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Madison County Democrat
London, Madison County, Ohio
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Ohio's Farm-City Week committee met at Ohio State University's College of Agriculture to plan the 1957 observance (November 22-28), emphasizing rural-urban understanding through tours, meetings, and visits. Recommended county extension agents lead local committees; elected W.B. Wood and Gerald Stahly as co-chairmen.
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Columbus—Becoming better acquainted with how "the other half lives." will make the problems of rural-urban relations easier to solve.
Ohio's committee on observance of Farm-City Week, meeting at the College of Agriculture the Ohio State University, to prepare for the 1957 observance November 22-28, agreed that public understanding of agriculture and industry and business increased many-fold as a result of the 1955 and 1956 programs.
The state committee recommended that county extension agents assume leadership in setting up county Farm-City committees .In 44 Ohio counties farm-city interchange of information through tours to farms and factories. joint meetings of rural and urban clubs and inter-family visits bore fruit of understanding last year. This was the report of D. B. Robinson, assistant director of Agricultural Extension Service in charge of programs to the state Farm-City Week committee.
The state committee elected W. B. Wood, director of the Extension Service, and Gerald Stahly, Lancaster, Ohio representing the Kiwanis clubs of Ohio, as co-chairmen for the 1957 observance.
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Columbus, Ohio
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November 22 28, 1957
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elected w. b. wood and gerald stahly as co-chairmen; recommended county extension agents assume leadership in setting up county farm-city committees; past programs in 44 counties increased understanding through tours, meetings, and visits.
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Ohio's committee on observance of Farm-City Week met at the College of Agriculture, Ohio State University, to prepare for the 1957 observance. Agreed that public understanding of agriculture, industry, and business increased from 1955 and 1956 programs. D. B. Robinson reported on successful interchanges in 44 counties last year.