Ford Introduces Low Priced Diesel Tractors
Ford unveils its first American made diesel tractors with a suggested retail price only 395 above gasoline models. Merritt D Hill cites diesel savings and quicker payback, noting the tractors display in Clare at Magnus Tractor Sales and nationwide starting March 22.
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Ford Motor Company
Magnus Tractor Sales
Clare
Merritt D. Hill
Tractor and Implement Division
Hill
Ford
County Agent Notes Highlight Youth Projects and Farming Tips
Clare County 4 H activities showcase sewing handicraft and beef tour plans set for April 12. Tips warn about nitrogen on wheat with alfalfa seeding risk. Local egg markets and tree orders noted with Scots Pine availability. ASC sign-up and Conservation Reserve details included along with brief note on large Java bats.
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Clare County
Harrison School
Ralph . Morrow
Farm Visits Set Up County Soil Conservation Meetings
The report outlines March 4 and 5 ACP sign-up meetings and ongoing visits to farmers to record land for conservation plans. It details soil and water conservation aims, the role of the Clare Soil Conservation District, and explains Land Capability Class I to VIII with practices for erosion control and pasture use.
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Sheridan
ASC
Fred Zimmerman
Kenneth Tweedy
Floren Pudway
Arthur Township
Winterfield Township
ACP
Clare
The
Soil Conservation Service
Bowen 4-H Wins Contest
Bowen 4-H Club meeting led by President Beatrice Cluley with 32 members present. Linda Anderson announced the square dance team won first place in Share the Fun and will advance to District Eliminations in East Lansing. The club planned a March 29 square dance at Mt. Vernon Grange inviting nearby clubs. New members David Moore Carol Moore and Eddie Fike joined.
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Bowen 4-H
Beatrice Cluley
Linda Anderson
East Lansing
Mt. Vernon
David Moore
Carol Moore
Eddie Fike
MelIlnay
Don Moore
Holstein Records Show Penrose Cows Milk Output
The Holstein-Friesian Association of America reports official production records for registered Holstein cows owned by Howard Penrose and Sons. De Erma 3368778 yielded 15 006 pounds of milk and 505 pounds butterfat as a 6-year-old, milking two times daily for 289 days. Fayne Flora 3861390 produced 15 261 pounds milk and 505 pounds butterfat as a 4-year-old, milking three times daily for 295 days. Michigan State University and the national Holstein organization supervised the weighing and testing under the Herd Improvement Registry program, which now includes over 83 000 cows in more than 2 200 herds.
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Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Howard Penrose and Sons
Clare
Penrose de Erma
Penrose Fayne
Flora
Michigan State University
National Holstein Organization
HIR
Start Heifers On Plenty Of Early Feed
Michigan State University extension notes advise eight week old calves receive good hay plus two to four pounds of grain daily, adjusted for hay quality. Silage may replace part of hay after forty months. keep hay available at all times. Calves four months to one year on pasture need two to four pounds grain daily. yearlings can thrive on good hay and silage or pasture.
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Michigan State University
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Clare Ennty
Kellogs Center
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Java
PHO
Mt. Pleasant
Spring
Bowen
Alma Production Credit Association
Gratiot
Montcalm
Isabella
Mecosta Counties
Wright Ave
Alina
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Ford Diesel
Coffee & I
Magnus
Tractor Sales
National Farm Loan Pelea Federal Land
EVART
Michigan
Weer
Reg
Cash & Carry
Clare, Mich
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