Farming Facts From North Dakota to Wisconsin on Livestock and Crops
Agricultural notes from multiple state experiment stations cover lime and alfalfa response in North Carolina, feed costs in Minnesota, early raspberry trials in North Dakota, ascorbic acid for bull fertility in Wisconsin, turkey starter mash in Pennsylvania, wormy hog feed efficiency in Winds, cucumber beetle protection with screen cones in North Dakota, phosphate top-dress for alfalfa in Kansas, calving stalls in Wisconsin, and grass versus corn silage costs in Massachusetts with a mixed hay silage feeding plan.
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Massachusetts
Sweet clover boosts corn yields in Missouri trials
Missouri Experiment Station reports plowing under sweet clover before planting corn increases yields on shallow and deep soils. Yields rise from 10 to 40 bushels per acre, with a 5-year trial averaging 39 bu compared to 32 bu with 6 tons of barnyard manure. knee-high sweet clover adds about $15 of nitrogen per acre and 2 tons of organic matter.
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Missouri
Missouri Experiment Station
Value Of Woodlot Shown By Records In Ohio Farm System
Northwestern Ohio farmer Fred Rothlesberger shows woodlot profitability from 1929 to 1939. He logged 10 000 feet for a farm house, tops yielded 12 cords sold for 60 dollars, timber valued at 300 dollars. Subsequent years saw sales of 13 000 feet for 250 dollars, tops revenue 100 dollars, 3000 feet sold for 125 dollars, 12 000 feet valued at 360 dollars for barn remodel, and 100 dollars from byproduct fuel wood.
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Ohio
Fred Rothlesberger
Arlington
Rothlesberger
Woodlot Owner Sees Returns From Selective Timber Harvest
Rothiesberger, a Swiss-born landowner in Ohio, reports ten years of timber income totaling 1495 dollars and a yearly average of 14.95 dollars per acre plus at least 75 dollars of annual fuel value. Despite heavy cutting in 16 years, the woodlot still holds ash, oak, beech, and maple. F. W. Dean of Ohio State University notes more timber was cut than grown over ten years, while the forester says timber can be stored until market conditions improve.
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Rothlesberger
Rothiesberger
Switzerland
F. W. Dean
Extension Forester
Ohio State University
Sars
Buddhism merit and demerit system in ancient practice
The text describes a moral accounting using merits and demerits. It lists actions such as building a road or digging a well earning ten points, gifting land for a grave earning thirty points, while desecration like leveling a tomb costs fifty demerits and exhuming a corpse costs a hundred.
16 Girls Pursue Agriculture Degrees At Ohio State University
Ohio State University hosts 16 women pursuing degrees in agriculture and related fields. The group covers floriculture, animal and dairy husbandry, agricultural engineering, and rural sociology while balancing coursework with farm and industry internships. They form the Agricultural Science club to discuss topics and keep pace with 1,100 male classmates.
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Ohio State University
Elizabeth Petee
West Mansfield
Nashport
Agosta
Ohio
Gladys Gwendollin Goodrich
Arcanum
Secions
Alice Eugenia Volz
Ohio City
Frances Eleanor Hull
Jefferson
Agricultural Science Club
Ohio Poultry Registry Praises Hens With Performance Records
Ohio promotes a registry of performance for hens in breeding flocks showing egg output records and health data. Daughters await 200 eggs in a year to enter the registry. sons qualify by appearance. Death rates have fallen from 15 to 4 percent as the program expands from 32 hatcheries to 80, with bracelets identifying registry hens.
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Columbus
Ohio
Social Register
G. S. Vickers
Ohio Poultry Improvement Association
Vickers
Improvement Association
Increase Expected in Legume Silage in Lorain County
County agent C. Hummel notes growing demand for legume grass silage this year with many farmer inquiries. He offers four farm-ready tips on silo condition equipment timing and wilting. A study of 120 farms found alfalfa and mixtures top, clover second, soybeans third, with molasses as the only preservative and 13 of 120 reporting satisfactory silage last year.
