Columbia Farmers Institute Season Opens in Lorain County
The 1939 Farmers Institute season begins in Lorain County with the Columbia Institute the first of seven in the month. Mrs. Forrest Bond of Geauga County and Thomas Fred Campbell of Van Wert County headline talks on investments, marketing produce, and rural values. The program runs Wednesday to Thursday with school programs, music, and a three act Acme Grange play concluding Thursday night.
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Farmers’ Institute
Lorain County
Columbia Farmers’Institute
Columbia Institute
Eaton
Brownhelm
Brighton
Henrietta
Huntington
Belden
Vegetable Growers’ Institute
Boyd
Campbell
Harold R. Landon
Columbia Baptist Church
J H Langdon
Institute
Willard Krause
Jann Q Farmer
Basdoo
DeForest Osborne
Alaska
Burg
Robert
Donald Harrington
Baptist Quartet
Thomas Hughes
Columbia Methodist Church
Arthur Lewis
Frances Fekert
Lf Hummel
Bs Campbell
Vocaturn
George Easles
Acme Grange
The
Columbia Irstitute
John Longborn
Nelson Walter
Pearl Chutchward
le Forest Osborne
Ralph King
Cora Mills
Peark Dunford
Lamb Feeders To Study Experiments Day Tour Planned
Lamb feeders will have a chance next Tuesday to study results of experiments at the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station Wooster. The Lamb Feeders Day and Tour is sponsored by the station the Ohio Agricultural Extension Service and the Wayne County Lamb Feeders Association. The morning program at 10 o’clock will include inspection and valuation of experimental lambs a talk by D S Bell on lamb feeding results and a talk on apoplexy in feeding lambs by Dr B H Edgington. The afternoon program will feature a tour of Wayne county feed facilities and related demonstrations.
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Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
Wooster
Ohio Agricultural Extension Service
Wayne County
Lamb Feeders’ Association
D. S. Bell
B H. Edgington
Modern garden tools and plant foods ease every task
A homespun guide notes how today’s garden supplies simplify gardening. From odorless, concentrated plant foods to easy pull garden tools and row markers, innovations replace old bone meal feeding and backbreaking labor. Modern seed sowing machines ensure evenly spaced rows and quick planting.
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Rip van Winkle
Lorain County Grower Trials New Thorne Wheat Variety
Reuben Aller of Brownhelm Teamship helps test Thorne wheat in Ohio under the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station. Seven commercial fields across state farms and Seed Improvement Association members reported excellent yields, with one field over 50 bushels per acre and multiple fields in the 42 to 48 bushel range. About 1,200 bushels of seed were distributed for 1938 certified seed production, with strict allotments. Thorne is a brown-chaffed red-kernel beardless wheat with stiff stems and disease resistance.
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Reuben Aller
Brownhelm Teamship
Ohio
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
Moller
Trumbull
Falhio
Thorne
Seed Improvement Association
Ohi
Ohio farmers feed hay crop silage. mixed results report
Ohio farmers produced unusually large hay-crop silage this year and are feeding it to cows and livestock. Reports to the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station at Wooster show some feeders enthusiastic, while others experience less favorable results.
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Ohio
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
Wooster
Under Paul Cum Meham Direction Tour Observations
Observers report on the tour led by Paul Cum Meham noting route choices, performance highlights, and logistical points. The summary reflects on pacing, audience reception, and potential improvements for future engagements.
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Lets
Paul Cummeham
Falls Pig Crop Bigger in Ohio for 1938
Ohio reports 1938 fall pig crop at 2,160,000 head, up 13 percent from 1937. Spring 1938 at 2,332,000 head. combined 4,492,000, up 10 percent. Largest since 1933. Pigs per litter 6.75. 1939 spring sow farrows at 398,000, up 17 percent. Nationwide fall crop up 18 percent. spring sow farrow expectations up 21 percent.
