Area 4-H clubs organize cookie drive for Vietnam service men
Oberlin 4-H groups report multiple service projects including cookies for Vietnam servicemen and aiding with the poppy sale. Meetings at East Oberlin Community Church featured demos by members. officers include president Vickie Fridenstine and secretary Valerie Smith.
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Vietnam
Oberlin
East Oberlin
Barbara Bickel
Christina Wright
Vickie Fridenstine
Audrew Smith
Cindy Wright
Sally Billingsley
Valerie Smith
Denise Prest
Susan Husted
Janet Husted
Christine
Bees Favor Plastic Hives Over Wood Say Researchers
Alberta scientist Dr G A Hobbs reports alfalfa leaf cutter bees prefer lightweight plastic hives to wooden ones. The bees show better work discipline and happiness in pastel plastic nests painted with symbols. Mice may chew plastic if hives are stored unprotected.
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Letheridge
Alberta
UPI
G A Hobbs
Canadian Agriculture Research Station
Fragrance of Bones and a Mountain Walk in Kentucky Valleys
A narrator and sister-in-law travel on foot through Kentucky hills visiting weathered cottages, fields, and small farms. They meet residents imparting simple wisdom and local color, observe a gardener couple, and climb a valley road to an azalea bloom seen as a rare beauty. The piece reflects on rural life and the resilience of mountain families amid aging roads and abandoned mills.
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Kentucky Hills
Kentucky
Max
Virginia
Alice
Rabbits Damage Young Ohio Trees Across State
Ohio fruit trees and landscape plants suffer girdled trunks and chewed lower branches from rabbits and other rodents. Horticulturist D Utzinger of Ohio State University Extension notes girdled trees may die unless bridge grafts are made. Wrap trunks in foil or fence with hardware cloth to prevent damage and coat exposed bark with asphalt compound after grafts.
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Columbus
UPI
Ohio
Ohio State University
Dames D Utzinger
Osls Extension Service
Utzinger
Uivingor
Farm Bureau Shifts Meeting Time in Lorain County
Lorain County Farm Bureau Correlating Committee moves tonight’s meeting to 3 30 PM to allow farmers extra field time. Reports on Milky Way Dessert and Dog Clinic by Mrs Austin Fish. James Bucks will discuss current legislation items. Members will vote on a candidates night in October.
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Lorain County Farm Bureau
Lewis Meyer
Austin Fish
Women's Committee
James Bucks
Cattle Roots in Venezuela Trace Back to 16th Century
The Venezuelan cattle population descends from a small group brought by Cristobal Rodriguez from Santo Domingo in 1548 to establish the first ranch. The founders’ ancestors were carried by Columbus from Europe to Santo Domingo in 1493, shaping early stock through centuries.
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San Luis
Venezuela
Crstobal Rodriguez
Santa Domings
Columbus
Eureape
Santo Domingo
Livestock Clinic Held at Medina County Fairgrounds
A 4-H livestock fitting and showing clinic will be held at the Medina County Fairgrounds on June 6 at 9am for Lorain Medina and Ashland county members. Medina Extension Service sponsors sessions on fitting and showing beef swine goats poultry and rabbits to aid in preparing livestock projects. Members may bring sheep and use services such as shearing drenching over-eating foot trimming for a nominal fee.
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Lorain Medina
Ashland Counties
Medina County Fairgrounds
Medina County Extension Service
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James A. Rhodes
Chronicle-Telegram
Janice Arthrell
Miss Prisste
Jim Sheffield
Hallover Road
Pittsfield Township
Axtel Sunbonnets
Huron Happenings Club
Floren James
Rounders 4-H Club
Vermilion
Mike Tom
James Knoll
Erie County Fairgrounds
Jim Pember
Marty Whitney
Fred Lewis
Camden Plow Boys
Vets Park
LaGrange Sod Busters
Jim
Tom Denes
Ridgeville Rock
Ettes
Rita Urig
Ford Good Auctioneer
Sevite
Creston Poultry &Egg Auction
Allis-Chalmers
GEHL
Brady Feed Grinders
Mathews
Jim Scheafer
Belden
Eda
Lorox
Kipton Elevator Ass'n
Hobbs
Murray Ridge Road
Dyvanmite
Ligrange Tractor Sales
Pat Leimbach
Department of Local Color
Crne
Farm Bureau
Farmers Land Bank
Medina
New White Oliver
Seth
Optra Satiyi
Elyria Industrial Equipment
4-H
Harold K Thoburn
Medina County Agriculture Extension
NSIT
Industrial & Farm Buildings Inc
Amherst
Creston
Efren
Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center
Farm Bureau Cooperatives
Huron Street
Gyria
Grafton
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