It's Time To Stock Freezer for Winter Food Preservation
Local guide urges start of freezing to capture fresh fruits and vegetables. Locker plants like Keighley and Son in Oberlin provide storage and supplies for preserving produce, with strawberries asparagus rhubarb and upcoming cherries beans peas and more. The piece notes home freezers and locker storage, along with packaging materials and storage tips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Keighley
Son
Oberlin
Reiphleys
Farm Briefs Senate-passed farm loan bill heads to House
Senate unanimously approved a bill to reverse the Agriculture Department decision to raise disaster farm loan interest from three to five percent. Democratic senators renewed their attacks on Agriculture Secretary Ezra Taft Benson who defended the increase. Senator Paul Douglas criticized the move as showing the secretary’s affection for farmers.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Senate
House
Ezra Taft Benson
Paul Douglas
Democra
Douglas
Drainage Pointers from Ohio State Expert
Ohio State agr extension engineer Virgil Overholt urges farmers to create permanent drainage plans and record them in farm books. He notes 15 percent of Ohio tile work replaces aging tile and explains standard and extra quality tiles and tests for load strength. He also cites open ditches for surface water and warns against weak tiles. In Chicago, Standard Oil reports nearly 25,000 more part owners as stockholders rise from 110,000 to 122,100 in ten years.
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Columbus
Ohio
Virgil Overholt
Ohio State University Agricultural Extension
Chicago
Corn Planting Nears Finish Across Corn Belt Regions
The report notes 200 drought emergency counties across six states and New Mexico. Planting is largely complete with northern areas ahead of schedule and southern regions catching up. Moisture is plentiful overall, though eastern Nebraska and parts of Iowa, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin face dryness. Wheat oats and corn viability are strong, while baby chick hatchings drop due to low egg prices.
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Washington
Sierra
Sidalgo
New Mexico
ITNSI
Europe
Agricus
Lausanne
Switzerware
Tlingis
Southernland
Indiana
Kentucky
Amsterdam
Missouri
Minnesota
Iowa
Dimois
Ohio
Nebraska
South
Dakota
Wisconsin
Illinois
Milan Brothers switch from vegetables to beef cattle
The Kaiser Brothers of Milan switch from intensive vegetable growing to beef cattle farming. Albert, William, and Herbert began in 1927 with 60 acres, shifting much land to meadow and green manure then expanding to about 600 acres. They bought 15 purebred cows and one bull to start a registered herd, planning a larger beef program as part of a broader farm shift.
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Kaiser Brothers
Milan
Albert
William
Herbert
Erie County
Cuyahoga County
Rie
HyuoLe
Amanure
Iis
Gop Sen
Jonn J Williams
Del
Kaiser
Prain Larare
Kaiser’s
Harford
June Brings Horde Of Bugs and Parasites
Washington says wheat price support policy fuels surplus as Secretary Benson pushes repairs. County agent Leidheiser warns June insect and parasite outbreaks affect lawns, gardens, and crops. recommends sanitation, malathion, lindane, DDT, and other control measures for a wide range of pests. The Kaiser Brothers’ farm details include herd bulls, 70 grade cows, alfalfa pasture, and irrigation from the Huron River behind a farm elevator for feed processing.
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Washington
INS
Milton R. Young
N. D
Young
Senate
North Dakotan
Ezra Taft
Lorain County
Benson
Kansas
Paul Leidheiser
New Castle
Leidheiser
Larry Domino
Cleveland
Kaiser Brothers
Sorghum Use May Increase On Ohio Farms
Forage and grain sorghums may find wider use on Ohio farms this year says agronomist J. L. Parsons of the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station. Forage types help as emergency pastures while both types can be used where corn acreage is restricted. Planting timing depends on soil temperatures. sudangrass is the common sorghum for hay or pasture. A circular on forage and grain sorghums is available by writing to the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station Wooster.
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Ecg
John Dawson
Jodi Daca i
Law Altoseph Jones
TonesgialiHac
Wilafeint
Axford Sr
Ralph Reid
Ford
L Beinbridge
Llam
Ohio
Avon Lake
Parsons
Oia
Ohio Agricultural ‘Experiment Station
Wooster
Berlin Heights Announces New School Faculty Hire
Berlin Heights Miss Barbara Sprow, a 1953 Berlin Local School graduate, will join the faculty in the fall after two years of college and teaching training at Berlin. The annual Berlin H clubs paper drive is set for June with proceeds aiding Kelleys Island improvements. about 40 club members plan township visits on June 17.
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Berlin Heights
Barbara Sprow
Berlin
Kelleys Island
United States Leads in Paper Consumption per Capita
The United States uses more paper and paperboard than any nation, with per capita consumption near 800 pounds annually. Since wood entered widespread paper production about 75 years ago, pulpwood use has risen sevenfold.
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Washington
United States
American Forest Products Industries, Inc
Test Cattle Exhibited At Beef Day
More than 250 beef cattle will be on exhibit at Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station on June 10 for the annual Ohio Beef Cattle Day. Visitors will hear results of tests and view a hormone study boosting growth, guided by Station staff. Dr. T W Dowe of the University of Nebraska will discuss dry lot feeding from range to slaughter. Dr. T S Sutton will give the welcoming address. Tours of cattle barns start at 10 am EST. Wayne County grange unit will serve lunch.
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Wooster
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
Ohio
Amyother
T. W. Dowe
University of Nebraska
T. S. Sutton
Colmbus
Sutton
Ani
India
FDA
Robert C. Haigler
Bloomingberg
Wayne County
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Keighley
H. W. Keighley and Son Locker Plant
Oberiln
Overholt
Lagrange Business
Shaw
Lagrange Implement CO
Main St
Lagrange
Universal
Oberlin, O
Allis-Chalmers
ALLIS
Chalmers
Houghton
Noute 38
Oberlin Business Firms
Delaval Pipe
Farmers Supply
Main Street
H. W. Reighley & Son, Inc
N. Ridgeville
Oberlin, D
Quugmat
Alfred Foote
Milan Brothers
George L. Zeis
Diazi
Lerdheiser
Amherst
Avene
Ann Arbor. Mich
Donald Knapp
Knapp
Faurs Garden Center
Center Ridge U.S
Elyria
Fields
WSCS
Betty Hinman
Berlin Agts
Elyria Business
Lorain County Tractor Sales
Oberlin Road
Farm Bureau
Ranger
RED
Co-Op Assn
Grafton
Elevate Bales
Kane Implement & Supply CO
Ruone
Srg
Oderlin Ra
Ors Deere Rey m
LE Equipment
Farm Tire
Yonur Community Center
Wisconsin Motors
Earle Stampa
Pitts
Elgris
Elyria Implement Co
Oliver
Oc-3
Elyria Fence & Implement Co
West Avenue
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