Homemade electric chick brooder plans available
The Michigan State College engineers announce a four by four foot home made electric chick brooder for 250 chicks. It uses wiring to regulate heat, lacks automatic controls, and employs a 1x4 frame with composition top panels. Local supply firms offer infrared brooder bulbs and thermostats for affordable brooding equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. B. Wiant
J. A. Davidson
Michigan State College Agricultural Engineering and Poultry Departments
Winter shelter and vitamins for dairy cows from extension services
Missouri, Tennessee, Alabama and Wisconsin extend guidance on keeping cows warm to boost milk yield and cut feed costs. Circulars and bulletins outline improvised heaters, proper shelters, and vitamin needs to prevent losses from cold and sour milk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Agricultural Extension Service
University of Tennessee
Knoxville
Tenn
Alabama Polytechnic Institute At
Auburn
Alabama
Gulf of Mexico
University of Wisconsin
College of Agriculture
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Dairy program for 1944 urges higher milk production
An 8 point plan urges farmers to grow more legume hay grain and pasture, fertilize feed, and breed better herds. It ties milk output to home-like morale for American troops and notes ice cream sodas in Europe. It also jokes about cows needing overcoats with a reversible ulster as a light aside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Missouri
Missouri
Agricultural Extension Service
Columbia
Stars and Stripes
U. S. Army
County Agricultural Agent Plans for Home Made Equipment
The Agricultural Agent offers plans for affordable home made brooder gear and other labor saving electrical devices. These can be furnished on request and assist with planning additional electrical equipment.
Anthracite Coal Promised to Farmers and Hatchery Operators
Farmers poultrymen and hatchery operators in Michigan have been promised hard coal supplies through federal administrator Harold Ickes. Certification limits coal use to poultry hatchery or brooding. Dealers should pool orders to secure a car of coal. Poultry experts urge thorough cleaning and relocating brooder houses, fresh ground range, soap and elbow grease, and sand if litter runs short to prevent disease and mortality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold L. Ickes
Donald S. Leonard
Michigan Civilian Defense
Michigan
Leonard
C. G. Card
Michigan State College Poultry Husbandry Department
Card
Popple Woodlot Strike Boosts War Effort and Timber Prices
Farmers in Clare grow popple for pulp and excelsior to aid war packaging. Buyers set prices on a 128 cubic foot cord, with four to eight foot bolts peeled by mills. Five foot bolts reduce waste. cooperation with conservation departments urged to maximize yield.
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Bonigtheatch
Michigan
Nike
Clare
Uncle Sam
Woodiot
Excelsior
American Excelsior Co
Detroit Silphite Ana, Paper. Co
State lands wood cutting permits opening details
The authorities announce opening procedures for obtaining permits to cut pulpwood on state owned lands. Further details are available from the local conservation officer or County Agricultural Agent.
Local News Briefs From Cornwellville Neighborhood
Mrs Elnora Allen visited at her daughter Mrs Forest Garvar Saturday and Sunday. The Garvers and Mrs Allen had dinner at the Charles Ott home Sunday. Ayma Ott is home. Mr and Mrs Dale Travis moved to St Louis. Ted Hanel visited Lav Voye home Sunday. Bernard Allen was hit on the head with a pipe in the Ranch dairy room needing two stitches. He is on the mend. Mr and Mrs W C Cornwell attended a surprise party for Mr James McKay. Nate Bicknell in Saginaw for a few days. New family Victor Jacobs moved in. Marie Allen called at Will Kanarr home. Robert Carter family spent Saturday in Saginaw for Marie Carter birthday.
