Exhibits on cabins and cottages at 1948 Farmers Week
Michigan State College hosts 1948 Farmers Week with demonstrations in Demonstration hall and the agricultural engineering building. A full size rustic cottage model will be shown, plus materials on cottage construction, furnishings, and utilities. Talks on tourist and resort topics will be given by MSU staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan State College
Michigan
Michigan Tourist Council
Ray Sayre
Ackworth
Towa
Associated Country ‘Women of the World
Europe
Daniel A.,poling
New York
The
Christian Herald
President
Commission On Universal Training
Home Care: Washing Neckties At Home Step By Step
Neckties can be washed at home in lukewarm water. After rinsing, blot briefly with a towel. Place a clean cloth over the tie and apply a warm iron. If available, insert a tie form inside to preserve shape.
Soils Need Air for Total Crop Growth
Muck soils with low oxygen limit root growth and yields. Purdue University researchers N. K Ellis and Richard Morris of the U S soil conservation service report that increasing soil oxygen to four inches depth boosts yields of red beets sweet corn onions and chip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. K Ellis
Purdue University
Richard Morris
U. S. Soil Conservation Service
County Agent's Corner Notes Annual Meeting and Plant Care Tips
The Clare district Michigan Livestock Exchange held its annual meeting with stormy attendance and strong support for organizational growth. Speakers urged farmers to back the exchange, and local leaders discussed extension marketing and farm bureau ties. Separate notes cover home economics plant care demonstrations, a call for farm record books to simplify taxes, and experimental soil aeration showing major yield gains in crops like carrots onions sweet corn and potatoes due to deeper aeration and available plant nutrients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare
Michigan Livestock Exchange
the Inter
Ike” Walton
Exchange
J. Quackenbush
Agr
Michigan State College
Don Stark
George Wheeler
Mt. Pleasant
Mr. Patterson
Michigan Farm Bureau
Blue Hen's Chickens and Delaware State Bird
A Delaware tradition from the Revolutionary era notes Capt. Jonathan Caldwell's company kept game chickens of a famous blue hen brood. They earned the nickname Blue Hen's Chickens and Delaware adopted the Blue Hen's Chicken as the state bird in 1939. The shown photograph depicts a blue fowl from a Black Sumatra cock and Blue-Splashed White hen bred by the WSDA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware
Jonathan Caldwell
Ws.d.a
Unique trough and bath pen with overflow water system
A drinking trough features an overflow pipe channeling water to a larger trough, eliminating the need for a float valve. The pipe doubles as part of the fence, and water from the lower trough is carried away by the overflow system.
Treating Turkeys for Blackhead Recommended
A note in the American Veterinary Medical Association official publication states that diisobutylphenoxyethyldimethylbenzylammonium chloride is recommended by leading authorities as a preventive for naturally occurring enterohepatitis in poults known as blackhead. This disease is more commonly called blackhead.
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American Veterinary Medical Association
Also Mentioned on This Page
Farmers’ Week
Live Stock Exchange
Clare County
Court House
Harrison
Edward White
White
Main Street
James F. Lincoln Foundation
Clare Live
Wolverine Stock Yards Co
St. Johns-Clare-Gladwin
Prince & Co
Big Dairy Meeting
Isabella Township
Rosebush
Walter B. Krueck
Rosebush ElevatOr CO
Rosebush, Michigan
Garland
J-M
Farwell Lumber Co
Don Luce
Farwell, Mich
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