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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1927
Page
2
At least 2100 Ohio farmers, with the agricultural committee of the state legislature, learn the European corn borer can cause severe damage in Ohio. They witnessed a heavily infested field near Port Clinton likely to yield about 15 bushels per acre this fall versus 80 bushels on a neighboring plot.
J H Parks notes 2100 farmers visited last September field tours organized by county agents. Attendees came from Butles and Shelby Carroll and Columbus basins, Port Clinton southward as far as 28 counties. The legislature’s agricultural committee joined the tour guided by C V Truax. Despite thorough cleanup, this and neighboring fields show spring conditions.
An entomologist notes Ottawa county field has 100 percent borer infestation with an average of 10 borers per staple. The early planted area, May 14, shows yields dropping from a probable bushels to 15 bushels per acre, while nearby fields planted June 1 suffer far less.
Rural economists report that in Putnam county the 1927 oat crop averaged 47 bushels per acre on 290 acres with costs of 15.50 per acre. At 42 cents per bushel the 37 bushel break even is reached. weather and harvest delays reduced profits on many farms and 14 acres were not harvested. A note on theater growth in Glasgow mentions the largest picture house in Eyrone opening with capacity 4,000 and attached facilities.
South Ridge reports a busy sequence of church events on Sunday October Sth with Sunday school, evening worship, and society meetings. A joint Woman's Missionary Society and Ladies Aid session hosted by Mrs J P Bechtel featured devotions led by Rev C Holzworth, reports from the Toledo convention, musical selections, and attendance from multiple families across nearby towns. Additional items cover personal visits, anniversaries, and local greetings, plus updates on illness and a recovering member.
Oscar Pfeiffer of Elyria visited Town Line on Monday. South Ridge Ladies Aid and Missionary Society met at Mrs. J. P. Bechtel's home on Wednesday afternoon with several local attendees. Mr. and Mrs. John Delfield and Mrs. Elizabeth Ernst were callers.
Mr and Mrs Conrad Erest wed Wednesday afternoon. Numerous relatives and neighbors visited, including Corfman family from Styria and Lakewood, and visits to Shubert, Delfield, Ernst, Mayfield, Del Field, and others. Card games and light refreshments marked the weekend gatherings among Amhersts families and friends.
Mr and Mrs Lewis Spiegelberg and family hosted a wide group including Ralph Rosencrans in Elyria on Sunday. Guests at Mrs E Ernsts included Chas Hawkins Fordson Mich LeRoy Breeler Wit Breeler and daughter LaVerne S H Mathias Wm Miller Cleveland. Other callers included Will Millard and Wilma Sheffield and Harry Dalward and family with A Keller Cleveland.
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