
Bureau of Motor Vehicles
State of
Ohio
Bath
Attorney General
State Highway Patrol
Bureau of
Oratorical Contest Finals At Kent On Friday
The Ohio Intercollegiate Oratorical contest finals are set for Kent State University in Kent on Friday February 17 with events at 10:00 am 3:00 pm and 8:00 pm The finals feature orators from 13 colleges including Akron Baldwin Wallace Denison Heidelberg Kent State Kenyon Muskingum Ohio University Ohio Wesleyan Otterbein Wit tenberg and Wooster Each speaker presents a named oration and the list includes titles such as The Economic Color Line Echoes of Sacrifice The Forgotten Oath and The Defense That Will Defend
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Kent State University
Kent
Akron University
Herbert Bracken
Baldwin Wallace
Edwin Sroka
Capital
Ralph Piper
Denison
Ira Price II
Tom Mooney
Heidelberg
James Long
Kent State
Gordon Hostettler
Kenyon
Eric Hawke
Muskingum
Richard
Cooper
Ohio University
Stephen Fuller
Ohio Wesleyan
Qwen Nett
Otterbein
Ralph Ernsberger
Wittenberg
Davis Alingworth
Wooster
Richard Wallace
Tractor Use Sparks License Arrests for Farmers
After several farmer arrests for driving motor vehicles without license while using farm tractors to draw trailers, local courts have convicted individuals in related cases. The issue highlights legal requirements for operating motor vehicles on public roads and the need for proper licensing for tractor-drawn trailers.
Many Grangers Reach Higher Degrees in Grange Ranks
Grange officers report a growing interest as large numbers advance through degrees. Local units confer the first four, district Granges the fifth, State Grange the sixth, and the National Grange the seventh. About 265000 members have reached the sixth degree and 105500 the seventh. Golden Sheaf certificates were awarded to nearly 3000 members for 50 years of continuous membership, with 375 attaining it last year. Over 55000 members have Silver Star certificates for 25 years of continuous affiliation.
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Grange
Potmona
Orange
Seed Association Adds Members Increases 1938
Membership in the Ohio Seed Improvement Association rose by 156 during 1938, said Ralph Yost of Thornville, the president. The association's 28 inspectors conducted about 5,000 visits last year related to foundation seed stocks.
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The
Ohio Seed Improvement Association
Ralph Yost
Thornville
Yost
Parity Payments Apportioned For Farm Program
The agriculture department apportioned 212 million dollars in parity payments for 1939 AAA crops. Cotton, corn, wheat, and rice growers receive 64.578 million, 61.612 million, 64.113 million, and 1.696 million respectively, with rates 16 cents per pound for cotton, 6 cents per bushel for corn, 11 cents per bushel for wheat, and 12 cents per hundred pounds for rice. Tobacco payments are excluded as 1938 prices exceed parity. Sixty nine members planted 677 acres of Thorme wheat for 1939 inspection.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Meadow Mixtures Advise For Ohio Meant For Better Yields
C J Willard of the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station advises using an alfalfa clover timothy mix as the standard Ohio meadow blend. Across farms state wide this mixture outyields clover timothy and straight alfalfa, with strong second year returns and better stand resilience than timothy alone.
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Ohio
C. J. Willard
Department of Agronomy
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
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Pennsylvania
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Franklin Edelberge
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Hwittenberg
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Herbert R.sarcen
Stephen JA Fuller
Richard Cour
Muskingum College
Richard Walace
Otter
Wooster College
Seed Association
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Hudson
Broad Street
Hudson Country Club
Stang Motors
Elyria, Ohio
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