Prairie paintings and Harvey Dunn in South Dakota art
A memoir style piece from Oct 10 1977 reflects on growing up in the prairie Midwest and discovering Harvey Dunn. The narrator recalls rural life, museum visits, and how Dunn’s South Dakota depictions echo homesteaders, settlers, and prairie culture through vivid paintings and personal resonance.
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Harvey Dunn
Dunn
South Dakota
Saturday Evening Post
The
Prairies
Oho
Middle Border
Northwest
Lorain County Farm Bureau Meet Sets Agenda Tonight
The Correlating meeting of Lorain County Farm Bureau is at 8 pm at Production Credit Association near Oberlin. Speaker Mrs Joan Leyshon director of the Lorain County Board of Elections will discuss ballot issues for November. Committees follow with Madge Ahahart leading the Womens group and a white elephant exchange. Public affairs will meet with Al Carpenter. Council and Young Couples with Lloyd and Sue Gordon per Jean Bonnett.
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Lorain County Farm Bureau
Production Credit Association
Ri 58
Oberlin
Joan Leyshon
Lorain County
Madge Ahahart
al Carpenter
Council
Lloyd
Sue Gordon
Jean Bonnett
Tom Greene
Greens
New U S food law described as political compromise
Washington DC The 1977 Food and Agriculture Act signed Sept 29 draws praise and criticism from American Farm Bureau Federation President Grant who calls it a political compromise that may harm agriculture long term and could push programs toward surplus buying. He supports research funding but opposes food stamp provisions that remove the purchase requirement, urging domestic food use and nutrition focus. The AFBF, with over 26 million member families, backs some concepts yet warns of price supports hindering foreign markets.
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Washington, DC
American Farm Bureau Federation
Grant
AFBF
Farm Bureau
Twining Re-elected Lorain County Farm Bureau Leader
Raymond Twining of Huntington was re-elected president of the Lorain County Farm Bureau for the coming year. Jean Bennett of Henrietta will be vice president, Sue Gordon of Wellington secretary, and John Angersbach of Brownhelm treasurer.
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Raymond Twining
Huntington
Lorain County Farm Bureau
Jean Bennett
Henrietta
Sue Gordon
Wellington
John Angersbach
Brownhelm
Twining
Angersbach
Bennett
Clarence Conrad
Penfield
Alan Carpenter
John Glenn
Howard Ecteanne
Pomona Grange Distributes Summer Funds in County
New London Grange members learned at their meeting that funds from the Huron County Fair food booth operation were divided equally among subordinate Granges. Proceeds from the chicken barbecue and self farm tour donations were sent to Friendly Hills Grange Youth Camp along the Muskongham River. Pomona subordinate and juvenile grange officers were installed ahead of the regular meeting.
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Mary Alice Beck
East River Road
Columbia
Staton
Shadow
Elyria Lions Club
John J Grey
Pilot Dogs, Inc of Columbus
Pilot Dogs. Inc
Susan Morahan
Avon
Alice Starkey
Wakeman
Vicki Tumbs
Teresa Daniels
New London
Doug Dangerfield
Elyria
Dawn Bizorik
Wellington
Tom Dangerfield
Huron County
Friendly Hills
Grange
Muskongham River
Pomona
Fight Johnson grass and protect Ohio crops this fall
Ohio State agronomist Dr Ed Stroube warns farmers Johnson grass spreads fast if untreated, cutting yields by half or more and can ruin crops within three years. He advises fall plowing and spring herbicide with soil incorporated materials to maximize control and notes the weed towers over crops and seeds in late summer.
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Ohio
Ed Stroube
Ohio State University
Soi
Farm Bureau rallies against federal irrigation limits in Oct 18 event
American Farm Bureau Federation plans a nationwide push starting October 18 to oppose a federal move to cap private farmland under irrigation. A one day Denver conference will discuss proposed 160 acre ownership limits and residency within 50 miles, as Interior Department Reclamation renews efforts. Allan Grant notes the plan could expand government control over land and water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Farm Bureau Federation
Denver
Cole
Federal Secretary of the Interior
Cecil Andrus
Departments Bureau of Reclamation
Allan Grant
Timber Cruising Team Earns Third in District Contest
The Timber Cruising Team from Lorain County Joint Vocational School placed third at the district contest held at Riverview High School in Warsaw. Reznick scored high with 330 of 500 points. he also finished third in the overall contest. Club advisors are Bull Beursken and Frank Eckler. Timber Cruising tests knowledge and selection of trees.
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Future Farmers of America
Lorain County Joint Vocational School
Riverview High School
Warsaw
Dan Smith
Becky Scott
Scott Shipman
Dave Reznick
Brian Diederich Reznick
Bull Beursken
Frank Eckler
Cattle rustling tackled by computer in cattlemen effort
Elyria Industrial Equip describes a national program where cattlemen use direct cattle inspection at sale rings and end of day held reports to feed a computer database. When a match with stolen cattle occurs, law enforcement is alerted and arrests often follow.
Sloan Liniment Pioneer Funds Logan County Library
Earl Sloan, creator of a horse liniment later used for humans, built a Logan County legacy by funding a library in 1914. His estate financed Bellefontaine High School to establish a Sloan Industrial School vocational program.
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North Rudge
Eriks
Tme
Pinky
Blue
Logan County
Earl Sloan
Bellefontaine High School
Sloan Industrial School
When Cows Watch Calves Pasture Duty Changes
In pasture groups mother cows share calf watching duties while others roam to graze. The practice lets calves stay safe as cows rotate tasks among themselves during field time.
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By Pat Leimbach
Cleveland Museum of Art
Harvey Duns
Harvey Duan
Pat Leimbach
Heindslit
Cuant
Ping Vroul
Wmg
A SE Star Builders, Inc
Amherst
U.S
Pomona Grange
Johnson Grass
Turkey
South
Agricultural News Service
New York
Agrfacts
Dick Palen
Elyria Industrial Equip
Hall Brothers Meats
Ohio Department OF Agriculture
Cook Quasted Falls
Jim Schaefer
Belden
Wayne Pro
Kipton Elevator Assn
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