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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1945
Page
12
Guidance on feeding brood sows to support a large litter next spring. Emphasizes gradual weight gain, grain rations by body weight, added animal protein such as skim milk or tankage, alfalfa as protein substitute, and a home mineral mix of limestone marl bone meal and iodized salt with potassium iodide if needed.
Michigan cattle breeders show high interest as Farmers Week at Mich begins with a focus on the Bangs control topic in the dairy program. The event gathers beef and dairy interests to discuss the disease and management.
An agricultural bulletin from the Extension Service highlights rotating pastures to cut feed costs and provide early spring forage. It stresses permanent and emergency pastures, calf feeding basics, cooling milk after milking, and the goal of producing 120 billion pounds of milk in 1945, with reference to related bulletins and contact details.
January 30 to February 1 meeting outlines dairy topics from Bong's Disease control to artificial insemination and milking efficiency. horticulture covers home fruit and vegetable growing, insect control, pruning, storing vegetables, and flower care. Poultry days feature sessions on laying houses and feeding.
Agricultural Experiment Station research shows most livestock disorders come from soil deficiencies. Phosphorus iodine and cobalt deficiencies cause bone chewing goiter hairless pigs and poor cattle response. Supplying minerals via salt or mixed supplements can fix issues at low cost, with gains in cattle and sheep health. County agents can provide Extension Folder No. 77, Minerals for Livestock Health.
The War Food Administration extends the $12.50 per hundredweight price support for good to choice hogs weighing 200 to 270 pounds on Chicago basis through March 31, 1946. Producers are urged to increase sows farrowing next spring by about 11 percent to reach a 57.5 million spring pig goal, citing meat demand for war needs and potential smaller pig crops next year.
A January 19 public hearing in Lansing at the Veterans Memorial Building discussed wage rates and prices for the 1945 sugar beet crop. The Sugar Act requires producers to pay all employees at rates found fair by WEA after public hearing. It also mandates that processors who are producers pay for beets from other growers at fair prices set by WEA to qualify for payments.
WKAR 870 broadcasts Farmers' Week features from Michigan State College with afternoon general sessions and portions of sectional meetings. Tuesday highlights include soil conservation talks by R J Baldwin and H E Sackrider and an address by Louis Bromfield. Wednesday offers a college band performance with Noble Clark involved in further programming.
On Thursday February 1 the college glee club performs at 3 00 pm followed by greetings from Gov Harry F Kelly from Michigan and remarks by Albert Goss of Washington DC master of the National Grange on The American Farmers Future.
Greenwood Center reports visitors and calls in Clare and Frost township. Ralph Webber, killed in action overseas, is mourned by the community. Families note illnesses and exams as January events unfold.
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