The Dairy Tales From Richland County Life
A quirky travelogue style piece follows Pat Leimbach and friends across Indiana and Wisconsin farms. It blends gossip with farm life from Commiskey, Sextonville, Ithaca, and Coryas, detailing pig births, tobacco work, post office chatter, and the pivotal role of dairy wives in DHIA. The piece celebrates farm routines, community ties, and the pride of high herd records.
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Commiskey
Dupont
Indiana
Sextonville
Ithaca
Wisconsin
Pat Leimbach
Vermilion
Ohio
June
George Coryn
Kathryn
Forest Ferguson
Pat
Martin Nolet
Nancy
Tom Clary
Gazette
Leimbach
Hope
Maxwell House
Marty Nolet
Methodist Church
Tom
Farm business planning aids Lorain County farmers
Norma Jones reports on Newton Mote who runs a Farm Business Planning and Analysis Program for adult farmers at Lorain County Joint Vocational School. Twenty five farms, 46 operators and 29 wives enroll to learn record keeping, with computer analysis to identify profitable versus loss making areas.
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Oberlin
Newton Mote
Lorain County Joint Vocational School
Mote
Lorain County
Farm bill protest blocks highway with farm machinery
Cimarron Kansas farmer Ritchie Addison holds a dummy in a Cimarron farm strike office display along U S Route 50. A mile long row of farm machinery, including a $60,000 helicopter, features agriculture strike posters as the American Agriculture movement demands 100 percent parity by December 14 or a nationwide farm strike will be called. Farmers pledge not to move the equipment until the strike succeeds.
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Mote
Mate
Ritchie Addison
Cimarron
Kan
U.S. Rt
Cimarron Farm
American Agriculture Movement
Acorn Oil and Shasta Dam Details Compared
The article notes edible acorns from the white oak used in boiling roasting and baking with a mildly sweet flavor. It mentions Native use of acorn oil for joint flexibility and describes the Shasta Dam on the Sacramento River California at 62 feet high built of concrete. It states it is over three times Niagara Falls height generates power for 500000 people and irrigates over one million acres.
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Shasta
Sacramento River
California
Niagara Falls
Case AgriKing for big jobs at LaGrange Tractor
LaGrange Tractor showcases Case AgriKing tractors with 401 to 504 cubic engines and high torque. Five models offer a 12 speed range power shift, hydraulic lift up to 7925 pounds, multiple remotes, and a quiet cab. Visit Route 301 in LaGrange. hours are 8:30 am to 6 pm weekdays and noon to 12 on Saturdays.
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LaGrange
LaGrange Tractor
Route 301
Water usage in America stressed by quality group
An American water quality association warns that waterworks produce water at about 150 gallons daily per home. Only a small portion is used for drinking while a large share goes to other uses. The report questions how much of this water is actually consumed as drinking water.
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Elyria
USDA
U.S
Russia
Area 4-H officers elected at Valley City Buckeye club
New officers for the Buckeye Buckaroos H Club of Valley City include Jill Seely as president and Mike Dring as vice president. The group names several state winners for 1977 4-H projects heading to the National 4-H Club Congress in Chicago November 27 to December 1. Winners are Patrice Bendel Susan Eselproth Cynthia Grover Virginia Powell Brenda Bolender Patty Derflinger Rhonda Rhoades Anita Weber. The 1977 Buckeye Beef Congress will be December 9 and 10 in Columbus at Veterans Memorial Auditorium with a trade show and beef industry topics. Ohio potato growers host a short course December 1 and 2 at Wooster OARDC. Dr Robert W Van Keuren of Wooster is named a Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy for forage crop research contributions.
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Buckeye Buckaroos +H Club
Valley City
Jill Seely
Mike Dring
Eileen Myers
Linda Kessler
Lynette Szakacs
Kim Fisher
Glenda Szakacs
Debbie Berger
Chicago
Patrice Marie Bendel
Franklin
Susan Elaine Eselproth
Chillicothe
Cynthia Louise Grover
Washington Court House
Virginia Powell
Bidwell
Brenda Bolender
Circleville
Patty Derflinger
Ashville
Rhonda Rhoades
Versailles
Anita Weber
Lima
Columbus
Veterans Memorial Auditorium
Robert W. van Keuren of
Wooster
American Society of Agronomy
Los Angeles
California
Farm Bureau to Hold 59th Ohio Meeting in Columbus
The Ohio Farm Bureau Federation will hold its 59th annual meeting November 27 to 30 at Neil House Motor Hotel Columbus. Theme Farm Bureau A Renewable Resource. expected 1000 attendees, 300 delegates to set policy. Highlights include Distinguished Service to Agriculture and Outstanding Young Farm Couple awards, sessions on livestock milk and grain marketing rural land development and land use elections for women and district trustees and banquet. A youth session November 28 at Veterans Memorial Auditorium Assembly Hall will feature Ambrose Brazelon of the Ohio Department of Education Urban Program as speaker. State finals of Spotlight on Safety will be part of the youth session.
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Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Neil House Motor
Columbus
Farm Bureau
Assembly
Veterans Memorial Auditorium
Ambrose Brazelon
Ohio Department of Education
Steam engine origins and James Watt timeline
The claim credits James Watt with inventing the steam engine but notes he began work after many others had already built working machines. The item contrasts Watt’s later improvements with earlier designs and situates his contributions in a broader history of steam power.
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James Watt
New Guinea Flora Catalog Totals Over Two Thousand Species
More than 2,000 flowering plant species are cataloged in New Guinea with estimates ranging from 17,000 to 20,000 total species in the region, highlighting its immense botanical diversity and potential for further discovery.
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New Guinea
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Coryas
Ohio River
Pergusons
Everbody
Richland County
Liz Taylor
Madison
DHIA
Case Agri King
Lagrange Tractor Sales
N. Center St
Kipton Elevator Feeds
Kipton Elevator Ass’n
Kipton
Norma Jones
Dark County
Ysis
Ohio State University
Creeke Farm
Acorn
Agrifacts
Dick Polen
Hall Brothers
Ohio Department OF Agriculture
Area Farm News
Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center
The
Ohio Cooperative Extension Service and
Ohio Potato Growers Association
van Keuren
Star Builders, Inc
S. Amherst
Brady
Sperunwe
Schaefer
Belden
Eee
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