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Ohio
Federal State Crop Reporting Service
Post Department
North Central States
United States
Committee Plans Lorain Vegetable Institute Meeting
The committee organizing the annual Lorain Counts Vegetable Growers Institute will meet near Monday night to plan the February 9 and 10 event. Members include N. J. Hoskin Eaton Peter Nissen Avon L. R. B. Keller Elyria Theodore Peak Avon Walter McAllister Sheffield Joseph Gerhart Ridgeville and Stanley Wolf Avon.
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Lorain Counts Vegetable Growers’ Institute
N. J. Hoskin
Eaton
Peter Nissen
Avon
L. RB. Keller
Elyria
Theodore Peak
Walter McAllister
Sheffield
Joseph Gerhart
Ridgeville
Stanley Wolf
Hay Crop Silage Training Notes for Ohio Farmers
The Dairy Department of the Experiment Station invites Ohio farmers to share experiences with hay crop silage. Reports should include crop type, cutting date, curing time, additives, silo type, leakage, silage quality, spoiled material, feeding results, and livestock fed. Reports highlighting unsatisfactory results are especially welcome to guide next year’s recommendations.
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Ohio
Dairy Department
Hybrid Corn School Opens At Columbus
Lorain County hybrid corn producers will attend the fourth Ohio School for Producers and Distributors of Hybrid Seed Corn at Ohio State University. The event runs today through Friday with a third day added for extra information. The second annual meeting of the Ohio Hybrid Seed Corn Producers Association will be held in connection with the school.
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Lorain County
Columbus
Ohio School For
Ohio State University
Ohio Hybrid Seed Corn Producers Association
China to Ship Tea Worth Nearly Three Million to Russia
Under a new charter agreement, China will export tea valued at about 2.9 million dollars to Russia over the next year. The deal involves unspecified quantities and arrangements, highlighting growing trade links between the two nations in the tea sector.
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China
Russia
Records Show Good Farming Job Pays
Farm records analyzed by F L Morison of the Ohio Experiment Station show that farms maintaining soil produced higher incomes. A survey of 100 Clinton county farms found those preserving soil in three main areas earned about 5 percent more income, with less corn land and more livestock and legumes in the eastern sector.
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F. L. Morison
Department of Rural Economics
Ohio Experiment Station
Clinton County
Ohio State University
Ohio
Announcement party for Arlene Campbell in New Oberlin
Loretta Webber and Florence Schuster attended, with twenty guests at the Campbell home. Bunco gave high score to Marguerite Glider. Lunch served on silver trays. Also notes birth of Elmer Brown and Ruth Burkhart's granddaughter, and various social visits. Lambeth Walk becomes popular in Bombay.
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NEW Oberlin
Loretta Webber
Florence Schuster
Arlene Campbell
Leslie Sheffield
Campbell
Bunco
Marguerite Glider
F. C Brown
Toledo
Elmer Brown
Elmer
Ruth Burkhart
and Mirs
F. J. Schmitz En
Clinton County Lamb Growers Profit From Graded Sales
Clinton County farmers have marketed 23 522 graded lambs in six years at about one cent a pound above Cincinnati market on same days. Top two grades set national price records on most sale days and a July lot of 180 lambs dressed 53.4 percent. The program began seven years ago with flock owners and Walter L. Black, county agricultural agent, focusing on purebred rams, better flock management, and consistent grading to capture premium prices.
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Clinton County
C. W. Hammans
Ohio State University
Cincinnati
United States
Hammans
Walter L. Black
Farming Facts and Yields From the Maine and Midwest
The Maine Experiment Station details a double deck laying house with insulation and ventilation for pullets kept indoors for life. Iowa reports over 100 bushels per acre in a ten acre corn contest won at 135. South Dakota notes turkeys respond to wet mash feed. wax coatings extend shelf life for vegetables and fruit. Heisman farm in Ohio adapts soybean and wheat rotations with three soy varieties planted to stagger harvest.