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Elnora Allen
Forest Garvar
Garvers
W. C. Cornwell
James McKay
Nate Bicknell
Saginaw
Victor Jacobs
Marie Allen
Will Kanarr
Robert Carter
Marie Carter
Birthday Surprise for Edd Dady Draws Neighbors
About twenty neighbors surprised Edd Dady Thursday evening for his birthday. Cards were played and at midnight a lunch was served as guests wished many more happy birthdays. Several gifts were received. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Chas Adeblue and family, Mrs Alice Switzer and children, Mrs Ellsworth Milley, Budd Miller, Mr and Mrs Chas Manwaring, Mrs Zora Blackman, Mrs Ida Price and Elroy, Mr and Mrs Jas McGuire, Mr and Mrs Cedric Skeels, Mamie Brunni and Geo Alward, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edd
Chas. Adeblue
Alice Switzer
Ellsworth Milley
Budd Miller
Chas
Manwaring
Zora Blackman
Ida
Price
Elroy
Jas. McGuire
Cedric Skeels
Mamie Brunni
Geo. Alward
Dady
Wm. Spink
Frost
Chas. Manwaring
Hugh Price
Wm. Weldon
Irene Weldon
Colville Area Family News Highlights Local Events
COLONVILLE Mr and Mrs Lewis Warner welcome a son Stephen James born February 10. Edna Du Chane cares for mother and baby. Rutter and Davis families brightened Saturday night. Mrs Jey Clute seeks tapes for operation in Detroit hospital. School children enjoyed two days vacation. Mrs Forrest Leeth and baby daughter of Eagle visited her parents. Ladies Aid met Feb 17 with pot luck and quilting. Chas David and Henry Kleiner's visit to Springfield, Ohio. Arthur Phillips and Norris visited his mother near Rosebush. Erma Davis of Flint stayed with Arling Severson family.
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Lewis Warner
Stephen James
Edna du Chane
Rutter
Davis
Jey Clute
RCM
Brios
Ee Dale Prescott
Memphis
Tennessee
Detroit
Forrest Leeth
the Eagle
Wm. Kistler
Ladies Aid
Arthur Phillips
Chas. David
Henry Kleiner
Hagle
Springfield
Ohio
Alton David
Norris
Rosebush
Erma. Davis
Flint
Arling Severson
Parsonage Echoes Invite Y P C H Rally and Local Visits
Rev and Mrs M R Homnderich attended a convention at Estey Mission where Rev Gail is pastor. A young man was ordained and a young woman appointed to gospel work. Sunday saw good Y P C H attendance and several local visitors at the parsonage including the Mott and Kleiner families and others in Bay Glen Romulus and Dover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EAGLE
M. R. Homnderich
Estey Mission
Gail
Y.P.C.H
Nagle
Sanford Mott
Walter Kieiner
Community Notes From Clare and Surroundings
Ohio reports weekend visits at the Moline home in Clare. Ald meeting host couple Glen Bay day with chicken dinner. March events planned with Mrs Hemstreet and Mrs Forrest Leeth. Families Kistler and Colonville welcomed visitors. Red Cross and choir activities noted with local households and dates.
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Ohio
Myrand
Yrahk
Wellington Moline
Clare
Glen Bay
George Hemstreet
Forrest Leeth
Wm. Kistler
Colonville
Red Cross
Walter
Wifie Blystone
Artie Carncross
Norman Hutchinson
Leonard Orvis
Janet Rose
Ervin Orvis
Local Church Services and Community News Update
Sunday church schedules from Rosebush and Center Methodist churches are listed. Local residents Kathleen Trainor from Atlanta visits, George Bayliss hospitalized, and the community mourns William Thompson. Several residents attend events, a Boy Scout rally, and a Catholic Women’s Council meeting with a guest speaker on juvenile delinquency.
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Apes
Aw & Biss
NMOS
Uncle Boe
The
Kraft Dairy Farm Service
Bessie
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Washington, D.C
Mraft Cheese Company
Asicle
Ella
Cornwellville
Hamilton Center
Ernest Penroise
Myrna May
Glen
Bay
Orvillé Bates
Herbert McDonald
Romulus
Glen Poet
Bernard Allen
Nancy Joe
Bryan Miller
Lloyd Athey
Walter Kleiner
Louie Clute
Owen Spink
Pete Hanes
Dover
Hugh
Henry ‘Kleiner
Rosebush Methodist Church
Kathleen Trainor
Atlanta
Georgia
Leo Trainor
George Bayliss
Clare Hospital
William Thompson
James Ratley
Machuta
Mt. Pleasant
Elton Grahan
Albert Moyes
Lionel
Harold West
Jimmy
Ronnie
Mt Pleasant High School
Frank Lynch
John Lynch
Miami Beach
Florida
Courtland Field
Joe Coughlin
Pleasant
James Radey
Rose Mary Ana
Joe Iutines
James
Radey
John D. Stavely
Francis Coughlin
H. O. Beutler
Vernon Council
National Council of Catholic Women
St. Henry’s Auditorium
Anderson’s Drug Store
Plenam
Vitam
Wits
RALS
Parke-Dayvis
Rex Metitho
Anderson’s
Michigan Bell Telephone Company
Rey N
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