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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1962
Page
9
Wooster hosts small fruits day at the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station on June 14. Dr. R G Hill chairs the program with tours starting at 9 30 am and continuing at 30 minute intervals. A midday lunch at 11 30 am precedes a 1 pm formal program featuring strawberry varieties blueberries insect control and herbicide cultural practices.
Twelve outstanding 4H Club members, six boys and six girls, win $4800 in college scholarships as national Achievement award winners. Winners announced during the National 4H Club Congress in Chicago November 25 to 29. State trip awards, Kennedy name awards, and future Washington reporting assignments noted.
Farmers Home Administration offers non farm tract loans to owners of rural tracts in areas with populations not exceeding 1200. Loans at four percent interest, repaid within up to 33 years, available to those unable to secure private credit. Used for housing related construction, repairs, and related facilities including water systems and driveways. Lorain County ASC offices route 113 Murray Ridge Elyria, hours 10 am to noon on first and third Tuesdays.
Lorain County farmers test a new strip processor method on five plots at the Raymond Simms farm Oberlin Road planted May 23. Thoburn notes one variable per plot to prove strip processing cuts prep time. OSU reports 5-7 extra bushels per acre on soil processed beds.
County Extension offers the leaflet Insect Control for Home Lawns Gardens and Ornamentals. It outlines preventive insecticide use, spray vs dust methods, and specific controls for aphids white grubs fleas mosquitoes and more with safety notes and guidance from the Agricultural Extension Office.
Harold Thoburn, local County Extension Agent, will receive a master of science degree in Agricultural Education from the Ohio State University Friday. He earned a bachelor’s degree in 1953 and taught vocational agriculture in Wellington from 1953 to 1958 before joining the county Extension service in February 1958. His thesis analyzed corn yields in relation to production practices on Lorain County plant population and nitrogen fertilizer use.
The article discusses switching to wilted low moisture silage from direct-cut forage, with moisture targets around 40 to 50 percent. It covers benefits such as reduced odors and no freezing, storage and equipment needs, optimal silo types, rapid filling, chop length of % inch or less, and cow acceptance in dairy rations.
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