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Maine Experiment Station
Keokuk County
Iowa
J. H. Greiner
Heismans
Wyandot County
Ohio
Wisconsin Rancho
Nebraska cows warms: wintering beef calves turn hay profit
The Nebraska Experiment Station notes that wintering good quality beef calves on alfalfa hay and corn silage is a profitable use of surplus hay and silage. If calves cost 8 cents per pound in fall and rise a cent by spring, hay and silage costs yield break even at $15 per ton for hay and $5.60 per ton for corn silage. better outcomes require stronger gains. Do not use poor quality calves or extend past summer. either sell in spring or finish on pasture.
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Nebraska
Twenty Thousand Pilots Plan Draws Public Debate
The piece questions a Roosevelt era proposal to train 20,000 pilots annually through universities under the National Youth Administration. It argues the plan risks militarizing the civilian economy, strains aircraft and maintenance resources, and may misallocate trained personnel while fearing an arms race with foreign powers. It criticizes naval aviation promotion and warns of squandered taxpayer funds.
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Mr. Roosevelt
National Youth Administration
NYA
Aubrey Williams
WPA
Civil Aeronautics Authority
United States
Latin America
Canada
Army
Navy
America
United States Army
Washington
Antuopolis
Annapolis
Millicens
Planes scheme criticized as deceptive political hype
The writer denounces a 13,000 planes plan as a device for internal political gain that inflates war hysteria without any real war threat or invasion risk, labeling the proposal wholly deceptive and politically motivated.
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Copyright Ledger Syndicate
Morning Glory Club Holds Homemaking Meeting At Avon
Mrs J J Weiler hosted the Morning Glory Club at her Avon home on Saturday. The gathering featured a lively blrg 4 game session followed by lunch. The group will meet again in two weeks at the home of Mr and Mrs Lawrence Heckel.
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AVON
J J Weiler
Morning Glory
Lawrence Heckel
Horwedel Family New Year Dinner Hosts
Mrs Frank Horwedel hosted a six o'clock New Year’s Day dinner with Mr and Mrs George Horwedel and family Mrs Y Wred Horwedel and family Mr and Mrs Al Horwedel and family Mrs Joe Conrad of Avon Mr and Mrs Ralph Horwedel and family of Elsha and Mrs Laura Kriebel of Sheffield.
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Frank Horwedel
George Horwedel
Y Wred Horwedel
al Horwedel
Joe Conrad
Avon
Ralph Horwedel
Elsha
Laura Kriebel
Sheffield
Ladies Aid Plan Missionary Program at Schenck Home
The Ladies Aid of the Baptist Church will be entertained by Mrs. Walter Schenck and Mrs. William Menges at the Schenck home on Walker Road Thursday. A missionary program will be presented.
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Ladies Aid of the Baptist Church
Walter Schenck
William Menges
Schenck
Walker Road
Local guests visit the Chester home on Monday
Mr and Mrs Albert Chester hosted guests including Mr and Mrs Raymond Barres with children from Elyria, Mr and Mrs Archie Chester from Rocky River, and Mr and Mrs Milton Taft from Cleveland.
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Albert Chester
Raymond Barres
Elyria
Archie Chester
Rocky River
Mitton Taft
Cleveland
Social Visits and Church Outing in Cleveland Area
Mr and Mrs Frank Dickering and Mr and Mrs Harry Hubberd with son Donald hosted Earl Pickering’s family in Cleveland. Miss Marjorie Walker attended Watch Night service at Houga Avenue Baptist Church. The Strong and Beardsley families visited R A Chester. Jean Date spent weekend with Andrew Mittendorf. D R Moore hosted family dinner Sunday. G T Jenkins hosted Alfred Barnes and Emma Handler Avon Lake. Air Webb family Stella Buswell Avon Lake. Anetta Meinke and James Hewitt Elyria visited Tuesday.
