US Department Sets 1955 Corn Price Support Rates
The USDA announced minimum price supports for 1955 corn in commercial and non commercial areas at 1.58 per bushel, 87 percent of the parity price, with non commercial rates at 75 percent of commercial. Loans and purchase agreements run from harvest to May 31 1956, with eligibility tied to acreage allotments grades No. 3 or better and adequate storage and moisture standards.
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US. Department of Agriculture
Commodity Credit Corporation
Farm Tips and Safety for Hogs Calves and Machinery
Advice on hog market timing and feeder pig prices with April sale idea. Cattle and calf care notes cover lice control milkers, spraying guidelines, and safe handling. Farm safety warns against tractor start-up risk and emphasizes calf health, dehorning, and castration early to cut losses.
Kroger Scholarship Plan Expands to 25 Colleges
Ninety seven high school graduates will begin college studies in agriculture and home economics under the Kroger Scholarship Plan for 1955. The $200 one year awards are available at land grant colleges in 12 midwestern and southern states plus California and Florida. Eligibility is open to any accredited high school graduate. Selection is by college scholarship committees with emphasis on academic achievement and leadership in 4-H, FFA, New Homemakers and related groups. Michigan State College is among participating schools.
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Kroger
John, Bone
Grand Rapids
Land Grant Edlges
Stroger
California
Florida
Bone
Ito
Shaf
Hem
Ohio State University
Agricultural and Technical College of North Carolina
College of Agriculture
Future Farmers of America
New Farmers of America
Future Homemakers of America
Michigan State College At
East Lansing
California Ranger alfalfa winter hardy for Michigan
Michigan farmers may plant California Ranger alfalfa. MSC experts say Ranger seed from California is winter hardy under Michigan conditions, while California common alfalfa seed remains unsuitable for Michigan winters.
Combined Achievement Day for Clare and Gladwin Counties
The annual Achievement Day programs for Clare and Gladwin county Home Demonstration groups will be a combined event on Tuesday May 3 in Clare. The Way Does It Kitchen trailer with time saving ideas will be at Clare, provided by Consumer Power Company with representatives on hand to explain the concepts.
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Clare
Gladwin County
Consumer Power Company
Hog Prices Rising Through Summer Says MSU Economist
Michigan State College economist Harold Riley predicts higher hog prices late spring into summer. He notes last fall's pig marketings are finishing, summer farrowings rose, and pork stocks plus beef supplies cap upside. Peak price likely $20 to $22 per hundredweight in July.
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Harold Riley
Michigan State College
Riley
Treat Seed And Plant To Prevent Garden Disease
Michigan State College vegetable disease researcher Don DeZeeuw says apply seed protectant before planting. Coat seeds with thiram or captan, sift off excess dust, and use producer treated seed when available. Buy certified strawberry and raspberry plants, and inspect tomato plants for disease spots.
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Michigan State College
Don DeZeeuw
DeZeeuw
Soil Conservation Service News Items Highlight Erosion Controls
Conservation aide Bob Feldhau ser and planner assisted Ferris Diehl with 72 acres of wind and water erosion strips on east and west eighty acres. The plan includes rotation of wheat, jun to mam moth relover, and planting pine trees on light hills. Richard Hickman to lead a land judging school at Mt Pleasant High School this Wednesday. Varying notes mention blue herons and a Heart Association funding total since 1948.
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Bob Feldhauser
Ferris Diehl
Ferris
Broomfield Township
del Meister
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
Richard Hickman
Mt. Pleasant High School
Isabella Conservation District
Clare County
Chesapeake and Ohio Rail Road Largest U.S. Coal Hauler
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad earns about 190 million dollars annually from transporting bituminous coal and stands as the leading coal carrier in the United States.
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Cheasapeake
Watch Oat Depth Warns Against Deep Planting
P D Gibson Clare county agricultural agent warns not to plant oats deeper than one and a half inches. Milton Erdman Michigan State extension farm cropsman notes deep planting can keep seedlings from reaching light, especially in heavy soils. In light soils seed may be sown up to two inches deep.
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P. D. Gibson
Clare ‘County
Milton Erdman
Michigan State
Erdman
Habitat program ships plants to Michigan farmers
Habitat program ships pines shrubs and multiflora rose bushes from six nurseries to about 900 southern Michigan farmers over the next two weeks. Farmers receive the plants free as part of the conservation department farm game habitat program. Planters use the stock as wind breaks hedgerows and erosion stoppers for wildlife food and cover. Buckwheat seed will be delivered to cooperators in June for wildlife food plots.
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Michigan
Conservation Department
Lower Peninsula
New Garden Information Center Offers Planting Guides
The Extension Office provides bulletins and pamphlets on vegetable varieties seeding times insect control and berry and flower care. Materials cover Roses Gladiolus Dahlias peonies strawberries blackberries dewberries raspberries blueberries and tree fruit spraying. Visit to pick up valuable materials.
Bobis Sales and Service Ad Note
Tires tubes batteries and accessories sold and serviced by Bobis Sales and Service located in Clare with phone contact 42.
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Bobis
Clare
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Ben Rosink
Citizens’ State Back
Ranger Alfalfa
O.K
O. K
California Ranger
MSC Farm Cropsman
The
Clare Sentinel
Sentinel
the Sentinel
Pioneer
Brewer Implement Store
West
JoFl
B. Scott Off Co
Johnston Elevator Co
George Lehr
Soil Conservation Service
American Heart Association
Willey
Jeff ‘N. Willey
Unis
Farwell
East Ltd
W. Barwell
WeClare
Desoto
Plymouth
Prompr
Shryvich
Pleasant
Hastings
Rit
Sudan
Kraft
Vo-Ag
SCS
Kraft Foods Company
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