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Lorain
C. 2
Hummel
Fifteenth Alumni Banquet Held at Belden School House
Alumni gathered Saturday evening March 15 for the fifteenth banquet at the Belden school house. Seventy seven? attendees were seated, with officers re-elected after the business meeting. Dancing followed the program as former classmates enjoyed the event.
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Erhart
Belden School House
Mer
Andy Neff
Barner Haury
Hugh Tibbetts
Hinckley
Bernadine Haury
Rita Weigle
Dolores Haury
Ruby Haury
Medina
Alisses Ruth Blackwell
Celeste Haury
Social Ties Tie Through Weekend Visits Across Cities
Edward Mirosky of Cleveland spent the weekend at the McLaughlin home while Mrs Ruby Meyer stayed with her son Purcell Meyer in Medina. Numerous Cleveland and North Olmsted visitors drop by local homes for suppers and company as alumni events and family gatherings unfold around Spencer, Chatham, Litchfield and Berea.
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Edward Mnirosky
Cleveland
Mclaughlin
Ruby Meyer
Purcell Meyer
Medina
Jack Nichols
Wilfred Fries
Frank Ullrich
Bir
Charles Martin
Chatham
Ed Kerrigen
Frank Fries
Minnie Ekroeson
Valeria
Olmsted Suncey
William MicCabe
Clara Simpson
Chippewa Lake
Jack Sigg
North Olmsted
Lawrence MicLaughlin
Fred Hazel
Stapel
Norwalk
Dorothy Steiner
Eileen Beache
York High School
Roy Stepherson
Berea
Frans Stephenson
Dean Regal
Spence
Ernest
Fred Dill
Huntington
G. O
Harry Sunder
Frances Beach
Gertrude Wood
Spencer
George Foriney
Raymond Morgan
Litchfield
Mr. Foriney
Morgen
Grace
Elmer
Nelson
Roger Wood
Sidney Beach
Lawrence McLaughlim
The
Eagles
Wadsworth
Lois Beach
Mary Ellen Kohli
Burton Armbruster
Modern Funeral Home Serves Grafton Community
Russell Fulton operates a modern funeral home in Grafton serving the town and surrounding area. The facility features spacious parlors for services and offers 24 hour ambulance service, reachable by telephoning Grafien 8&0.
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Modern Funeral Home
Russelll. Fulton
Grafton
Fulton
L. D. Gerber Funeral Home
Russell D. Fulton Funeral Home
Grafton, O
Local families gather for graduation and memorial services
Mrs. Cora Swindeman and others from Elyria Lakewood and Albuquerque visit the Armbruster and Beache families. Attendees travel from Akron Medina Lorain and Seville for dinners memorials and a graduation in York and Litchfield.
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Ness
Port Clinton
Cora Swindeman
Elyria
William Swindeman
Neva
Lakewood
Fred Armbruster Sunder
George Phillips
Albuqucrave
New Mexico
Adaline Beache
Fileen Beuche
York
Ella Armbruster
Lorain
Nelson Gross
Litchfield
Selden Armbruster
Seville
Fred Armbruster
Memorial Day parade plans discussed by South Amherst council
May 29 report notes all parade participants must assemble at the Town Hall Thursday at 9:00 AM. The village council’s Monday meeting approved routine business and favorable committee reports. Final Memorial Day plans were laid out with Mayor Albert Schneider presiding.
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South Amherst
Town Hall
Albert Schneider
Birmingham High School Commencement Attendees
Mrs Wm Emery attended the Birmingham high school commencement Monday evening. Her granddaughter Miss Wilma Emery joined the graduating class. Reginald Baldry and family of Cleveland were weekend guests. Mr and Mrs George Tephenso and Mr and Mrs Alex Eshke Jr have returned from their honeymoon and stay on Chase street. Charles Kafer and son David from Mansfield are visiting the Springer home this week.
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Wm Emery
Birmingham High School
Wilma Emery
Reginald Baldry
Cleveland
Georgetephenso
Alex Eshke, Jr
Chase Street
Charles Kafer
David
Mansfield
Mirs
Martin Springer
Repair Renovate Antiques In Shop Of Henry Revers
Henry Revers runs an Oberlin workshop at 227 South Main Street focusing on antique repair renovation and custom furniture. He works with Jonan Paul and Joseph known across the United States for their craftsmanship and visitors may view many fine pieces.
