Plow Planting Shows Higher Corn Yields in MSU Tests
Michigan State University trials at ten locations in Calhoun Clinton Eaton Jackson Kalama zo Mason counties show plow planted corn averaging 11 bushels more per acre than conventional methods. Soil and ag engineering specialists credit better population, moisture conditions, and efficient fertilizer use for higher yields.
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Michigan State University
Calhoun
Kalamazoo
Jackson
Eaton
Clinton
Mason
L. S. Robertson
Michigan 4 H Club Food Projects Highlight Student Cookery
Michigan 4-H Club girls engage in three food projects for the year Girl Home Economics Canning and Food Preparation to learn selection preservation and demonstration of meals They aim to stretch budgets improve nutrition and serve about 1100 meals with awards supporting participants including 400 scholarships and trips to the 1958 National 4-H Club Congress in Chicago Awards also fund state and county winners Information through local 4-H leaders or County Extension office.
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Chicago
Jeaders
Isabella County Seeks Seedling Orders For Tree Planting
Isabella County farmers should submit seedling tree orders to the Isabella Soil Conservation District office promptly. Nursery has 77,000 trees in progress, under half the prior year's planting, with 2,000 white spruce available and limited time restocking red pine Austrian pine and Scotch pine. Manley Smith of Wise Township completes a basic farm plan centering on a four dairy herd with corn alfalfa and oats as nurse crop, and home fields reorganized for machinery use. Cooperators Clarend Methner Denver Don Travis Coe Don Fish Holland and Delmar Gieseler Coldwater Township are developing basic conservation plans.
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Isabella County
Isabella Soil ‘Conservation District
Manley Smith
Wise Township
Clarend ‘Methner
Denver
Don Travis
Coe
Don Fish
Holland
Delmar Gieseler
Coldwater ‘Township
Spring tree planting starts as first group arrives
The first group of trees for spring planting arrived on April 1 in the county with more expected the week of April 7 to 11. Weather is favorable for earlier planting and farmers are advised to prepare for insect control this season. Loren Birdsall of Grant township had an 80 acre farm plan approved on March 9 promoting conservation farming and practices like strip cropping and reduced tillage to prevent erosion.
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Robertson
Loren Birdsall
Grant Township
Birdsall
Traverse City
Potato Calorie Count Compared to Fruit
A medium potato yields about 100 calories when boiled pressure cooked or baked, similar to a large apple or orange. The comparison highlights potato energy content versus common fruits.
Ventilators for Grain Bins Step Up Drying Role
Michigan State researchers Walter Sheldon and Carl Hall tested a 16 inch rotating ventilator to cool or aerate 1000 bushels of grain at 8 mph and 3000 bushels at 10 mph. They warn moisture content must be correct at storage and ventilation aids moisture loss control, as moisture moves upward then condenses in unventilated stores, causing damage.
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Michigan State, University
Walter Sheldon
Carl Hall
Michigan
Sheldon
Hall
Glue Could Hold 5000 Pounds Says Reader's Digest
A new glue, described by Reader's Digest, can support 5000 pounds from a single drop. In a demonstration a technician joined two steel rods with one drop and held them by fingers for 20 seconds, then attached the rods to a crane and lifted an automobile with four passengers off the ground.
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Reader's Digest
Grain sample volumes for bin storage described
The test uses 1000 bushel grain samples. They would fill a bay measuring 10 feet by 12 inches by 10 feet deep. A round bin 14 feet in diameter would be filled to a depth of 9 feet.
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Wesso
the Giant
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Farmer Peet
Repeeter
Borden
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Stoney Creek
Breckenridge
Vigoro Fertilizer
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Giant
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