Seeds for clover and grasses need proper sowing depth
Ohio agronomist L Thatcher at the Agricul Experiment Station outlines methods to prevent seed covering too deep when sowing clover alfalfa timothy or mixtures with oats or barley. He recommends sowing grass seed after grain with cyclone seeders or wheel drills, using longer seed tubes or cultipacker methods, and noting rain prospects before deciding to cover simply ensuring uniform emergence.
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L. Thatcher
Ohio Agricul Experiment Station
Agron Department
Yhatcher
AAA Encourages Home Gardens on Farms in 1939 Plan
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration announces a change in soil depleting crop regulations. Home gardens on farms are encouraged and exempted from soil-depleting crop counts, allowing farmers to dedicate more acres to cash crops while growing vegetables for home use.
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Department of Agriculture
Departent of Agriculture
Birdsfoot trefoil gains fame in Albany area pastures
Farming tips note birdsfoot trefoil from Albany New York is thriving from swampy lows to hilltops. The county agent guides growers to ask about its use for permanent pastures and hay meadows as interest spreads across the Middle West.
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Middle West
Albany
New Yok
Farming Nuggets From Experiments And Farms
Water temperature affects hen egg production as heated fountains increase water intake. A Missouri farmer used baled prairie hay as hog bedding after heavy snows. the practice keeps hogs warm and dry. Kendall apple compared to McIntosh holds storage better but must be picked white flesh. Wisconsin and New York stations discuss rye rations and coccidiosis with mixed results. Arno Hamann reports near-free forage for Shorthorn cows across successive pasture crops.
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Missouri
New York Experiment Station
Manure Boosts Legume Seedings On Acid Soils
Ohio Experiment Station suggests top dressing fields with a light blanket of manure during winter to aid legumes on acid soil. Red clover reached 94 percent of lime yields, alfalfa 71 percent, and sweet clover 66 percent, while manure also insulates soil and keeps moisture for young seedlings.
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Ohio
County Poultrymen To Meet April 12
County poultrymen will gather April 12 to discuss production with emphasis on poultry issues. C I Hummel, county agricultural extension agent, announced the event and Ohio State University poultry specialist C M Ferguson is scheduled to speak and answer questions. The meeting place was not yet decided, but Elyria is expected.
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C. I. Hummel
C. M. Ferguson
Ohio State University
Elyria
Hummel
Dairymen Urged to Drop Low Producing Cows in Ohio
Ohio dairy consultant Ivan McKellip says quitting the Worldwide Order of Low Producing Cows would ease finances for dairy farmers. He cites dues graded by milk output and mocks the group as exploiting members while many herds leave or resist, yet the order reportedly remains active with thousands still enrolled.
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Ohio
Woolpc
Ivan McKellip
Ohio State University
Ohio Dairymen
Daly
McKellip
Meckelup
Tme
Debts and Taxes Drain 1938 Farm Cash Income
Washington reports more than 40 percent of 1938 farm cash income, about 8.7632 billion dollars, went to debts and taxes. Total farm debt near 1.9 billion, interest payments around 0.5 billion, principal payments about 2.5 billion unofficially. Mortgage debt remained high, with land banks holding 2.836 billion dollars or 40 percent of mortgages.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Als
Federal Land Banks and
Land Bank Commissioners
Management Helps Even Best Soils In Ohio Field Study
In Paulding County Ohio farmers drained land to boost long term crops but researchers found expectations overestimated. OSU scientist John Sipher notes tilled soil weighs 737 pounds per cubic foot vs 563 pounds for never plowed soil due to organic matter loss and compaction. Legume rotations like corn oats and sweet clover significantly raise yields from 21 to 60 bushels per acre for corn and 30 to 52 for oats.
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Columbus O
Paulding County
Ohio
Foster County
L. L Bidlack
Paulding
John A Shpher
Ohio State University
Sipher
Rando Beatty
Paulding Experiment Farm
Isle of Capri Quail Rest Stop Noted on Migration
The Isle of Capri near Naples is observed as a regular resting place for quails during their northward migration, highlighting a notable avian stopover in the region.
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Isle of
Capri
Naples
Contest Announced For 4-H Club Girls
Lorain county girls in Four-H home economics projects may enter the National Four-H Girl Record Contest this year. The event aims to broaden homemaking knowledge, promote health, family life, resource use, and practical home skills. County winners receive gold medals. state winners go to Chicago for the National Club Congress with five $200 college scholarships available.
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Lorain County
Chicago
Oats Smut Control Says Seed Treatment Key
Ohio State University agronomy expert R C Thomas warns oats smut is manageable only when seed treatment is used. He notes many losses arise from neglecting seed treatment and stresses consistent application to prevent widespread crop damage.
Meeting Of Flower Growers Postponed
The meeting of Lorain and Cuyahoga county flower growers, planned near Tuesday at the Fred Snyder greenhouse in Rocky River, has been postponed to the evening of April 14 to avoid the busy pre Easter season for growers.
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Lorain
Cuyahoga County
Fred Snyder
Rocky River
Dust Treatments for Smut Control in Seed Grain
A farmer notes two commercial dusts for smut control mix one half pound of liquid formaldehyde with four and a half pounds of sawdust or dry earth and kaolin. Suniear dust and New Improved Cerusun are sold, but he reports neither outperforms the elder formaldehyde sprinkle method. both are comparable in effectiveness and easier to apply, though seed injury risks exist.
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Poonias
Advises Plowing Of Potato Seedbed At Planting Time
John Bushnell of the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station recommends delaying potato seedbed plowing until just before planting to keep the soil loose and airy. He notes seed pieces require more air and that a loose seedbed aids germination, with light harrowing advised if the soil is very dry. for late June planting, deferring plowing may be impractical but should be delayed as late as possible and loosened with a springtooth harrow before planting.
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John Bushnell
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
Bushnell
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Farm Bureau
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Cleveland
U. S
Henry Wallace
Congress
Willard Bolte
Connecticut Experiment Station
Kendall Apples
Horace York
Chippewa County
Michigan
Wisconsin Experiment Station
Arno Hamann
Pottawattamie County
Iowa
R C Thomas
Botany Department
Spain
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