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Newspaper

The Clermont Courier

Location

Batavia, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 09, 1950

Page

11

Clermont County 4-H member wins trip to national congress

Herbert Bogert of Batavia Route 4 becomes Clermont County's first 4-H Club member to win a trip to the National 4-H Club Congress in Chicago. He earned the honor by winning the 4-H Tractor Maintenance Contest of Ohio, sponsored by Standard Oil of Ohio with local tractor dealers backing Clermont County. He is a reporter and now junior leader of the Clermont County Advanced 4-H Tractor Maintenance Club. In 1948 he previously earned a trip to the Ohio 4-H Club Congress in Columbus.

Chicago Herbert Bogert W. Thornton Bogert Batavia Bogerts Afton Herbert Ohio Clermont County Columbus

Mechanical Aids Replace Muscle Power on Farms

The article explains how electric and motorized equipment such as elevators blowers conveyors and drag-type wagons reduce manual labor on farms. It notes costs are low relative to labor savings and highlights a portable hay elevator and mow conveyor as examples. It also profiles Herbert a 4 H youth active in local agricultural groups and plans for future farming studies. It includes Clermont County Experiment Farm spray trials showing pre and post emergent herbicide impacts on yield.

Drake Brothers Form 3-Drake Company For Local Construction

Norman and Glen Drake operate on Route 28 cutting trees into fence posts for farmers. The three Drake brothers unionize in a partnership specializing in chain saw work bulldozing road building and hauling sand and gravel. Raymond Norman and Glen hold pilot licenses and radar tech service.

Norman Glen Drake Glen Raymond 3-Drake Company

Mutt and Jeff Carat Numbers Spark Odd Chess Talk

A cryptic OCR fragment references Mutt and Jeff with figures 27 22 37, plus 227 87 and letters that hint at a game or puzzle. No clear event or entities beyond the cartoon pair and numeric tokens emerge from the readable text.

Corn Fields Still Need Cultivation

C. J. Willard of Ohio State University reports from field trials that 2 4 D herbicide cannot replace cultivation for corn in Ohio. Tests at Lincoln County, Wooster station, and ten outlying farms show cultivation remains essential to weed control despite chemical sprays.

Ohio C. J. Willard Department of Agronomy Ohio State University University Columnus Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station Wooster

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