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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1937
Page
13
A Watervliet correspondent reports that selective picking boosts No 1 apples like Grimes Golden and Yellow Transparent. Other notes cover turkey feed costs in 1934, quack grass control with ammonia fertilizer on Michigan fields, pasture value for dairy cows, a dormant spray for orchard pests, a new Minnesota popcorn hybrid, and farm horse feed benchmarks versus tractors.
A Midwest farmer demonstrates a man powered loading method using a tractor and a pulley to load hay in minutes per load. Figures show fertilizer impacts with limestone and rock phosphate boosting yields. a misused nicotine gas rig is described as a potential pea field treatment, claimed to accelerate harvests at a cost near 4 pounds per acre.
Enrolled 12 4 H food projects compete for prizes in the National Food Preparation Contest linked with State Extension Service. The event offers an outlet for girls to excel in culinary arts with focus on new product ideas, failure-proof methods, and economical kitchen practices. Prizes credit poultry garden and orchard outputs and specialty dishes promoting broader consumption.
The text highlights drying, curing and canning of foods along with picnic and school lunches. It emphasizes meat planning and table decorations and settings for formal and informal occasions as significant aspects of the program.
Columbus May 19 Entomologist T H Parks says insects are always present and their ability to multiply makes predicting pest numbers risky. Ohio grasshoppers not seen as major this year, chinch bugs and aphids pose potential threats, codling moths will soon emerge, Hessian fly under control with proper sowing dates, bean beetle still dormant awaiting not yet determined activity.
The Farm Bureau unveils a safety program offering badges and certificates to drivers with accident free records. Harry Pontious, head of the Farm Bureau Safety Department in Columbus, cites 1936 US accidents causing 38,000 deaths and 1,440,000 injuries, with immense economic losses.
Fungous organisms such as scab and rhizoctinia live on seed from year to year. All seed potatoes with either disease should be treated before planting per Paul F Tilford of Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station. Treat seed in soil that has not produced scab previously to harvest a clean potato crop. Small seed portions can be treated at a low cost by soaking dormant tubers in a solution.
Poison plants threaten livestock each spring says H A Runnels of the Texas A and M Agricultural Experiment Station. Pastures should be inspected for wild cherry, water hemlock, cockleburs, and celery leaf crowfoot. Stagger weeds in wooded pastures pose risk until mid May, while Dutchman's breeches and dwarf larkspur cause trembling and staggering in cattle. sheep are largely immune and can help clean infested areas.
Agronomy experts cite Sudan grass and alfalfa as top performers for Ohio pasture in midsummer. Sudan grass yields 2-3 cows per acre in tests, boosts milk when substituting for bluegrass, and should be planted each year from May 14 to July 4 with 20-25 lb seed per acre plus fertilizer. Alfalfa provides strong summer growth, with first cut in early June and subsequent grazed regrowth through July and August, yielding excellent returns for cattle.
A historical note describes methods to treat seed potatoes using corrosive sublimate and inorganic mercury compounds. It outlines preparation by dissolving 4 ounces in water, diluting to 30 gallons, or an instantaneous method with 2 pounds of yellow oxide of mercury in 39 gallons of water, with seed tubers dipped in suspension several times. It warns that mercury compounds are poisonous to humans and animals and must be handled and disposed of with care.
A discussion notes mixed forage works as well as pure alfalfa and may reduce bloat risk. Grazing should stop after September 10 to protect alfalfa. If the field can be split and grazed alternately with rest periods of 8 to 12 inches, better results may follow. Avoid turning animals onto alfalfa hungry. Keep stock on it once started, except dairy cows for milking, and provide ample salt and water.
Ohio farmers are invited to the annual field meeting at Ohio State University on Friday June 4 to inspect experimental plots. Professor C J Willard discusses seed rates for grasses and legumes, alfalfa mixtures, harvesting methods, and fertilization impacts on meadow and pasture quality and yield.
Perry L. Green, president of the Ohio Farm Bureau, argues that real purchasing power lags behind price increases and that restricting production is wrong. He cites emergency versus long-term measures, supports a land retirement program, a national commodity loan service, and a land rental plan as components of a broader conservation and crop-control strategy.
Six varieties of hybrid corn are starting at Brownheim Farm in Broenheim Township, planted by Henry and Warne Leimbach. Four hybrids, Span Cross P-39 White Cross 6-2 Mar Cross P-39 and Golden Cross Bantam, are in a state cooperative comparison plot with growers across Ohio. The remaining two Bar Cross and Tender Gold are grown by the Leimbachs independently. The state project seeks an early maturing, adaptable Ohio corn for early marketing. the outcome will take weeks to determine.
The piece quotes Dr. Hugo Eckener on not seeking helium due to lack of American airship collaboration and policy. It criticizes U S export practices, metal scrap shortages, and arms use, and notes European funds flowing into American securities. It also mentions Lavinsky’s toast in London and a push for four week vacations and workers’ rights by the Young Communist League.
New York May 19 National Life Insurance Week chairman George L Hunt reports life insurers paid 6.6 percent of national income in disbursements from 1930 through 1935, excluding policy loans. Total disbursements reached 21.9 billion while national income totaled 351.7 billion. Policyholder payments and beneficiaries totaled 16.2 billion.
Mrs George Meyers acted as hostess for an all day Belden Community Circle gathering on Thursday despite widespread sickness among members. School notes list senior events including a Freshmen Sophomore party at Rita Weigle’s home with twenty attendees and a field trip to Brady Lake for a Juniors and Seniors picnic. Commencement Friday features Dean Frederick Roehm of Baldwin Wallace College as speaker and graduates Fern Wise Quentin Banister Victor Rebler Eleanor Prusha William Sorder Willard Mennell Frank Novak Andrew Neff Edward Richter Pauline Hoff Irene Schaefer Merle Schuster. Sunday visitors were at Charles Wise’s home.
Mr and Mrs Warren Roy and family including daughters Marjorie Harel Bernia Livingstone Eva Bailiog from Lorain Mrs Charles VerSoy Winifred VerSoy and Mr Chamberlain of Lakewood visit relatives in area. Miss Sharlene Wise stayed with Miss Marjorie Brugge in Independence Ohio. Local calls and reunions noted with Beriawill Gund family and others.
Philadelphia archives reveal the Port Wardens of Philadelphia founded in 1776 to oversee shipping. Notable figures Stephen Girard Robert Morris and Alexander Hamilton served. By 1907 the Wardens evolved into the Navigation Commissioners with funds from salvaged anchors fines and marine trade.
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