Farmers Fight Chinch Bug Threat To Lorain County Crops
Lorain County farmers wage a battle against the chinch bug threatening corn. A blaze started by Abbé Road farmers to burn bugs sparked a grass fire, drawing Elyria firefighters. Sheriff Dick urged dog owners to keep pets home as dust barriers and creosote efforts expand. Creosote supplies from federal and state allotments total 130 drums, with distribution prioritized. dust barriers and furrow traps help halt the infestation, which may persist until mid July.
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Lorain County
Abbé Road
Elyria
Boston Avenue
Abbe Road
Clarence Dick
Creosote Co
Hummel
Cleveland
Chicago
Ohio
T. H. Parks
Ohio State University Extension
Silver Slippers Rebd And Phie First Chapter Teaser
Joas Dudley vacationing with wealthy aunt Adelaide Delafield becomes engaged to twice her age Drew Hallam. Giles Armiger and Scripps loom as Anglophone tangle amid stormy island nights. Adelaide ejects Joan over Giles while Drew courts other loves. Chapter ends with cliffhanger as storm and memories stir.
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Reb&d Phie
Joas Dudley
Adelaide Delafield
Drew Hallam
Granitehead
Drew
Nency
Giles Armiger
Stephen Scripps
France
Scripps
Giles
Adelaide
Joan
Aunt Adelaide
Mrs. Delafield
Hallam
Specialist Advises on Removing Stains
Miss Edna Callahan of the Ohio State University extension service shares stain removing methods for a picnic season. To lift coffee stains she recommends folding the fabric over a bowl and pouring boiling water from height. repeat as needed, then lay the cloth in the sun to bleach while keeping the spot moist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayl
Margarida
Jose
Giles
Amelie
Amelia
Marganda
Amele
Conten
Edna Callahan
Ohio State University Extension Service
Javelle water and cucumber beetle control in gardens
Instructions describe making Javelle water from washing soda and chloride of lime for stain removal on cotton and linen, with cautions for silk or wool. The article then covers cucumber beetle biology and damage, plus control methods using dust or spraying, favoring calcium arsenate dust and a DIY applicator, plus notes on barium fluosilicate as a newer option, and cautions about gypsum compatibility.
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Jayelle
Ohio
Cucumber Beetles Threaten Ohio Crops This Season
Reports reach J. Houser, chief of the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station Department of Entomology, that cucumber beetles, especially the striped variety, may cause unusually severe damage to cucumbers, squashes, and melons across Ohio this year.
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Ohio
Houser
Department of Entomology
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
Insecticide Mixture Instructions for Dust Application
The text describes diluting a poison with lime or cheap flour at a ratio of one pound per four pounds of diluent. It recommends using a dust gun to apply the material and to follow the same treatment schedule as for calcium arsenate.
Lorain County Herd Association tops stateMay dairy report in Ohio
Lorain County herd owners reported 604 cows with 201 yielding over 40 pounds butterfat and 122 above 1 200 pounds milk in May. Harry Rowland’s mixed herd led under 15 cows with 50.6 pounds butterfat, and 1 402 pounds milk per cow. A C Cawise Holstein herd ranked fifth in milk and fourteenth in butter fat among larger herds. J C Wolcott’s grade Guernsey produced 93 pounds butterfat, a state third.
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Lorain
Harry Rowland
Lorain County Association
Rowland
Ohio
A. C. Cawise
J. C. Wolcott
Seven Million Trees Planted in Ohio This Spring
Ohio reports show more than 7 million trees planted this spring by workers in erosion camps conservation crews vocational agriculture students 4-H clubs and municipalities. County clubs and high school classes led the effort with Tuscarawas Coshocton Portage Trumbull and Washington counties contributing large totals.
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Ohio
FL W. Dean
Ohio State University
Marietta
Tuscarawas Country
Coshocton County
Portage County
Trumbull
Forestry Club
Washington County
Marietta High School
H.B. Vander Poel
Morgan County
Coshotton
Athens
Morrow County
Mt. Gilead
Penfield Grange Meeting Delayed To July Sixth
Penfield news notes a regular Penfield Grange meeting rescheduled to Friday evening July 6 due to the Fourth of July holiday. The item lists local visits and movements including Carl Wilson and family from Pullman Washington, Amy Ferriman’s trip to Los Angeles, Gilbert Betts visiting family in Boston, and Beesing family reunion attendees in LaPorte. Additional items mention Wayne Turner and Lucille Niskey visiting Goshen and Chicago, plus Tadpoles at the Xenia state fish hatchery going on the gold standard again.
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Penfield
Penfield Grange
Fairmiss
Lucille Niskey
Warne Turner
Litchfield
Chicago
Indiana
Donald Prentice
Kate Prentice
Elyria
Wilbur Newcomb
Walter Peck
Brighton
E. A. Mehirsch
Edna Thomas
Kirtland
Elmer Winkler
Ollie Tooth
Rolla Dague’s
Columbus, O
Xenia
Golden Tadpoles Highlight Albino Color Variations
T H Langlois chief of the Ohio Bureau of Fish Propagation notes tadpoles in a pool bred for fish food show color variation. Last year they were black with a gold tint reappearing this spring. He attributes differences to albinism and double recessives under genetic laws.
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T. H. Langlois
Ohio Bureau of Fish Propagation
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Gues
Ainslie
Raymond
Soviet Mercantile Marine
Washington
Carl Wilson
Pullman, Wash
Mr. Wilson
Elsie Wilcom
California
Amy Ferriman
Los Angeles
Calif
Ruth Herford
Gilbert Betts
U. S. Navy
Boston
Mass
Lawrence Betts
Hart Ferriman
Fred Prentice
Laverne Swartz
Wellington
Beesing
Hedges
LaPorte
A. L. DeFields
Wayne Turner
Goshen
Ind
Peter Aldrich
Lydia E. Pinkham
E. P. Clement, M. D
Elyria Savings & Trust
Elyria Sav. & Trust
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