Thrift Sunday Promoted Across Churches Nationwide
June 22 marked Thrift Sunday with churches nationwide promoting War Savings Stamps. Ohio Director H. P. Wolfe urged faith groups to include thrift in sermons highlighting moral reasons for saving, spending wisely, and investing through government Savings and Thrift securities.
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Ohn
Nation
Ohio War Savings Committee
Secretary of the Treasury Glass
H. P. Wolfe
Ohio
Green forage crops aid to lamb feeders
Tests at the Omo Experiment Station show green forage crops like rape, rye, and clover help fatten lambs where permanent pastures are scarce. Rape yield is especially profitable, with up to $86 per acre realized from pasture, 22 lambs fed 83 days producing 676 pounds of gain while lambs valued at $15 per 100 pounds.
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Omo
FISHPONDS OFFER PROFIT ON OHIO FARMS
Prof. Raymond C. Osburn of Ohio State University warns that Ohio farm fishponds have declined over the last decade while pond culture becomes more profitable. He says wasting land on farms can be converted to productive fishponds, providing meat and income, though trout are unsuitable due to summer heat.
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Raymond C. Osburn
Ohio State University
Ohio
Prof
Osburn
Carp Introduction Suggested For Pond Fisheries
A guidance note from Prof Osbitha recommends black bass, pike, pickerel, bluegill, yellow perch and smaller prey fish for pond stock. Carp, though ridiculed, can provide the largest supply if kept in clean water. they do not harm small fishes but feed on natural supplies for others. The Bureau of Fisheries in Columbus offers free pond fish supply to aid operation.
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Osbitha
Bureau of Fisheries
State House
Columbus
Presbyterian War Program Seeks Fourteen Million Dollar Drive
A New Era Movement within the Presbyterian Church outlines a wartime plan to spend about twenty five million dollars on religious and social work. Goals include support for returning soldiers, reconstruction of European churches, overseas missions, temperance efforts, disabled preachers, salary increases, urban immigrant outreach, and local community programs.
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New Era
Presbyterian Church
Liberty Loan
Red Cross
Red Cross, War Savings
Y M. CG. A
Europe
Boy Sets Fire to Straw Stack Near Creston
A boy ignited a straw stack at the John Beal farm near Creston last week. The blaze spread to a barn and another nearby barn, destroying both and the straw. Loss estimated at about $600 with some insurance.
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John Beal
Turin
Creston
Ohio Poultry Breeders Meet at Wooster
Ohta breeders have scheduled their annual meeting at the Ohare Experiment Station in Wooster for September 27. Speakers from the College of Agriculture in Columbus and other poultry association officers will conduct several conferences on that date.
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Ohio Poultry Breeders
Wooster
Ohta
Ohare
College of Agrculture
Columbus
Together
Poultry Association
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