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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1973
Page
3
Clare County faces a threatened hay crop as wet weather stops first cutting. Hail in the east damages corn, while alfalfa weevil infestation grows with delays. County Ext. director George MacQueen cites 14 000 acres of hay and 40 000 acres of corn and urges dry spells to protect yields.
A field by field soil survey is in progress in Clare County as part of the National Cooperative Soil Survey program led by George C. MacQueen County Extension Director. The study aims to map soil types and fertility across townships this season.
The 25th annual Michigan State Farm Management Tour is planned for July 26 in St. Joseph County. The event features a horse training farm and multiple dairy, cash crop, swine, fruit farms, plus a rural resort. Soil survey work by CSA and MSU Experiment Station involves Clare County and towns Hayes, Franklin, Hamilton, and Frost. Maps plot soil texture, depth, drainage, and slope for land use decisions and flood/erosion control. The Conservation District Office in Harrison provides details and access.
A USDA report shows Clare Michigan had 133 million eggs produced in May unchanged from 1972. June 1 laying flocks totaled 6.5 million, about 0.5 million less than 1972, with a lay rate of 64.5 eggs per 100 layers. Nationally, producers posted 4 percent fewer layers and 3 percent fewer eggs.
The U S Department of Agriculture will start releasing 1973 farm program payments after July 1. Dora Diehl, director of the Michigan Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee, said 71,000 Michigan farmers are enrolled and plan to set aside about 290000 acres from production. Payments will go only to those meeting their intentions.
Clare County April sales tax total 147 201 led by automotive goods. Gladwin and Isabella counties reported 87 433 and 279 respectively. Statewide total 79 450 6 754 with automotive 5e 578 and general merchandise 24 903 etc. Use tax 7 819.
Osceola County Sheriff Don G. Grein was named 1973 74 president of the Michigan Sheriffs Association at its 49th annual meeting held last week in Petoskey. Grein has served as Osceola Sheriff since 1953 and resides in Reed City.
A Department of Agriculture survey shows Harrison Michigan increasing hogs and pigs by six percent in 1973. The state had 750 000 hogs and pigs on June 1, up from 798 000 a year earlier.
Karol Blanken, 39, of Clare, was slightly injured when he swerved to avoid a calf and drove into a ditch on June 27 on E Stevenson Lake Road west of Lincoln Road. The calf, owned by Jack Albee, was not cited, state police said.
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