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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1938
Page
20
News From The Farm World advises silage as a weather safe hay alternative with moisture targets of 65 to 75 percent. It notes two practical methods molasses addition or no additive, detailing molasses per ton by crop and stressing cutting only capable to ensile in half a day.
The National 4-H Canning Contest marks its tenth anniversary with alternate state winners receiving a 25-quart pressure retort. Over 225,000 girls and about 1,000 boys are enrolled this season, expected to produce 8,000,000 jars for home use and exhibition.
Claude R Wickard director of the AAA North Central Division told 125 Greenville area farmers that exports get less attention this year as grain prices fall. He noted last year’s debate claimed imports would ruin farmers and prosperity would rise with higher exports.
An old newspaper ad claims a woman’s pimples and eczema harmed her employment prospects. The copy touts Peterson's Ointment as quick relief for external skin blemishes, promising money saving and better skin with a five cent price.
Obed Hussey, an Ohio inventor, publicly demonstrated the reaper at Carthage near Cincinnati on July 2 1833 as the first patent holder for a grain cutting machine. The article notes Hussey and Cyrus McCormick worked in parallel with early models built in Cincinnati and Virginia, later expanding to Chicago and beyond, with Hussey’s early innovations like the rake seat and open-top finger shaping modern cutter bars.
Three Chicopee schoolboys hiking Rockrimmon hill overturned a discarded car hood and killed a large rattlesnake they found inside. The incident occurred near Springfield.
Wickard argues Ohio farmers will judge if export surpluses cover taxes interest and running costs from April 1938 data showing corn exports exceed imports by large margins. He notes grain imports are for special uses not desired by farmers and that pork exports exceed imports by fourfold, with tariffs unlikely to boost farm prosperity.
Safety director Harry M. Pontious of the Ohio Farm Bureau warns farming remains dangerous as agriculture, employing about 23 percent of workers, accounts for 23 percent of occupational deaths. He cites machinery as a leading cause and urges nationwide safety programs and rural welfare awareness.
The Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station Wooster outlines a July 28 Poultry Day with a five part forenoon program including 14 attractions and a nationwide 1130 a m broadcast The event encourages early arrival around 8 to 830 am to catch all activities plus a post lunch afternoon schedule tied to the pre anniversary World's Poultry Congress celebration.
Cedar rust is abundant in northern Ohio and common in the south. The fungus alternates between cedar and apple hosts, needing two years to complete its life cycle. Separation of apples and cedars by at least a mile is the recommended control, as sulfur sprays offer limited protection.
State forestry official R Paton of the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station urges mulching newly planted shrubs and evergreens. He says mulch around the plants to conserve moisture temper soil and add fertility, recommending manure as a fertile option while keeping it away from foliage. A 2 to 3 foot mulch circle is advised with annual renewal.
A crane colony inhabits the Jumbo Woods marshland 15 miles southeast of Conneaut. Within 100 feet there are 14 nests cradled in the top branches of tall trees. The nests are rough basket like structures.
Residents attended the annual cattle and horse sale at Kedron Ohio on Thursday. Family and friends gathered Sunday for dinners visits and card club at multiple homes including the Armbruster and Kaufman households. Notables Frank Stephenson attended a veterans convention in Cleveland.
In Illinois, smooth brome grass outperformed other pasture grasses in yield and vigor. It stayed green into fall, grew taller than sheep in trials, and began pasture earlier than bluegrass, with annual thickening growth noted. Indiana strawberries yield near one million dollars yearly, with practices boosting production. Fulghum oats gave way to Columbia oats in Missouri after a single plant’s resilience, with Columbia leading when planting is late.
Growers shield cabbage and cauliflower seedlings from flea beetles and cabbage maggot using 50-mesh cheesecloth to cover seedbeds per Penn State experiments. When screening fails, apply freshly ground tobacco stem dust around young plants, blowing dust into cracks and repeating every five days for three applications.
The water ration in dairy cows and young stock will be deficient in calcium and phosphorus unless the hay has at least 5 percent good legumes and the grain ration includes at least 20 percent high phosphorus feeds such as wheat bran or meal. Cornell Experiment Station advises mixing bone meal with salt for stock or adding 1 percent bone meal to the grain ration. Iodine matters only where goitre is prevalent.
Michigan researchers at the Experiment Station announce Michelite a bean variety that blends Robust disease resistance and productivity with Early Prolific color. Six hundred acres will plant this year with commercial seed hoped for 1939 availability.
In a bulletin on Building and Remodeling Dairy Barns the Minos Experiment Station prescribes stall dimensions for Jerseys Guernseys and Holsteins Jerseys are 3 ft 5 in wide by 4 ft 8 in long Guernseys 3 ft 10 in wide by 4 ft 10 in long Holsteins 3 ft 10 in wide by 5 ft 2 in long Gutters are 16 inches wide and 8 to 10 inches deep next to the cow and 3 to 5 inches deep away from the cow with a slope of at least 1 inch per 25 feet.
The corn borer pest is expanding from the northeast into Indiana and eastern Wisconsin with Connecticut seeing the worst impact. Reports show stalks bearing up to 32 borers and an average of ten per stalk, while some states experience two generations yearly attacking crops and flowers. Connecticut enforces a strict law with heavy fines for growers who do not shred stalks and cobs or dispose of them by burning or burying deep.
Jim Long pursues Vara after Strade’s men abduct her. He corners the gang, warns Strade he will be killed if he harms Vara, and negotiates their release. They return to Chepulte as officers arrive to arrest Jim for the murder of James Long.
Mr and Mrs Fiest and relatives from Grafton enjoyed a picnic supper. Bertrand Lockyear of Granger and Harold Fiest with Pearl plan a Washington DC vacation. V G Miller and Robert Clay drove to Columbus and back with Mrs Millers mother for an indefinite stay. Aliss Ruth Miller returns home from Medina. Visitors included Mrs Will Adam and family at the V G Muller home. Clyde Edwards of Berea and Herbert Kemp of Medina visited the McLaughlin family. Marjore Knight of Elyria visiting Ruth McLaughlin. Orville Haury and family spent Sunday with his parents.
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