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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1983
Page
2
A satirical look at gendered social behavior contrasts women hosting lunches and showers with men avoiding such gatherings. The piece jokes that men rarely initiate social events, prefer business writing, and favor sports and family feasts over friends and friends’ wives. It ends by asking what society would be like without women.
In northern Ohio apples are plentiful and drying is popular at Durkee’s General Store in Grafton. Staff report drying a bushel to a bushel and a half per day using QUAPERSON dehydrators, plus peeling and coring with a mechanical parer in about 20 to 25 minutes.
Orlando Sentinel reports that despite talks of automation in farming, growers cite economics as the main barrier. With labor costing around $4 an hour, farmers prefer cheap migrant workers, delaying widespread use of computerized tractors, robotic harvesters, and automated irrigation. Experts anticipate gradual tech adoption over 15 years, beginning as labor costs rise and productivity needs grow.
The Lorain County 4-H Horse Council will hold its annual awards banquet at Gargus Hall on North Ridge Road Nov. 13 at 5 30 p.m. Trophies and ribbons will be awarded to 4-H club members with the highest points from 12 summer horse shows in 29 categories. Dinner is $7 per person, free for children under 8. Tickets from Crazy W Tack Shop advisors and the October club council. advance sale deadline Nov. 7. Each attending club should bring a door prize.
U.S. Agriculture Department projections show a 4.26 billion bushel corn harvest for 1983, the smallest since 1970, down 49 percent from 1982. Prices at the farm averaged 3.37 per bushel in mid September, wheat at 3.60, with drought expected to push 1984 food prices up 4 to 7 percent. Soybeans down 32 percent to 1.52 billion bushels, the smallest since 1976, and yields fall across major crops.
USDA projections indicate a near seven percent rise in overall prices farmers receive in 1984 if first quarter gains persist. Crop prices lead the increase with corn at 3.50 to 3.75 per bushel and soybeans 8.50 to 9.50, while livestock prices edge lower. The drought boosted price support via the payment in kind program, and higher prices are expected to offset smaller harvests, though 1984 crop size will largely determine receipts.
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