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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1949
Page
11
Michigan State College agricultural engineer Robert Maddox warns farmers against homemade electric fence equipment. He notes fatalities and injuries occur when fences are powered from ordinary lighting circuits. Approved controllers deliver only a warning sting, while homemade devices risk paralyzing shocks, burns, or electrocution.
Three Michigan counties Isabella Ontonagon and Ottawa achieved modified tuberculosis free status after tests showed infection rates under 4 percent in cattle. Reports from Dr Lee Davisson Acting State Veterinarian note completion of reaccreditation requirements and formal submission to Washington. Drive safely this message ends with a caution to readers.
Exhibits and delegations from nearly all of Michigan's 83 counties gather in East Lansing for the annual State 4-H Club exposition. The event, called a Little International, features livestock including dairy and beef cattle sheep hogs and horses with the beef steer show and sale as the highlight. Clare county's Carolyn Carter brings a steer aiming for top honors after prior attempts. Visiting days peak Thursday for judging and sales.
County agents report interest in new fly killer Lindane discussed in Dow's Down to Earth. The U S D A endorses it as safe around dairy barns. Lindane, benzene hexachloride, appears as a 25 percent wettable powder for residual spray against flies roaches ants and mosquitoes.
The text notes restrictions on using certain pest killers on calves under three months and beef under 30 days before slaughter. It warns that high powered killers concentrate in fatty tissue of meat and dairy animals, but hopes chemists will develop safer materials without these faults.
First tests with the throat tickling deer repellent yielded mixed results in protecting crops, with favorable outcomes reported by some orchard owners in Léelanda and Van Buren counties. Further trials, including heavier applications and Kornitol from Germany, are planned to improve deterrence.
MANN SIDING notes visits by M rs Stanley Woznick and family and others near Grand Rapids. Weekend calls by Lyle Shaver and daughter to the Hileman parents. Otto Heber of Royal Oak visits his brother Chas Heber. Friends visit Stephenson, Brockway, Beavers, and Beavers families. 4 H meeting at Charles Heber’s home. Plans for the fair and State Show in Lansing next week. School starts next Monday with Cecil Hubel teaching.
Hogs infected with swine erysipelas sometimes display unusual vitality when aroused, a finding noted in early veterinary observations.
Brown Corners and nearby residents visit relatives in multiple towns. illness of Elaine Garver prompts hospital care. Community events include birthday celebrations and conference attendance. The field report notes Alone in Field Farmers were the only major group to close 1948 at a lower price level.
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