Clare County 4-H Club Plants 20 000 Trees For Future
Clare County 4-H members spent two weeks planting about 20 000 pine trees for a distant harvest. Guided by Stanley Ball P D Gibson and Ira Ball the group led a year two reforestation project selling planting ideas taking orders and supervising planting after nursery arrival. Plantings show a good survival rate and will mature into a crop when participants retire from work.
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Clare County 4-H
Stanley Ball
P. D. Gibson
Ira Ball
M.S.C
WFA Emphasizes Boost in Sugar Beet Acreage Goals
Washington sources indicate the War Food Administration urges farmers to push every available acre into food and feed crops, focusing on sugar beets. C. J. Bourg notes the push as part of wartime agricultural targets.
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War Food Administration
Washington
C. J. Bourg
Marvin A. Jones
Michigan
War Bonds and Labor-Saving Tips Tap Dairy Farmers
A farmer profile explains buying War Bonds to fund freedom and equipment purchases. It cites a University of Minnesota study saving labor on dairies and shares practical upgrades saving time, energy, and milking minutes. It notes disease testing to curb mastitis and carriers, urging routine milking, sanitation, and vet testing of each cow.
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University of Minnesota
Minnesota
Idaho
Kraft Dairy Ad Promises New Product Line
An ad from Kraft Cheese Company touts a forthcoming product line described as innovative and ready for market. The notice emphasizes quality, taste, and consumer appeal with bold claims about future availability.
Sugar Shortage Seen Sharply Worse in 1945 War Year
A farm leaders group warns that 1945 sugar shortages will exceed wartime levels. Cuba faces a 700 000 to 1 000 000 ton deficit. Growers urged to plant maximum sugar beets while War Food Administrator Marvin A. Jones calls for larger acreages than soil surveys suggested.
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ton-representative-of-the-Farmers and- Manufacturers Beet Sugar Association
Cuba
Marvin A. Jones
U. S S. Dept. of Agriculture
Jones
Early Bloom Signals Strong Michigan Cherry Crop Prospects
Reports from Grand Traverse and Leelanau counties indicate a very large cherry crop for Michigan, with the earliest bloom in thirty two years. Commissioner Figg notes three fourths of the state's cherry acreage and an April bloom lead, while Don Barrett cites rising pollination needs and 173000 bee colonies statewide ready for movement to assist the crop.
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Grand Traverse
Leelanau
Charles Figg
Don Barrett
Michigan
Barrett
National fall pig goal raised amid price changes and sales
National fall pig goal set at thirty seven million head an 18 percent increase over last fall with hot support prices raised to 18 dollars per hundredweight Chicago basis for good and choice hogs up to 270 pounds The price ceiling for live hogs remains 14 dollars and 75 cents Chicago basis for butchers and 14 dollars for sows unchanged until September 1 1946 An auction of surplus war materials is set for April 25 1945 at Howell Michigan Fairgrounds starting 9:30 am listing numerous items to be sold
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Marvin Jones
Chicago
Chester Bowles
Howell
Michigan
Hiring and farm plans at State Savings Bank building
The notice asks for farm plan signing before May 80th at the AAA office in Harrison. It mentions a father and mother, a deceased husband for a widow, Ida Price recently hospitalized, and social visits around the Mayhew and Dady households. It references national leaders Roosevelt and Truman with wishes for support.
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AAA
State Savings Bank Bldg
Harrison
Pulpwood shortage may curb farm packaging in 1945
The War Production Board orders cuts in civilian packaging production for the second quarter of 1945, tightening supplies of rhubarb and berry crates and other farm containers. Dealers must trim orders to about one third, while military needs push up V boxes and related crates. The Commerce Department warns shortages could worsen before July unless pulpwood output rises.
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War Production Board
Army
Navy
WPB
Department of Commerce
Commerce
Funeral of Bertha Rose Price in St Johns Hospital
Mrs. Fred Price attended the funeral of her mother in law Bertha Rose Price who died April 8 after nearly two years in St Johns hospital. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Chas Rose, married in 1906, mother of six, three sons and three daughters. Burial was in Clio beside her husband Fred Price.
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Ida Price
Gladwin Hospital
Reuben Rose
Lint
Lawrence Mayhew
Hattie Mose
Mauy ‘Brunni
Everett Silvers
Geo. Miller
George Miller
Milroy Price
Elroy Price
Zora Blackmon
Hold
Roosevelt
Harry 8S
Truman
God
Fred Price
Bertha Rose Price
St. Johns Hospital
Chas. Rose
Red Price
South Pacific
Clio
Carl Bauer Heads to Bay City for Repairs Monday
Dover news notes Carl Bauer travels to Bay City Monday to repair his gravel screen. Several local families visit relatives in Clare and Arcadia including Delmar Allen and Dennis, Jack Larman visiting Henry Magnus family, Everette Allen calling on Louise Bauer, and Frank Clink visiting Peter Hanes.
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Carl Bauer
Bay City
Delmar Allen
Dennis
Dorothy Allen
Clare
Jack Larman
The
Redner
Henry Magnus
Everette Allen
Louise Bauer
Frank Clink
Arcadia
Peter Hanes
Wm. LaVoye
Cornwell Ranch
Rena LaVoye
Growing Oxalis Care Tips
Oxalis should be cut back as soon as flowering ends. Three times yearly remove plants from pots, break bulbs apart, and repot. They prefer good drainage.
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Paul C. Gilson
Harry K. Wakefield
Clare County
Isabella County
Robert C. Kleiner
Clare County Aaa
WFA
Uncle Bob
Western Pacific
Kraft Cheese Company
Prospect
A.C.A
Hamilton Center
Dover News
Sinclair Products
Goodyear
Gould
Trai
Lers
Andy Courser
Clare Livestock
United States
Farmers & Manufacturers Beet Sugar Association
Saginaw, Michigan
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