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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1940
Page
13
A roundup of agricultural notes from Oregon and several state stations. Topics include a modern double deck laving house design, stump burning methods, hog pasture savings, soil lime needs, steer winter feeding, early soybean planting guidance, calf pneumonia prevention via brooders, pruning runt apple twigs, and Wisconsin silage practices for sorghum.
How many turkey raisers follow the eight Department of Agriculture points for success. They cover securing healthy poults quarantining and worming new birds cleaning brooding gear avoiding contact with other fowls keeping ages apart quarantining the yard promptly culling sick birds and moving to new range when pasture short.
Ohio dairy earnings amount to about 25 percent of statewide farm income with a $75 million stake. The Dairy Stabilization Committee aims a June sales drive as May gray milk products offer peak vitamin content. C. F. Christian leads efforts while Varney notes milk can supply nutrients beyond drinking, including in cooking and flavoring.
Unprecedented sub zero weather in Alabama this winter killed thousands of bees delaying shipments to northern markets. Producers warn the delay may affect early pollination and honey output through spring.
Lorain County Herd Improvement Association No 1 reports for April via Ray Eppley tester. 32 herds totaling 594 cows with 542 milking. High herd in under 15 cows owned by B T Nesbett. Holstein average 1.066 lbs milk and 37 lbs butterfat. High herd over 15 cows owned by Frank S Boone. Mixed herd average 983 lbs milk and 36 lbs butterfat. Ten high cows in butterfat production.
Industrial insurance rates in Ohio cover cement manufacturing quarrying and similar activities at 1.50 per 100 payroll. Farm laborers incur 4.50 per 100, and any farm owner with three or more workers must carry the policy. Steel mills 0.80 per 100 and manufacturers 0.89 per 100. R. W. Wallace of the Ohio farm managers association cited longer farm hours and harsher conditions. In 1939 the Industrial Commission logged 1,585 compensation claims across agricultural categories with hand tools and falls among the top causes. eight fatal accidents occurred.
The Industrial Commission excluded accidents involving farm owners or family members from its list of claims. Wallace argues that reducing accident numbers is the most practical way to lower insurance rates for farm employees, calling for a concerted effort to cut accidents.
Dr T H Parks of Ohio State University says the 11 year cicada will appear in 13 southwestern Ohio counties including Gallia Lawrence Adams Brown Clermont Warren Highland and Clinton with parts of Greene Fayette Ross Pike Scioto and Hamilton likely to see limited areas The cicada does not damage vegetation but can weaken twigs where eggs are deposited The 1940 brood numbers are lower than two other Ohio broods and entomologists are unsure how long the period will last.
Ohio farmers set spring fertilizer price in unprecedented Columbus action on February 13. Farm Bureau Cooperative Association owned by farmers operates plants in Alliance Maumee Cincinnati with plans for Columbus. They expect average savings of four dollars per ton, totaling about seven hundred thousand dollars in one season.
Four main Ohio cicada broods emerge in different years with little overlap. Eastern brood appeared in 1931 and western in 1936. Larvae spend about 16 years underground. adults emerge in a brief period causing farmers concern. Entomologists later explained the life cycle and its audible nuisance.
Only one per cent fewer chicks were hatched by commercial hatcheries last month than in April indicating a near record pace for hatchings.
Dr. N. A. Rubel of Amherst reports favorable results with Lucitone dental plates. He handles all laboratory work himself to tailor fits, noting Lucitone is a transparent DuPont plastic replacing rubber bases. Office hours and contact details are provided for appointments.
Ohio farmers anticipate fall feed grain supplies to be just below last three year levels but above 1928–32 averages. March planting intentions and large April corn stocks, with 54.5 percent of 1939 corn in government loans, shape outlooks though pasture conditions remain below normal and winter wheat yield may be the lowest since 1933.
Russell D Fulton announces his new Fulton Funeral Home is open on East Man Street Grafton in the Mary Ryder homestead. The remodeled facility includes a modern operating room spacious parlors and private family rooms with ample parking and 24 hour ambulance service.
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