Cattle Feeders of Michigan Plan December 20 Meeting
Michigan cattle feeders to gather at Michigan State College Friday December 20 for a cattle feeder's day. Veteran feeders will share advice, meat packers and commission men will discuss market prospects, and university staff will summarize Michigan experiences. Luncheon precedes talks on 1941 outlook and meat advertising.
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Michigan
Michigan State College
G. A. Branaman
Michigan Cattle Veeders
College
Robert Martin
Buffalo Producers
Ray Kaufman
Michigan Livestock Exchange
James McCrum
Bishop Hammond
Jack Rid
George A. Brown
National Livestock and Meat Board
Cantique de Noel The First Noel Tableau Deck the Halls
Elementary chorus and junior band present a holiday program featuring Cantique de Noel The First Noel and Deck the Halls with Adolphe Adam Pietro A and others.
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Cantique de
Noel
Seed Testing Campaign Planned as Winter Sets In
Michigan enters real winter as the Department of Agriculture gears up for spring seed inspections. Seed types include field lawn and vegetable seed with 5 305 samples analyzed last season the largest total in the department s history. Vegetable seed posted 91 percent meeting standards and officials anticipate five field inspectors and more samples for the coming season.
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Michigan
Department of Agriculture
Charles Stahl
Stahl
Clare Isabella Dairy Herd Improvement Assn November Report
The Isabella County Dairy Herd Improvement Association report shows 23 herds on test totaling 3385 cows with 61 dry. Average production was 712 pounds milk and 29.0 pounds butterfat. Top cows include two year olds Stevens and Hoyle. three year olds Yuncker and Schaeffer. four year olds Block and Welsh. mature cows Hapner and Stevens. Six high producing herds include Glen Poet Brown Swiss and Anthony Vogel Holsteins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isabella County Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Vernon Fike
Jos. Stevens
Ray V. ‘Hoyle
Herbert Yuncker
J. W. Schaeffer
Edward Block
Roy Welsh
EH. H. Hapner
Guernsey
Jos, Stevens
Glen Poet
Anthony Vogel
Dairy Herd Averages and Breeding Notes
The report lists farmers and herds with average milk yields and butterfat. Edward Block’s 13 Holsteins average 912 lb milk and 34.3 lb butterfat. J W Schaeffer’s 32 Holsteins average 935 lb milk and 32.7 lb butterfat. Mt Pleasant State Home 42 Holsteins average 935 lb milk and 34.0 lb butterfat. Ray Hoyle plans to keep his sire another year to assess daughters before disposal.
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Edward Block
C. A. Spence
J. W. Schaeffer
Mt. Pleasant State Home and Training School
Ray Hoyle
Dairy breeders announce purchases of sires and herd updates
Ford Welsh bought a young sire from Mt. Pleasant State Home and Training School for Grade Holsteins. C A Spencer expects a tough year after replacing old cows with heifers to keep herd averages up. Joen Murra bought a registered Guernsey sire with strong records for use a couple of years. Robert Coon insists on corn silage for dairy cows and notes his current farm lacks a sire. Howard Penrose & sons in Clare County cannot meet milking Short Horn demand. J W Schaeffer and crew praise their new pen-type barn from last summer. Josh Stevens bought a registered Holstein baby bull calf from Arthur Fleming to raise as a herd sire next year.
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Ford Welsh
Mt. Pleasant
C. A. Spencer
Joen Murra
Guernsey
Robert Coon
Howard Penrose & Sons
Clare County
J. W. Schaeffer
Josh Stevens
Arthur Fleming
Cooperating Michigan dairymen offer bull calves to farmers
Michigan dairy extension head A C Baltzer announces a calf distribution plan listing 209 cooperating herds across five breeds Ayrshire Brown Swiss Guernsey Holstein and Jersey. Buyers contact county agents to select calves rated by dam production with prices uniform across cooperators. Forty five calves placed in five counties with twelve more pending.
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Michigan Dairymen
A. C. Baltzer
Dairy Extension Department
Michigan State College
Michigan State College Dairy Extension Service
Baltzer
Ayrshire
Guernsey
Jersey
Kendal Green Cloth Tied to Kendal and Robin Hood
Kendal green was a famous green cloth worn by foresters and known to originate from Kendal in Westmoreland England. Robin Hood and his followers wore Kendal green.
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Kendal
Westmoreland County
England
Robin Hood
Harold Brooks represents Clare at Thirteenth FFPA convention
Harold Brooks was elected to represent Clare F.P.A. at Michigan’s Thirteenth Annual Future Farmers Convention in Kansas City. He traveled from Lansing to Chicago then to Kansas City with 119 Michigan delegates, attended meetings and banquets, toured Field Museum and Shedd Aquarium, and visited several sites including the Burning Tower memorial for WWI servicemen.
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Clare F.P.A
Harold Brooks
Future Farmers
Kansas City
Harold
Lansing
Chicago
Field Museum
Shedd Aquarium
Michigan
FFPA
Clare
Kansas City Power Exchange
Swift Packing Plant
American Royal Livestock Show
Montgomery-Ward
France
Sale of Xmas Seals to Exceed Last Year's Total
Miss Harwood and the second year shorthand and typing class mailed 45 000 tuberculosis seals to over 600 community members. Last year $180 was raised. this year the group expects about $200. Proceeds support the Michigan Tuberculosis Association.
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Miss Harwood
Michigan Tuberculosis Association
The Importance of Being Warnest Three Act Comedy
The Senior Class stage three act comedy The Importance of Being Warnest on December 17 at 8 00. Cast includes John Worthing Merritt Ogie Algernon Moncrieff George Parent Rev Canon Chasunable Henry Denton Merriman Chester Richard Lane Ed Burdo Leedy Bracknell Leona Dobson Hon Gwendoline Fairfax Blaine Frey Cecily Cardew Evelyn Olson Miss Prism Faynell White. Oscar Wilde wrote the play about mistaken identity and the crucial Bunbury figure who never appears on stage. Ernest identity carries the plot and its comic point as the ending clarifies why to be Ernest matters.
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John Worthing
Merritt Ogie Algernon Moncrieff
George Parent
Canon Chasunable
Henry Denton Merriman
Chester Richard Lane
Ed Burdo
Ledy Bracknell
Leona Dobson
Gwendoline Fairfax
Blaine Frey
Cecily Cardew
Evelyn Olson
Miss Prism
Faynell White
Oscar Wilde
Mr. Bunbury
Ernest
Stone's Club Benefit Dance for Tuberculosis Aid
The Stone's Club plans a public benefit dance on December 14 at Community Hall to aid the Michigan Tuberculosis Association. A nine piece orchestra will play from 8:30 to 12:00 with Mayor John W. Dunlop and wife as patrons. Club girls will dress dolls to be donated for underprivileged children in Clare.
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The
Stone’s Club
Michigan Tuberculosis Association
John W. Dunlop
Clare
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