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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1928
Page
10
Southeast Sheridan H Smith spends a few days with John Randle. Mrs Q D Robinson is ill at sister Mrs John Bell's home with Dr Reader attending. Joe Larson drives a Ford coupe and he with Mrs Larson spent Tuesday at Charlie Davis.
Advance Grange reports weekend visits by Mr. and Mrs. John Densmore of Pontiac to Mrs. Williams' home, John Hartman and family at Stanley Schunk, and Ted Denker from Flint. Warnings include Winston Raymond's pneumonia and care by Mrs. Bennett. Rudy J. Cotton installed a radio at Chas. Beseft in Bay City. Grange meeting had strong turnout and invitations for all members.
Elizabeth Timm and Russell Chaffee visited Sunday at W. H. Myers as J. P. Myers was helped by Wood for butchering. I. M. Myers hosted an oyster supper for George Washington’s birthday with neighbors and friends gathering at his home.
Mrs Turner and George Turner visited F M Myers and family. Cecil Hubel and Gerald were afternoon visitors.
Mr and Mrs Fred Athey hosted dinner with Gene Orvis and wife and Mr Spicer for his seventy sixth birthday. Maude Barber dined with Mr and Mrs Ralph Shull. Jay Myers visited C Shull. Thirty attended Sunday School. New hymn books expected next Sunday. Norman Chester Gerald Myers and Lowell Shull visited Kenneth Roller.
Mrs Wm Hooker of Farwell visited the Purdy home Monday. Mrs Brownell of Flint came Saturday to visit daughter Mrs Clyde Butters and family. Warren and John Sparbel of Lansing spent the weekend with parents Mr and Mrs John Sparbel. Mr and Mrs A Lackie near Leaton spent Sunday with son Himer and family. John Oliver and wife of Pasadena California sent crates of oranges to A Oliver and Mrs F Hinkle Monday. Mrs Hawkins attended the Washington play in Clare Friday. Mrs George Burch injured eye feeding cattle when a horn struck it last Thursday. Mrs A Byba has cared for Mrs Pettit in Clare. Twenty four neighbors and relatives met at the Bellinger home for a hard time party with a seven o'clock dinner and a Washington birthday themed decor. The crowd enjoyed radio music and stunts. some guests wore nearly fifty year old attire. Miss Alma Bellnger of St Louis Max Gladstone of St Johns and Miss Nellie from the Crown were home for the occasion. They left after midnight praising hosts Mr and Mrs Bel inger.
Mr and Mrs Arthur Kube of Warwell visited his parents and their grandson Jimmie. Miss Margaret Dunkle spent three days with Dorothy Sprague. Walter Hansen visited N J Billren and daughter Lillian of Lake George on Sunday. The box social at School No 4 raised 314.60 to buy a bookcase. Read similar visits by Ralph Cowls, C W Kube, Isaac Green, Paul Gruno, Harold Sprague, Austin Dunkle, Delos Dunkle, Salome Smith Ima and Margaret Dunkle, and others in the community.
The article urges farmers to replace shabby orchards with clean fruit from September to spring by adopting pruning to reduce cull fruit and improve light access. It notes bearing trees need open tops and strong branches, and stresses regular fertilization using stable manure each fall for best results.
A mulch protects shallow rooted strawberry plants from freeze thaw damage while conserving moisture and reducing weeds. Straw and hay are common mulches though corn stalks, needles, and strawy manure are used. Apply when ground is frozen in cold areas or after severe weather in milder regions. If material is scarce, prioritize areas over plants for even protection.
The Woolly aphis harms young apple trees underground at the roots and on above ground shoots. Control methods include spraying with niveting sulphate 1 to 800 parts water using high pressure, and ensuring contact with the insects. Digging soil and tobacco dust or injecting carbon bisulphide in holes may kill hidden pests, but the chemical is volatile and dangerous to handle.
The piece advises keeping windbreaks away from buildings with about 300 feet as a guideline. It suggests a temporary windbreak of soft maple or golden willow if space is limited, allowing the windbreak trees to grow and provide eventual shelter for the garden and fruit plantings between the house and windbreak.
The text discusses pruning goals for fruit trees, noting two cell types fruit and wood. It suggests removing wood cells to promote fruit or eliminating fruit cells to develop wood. It also mentions painting wounds and applying careful pruning to balance growth, with emphasis on covering wounds to prevent weakness.
The Minnesota agricultural station announces that the Ig Rust Resistant Marquilto wheat will not be distributed before 1929. Only 125 bushels are available for seed next year, reserved to preserve seed stock and ensure genuine stock for spring 1929 distribution.
The article argues that modern farming gains come from machinery reducing labor costs and increasing yields. It links better equipment to higher income and improved living, noting progress in agriculture due to machinery and the shift from manual power to powered systems. It encourages farmers to pursue proper equipment to lower production costs and raise output.
Agricultural note from Ohio studies shows applying 40 pounds of acid phosphate per eight loads of manure per acre increases corn yield by seven bushels, wheat by five, and clover by half a ton in a corn wheat and lower rotation. Spread half a bag of acid phosphate per manure load for top dressing winter wheat.
The United States Department of Agriculture says offal and blood can be turned into tankage by simple cooking in an open kettle followed by drying and grinding for hog feed. It can also be used as fertilizer by cooking and mixing with 16 percent phosphate at specified ratios. The process minimizes waste and reduces disposal of remaining materials.
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