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Newspaper
The Rittman Press
Location
Rittman, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1925
Page
7
Colombian Rose heads statewide beauty contests to select Miss Ohio for the Atlantic City national contest in September. Eleven district winners advance to Cob ua events August 31 to September 5 with the chosen queen and court hosted in Columbus at the Neil House.
The annual Orchard Day at the Wooster Ohio Experiment Station will be Friday August 21. Special tours of the orchard led by Signcata members begin at 9 30 a.m with Prof F F E Gladwin of New York on grape growing and Prof H Davis on panch culture. Visitors will see grape and fruit varieties including apples cherries plums currants and other small fruits and hear about pollination spraying insect control pruning thinning and related garden work.
A new college offering a Bachelor of Science and a Bachelor of Business Administration will admit men and women aged over 21 who meet the same qualifications as Case or Reserve entrants. Dr. Winfred G. Souther of Western Reserve University serves as acting director and accepts applications in his Adelphort House office. First classes begin September 29.
A state survey shows Hessian fly infestation fell from 11 percent in 1984 to 7 percent overall, with Darke County at 28 percent, Fairfield 23 percent, and Champaign 20 percent. Ohio State extension entomologist T I k Parks notes central counties need prompt seeding dates to avoid fly damage, and guidance is available from local agricultural agents.
In an Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station trial western Hereford yearlings fed soybean hay with corn and silage gained 2.22 pounds daily per steer over 15 days, while clover hay fed steers gained slightly less. Both hay types proved equally profitable. soybeans were sown thick and harvested with leaves largely intact.
Ford introduces a finance plan to help farmers modernize operations by allowing the purchase of a Fordson tractor and essential equipment with a small initial outlay and later deferred payments. The plan addresses high upfront costs cited by the U S Department of Agriculture as a major barrier to agricultural development.
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station and State University pathologists studied fruit and vegetable diseases in north western Ohio fields. They tracked extent damage conditions and control measures with growers and agents present. Root and leaf diseases such as rats wilts galls blights and mildews appeared epidemically and sanitation crop rotation and resistant strains were advised.
Western Reserve University President Dr Robert E Vinson and Case School of Applied Science President Dr Charles S How announce Ohio state charter for a new downtown Cleveland college. It will offer liberal arts and sciences with evening courses in business administration and chemistry for workers, using a 3 30 to 9 59 schedule six evenings a week. Instruction will be by faculty from Western Reserve and Case with standards maintained.
Reports from Kiwanis International HQ in Chicago indicate hundreds of Kiwanis clubs in the United States and Canada plan county fairs, shows, dairy and grass exhibits, and agricultural institutes during the coming months as part of a policy to develop closer community involvement.
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