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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1963
Page
11
Cleveland meteorologist Harold Burke reports 9.96 inches of rain in January to June 1963, 8.5 inches below normal, the driest half-year since 1895. Columbus forecaster Howard Kenny notes 15.67 inches for January to June, about five inches below normal, threatening hay wheat barley and fruit crops.
Local farm desks deliver notes on crops livestock and market moves with a focus on Lorain area farming life. The page sketches seasonal tasks and community voices shaping the rural economy.
State conservationist Raymond S. Brown says soil conservation is a puzzle with improving pieces as drought highlights problems. He notes five million acres need treatment for excess water and half a million face flooding, with practices like drainage, land smoothing, ponds, and terraces key to safeguarding soil resources.
Farm couple in Hutchinson report a piglet nursed with whiskey and aspirin grew to a 350 pound sow who then killed her first nine newborn pigs. After two births the sow killed again and the family saved nine piglets. A relative sow adopted the litter and they plan to send the killer sow to a packing house.
SCS backs safe farms. Ohio Soil Conservation Service employees plan National Farm Safety Week observance July 21 to 27, 1963. Raymond Brown notes a presidential proclamation urging united effort to cut farm home and highway accidents and outlines inspection, correction, and protection steps.
Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman canceled a rule requiring county Agricultural Stabilization Committee members to pledge support for farm programs. The move follows Republican criticism that the pledge was a loyalty oath. The pledge would focus on duties and program adherence, with exact wording to be finalized.
Ohio Farm Bureau official says voluntary wheat legislation remains likely with bipartisan support in Congress. D. R. Stanfield notes bills introduced in both houses and expects a simple voluntary measure to pass. He adds the Kennedy administration may reconsider if the proposal aligns with farmer desires.
Area farmers can watch Channel 3 at 7 30 a m Saturdays for a series of agricultural films. The lineup includes The Hereford Story July 20 Watch Out for Witch Heritage Restored July 27 Along the Milky Way August 3 a dairy farming documentary.
The National LP-Gas Market Development Council asks replacing chemical weed killers with liquefied petroleum gas flaming to reduce wildlife harm and human health risks. They cite incidents from 1954 to 1969, note rising pesticide legislation, and describe flaming gear and its suitability for 30 crops, with 15,000 farmers using it last year.
Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman heads to Russia for an 18 day visit. He urges talks on six month or longer research team exchanges and plans to study agricultural practices and entomology advances while sharing U S farming abundance and surplus food relief. Freeman notes recent Soviet agricultural changes and aims to tell Russians about American agriculture.
Former bootblack Irving J Bottner offers tips for bootblacks to earn bigger tips. The article outlines USDA roles from ASCS acreage controls and price supports to CCC financing FCIC insurance, FSA credit, REA loans, and rural development leadership aimed at agricultural growth and national defense.
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