Michigan State short course students head home for spring work
Two Clare County youths among 301 students in 12 short courses at Michigan State College complete an eight week term and return home for farm and community work. Richard Banghan and Merlewayne Cotton join Carl Hoyt who coordinates poultry instruction and short course staff.
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Michigan
Upper Peninsula
Michigan State Callegy
Clare County
Richard Banghan
Percy Banghan
Marion High School
Marion
Merlewayne Cotton
Clarence Cotton
R-2
Clare
Clare High School
Wag Floyd Norcutt
Michigan State College
Carl G. Hoyt
St. Louis
Hoyt
Williamston
Ingham County Farm Bureau
Wells Hall
County Agricultural
Carl C. Hoyt
State College
East ‘Lansing
Mich
Test Your Soil Now in Isa Bella County
Test your soil with the local laboratory in Isa bella. Submit samples at Mt. Pleasant Cooperative Elevator with field descriptions for accurate results. Cost per sample is 50 cents, indicating lime phosphorus and potash needs. Two or three composite samples per field recommended. Ray Hoyle oversees testing and urges farmers to make soil testing a spring priority.
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Isabella
Ersatly
Mt. Pleasant
Ray Hoyle
Holstein Breeders Plan Summer Show and Dairy Programs
About 25 Holstein producers met at Crowley Hall to organize a Black and White Show for the second week in July. They backed expanding the 431 dairy program and supporting Isabella County Fair Board plans for a new dairy barn. Attendees included Miller the Michigan Holstein Field man and director Uiman, MIS.C. George Parsons spoke, membership tops 80. A resident committee will aid in selecting animals for Island Park show with a noon picnic and judging in the afternoon. Richard Stevens elected president Milton Brown secretary treasurer. directors named. An Aker 4H committee will boost dairy stock numbers and quality. Holstein breeders expect a successful year.
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Crowley Hall
Isabella County Fair Board
Miller
Michigan
Uiman
State Association
George Parsons
Mis.c
Island Park
Better Test Oats For Germination
The article urges farmers to test seed oats for germination before planting. It notes that germination rates may vary this year and advises adjusting seeding rates to compensate for poor germination caused by bin heating from rains or early harvest.
Fertilize Shade Trees For Better Growth
Michigan State College extension forester Bill Love urges fertilizing undernourished shade trees after frost. Use high nitrogen fertilizer such as 10-6-4 or 10-6-6, applying 3-4 pounds per inch of trunk diameter at four feet high. Create small holes two feet apart under the branch spread, place fertilizer, water, and cover with peat or soil while avoiding trunk contact.
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Bill Love
Michigan State College
Demonstrating Pruning For Fruit Growers Tuesday
C A Langer horticulture specialist of JM S C will meet with Fruit Growers Tuesday afternoon March 24 at 1 30 in the Isabella County Extension office. He will present spraying materials rates of application and proper cultural and management programs. The forenoon will be spent in the Sloan Orchard with pruning demonstrations and observed results. The field meeting will start at 1 60 and enable growers to observe trees of various ages and development. Sloan Orchards lie one mile south of Deerfield Center. New 1953 Spraying Calendars have been received.
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C. A. Langer
JM S.C
Isabella County Extension
Sloan
Deerfield Center
Fertilizer Trial Helps Wheat Yields In Clare County
Dr. L M Turk of Michigan State College explains lowering unit production costs by increasing yields. A typical case shows 250 pounds of fertilizer raising wheat from 20 to 30 bushels per acre, boosting revenue to $26 from a $7.10 fertilizer cost. Farmers discuss contour strip cropping and tree planting as part of soil conservation efforts across Clare County.
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Turk
Michigan
Warren White
Ic. A. ‘Collins
Harrison
Math |Schmid
Math
John Burnett
John
Cornwell Ranch
Simon Vanderwoude
Gerald
Winterfield Township
Simon
Michigan youths chosen for International Farm Youth Exchange
Four Michigan farm youths Joan Pierce 20 Hillsdale Jerry Davis 20 Tuscola Keith Brown 20 Hillsdale and Melvin Thompson 19 Muskegon will live with overseas farming families this summer under the International Farm Youth Exchange. They will act as grass roots diplomats then return to Michigan to share experiences and host foreign youths. Selection emphasizes 4H work agricultural problems leadership and international outlook.
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Michigan
International Farm
Joan Pierce
Hillsdale County
Jerry Robert Davis
Tuscola County
Keith Brown
Melvin ‘Thompsan
Muskegon County
Sugar Subsidy Rules Posed to Protect Retail Sugar Prices
A Capitol report outlines that beet sugar payments will stay at current levels until 1956 under the Sugar Act of 1948 as re enacted. The system taxes sugar to fund benefits, but beets themselves are not subsidized, keeping retail sugar prices steady and directing surplus funds to a state treasury.
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Spaaadharde
Department of Agriculture
U.S
Michigan
Heat Lamps Save Pigs in Farrowing Pens
Michigan State College swine specialists warn baby pig deaths at farrowing cost five to six dollars per pig fed. Heat lamps cut losses but require careful use with a piglet corner partition to prevent crushing, lamp height 30 to 36 inches, porcelain socket, shield, and insurance check.
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Michigan
State College
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Milton Brown
Robert Recker
Fred
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RFD
Clare Livestock
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St. Johns
Lapeer — Lake Odessa
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Dekalb
Dexalb
Gerrit Hamstra
George Nurnberger
Coleman
John Tilman
Beal City
Clare County “Soil Conservation
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Farm Digest
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