Tractor 4H Live Power Club Plans February Meetings
4H club leaders Mike Sab ehert and Clarence Martin announce tractor maintenance classes taught by Standard Oil trained volunteers. Sessions February 15 in Winterfield Town Hall and February 16 in Clare Night School. open to eligible 4H members. A revised program brings new challenges and benefits for participants. Parents invited for guidance and information. A new satellite school operates in Gladwin February 14 under Leon McDonald and Leo Fitzpatrick. Boys and girls may attend any school but enroll in their county.
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Tractor
Maiterance
Mike Sabehert
Clarence Martin
Standard ‘Oil Company
Adj
Salbért
Winterfield
Clare Night School
Atekt Q’tléck
Gladwin
Court House
Leon McDonald
Leo Fitzpatrick
Claré
Sev enth Annual Dairy Tour Set For Mt Pleasant Michigan
Set To Go Everything is set for the seventh annual Dairy Tour on Mondus February 14. Specialist Jim Hays will represent Michigan State College. Tour opens 10:00 A.M. at the Bader Ley farm one mile south of Mt. Pleasant and two miles west on US 27. Read more on Holstein herds, facilities, and program with talks by Professor J. G. Hays and dairy groups.
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Mondus
Jim Hays
Michigan Dairymen
Michigan State College
Jim
Dairymen
Bader
Mt. Pleasant
Mac-Rae
St. Philomena Church
Beal
J. G. Hays
Michigan Farmer, Michigan Milk Producers Association
State Bureau of Dairying
Clarence Miller and Son Farm
Us- 27
Weidman Road
Goop Universal
Trees for windbreaks offered in two 300-tree packs
Department of Conservation announces two new forest planting stock packages. Both include 300 trees with White Spruce Red Pine and White Pine transplants. Priced at $6 per package, trees average 15 to 18 inches. One package has more White Spruce. Orders encouraged now as supply will run quickly. Larger quantities available if needs exceed packages.
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Department of Conservation
Bulk Milk Handling Topic At Coming Meeting
Bulk milk handling is the focus of a meeting scheduled for Friday February 8 at 4 30 PM in Union Township Hall. Members of the Mt Pleasant Milk Producers Association have shown interest in bulk tanks and state wide development is noted. All dairymen are invited to hear the latest information from Dom Murray of MBE.
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Union Township
Mt. Pleasant
Producers’ Association
Dom Murray
MBE
Tie Te Oa
Glenn Poet Herd Tops 400 Club In Butter Fat Standings
Glenn Poet of Sheridan township ranks 57th among 304 dairy farms in the 400 club with a five year butter fat average of 475.9 lbs and 11 941 lbs of milk from 11 92 cows. Joe Steverns of Rosebush leads rivals with 476.2 lbs fat from 21 Holsteins, while L D Coffey of Fowlerville posts 581 lbs fat and 15953 lbs milk from 13.8 cows.
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Amon
Michigan
Glenn
Sheridan Township
Joe Steverns
Rosebush
Mr. Poet
D.H.L.A. December Dairy Fat Records Highlight Leaders
Walter Smith reports in December that 354 cows averaged 788 pounds of milk and 29 pounds of fat each week, with nine dairymen finishing the fiscal year and four exceeding 400 pounds of fat per cow annually. MacRae and Mayberry led with 489 pounds, followed by Harold Brooks, Ed McAlvey, Steward and Cowden, and others. Highest per-cow fat went to William Block and Sons at 88 pounds.
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Walter Smith
D.H.L.A
MacRae and Mayberry
Harold Brooks
McAlvey
Steward
Cowden
Ed Schafer
Kendall Wood
Wm. Block and Sons
Ed McAlvey
Fred McDonald
and MacRae
Mayberry
William Block and Sons
Hd McAlvey
Bogan and
Cotter
Wm. Block
Dale Davis
MacRae
May~berry
College graduation rise over decade tracks youth achievement
The article notes nearly fifty percent more young Americans earned college degrees in the last ten years versus the prior decade. It also credits Dr EB McCollum of Wisconsin with 1913 vitamin A discovery as a turning point for nutrition research and the inclusion of milk and dairy products in the human diet.
