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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1948
Page
5
Columbus reports 215379 farms in Ohio now use electricity for light and power. The state leads the nation in electrified farms with only about 24 percent still without this convenience.
Extension engineer Blauser leads effort with utilities and cooperatives to light rural Ohio. Rural Electrification Administration allocates 564,830 dollars for 1949 to bring power to about 5,200 farms not yet on highlines. Ohio farmers have invested over 27 million dollars since 1936, with cooperatives owning 25,000 miles of line and serving nearly 100,008 customers.
Wilford's Hatchery on Hall Road will provide a Broad Breasted Bronze hen for President Truman's Thanksgiving meal after winning top honors at the Ohio Dressed Turkey Show in Columbus. The Elyria business raises turkeys in a 72,000 egg incubator, emphasizes oven dressed birds, and expects to sell about 2,000 turkeys this season.
A Lorain County Extension letter notes that soil conservation practices cover 97,900,000 acres nationally via Soil Conservation Districts. By end of 1946 districts had cooperative deals with 456,000 farmers covering 125,000,000 acres. Lorain County voters will decide on a local district referendum November 23.
The Lorain County DHIA herd total rose to 2113 last month, up seven from the prior month. Carl C. Deeds reports 1180 cows on DHIA test and 933 on owner test, with top milkers all Holsteins and several herds showing strong butterfat outputs across the county.
The district and Soil Conservation Service map technical aid and partial equipment to farms. Plans specify use by field capability and needs, with terracing, strip cropping, contour cultivation, cover crops, ponds, tree plantings, pastures, stubble mulching, diversions, drainage, and shelterbelts spread over millions of acres and miles.
The first potteries in the American colonies began in the early 19th century. The pottery sector, modeled on the potter's wheel, has evolved into a 75 million dollar industry employing about 50,000 people.
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