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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1951
Page
3
March winds bring freezing weather and anxious farmers. A simple three sided brooder made from a discarded dish pan with a lamp reflector can reduce piglet and lamb mortality. Plans available at the County Agent's office to aid profitable spring births and future market.
Classified brief seeking a low cost helper described as a go-getter for a role paying 3 shillings weekly. Contact by phone at 35.
Chemicals used in making fertilizers are in short supply and high demand due to war. Explosives manufacture uses the same materials, so allocation favors military needs. Farmers are urged to order fertilizer now and accept delivery when available to secure supplies and potential savings.
Nebraska experiment station findings show terramycin raised ton of feed pork yield by about 60 pounds. At market value, the extra gain could be worth around 12000 dollars per ton of feed. Use cost as a guide, buying only if increased production covers it. Antibiotics help turn runts into market pigs, especially when fed to young animals up to four months old.
Clare County Soil Conservation District directors approve applications for soil and water conservation help for several farms and outline the voluntary, free program. Farmers may map farms next summer to receive complete conservation plans with optional on site layout help from the Soil Conservation Service. Contact Frain Nahm or Ben Bosick in Harrison for details or to arrange a call.
Carl Athey describes replacing corn silage with grass silage citing ease, cost, and age. He reports similar yields per acre, reduced soil erosion, and cows preferring the forage. Nine Clare County soil cooperators toured the Michigan Vitrified Tile Company in Corunna, with about fifty attendees from Isabella Bay and Midland districts.
Clare County Agricultural Agent Paul D. Gibson notes that untreated white cedar fence posts decay quickly due to heart wood content. He urges farmers to treat cedar posts this season with pentachlorophenol to markedly extend life, ~four to five times, after soaking about 48 hours.
A 1953 extension notice promotes treating common popple posts with penta to reduce decay. It notes costs about a pound of chemical or 15 to 20 cents per post and cites long durability from cured posts. Demonstrations 16 years ago showed 3 to 5 percent decay. For details contact the extension agent at the courthouse.
A group of Clare Isabella Midland and Bay county farmers toured the Michigan Vitrified Tile Co plant in Corunna led by County Agent P. D. Gibson and Soil Conservation Planner Ben Bosink. They saw shale extraction processing and the tile forming and curing cycle with heat and cooling, then returned after dinner at Owosso City Club. Participants included Carl Athey Glenn Bay Gerret Hamstra Ernest Barnes Henry Eberhart Mortimer Shea Eugene Baumann and Oswald Mielke.
Farmers warned that swine erysipelas is rising in cold weather and can affect 200 pound breeding gilts in January. The American Foundation for Animal Health urges prompt diagnosis to avoid losses, notes similarity to hog cholera, and advises separating healthy hogs, burning dead pigs, and using gloves to prevent the human infection erysipeloid.
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