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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1955
Page
9
Ohio State University entomologist says daily applications plus sanitation best control for dairy fly issues. Goleman touts malathion mix with water and sugar, recommends repeated treatment every 30 days, and notes resistance risks. commercial fly baits and pyrethrum offer other options with proper handling.
Harold Yacowitz of the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station says pasture raises pullets with 10 to 15 percent lower feed costs. Ladine clover tops his list for protein, while red and Alsike clovers also help replace bought protein. He warns chickens cannot digest fiber, so pasture must be clipped to keep growth succulent and under eight inches.
Ohio State University extension plant pathologist B F Janson warned that loose smut losses in Ohio wheat could hit as high as 20 percent depending on heading weather and soil conditions. He explained the fungus is already in many grains, and hot weather treatment is the only effective control.
D C Kiplinger of Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station says proper fertilizer use can control hydrangea color. Blue blooms come from regular aluminum sulphate during forcing and monthly nitrogen, with variations in nitrogen and phosphorus adjusting blueness. iron filings do not cause the shift, iron only lowered pH in some cases.
A local report describes changes in farm supply services with Independent Oil continuing Marathon service stations under Ernie Crago. It notes consumer food costs, farmer margins, and the shift of the food dollar from labor to processing and marketing in Lorain County. Market Basket Margins show farmers receiving 42 cents of every consumer dollar with 58 cents covering marketing costs.
Columbus readers are urged to search barns for old time farming gear such as plows mowers grain cutters drills corn planters sleds wagons and hay tedders. Contact Erwin C. Zepp director of the Ohio Historical Society in Columbus or local historians with found items.
Ohio State University extension horticulturist Eugene Wittmeyer says sidedress nitrogen boosts sweet corn yields and quality and may help other vegetables. He notes cautions for tomatoes and outlines recommended application rates and materials for sidedressing before final cultivation. Canada’s 1954 turkey production reached a new high of 3,500,000 birds.
An Agriculture Department survey shows total fruit production this season is moderately below 1954 in southern states and Michigan, with California and Ohio facing damage from freezing. Grapes and cherries look above average while peaches and plums dip. logs and wood products demand shifts drive timber market notes. Dairymen plan summer pasture use and crop carryovers improve, with California increasing freestone peach and orange supplies. Extension bulletin 142 offers timber production guidance.
The Independent Oil Co will open its No 2 service station at the southwest corner of East Avenue and Second Street on July 1. Ralph Snyder president Julian W. Perstry vice president Fred Fitches Schilke secretary treasurer and others lead a firm promising quality products and full line service including gasoline oil tires and accessories.
The department notes a 2 percent drop in farm workers over 20 years while food marketing jobs rise by over 5 percent. Marketing margins differ widely by commodity with poultry and eggs at 31 cents and grain products at 78 cents. Eggs need simple packaging. wheat requires milling and baking into bread.
Haverford Pa Johnston Pa report on higher education argues against expanding college enrollment by enlarging institutions. Dr Gilbert F White president of Haverford College warns small colleges offer essential personal approach, with counselors and deans, to address student needs amid growing enrollments while noting related local concerns about a hunter and a steer incident.
Columbus report says forage shortage, not flies or heat, drives the summer drop in milk production, according to Earl Jones of Ohio State University. Local farmers observe reduced yields as pastures run short and feed costs rise.
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