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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1955
Page
3
County Agent Gibson announces the county fair opens Tuesday August 16 with entry day for exhibits and a new Tuesday night show. He urges boys and girls and adults to begin preparation soon, noting livestock training takes many hours to impress judges and that showmanship combines the child and animal for judging. Blue ribbons await well prepared entrants.
The current U S Livestock Sanitary Association report backs scientific findings that there is one cure for brucellosis in domestic animals. Dr Glen W Reed from Michigan State emphasizes vaccines and sanitation as the effective approach, noting many so called cures are ineffective.
Hubert M. Brown of Michigan State College explains loose smut in wheat heads results from fungus already inside the grain from the prior season. He notes that surface seed treatments do not kill this internal pathogen, unlike chemicals that address diseases such as stinking smut.
Walter Smith reports the association's record month with 371 cows across 18 herds averaging 1141 pounds of milk and 38 pounds of fat. Ernest Bradley and Kendall Wood lead with 47.9 pounds of fat per cow across 18 and 11 cows respectively, while multiple Grade Holsteins push milk totals near 2480 pounds and fat around 87 to 95 pounds. An estimated 800 cows exceeded 50 pounds of fat, signaling potential 400 pound fat year if trends continue.
Michigan State University specialists urge reseeding legume and legume grass pastures in August to reclaim thin stands and weed invasion. Use soil tests, lime and fertilizer, band seeding, and choose a mix like alfalfa ladine clover and brome per acre. Sudangrass ready for grazing by July 1, with cautions on prussic acid levels and stock timing.
Michigan State researcher Boyd R. Churchill claims medium red clover seed yields can double with proper practices. Experiments show second crop seed yield surpasses first when cut June 15, while July 8 delays reduce it. Fertilizer helps only when first crop seeds are used, and better pollination and harvesting methods, including more bees and machinery, are urged.
Our center has five beef calves entered in the Michigan Beef Calf Feeding Project. Owners Floyd and Earl House George Jane and Hugh Swindlehurst. Two Herefords each for the first two, Swindlehurst animal is an Angus. Calves weighed and tattooed this week. Must gain two pounds per day and weigh at least 700 pounds to qualify for Farmers Week Shoe. They will be on feed about 230 days. There are 66 steers entered in the contest and the program is a Farmers Week feature.
Michigan State livestock marketing specialist Donald H. Stark advises farmers to weigh and weigh again as lambs near readiness. He notes an 80-pound fat lamb sold by July could fetch as much as a 90-pounder later, but stresses that weight alone isn’t enough. Lambs must be fat to grade choice or prime, so buyers judge by feel as well as looks.
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