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EB. V. ‘McCollum
Wisconsin
Isabella 4-H Club Holds February Meeting in Midland Library
The Isabella 4-H group set February 15 at 1:30 PM for the Annual Bay-Isabella County 4-H Carp Meeting in Midland’s new library. Leaders, parents, and friends will discuss the new dorm and plans for the year. The 4-H Council and Beef Feeding meeting are also noted with dates for Achievement Days and enrollments across Conservation, Sewing, and Handicraft clubs. A $25 donation from Wolverine 4-H Club Camp is reported toward Coldwater Lake camp funds.
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Bay-Isabella
County
Midland
Ronald Smith
Ray Ranta
4-H
Rosebush Club
Iris. C. Eggleston
Earl House
Will Hunter
Nelson Calkins
Hugh Swindlehurst
W. M. James Edwards
Dorothy Lowery
Ronald McKenzie
Roscoe Philo
Earl Neff
Ronald Knapp
Wolverine
Farm Account Cooperators Meet to Learn Records
The Extension program invites new farm account cooperators as they plan a 9:00 a.m. meeting at the Extension Office. Specialists will review books February 25 and assist in starting, maintaining, and closing farm records with no expense to participants.
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Our
Hi Brown
Michigan
Cooperattors
Varieties to Plant Oats Based on Rust Resistance and Yield
Michigan State College specialist Donnie Clanahan lists four questions to evaluate oat varieties before planting. Recommended oats include Jackson a tall yellow variety suited to central Michigan, Eaton a high yielding white oat resistant to stem rust race seven but susceptible to leaf rust race 45, Clinton a yellow high test weight strawed variety for high fertility areas, and Craig a high yielding white oat more lodging prone yet resistant to leaf rust and stem rust race seven.
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Donnie Clanahan
Michigan’ State College
Michigan
Jackson
Michigan State College
Clinton
Clanahan
Eaton
Lower Peninsula
Craig
Automatic Drenching Syringe Aids Mt Vernon Flock
A Ohio State veterinary student Jerry Wyker invents an automatic drenching syringe by modifying a dosing syringe with a two way valve and hot water bottle. In a demonstration he drenched 240 ewes in 2½ hours, prompting 500 farmers to order the device and equipment. He now commercializes the outfit with a larger bottle and heavier apron material.
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Mt. Vernon
Ohio
Jerry Wyker
Ohio State University
Jerry
Crop yields per acre rise more since World War II era
Crop yields per acre on American farms improved more during and after World War II than in the prior sixty years, indicating a sharp acceleration in agricultural productivity driven by postwar advances and practices.
Bob's Sales & Service Tire and Battery Shop
Local retailer Bob's Sales & Service offers tires tubes batteries and accessories in Clare with phone contact 342 for sales and service inquiries.
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Bob's Sales & Service
Phone
Clare
Sentinel Wanted Goes for Inexpensive Go-Getter
Classified notice seeks a Sentinel for 35 a week with phone contact. advertises inexpensive help and immediate hiring.
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Sentinel
Certified Seed Guarantees Quality by Michigan Crop Association
The Michigan Crop Improvement Association, an organization of Michigan Warmers and others, certifies seed only after field and lab tests by extension staff. The process ensures market quality, yielding ability, and disease resistance, with post harvest inspections. Certified seed means weed free, pure varieties with strong germination.
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Michigan Crop _improvement association
Michigan
Michigan Crop Improvement Association
Michigan State College
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Clare Sentinel
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D.h.la
Isabella
Dén ‘Gaunt
Bill Finley
Mr. Finley
Arter
Michigan Bell Telephone. Company
Paapie Ae
DE Soto
Plymouth
PHOND
Ffic West
JON
Bob Rowley
Standard Service
Clare, Michigan
Ford
McEwan Street
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