Dairy DHIA lists top cows and upcoming sale in Michigan
DHIA reports high producing cows led by Howard Penrose & Sons with 91.3 pounds butterfat. Moeggenberg, OBrien, Myers and others follow. Central Michigan Holstein breeders plan October 1 sale with many over 500 pounds butterfat, plus a meeting August 11 to discuss testing and forming a new DHIA group.
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Fred Zeien
Howard Penrose’& Sons
Cletus Moeggenberg
Martin O'Brien
Bob Myers
Maurice John
Howard Penrose & Sons
Martin O’brien
Brown Brothers
Bob Becker
Central Michigan
Bill
Increasing Interest In 4 H Work Four Club
Michigan youths completed 135 220 projects last year as 70 465 members joined 4H clubs. Russell G Mannby, state 4H Club leader at Michigan State University, announced 12 084 adults served as volunteers. In 1959 farm youth were 44 percent of the membership while urban non farm youth were 56 percent.
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Michigan
Russell G. Manby
Michigan State University
Isabella 4-H News Youth & Farm Fair Activities
The 15th annual Youth and Farm Fair opens August 16 with entry day. The 4-H foods project leads with 229 youths, followed by flower, vegetable gardening, and photography. Livestock entries are strong, with record steer numbers and active swine, sheep, and horse clubs. Judging runs Wednesday through Friday with dairy Day and the 4-H Demonstration Contest. The parade, awards, and livestock auction cap the week, with foodstands run by Ruff & Reddy leaders Dale and Juanita Zingery and Fern Sagaman.
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Swine Club
Horse Club
Floral Hall
Michigan Consolidated Gas Company
Franklin and
Lansing
Mt. Pleasant
Citizens State Bank of
Rosebush
Kraft. Food Mpany
Clare
Jinx
Isabella
Oreof
stHey
4H Council
Dale
Juanita Zingery
Ruff & Reddy
Fern Sagaman
Kraft Award Honorees Recognized for Fifteen Years Service
The Kraft Foods company in Clare honored Clayton Barber and Ralph Funke with the Kraft Award for fifteen years of service. The program began in 1945 and includes a Service Citation Certificate signed by president J. C. Loftis.
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Kraft Foods’ Company
Clare
Clayton Barber
Ralph Funke
Kraft
J. C. Loftis
Crops-Soils Field Day Set For September 8 At MSU
Michigan State University will host the Crops-Soils Field Day on September 8 at the East Lansing campus. The event features late research on crops and soils with farm tours starting at 9:30 a.m. Stop reports cover spacing fertilizer placement nitrogen response in corn and soybeans soil moisture effects on crop growth corn root distribution weed control quack grass forage substitution and variety trials in red clover alfalfa corn and forage grasses plus green chop forage production.
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Michigan State University
MSU
E. Lansing
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Richard Schroeder
Clare County
Kenneth Tweedy
Norleen Ackerman
Edward A. Poole
Isabella County 4
Ruth Melinay
Isabella County
Harry Densmore
Isabelle County
DHIA
Block & Sons
Ed Schafer
Isadore Schafer
Norman Gross
Joe Stevens
Fred McDonald
Murphy Brothers
Charles Purtill
Herb Yuncker
Robert Bott & Sons
Gratiot County
Elfred Kreger
Fred Myer
Midland County
Howard Penrose and Sons
Clare-Isabella Holstein Breeders
Youth & Farm Fair Activites
Donald
Chek
Lee Crean
Alb
McDonald
Kroger Frozen
Kroger
ALL Flavors Country Club
Farly - Bird
Ont Eoomite
Tardse
Kroon
Kroger Fhru
Avondale
Avondale Sweet Peas
Kroger Peanut
Fonia
Peschkers
Ring Bologna
Kroger Honey Grahams
Eee Ripple Libbey Safedge
Rmls
Braunschweiger
U.S
Cardinal
Thompson
Kraft Foods
Midland
Mich
Central
Helldrivers
Wound.s
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