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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1972
Page
2
Local briefs from Elyria Ohio dated Monday July 31 1972 note community events and notices. Details include civic items and short reports affecting residents in the area.
A wife reflects on fifteen years of marriage marked by lively disagreements and a long running remodeling dispute. She recalls her mother’s warning about her husband’s stubbornness, notes a porch versus garage clash, and concludes the couple will resolve the issue as love endures despite tensions.
Donna Diedrick, daughter of Carl and Gladys Diedrick, becomes FPCA clerk-typist at 42670 Telegraph Rd. She studied accounting at Lorain County Community College and will move to full time after June 1973 graduation. FPCA staff, including Gladys Giese and Gil Baker, report 288 loans totaling over 3 million dollars as of June, with office hours 8:30 to 4:30 weekdays.
Lorain County dairy tour set for Wednesday will showcase farms with unique operations and structures. Art Blackwell says the tour aims to acquaint farmers with feeding programs, facilities, equipment and overall dairy management differences. Specialists include Dr. Donald E. Pritchard and Howard Showalter with Samuel Bone among others.
Midview High School student Terry Hales will join about 1,000 youths at the American Institute of Cooperation Institute at the University of Iowa Ames Iowa. Sponsored by area cooperatives Farmers Cooperative Supply LaGrange Ripton Elevator Lorain County Farm Bureau Cooperative and the Extension agronomist OSU the trip follows competitive tests and interviews. The tour includes Firelands Farms Wayne Dalton farm Jim Sheffield farm and Don Seabold farm with visits to dairies silos parlors waste systems and a free stall barn. Agencies involved include Cooperative Extension Service Lorain County Soil and Water Conservation District ASCS Oberlin Savings Bank.
Medina County 4 H and FFA schedule a baby beef sale at the Medina County Fair with 95 head entered. The beef show starts at 3 p m and the sale of Black Angus and Hereford cattle begins at 7 30 p m on Thursday. Over 25 market pigs and 35 lambs are listed for sale, with slaughter arrangements set with local butchers.
The Agriculture Department seeks to redefine what counts as country or country-style ham. Proposals call for at least 18 percent weight shrinkage and 4 percent salt content, with each maker submitting labeling plans for federal approval and a public comment period open until September 11.
LaGrange Tractor Sales promotes New Holland hay gear and Case tractors with a seven month free interest offer. Advert reads Case 1370 and 304 cubic inch turbo engine 140 PTO hp plus seven hp garden tractor and New Holland Super 717s forage chopper. Demonstrations available Monday through Friday and Saturday mornings at 301 LaGrange.
Farmers should inspect alfalfa fields for leafhopper damage warns Floren James Erie County agricultural agent Several counties report severe damage in second cuttings with young stands most at risk Wet cool weather slows leafhoppers but hot days can worsen the outbreak James recommends methoxychlor spraying when needed
Jean Lambert in Winnipeg shuns apples as cannibalistic but for ten years has shaped them into small dolls. The fruit dries naturally for three to four weeks and faces are formed by gentle pressure during the drying period. In Milford Township Michigan a 4 year old Arabian mare named Mucata gave birth to twin colts, an event experts say occurs in one in 500,000 equine births.
Representatives from state and local government invited to Lorain County Farm Bureau dinner on Aug 10 at 7 30 p m in North Eaton Church of Christ Rt 82. Kenneth Spiegelberg, policy chair, says the purpose is to help members develop policies for the coming year and discuss pressing Lorain County problems.
The National Geographic Society notes fewer, larger farms shape today’s American agriculture. Since 1929 farm numbers fell from 6.5 million to 2.7 million, average size rising from 147 to 389 acres, while dairy cattle and sheep declines continue. Americans on farms drop to about 1 in 21, with market trends and efficiency shifting livestock nationwide.
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