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Henry Revers
South Main Street
Oberlin
Jonan Paul and
Joseph
United States
Regrassing Of Old Fields Advised To Cut Insect Danger
Dr P N Annand of the U S Department of Agriculture warns that weedy abandoned fields and dry infertile land are ideal breeding grounds for grasshoppers and other pests. Regrassing and prompt land restoration reduce insect risk and protect crops. Farmers should maintain protective campaigns where threats exist amid improving outlooks.
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P. N. Annand
United States Department of Agriculture
Amnander
Ann
Two Lorain County Dairies Rank High in Ohio Leaders
Two Lorain County Holstein herds top Ohio listings in the latest dairy herd improvement report. A. K. Baird and Lors led with 545 pounds butterfat per cow and 1,352 pounds milk per cow in herds over 15 cows, while Fred Phillips and Hazel Eaton’s herd ranked sixth in the five to 15 cow group with 47.8 pounds butterfat and 1,324 pounds milk per cow. The state has 60 herd improvement associations testing 21,737 cows monthly, and Lorain County operates three sections with 92 herds and 1,552 cows.
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Lorain County
Ohio Dairy Herd Improvement Associations
A. K. Baird
Lors
Herd Improvement Association
Fred Philips
Hazel Eaton
Lorain
Right Number Of Plants To Acre Is Big Corn Factor
L. E Thatcher of the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station says plant density chiefly drives corn planting rate and row spacing. Narrow rows raise yield by more plants per acre. standard 42 inch rows can be underplanted in Ohio, while thin stands yield larger ears per plant. Hybrid corn shows fewer nubbins than open pollinated varieties when crowded. In Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, vast stretches lack trees stones or watercourses for miles.
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L. E Thatcher
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
Thatcher
Ohio
Ohio 1941 Wheat Allotment Rises Slightly to 1 847 042 Acres
The Ohio AAA committee set the 1941 wheat allotment at 1 847 042 acres, a small gain over 1930. The U S allotment remains 62 million acres, same as 1940, signaling progress in stabilizing supplies under AAA. Eligible growers receive conservation payments and potential wheat loans.
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Columbus
Ohio Aaa
Ohio
United States
AAA
Elmer F. Kruse
Vermilion on the Lake Sees Holiday Cottage Rentals Rise
Vermilion on the Lake expects a strong summer season as Engle and Gilbert report rental numbers. Mr and Mrs Schneider of Lakewood plan to move into a new cottage soon. Mr and Mrs Charlie Folsom of Akron bought a cottage on Cummings Road and will spend considerable time there.
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Vermilion
Vermilion-on-the- Lake
Messrs. Engle
Gilbert
Schneider
Lakewood
Charlie Folsom
Akron
Cummings Road
Vermilion-on-the-Lake
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Minnesota
North Dakota Experiment Station
Fargo
Latham
Wisconsin Experiment Station
Turkey
Pennsylvania Experiment Station
Winds Experiment Station
Kansas
Sweepartrarchive
Edwards Sheet Metal Works
Ingot Iron Shop
North Pleasant Street
LA Porte
Holton Coal & Oil CO
LaPorte
Oberlin Business
S. Main St
Belden
HILLS
Belden, C
J Grafton
Wakeman
Services
Amherst
Council
Amherst, O
Cooper Street
A. Nabakowski CO
Milan Ave
Old Spring
Amherst, Ohio
Europe
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Baker’s Hatchery
Elyria - Lorain Road
Lake Ave
Oberlin Road
Elyria, O
Display Advertising Department
the Chronicle- Telegram
Surniture CO
A. H. Goodspeed
East Ave
Chronicle
Virginia
Mai
United Grocery
Grafton, Hio
Grafton Theatre
Cary Grant
Rosalind Russell
Ralph Bellamy
Mickey Rooney
Lewis Stone
Fay Holden
Ann Rutherford
Grafton Savings & Banking Co
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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