Average Cow Not Profitable Says Farm Economist
Ohio dairy economics show average cow produced 8,125 pounds of 4 percent milk and 325 pounds of butterfat to cover costs. At milk prices, feed, and labor costs, producing and hauling milk cost about 350 per cow, with feed 5 percent and labor 31 percent of costs. Average 12 month milk price was 4.32 per 100 pounds. some herds profitable below 8,000 pounds due to better management.
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Wooster
Ohio
R. H. Baker
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Stations
Dairy Farmers Urged To Care For Equipment
Dairy farmers and milk processors are urged to protect steel, nickel alloys, and tin equipment to avert metal shortages. Perry RK Ellsworth notes preemptive repairs, careful handling of milk cans, and proper cleaning can prevent losses. Brannan cites retinning and rapid reuse of cans as boosting steel use for defense. New Zealand has sprayed 5,000 acres of sheep land with cobalt to improve wool output.
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Perry RK
Ellsworth
Secretary of Agriculture
Charles F. Brannan
New Zealand
Fence Aids Milk Cost Solutions At Avers Farm
Richard Avers of Graytown Ottawa County works to curb rising milk production costs by rotating twenty milking cows and young stock across four pasture plots. County agent Fred Grimm visited to assist with a spittlebug issue while noting new alfalfa, clover, and timothy seeding and a four-plot rest cycle for optimal forage growth.
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Oak Harbor
Richard Avers
Graytown
Ottawa County
Fred T. Grimm
Avers
Oberlin to Host Sold Out Baseball Outing for Men
Oberlin Chamber of Commerce secretary Howard L. Rawdon reports all sixty tickets for a baseball game in Cleveland Thursday evening have sold. The all male Chamber event will feature two buses from Main Street for transportation.
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Howard L. Rawdon
Oberlin Chamber For Commerce
Cleveland
Chamber of Commerce
N Main Street
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Anderson
Gertrude Bryant
Zelima Baldon
Winnifred Howells
Lena Gerber
Vine Rebekah Lodge
Ladies’ Auxiliary Department
Order of Odd Fellows
Cincinnati
Ho- Wells
Nettie Schaeffer
Grandma Schaeffer
Amherst
Beaver Park
St. Joseph's Hospital
Lorain
Schaeffer
Neture Summers
Hollywood
Rowland Summers
Medina
Frank Griggs
Vermont
Summers
Emerson Crowe
Milwaukee
Wis
Minnie Malham
East Haven Rest Home
East Avenue
Elyria
Charles R. Cemings
Eugene Comings
Bryan
Ohio
David Doist
Patner Mayne
George Knoble
Robert Petty
George Smith
Harry Lee, Jr
Harry Shoell
Kurnable
Leonard Mohl
Robert M. Gibson
Pontiac
Mich
Daugter
Jocelyn Frances
Mr. Gibson
Ray M. Gibson
Newlyweds and Sedgeman's Home Furnishers in Oberlin
Newlyweds seek home furnishings and Sedgeman Furniture Co in Oberlin offers a wide range from kitchen equipment to living room and dining room furnishings. The store, owned by John Cochrayne, emphasizes quality, artistic value, and durable construction from reputable manufacturers with attractive prices for modern home needs.
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Sedgeman Furniture Co
Oberlin
John Cochrayne
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Sedgeman Company
Sedgeman’s
Gloria Mae Boise Weds Elyria Man in Wellington
Gloria Mae Boise, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Myron Boise, wed Philip Billman of Elyria in a July 3 ceremony at First Baptist Church Wellington. Dr. Howard G. Young officiated, with roses and hydrangeas adorning the altar. The bride wore a white net gown with a seven-tier hoop skirt, and her sister-in-law and sister served as attendants. After a brief honeymoon at the lake, the couple will reside in Wellington.
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Wemlingson
First Baptist Church
Wellington
Gloria Mae Boise
Myron E. Boise
Herrick Avenue East
Philip
Billman
East River Street
Elyria
Howard G. Young
Dorothy Baker
Max L. Boise
Mary Lou Boise
David K. Bilman
Donald R. Bullman
Public Square
Matsaret
Jeannette Warner
Massachusetts
East
Chester Wilczakk
Ontari
Levi King Lodge
Pulona
Ont
Karl ¢ Ison
Ohio State University
K. J. Ol‘sen
Barker Street
Lucine Hill
Harlan Dudley
South Main Street
Ella Walker
J. BE. Barnard
C. 4. Dudley
Stone
Oberlin
Ohio farmers urged to boost meat production incentives
An extension economist from Ohio State University said meat prices and farm incentives shaped 1945 1948 production patterns. He noted workers bought more meat per hour then, under price controls, while later gains reduced per hour purchases. Prices have since risen but the rate of improvement slowed.
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Omist
Columbus
Ohio State University
Mervin G. Smith
Smith
Pilot Halts Fire by Spotting Blaze at Kokomo Barn
Capt. Danny Hass, a Lake Central Airlines pilot en route to Chicago, reported flames after spotting smoke near a Kokomo, Indiana barn. Fire crews responded from Kokomo municipal airport and a township unit fought the blaze, but the barn of Joseph Harris was destroyed.
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Kokomo
Ind
Joseph Harris
Commercial Airlines
Danny Hass
Lake Central
Chicago
Pakistan Study Extension Team Arrives to Aid Ohio U Agricultural Effort
Five Pakistan natives four men and one woman arrived at Ohio State University last week seeking knowledge to help establish an agricultural extension service in Pakistan. They are accompanied by Karl Knaus of the U S Department of Agriculture Extension Service, who has worked on Pakistani programs. Pakistan currently has no extension service, but officials view its creation as vital to the country’s economic development. The group includes Mohammed Amin Bhatti Abdul Mubin Chowdhury Mrs Akhlaq Hussain Mohammed Said Khan and M H Sufi.
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Pakistan
Ohio
Columbus
Ohio State University
Karl Knaus
Extension Service
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Knaus
America
Mohammed Amin Bhatti
Abdul Mubin Chowdhury
Akhlaq Hussain
Mohammed Said Khan
M. H. Sufi
Postpone Field Day in Mahoning County Canfield
Poor field conditions at the Mahoning County Experiment Farm forced postponement of the field day from July 19 to September 13. The event will feature land leveling and bedding demonstrations at the farm south of town.
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Mahoning County
Canfield
Mahoning County Experiment Farm
Here
Conservation Practices Boost Yields Of Corn
In Champaign County, Ohio, corn yields rose by about 20 bushels for farms using the most cost effective conservation practices. R H Blosser and team at the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station compared two groups with similar soil, slope, and erosion, finding the high-yield group averaging 77 bushels.
High and low yield farming compared in rotated land
The high yield group averaged 50 bushels of corn per acre and 2 tons of hay while the low yield group produced 37 bushels of corn 25 bushels of wheat and 1.8 tons of hay per acre. Higher yield farms used 25 percent more fertilizer and one third more lime and practiced contour cultivation on about 25 percent of cropland.
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