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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1948
Page
2
The Michigan Experiment Station reports Brown Swiss cows have longer calving intervals averaging 291 days, versus 281 to 283 days for other breeds in the station dairy herd.
The USDA notes average eggs per hen rose from 122 in 1935 to 158 by 1947, an increase of three dozen eggs per hen. Major gains came in fall and winter, driven by flock selection, pullet replacement, and better management.
South Carolina trials on fall cucumbers show downy mildew despite good soil and climate. Five fungicidal dusts were tested with eleven applications from first true leaves to near harvest. Phygon caused plant injury and was dropped. Tribasic Copper Sulfate, Copper A, Fermate, and Zerlate yielded 233.2, 231.6, 211, and 224 bushels per acre respectively, all containing 50 percent cryolite and talc. Rates started at 25 pounds per acre, increasing to 40 pounds per acre as vines grew.
The Beltsville Maryland Experiment Station herd, started in 1919, has not purchased females or culled cows, and has used only unrelated proved bulls. In 1938 the 33 cows yielded 683 pounds of butterfat. by 1946 this rose to 892 pounds, attributed entirely to proved bulls. The Illinois Experiment Station warns against relying on unproved bulls, stressing the bull's importance over breeding method.
Spring favorites feature Salmon Salad Bowl with canned salmon peas celery cucumber and tomato dressed in French dressing served on lettuce with egg and tomato garnish. Cheese Vegetable Salad combines cottage cheese olives diced vegetables and nuts rolled in chopped nuts on lettuce with mayonnaise. Strawberries with pecans mint and celery dressed with fruit salad dressing serve as a dessert option. A warm custard-like lemon cream uses butter juice eggs and whipped cream folded together.
Wooster Ohio agronomist G H Stringfield reports USDA and Ohio experiments show no yield gain from narrowing corn row spacing from 42 inches to 40 or 38 inches with average or better soil. Closer rows raise plants per acre but require more field work. optimize stands by adjusting kernels per hill or row space based on expected yield, with specific planting guidelines for varying yield forecasts.
Local notices list numerous Sunday supper and dinner visits among Litchfield families including Bittner Baugh Fratz and Watkins households from Akron Kipton Grafton and Willoughby. Meanwhile Lorain Baptist Association to meet May 18 at Broadway Baptist Lorain.
The Florence and Berlin Heights Congregational church councils met Tuesday evening May 11 at the Berlin Heights church with State Superintendent E A Babcock of Cleveland to discuss calling a new pastor Rev John Townsend the present pastor has accepted a call to Chagrin Falls Return from honeymoon Mr and Mrs Robert Higming are home at groom's parents Main road Short Notes Mrs George Moon Mrs Fila Reeing Mrs Charles Humm attended a 10 o'clock prime luncheon of the Tuesday Tourist club at Berlin Heights Tuesday May 11 Born to Mr and Mrs Raymond Normando May 9 an eight pound twelve ounce daughter Judy Jean Mexico City police are tracking town persons failing to pay luxury taxes on automobile purchasers.
In Ohio 1947 average milk per cow barely exceeded 5 009 pounds for 12 months. Dairy experts say many herds produce under 4 000 pounds due to loafing. Prices show 4 000 pound herds earned about 1 735 dollars per cow, while 12 000 pound herds earned about 320 dollars more. Experts urge herd improvement via better cows and artificial insemination associations to raise genetic potential and milk yields.
Mrs Daisy Findley and a friend from Akron visited her brother Glen Yannayon and family Friday evening. Numerous relatives and friends from Avon Elyria Hinckley Medina and Cleveland spent Sunday or weekend with various hosts. The Medina Massillon Harmony show featured the Quadratones with George OBrien. An African princesses dance in Belfast was noted with Prince Jacob as counsel for Halle Selassie’s descendant.
The article argues plowing as the most economical grasshopper control, noting USDA guidance for Western farmers when erosion risk is low. It cites grasshoppers costing crops since 1927 at 656 million dollars and 102 million in 1936 farm income, with Ohio less affected except in drought. Poison bait is mentioned.
Sugar company representatives report plentiful migrant workers from the Southwest for sugar beets tomatoes vegetables and fruits in Ohio. By April 15 the van guard had entered the state leaving some unemployed in their home communities. E B Reed of Ohio State University notes good farm work conditions in northwestern Ohio and recommends canneries and fields for beet crops and tomato harvest.
The text notes two crops grown under contract at fixed prices per ton with high returns when yields are good. Reed says Ohio beet growers have led in testing machines to reduce hand work in growing or harvesting beets. Many farmers have suitable land but have not grown beets recently due to labor shortages.
A farm meadow near Farningham England yielded red tiles dating nearly 2000 years to a Roman villa when a bulldozer levelled the ground. Archaeologists say the tiles indicate the site once housed a Roman villa and may shed light on local settlement patterns.
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