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Frank Dickering
Myr
Harry Hubberd
Donald
Earl Pickering
Cleveland
Marjorie Walker
Houga Avenue Baptist Church
M E Strong
Amanda Beardsley
Eaton
R. A. Chester
Jean Date
Andrew Mittendorf
D. R. Moore
G. T. Jenkins
Alfred Barnes
Emma Handler
Avon Lake
Air
Ed Webb
Stella Buswell
Anetta Meinke
James Hewitt
Elyria
Christmas Day Visits and Family Gatherings listed
Mr and Mrs Otto Kiesler of Sheffield hosted Christmas Day with Mr and Mrs Charles McCarty and family. Guests included Mrs Viola Kiesel and boys. Hurd entertained a family dinner with multiple relatives from Elyria and Baltimore. Arnold Keller of Morgantown and L H Keller with Ruth were guests of Mr and Mrs Elmer Keller and Frances Keller.
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Paul Lane
Baltimore
Maryland
George Kiser
Elyria
Arnold Keller
Morgantown
West Virginia
L. H. Keller
Ruth
Frances Heckel
Elmer Keller
Christmas Visits and School Party Reported
The article lists numerous holiday visits among local families in Florence Ohio Kipton Olmsted Falls and Morgantown WV including Mr and Mrs William Gerrick Mr and Mrs Lyman Hurd Miss Florence McCarty and Miss Marian Knapp and the M E Church Sunday School teachers hosting a Christmas party for about thirty children featuring cookies cocoa and Christmas candy. Arnold Keller spent Christmas at home and then returned to Morgantown West Virginia.
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Clara Keller
William Gerrick
Florence
Ohio
E. H. Hurd
Lyman Hurd
Kipton
Paul Lane
L. H. Keller
Baltimore
Mad
Florence McCarty
Cleveland
Charles McCarty
D. C. Hurd
Lorain
Ray Smith
Olmsted Falls
T. M Baldwin
Marian Knapp
Baldwin
M. E. Church
E A. White
Edith Hurlbut
Frankie Reese
Edith White
John Harnish
Arnold Keller
Morgantown
West Virginia
Nominating committee meets in Wakeman notes
Wakeman Young Republican Club's nominating and entertainment committee met Thursday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hoyton on Pleasant Street. Sarah Bailey, daughter of Clarence and Mrs. Bailey, has been appointed to the personnel department of the unemployment commission office in Norwalk by the State Commission office. Miss Bailey stood highest in the Civil Service exam for clerk. Helen O'Brien was a recent guest of Jane Wright in Collins.
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Wakeman
Young Republican Club
Robert Hoyton
Pleasant Street
Sarah Bailey
Clarence Bailey
Unemployment Commisse
Norwalk
State Commission Office
Miss Bailey
Helen O'Brien
Jane Wright
Collins
Winnen Home Engagement Party Announces Daughter’s Betrothal
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Winnen hosted an open house on Christmas Eve revealing daughter Margaret Winnen’s engagement to Edward Ternamsky of Cleveland. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dalton and daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gerber, Mr. and Mrs. Dell Byron, Mr. and Mrs. Rupert Bohn and son, Mr. and Mrs. Thad Centoben and daughter, Beatrice and Francis Winnen, and Edward Ternamsky. The following day the Winnen family entertained Mr. and Mrs. Francis Winnen and Beatrice Winnen of Cleveland.
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Fred Winnen
O Pen House
Margaret
Edward Ternamsky
Cleveland
Mer
Henry Dalton
Robert Gerber
Dell Byron
Rupert Bohn
Wakeman
Thad Centoben
Beatrice
Francis Winnen
Creomulsion Ad Urges Quick Cough Relief
A three days cough warning precedes an advertisement for Creomulsion claiming it reaches the seat of trouble, soothes inflamed mucous membranes, and loosens phlegm. It offers a money back guarantee if not thoroughly satisfied and directs to ask for Creomulsion by its single name.
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Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau Cooperative Association
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India
Willard Bolte
Gornbelt
Rhode Island
Broadcasting
Alfalfa
H. F. Williams
Huron County
South Dakota
Maine
Is Boake Carter
Europe
John McSwain
House
Boake Carter
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West Side Lumber & Coal Company
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