Farmers Week to Feature Crops and Soils Programs
Michigan State College outlines a three day Farmers Week with topics on sugar beets beans and potatoes. Talks cover beet machinery soil management bean variety fertilizer trials insect control harvest methods and industry perspectives. Muck crop talks and association banquets will run Wednesday through Saturday with meetings by essential oil growers and soil conservation districts.
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Michigan State College
MSC
Michigan
Michigan Muck Farmers’ Association
Thorsday
Michigan Crop Improvement Association
State Association of Soil Conservation District
Christmas Visitors Dominate Rural Family Notes
Rural households recount Christmas visits with extended kin. Mr and Mrs Owen Spink spent the day with the Presleys. Gordon Rosenberger of Detroit visited relatives including the Kleiners. Dozens of local families hosted or traveled to share Christmas meals and greetings across Pontiac Midland Brown City and nearby towns.
Dover News Year Greeting and Christmas Roundup
A Dover centric notice chronicles a New Year greeting and a long list of Christmas visits. Families including Heuschele, Pelch, Allen, Nass, Radloff, Favreau, Shaver, Shaver’s relatives, Ireland, Burton, and Walters are noted visiting kin in Clare Manns Siding Beulah and Detroit.
Christmas Dinner Guests Visit Farwell Families
Mr and Mrs Herman Rank hosted their children and families including Mrs Pillsbury and Ernest Radleff for Christmas dinner. Frank Walters and family from Flint shared Sunday dinner with his parents Robert and Mrs Walters. George Clink from Farwell visited his sister Peta Hanes while Mr and Mrs Jim Thompson and daughter called on Frank and Mrs Thompson in Farwell. Tom Ramey of Wise were Thursday visitors at sister Tom White's home.
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Dorothy Heuschele
Tabernacle
Bruce Pelch
Sandy
Farwell
Everette Allen
Ernest Radloff
Paul Nass
Carl Hing
Clare
Pete Hanes
Emerson Burton
Mann Siding
Leland Favreau
Delmar Allen
Wm. LaVoye
Cal Burton
Miles Benchley
Detroit
John Bauer
Harlow Adams
Beulah
Lois Saul
Aginaw
Art Saul
Herb Gilmore
Harl
St. Clair Shores
Delmar
Jim Thompson
Glark Walters
Brown
Robert Walters
Hisie
Ruth Rank
Frank Riett
Bruce Petch
Herman Rank
Pillsbury
Ernest Radleff
Frank. Walters
Flint
George Clink
Peta Hanes
Frank Thompson
Tom Ramey
Wise
Tom. White
Bred Gilts Sale Set For Late Winter At Michigan State
County agent notes the hog market remains lively with favorable corn hog ratio and predicts profit for livestock feeders in 1949. Bred gilt sales run late February through early March led by Michigan Swine Breeders Association with about 100 bred gilts to be sold on March 4 in the Michigan State College Livestock Pavilion. Regional sales are planned by Lenawee Hillsdale Branch Kalamazoo Cass St Joseph and Western Michigan associations.
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Michigan State College Farm
Harry Moxley
Michigan Swine Breeders’ Association
Micigian State College
Lenawee
Hillsdale
Branch
Kalamazoo
Cass
St. Joseph
Western Michigan Association
Michigan farm account book revised for 1960 use
The county agent offers the updated farm account book with a simplified record keeping format. It includes an income tax example and an inventory section to transfer 1949 data into the 1960 book. The note urges farmers to maintain records to gauge investments and protect against total loss.
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Michigan
Home Butchering and Meat Storing Hints Given by Expert
Michigan State College animal husbandry expert HE Farwell outlines methods for home butchering, curing, smoking, and storing meat. Recommendations cover fresh meat chilling to 36 40 F, dry and brine cures, durations per 100 pounds, rinsing, smoking with green hardwood, and proper wrapping and storage in a dark cool place.
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HE. D. Farwell
Michigan State College
Farwell
Time Tested Medicine Promises Quick Relief
Statico a time tested medicine with new vitamin offers speedy relief from back ache lameness or joint pains. Available at Anderson Drug Store for 75 cents.
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Anderson Drug Store
Also Mentioned on This Page
Clare Livestock Auction
Ford
Dearborn
Edward J. Magnus
Farmservice Shop
Clare, Mich
Pleasant Valley
Owen Spink
John Presley
Gordon Rosenberger
Otto Kleiner
Hattie Bechtel
Brown City
Kleiner
Mayme Runyan
Hugh Allen
Archie Tryon
Donald Tryon
Alfred Roe
Archie McKillop
Pontiac
Dale Prescott
Ralph Allen
Laurence Bates
Midland
Robert Clute
Jay Clute
Henry Kleiner
Frank Barton
Robert Kleiner
Ruth Ann
Ernest Kleiner
Gordon
Janie
Webber
Walter Kleiner
Alton David
Delpha Bailey
Donald Kleiner
Wm. Hutchinson
Bates Home
Norman Hutchinson
Frankie
Burton Bay
Glen Bay
Kansas
Laurence Bay
Leonard Orvis
Ervin Orvis
Dover News
Paul D. Gibson
Clare County Agricultural Agent
Tucker
Mt. Pleasant
Peele
C. H. Prather
Robert C. Kleiner and
W. Russell Foell
Farwell Lumber Co
Don Luce
Farwell, Mich
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