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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1952
Page
3
The 97th annual Michigan State 4-H Show runs August 26 to 29 at Michigan State College in East Lansing with about 2 000 youths expected. Top achievement booth winners receive trips to the National 4-H Camp in Washington. premium books list rules, judges and fixtures for the contests across Michigan.
The Board of Directors and Fair officials praise the Severith Annual Fair to be held August 19 to 23. A new 18 by 28 livestock exhibit barn will host stock, with many volunteers contributing. Highlights include Tractor Handling Contest, Pig Scramble, Horsepulling Contest, and the District Gladiolus Show. Robert Acker notes 35 to 40 steers, last scramble calves auction, W. G. Wade Shows Midway, and concession space rapidly filling.
August brings Michigan peaches ready for canning and freezing. Crop sizes are above last year and prices look reasonable with Redhaven Halehaven Hilberta and J. H. Hale prized for freezing progress. Store ripe peaches on the coldest fridge shelf and use peeled fruit soon for best color and flavor.
Extension specialist W L Finley advises farms to adopt a broad sow program and pasture based pig rearing to cut protein supplement use by up to 15 percent. Pasture lowers grain needs, improves carcass quality, and reduces parasites. sow farrowing increases pig survival. A small ladino clover patch and alfalfa-brome overseeding now can save feed value for next year and reduce costs per 200-pound market pig.
Michigan State College announces 240 eight week scholarships worth 100 dollars for agricultural and home economics courses. Girls study foods nutrition clothing home furnishings home management and consumer buying. Boys study agriculture including dairying crops poultry livestock soils horticulture and farm mechanics with rural leadership and public speaking. Term begins October 27, 1962. information from county agents bankers or high school teachers.
Clare County urges early grass and legume seedings in 1953 to cut seeding losses from quack grass. Michigan State College soil scientist Ed Longnecker recommends weekly tillage to expose roots and sun kill quack grass, plus complete soil tests with county agents. Soil tests at Gladwin laboratory at 50 cents per sample. Plan to sow a cover crop on fallow ground late in August to protect soil through winter.
The notes report the Citizens State Bank of Clare appointing a new farm relations manager who will continue a local farm column. It covers farm trials with muck soil, seed beds, tree planting, wheat yields, tile drainage, and ongoing soil conservation efforts by Isabella District and area farmers including Walters, Gerrit Hamstra, the Seibt brothers, Joe Murphy, and Dan Zeller.
August 4 audience urged to attend the first 4-H talent show at Mt Pleasant High School Auditorium. Eliminations occurred during camp sessions. Chester Ragoza of WCBN will host the event.
All day August 4 will feature 4-H demonstrations and public speaking contests at Mt Pleasant high school gym. Demonstrations begin at 10:00 AM focusing on dairy business meetings and home economics projects. Speakers should arrive after 2:00 PM. all demonstrations conclude by 2:00 PM.
Livestock judging for dairy and livestock teams is planned for Friday August 1 with cooperation between Tsabella and Gratiot counties. Sheep cattle swine and horse members will go to Gratiot county to work with 4H Club Agent John Baker. Gratiot and Isabella dairy members will judge dairy classes in Isabella county. letters have been sent to enrolled members. If you have not received a letter contact the 4-H Office for time and location details.
Our top judges from various projects will compete at Michigan State College on August 7 and 8 with club members from 22 counties. They will judge clothing, food preparation, food preservation, poultry, crops, vegetable gardening, dairy, livestock, public speaking and a talent show. From these eliminations the top judges will advance to judge at the State 4-H Show August 26 to 29.
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