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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1931
Page
3
Fragmentary report from Lorain County items describing alleged youths in Dayton and a rural incident. Names Freeman and an unnamed 16 year old are mentioned with a New Preston reference. The text is garbled and lacks coherent events or dates.
Ridgeville hatchery operator Louis Aurensan traces growth from 6000 to 50000 egg capacity since 1923 and credits sanitary practices and new blood testing for chick quality. He predicts lower chick and feed costs will boost poultry profits, with price improvements expected as fewer chickens are raised this year.
Lorain County Pomona Grange to convene March sixth at the new Gulf Road school with about 200 members from 14 subordinate Granges. An all day session is planned starting in the early morning with programs to run morning and afternoon.
Portsmouth report says Arthur Worthen, a Lancaster grocer, is charged with first degree murder in the death of his wife Maude. The defense contends Maude shot herself after reconciliation failed and the couple had separated.
Forty five Lorain County poultry raisers start March by following Ohio State University’s poultry calendar. Hens should lay seventeen eggs in March, up four from February and seven more than January. Two mash rations are outlined, with drinkers and feeding timing for chicks four to six weeks old, and guidance to separate cockerels from pullets and save early maturing cockerels for breeders.
The calendar lists district and local meetings across Lorain County including First Aid sessions at Columbia Town Hall and Eaton, farm women at Gulf Road School, Grange gatherings in Penfield Brownhelm Grafton Huntington and Wellington, plus a Pomona Grange session at Guil Road School. Also notes Elyria YMCA 1930 farm accounts keepers and a March 7 Pomona Grange event.
Plans for agricultural extension work in vegetable gardening for 1931 will start Monday as Ohio State University specialist O. W. Marlon arrives in Elyria for a conference with county extension agent Horton B. Alger. The program aims to help vegetable gardeners and greenhouse operators improve production and boost their business in other ways.
Orton B. Alger Lorain County agricultural extension agent will chair the district conference of northeastern Ohio in Cleveland. He will preside over the meeting and coordinate agricultural extension activities with local officials and farmers.
Lorain County farm women expand home accounts program with 105 enrolled, more than doubled since December. Record books separate expenses into 13 categories including life insurance food clothing and furnishings. Miss Alles Bird plans districting, bulletins, meetings, and a year end summary school amid beautification interest.
County extension agents from across the region will meet next Tuesday in Cleveland to discuss farm problems. Speakers will cover economics, club work, forestry, and leadership with talks on Economic Trends, A Forestry Program for Northeastern Ohio, A 4-H Forestry Program, Training Women in Subject Matter, and Practical Leadership program expectations. Ohio State University extension specialists will join county agents in the program.
Rural Lorain County will see enhanced home beautification this year as plans for the county agricultural extension service project are set to proceed, according to Miss Alice Bird, county extension agent. Efforts will organize several farm women groups across the county to cooperate on the project.
Two Dayton youths were held by authorities after an attempt to rob a Cincinnati drug store. The suspects were identified by James Meyer, the store clerk, as the incident unfolded on February 26.
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