4 H Club Program Serves Useful Role in War As Well As in Peace
The 4 H club program adapts to wartime needs without changes. Winter projects in handicraft for boys and clothing for girls support families and national effort. summer projects like gardening, canning, poultry, and conservation aid farm sustenance and rural life. Leadership shortages hinder growth. urging local farm leaders to volunteer. Enrollment drop noted from 1940-41. calls for expanded summer participation and stronger teacher and county agent support.
Save Young Pigs for Profitable Fall Markets
Special to the Clare Sentinel by W. A. Freeman from the Animal Husbandry Department of Michigan State College argues pig feeding is highly profitable now. It emphasizes that success in swine raising begins with the breeder's actions and urges brood sow owners to apply best practices to capitalize on upcoming market opportunities.
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Clare Sentinel
W. A. Freeman
Tips for Maximizing Piglets This Season
Farmers are urged to boost pig production for war gains and profits. Sanitation includes cleaning farrowing pens with hot water and lye, washing the sow, and moving litters to freshly plowed pasture. Use warm artificial heat and careful piglet rearing to save more piglets.
Food costs shrink share of income since 1917 in Michigan
Government and USDA reports show the typical Michigan working man's family spends 23 cents of every income dollar on food today, down from 36 cents in 1917 as prices rise about 15 percent. Distributors and supermarkets reduce costs, with A P Tea Company noting low 10 cent distribution charges for direct-from-growers goods.
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Michigan
United States Department of Agriculture
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Bureau of Agricultural Economics
A & P Tea Company
School Notes From Brown Dover Randall Schools
Brown Corners notes March birthday list includes Joan Elfenhardt Roy Langworthy Paul Markell Bernard Sunday. February safety contacts total 1 606. Grades share poems arithmetics review geography Holland display items. East Lansing music broadcast planned Friday at 10 30. Walter Garver reports. Dover notes seventh grade turtle letter party at home of Novalee Tommy Ninarose Vernell home from New York on 72 hour leave. Fifth graders Tommy and Lawrence build oil derricks. Orchestra festival capes fundraiser 5 cent admissions lunch. Marbles appear as spring nears. Randall notes defense stamps buyers listed. Valentine party enjoyed with puppets. Eighth grade studies Bill of Rights. Fifth grade geography begins possessions study. Robert Krell, reporter.
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Roy Langworthy
Paul Markell
Bernard
Holland
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Walter, Garver
Dover
Vernell Mickle
Novalee
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Ninarose
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New York
Lawrence
Randall
Henry Frees
Mary Dora
Barbara Nass
Cecilia Dora
Loraine Birdsall
Bill Schlafley
Merceil Blevins
Robert Krell
Johnnie Colmus
June Thompson
Leon Schilafley
Delbert Gorcon
Edward Weston, Noted Walker, Walked 5000 Miles in 100 Days
Edward Weston, famed for endurance walking, completed a grueling 5000 mile trek in 100 days showcasing remarkable stamina and determination.
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Edward Weston
Walker
Mercerized Fabric Process Named for John Mercer
The term mercerized derives from John Mercer who discovered a process that makes cotton stronger and more lustrous through treatment with caustic soda.
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John Mercer
Philippine Births and U S Citizenship Rule
A legal note explains that persons born in the Philippine Islands are not U S citizens unless they can claim citizenship through their parents. The ruling outlines the criteria for acquiring citizenship by birth or parental connection.
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Philippine Islands
United States
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