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Newspaper
The Gazette
Location
Medina, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1978
Page
12
Dormant oil sprays and regular fruit tree sprays protect backyard apples. The guide urges spring treatments, checks with the agriculture department, and notes dormancy and bud stages. It also covers renewing strawberry patches, gooseberry cuttings, lilac care, and portulaca weed control.
Conservationist urges practical tree planting for windbreaks and future generations. Emphasizes removing grapevines, spotting wolf trees, and clearing junk wood for firewood. Advises 3 5 row windbreaks, 10 12 ft spacing, fall plowing, and buying ball and burlap stock at least 4 feet tall for faster heat savings.
The hot humid weather boosts crop growth with oats and corn advancing, soybeans delayed by cold and late planting, and potato leafhopper pests in third crop alfalfa. The 51st Ohio Dairy Day in Wooster August 11 will dedicate a new 2.5 million dairy research unit with Dr. W P Flatt as speaker. Field day on August 10 at OARDC for Fruit Crops Day with tours. Mark September 19 to 21 for the 1978 Ohio Farm Science Review at Don Scott Field Columbus.
Harold Thoburn Medina County Extension agent has entered Cleveland Clinic for a second open heart operation in two years. He is expected to stay at the Cleveland facility until at least mid August for recovery and follow up.
The 35th annual Medina County Fair Tractor Pull at the Fair Grandstand featured classes A to G with 6 500 to 16 500 pound divisions. Winners included James Berger on a Massey Ferguson 165 in Class A and Keith Pasek on an International Harvester 666 in Class B.
Investors eye cattle feeding tax shelters as beef prices are forecast to rise over the next years. After a bad 1970s track record, only a few funds remain, with experts predicting returns of 30 to 40 percent in short runs and caution about staying invested long term. The K-Bar fund from Kershaw and Sons, operating in Brawley since 1949, is listed among the remaining options.
Six hundred eight consignors sold 2 011 head at Kidron Auction on Thursday with cattle hogs calves sheep goats and dairy cattle reaching wide price ranges. Creston consignors moved 1 065 head at Monday’s sale with prices for calves sheep hogs and cattle noted across grades.
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