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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1937
Page
3
Ohio will run a twofold 1938 agricultural adjustment plan to secure ample food and boost soil conserving crops. Payments from federal funds reward farmers for planting soil conserving crops and using erosion controls while counties set farm level goals based on past corn production and soil needs.
Weevil damage reports to small grains rise at Ohio’s Wooster Agricultural Experiment Station. Damp binning and warm storage foster insect growth. Wheat faces highest risk, rye and shelled varieties also affected. Early farm inspections advised to detect live weevils and prevent further loss.
A Wellington horse Carlaer with Mrs. William B. Murray seeks national honors at the National Percheron Show in Columbus, October 9 to 16, alongside a million dollars in prize livestock from the United States and Canada. Brampton Basilia leads 26 Canadian prizewinners. event features include daily livestock judging, Four-H Club teams from 35 states, and night shows at the Coliseum.
In Columbus Ohio on September 29 officials announce an annual autumn poultry tour beginning October 7 near Mount Vernon and Danville. R E Cray of Ohio State University notes a farm visit with 14 000 turkeys plus smaller numbers at prior stops 1 200 and 2 209. The caravan gathers at 9 45 a m on the CCC highway midway between Mount Vernon and Loudonville with films marking the meeting point and departs at 10 00 for Gail Rickert’s farm half a mile away.
Officials advise immediate measures as the best control works best when temperatures stay above seventy degrees. With cooler weather approaching, the number of suitable days for treatment will decrease. Carbon disulfide fumigation remains the more common method for weed control than other options.
Ohio State University dairy specialist C L Blackman reports pasture conditions remain favorable through late summer aiding dairy associations. Of 13 015 cows milked, 226 produced 10 or more pounds butterfat and 887 yielded 1200+ pounds milk. Leading herds include Butler 611 cows with 129 above 40 pounds butterfat. Geauga 432 cows with 114 over two pounds. Licking 437 milkers, 335 above 40 pounds. Top small herd average goes to Geauga’s W P Mathews at 55.4 pounds butterfat, Willow Een Farms second at 54.6. Other high herds include Columbiana Mahoning with John J Cope and Knox Morrow with Charles Steiner.
Fred Willis of Charlevoix County Michigan wins the state lamb growth title for the third straight year with a near 38 pound per ewe record set in 1934. His flock of 200 grade ewes grazed on sweet clover, lambs born in late winter, and later creep-fed a mix of oats bran cornmeal oilmeal. The article details feeding, lambing, and marketing yields, plus farm tips and a brief note on by-pass gates and grain storage sanitation.
Gmen threaten to trace any marketer who misleads out of state buyers about apple origins. Ohio State horticulture specialist F H Beach says federal agents will inspect interstate shipments in secondhand containers. Beach notes Ohio apples are high quality and in strong demand.
In Columbus Ohio on September 29 4 H club members heard Dr L H Snyder of the zoology department discuss hereditary traits linking blood cell formation to immune responses. He outlined scientific findings on how these reactions could save lives and influence legal cases arising from bodily invasions.
Oberlin prepares for the fifty fifth Lorain County Woman's Christian Temperance Union convention to be held at LaPorte Methodist church with transportation committee contact Ada Comings and Miss S F Hinman. Oberlin Woman's Club Literature department opens the year studying American Literature of the West with reviews and music from Conservatory students. Oberlin Sorosis meets at Mrs L E Steiner's home with a program on Malvina Hoffman's Heads and Tails led by Mrs W H Seaman.
Mrs Claude L Lyman hosted the Business and Professional women's club at her East Lorain home with about twenty members sharing vacation experiences and late refreshments. The Oberlin Girl Scouts Training and Personnel Committee meets at seven then troop leaders at eight at 271 Morgan Street. Ronald Paul Weeka born at St Johns Hospital Cleveland to Mr and Mrs Charles P Weeka. William S Carson returns to Ohio State University Eng School. Rue E Stewart returns from two week visit in Franklin Oil City and Titusville Pa. Beatrice Behr leaves for University of Chicago today.
The September meeting of the South Amherst Legion Auxilary Post No. 197 held at the Club Rooms planned Americ anization work including buying a flag for the gymnasium. Officers elected include Mrs Fred Fahrney as president and Mrs William Slack as first vice president. Installation expected in October. Other items include refreshments served to twelve, and next meeting October 25 at Mrs Henry Kolb home.
Amherst area brief highlights a scheduled Amherst American Legion gathering in club rooms Friday evening. The page also lists several weekend social visits among local families in Elyria and Amherst, plus a church class meeting at St. John’s Evangelical and Reformed Church with a planned masked party on October 22 and prize winners from a game called Pick Up Stix.
The ordinance authorizes refunding Waterworks Bonds Series W with bonds of Series Ww, sets exchange rules, designates Elyria Savings and Trust as escrow agent, and provides for call options, levies for interest and principal, and emergency effect. It requires publication of notices, consent handling, and transfers of certified copies to county auditors. The measure was passed September 20 1937 and approved September 21 1937.
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