Sheep Raising 4 H Project Featured by Michigan Extension
County Extension Agent Harry L. Densmore highlights sheep as one of about 15 4 H club projects for Michigan youths. The guide covers beginning and advanced tasks in breeding ewes and lambs, fattening market lambs on grain for 90 days, with feed starting by June 1 for the Detroit Jr. Livestock Show in December. Records and year round reporting are stressed for all second year or advanced projects.
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Michigan
Harry L. Densmore
Detroit
Tree planting and ACP signup details for county farmers
The County Agents Desk outlines evergreen seedling orders, ACP payments of 20 per thousand, and tree prices red pine 11 jack pine 9 spruce 20 with 75 percent cost coverage for improvement cutting. It notes signup meetings March 30 and 31 at local town halls, emphasized practices include permanent vegetative cover tiling and winter cover crops. It also mentions 7000 Christmas trees sold in 1958 and explains trout fry terminology.
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Greenwood Township
Greenwood Town Hall
Hamilton Township
Hamilton Town Hall
Achievement Day Near Achievements of 4-H Projects Displayed
Spring event showcases 4-H club work by boys and girls with garments, handicrafts, and foods. Exhibits reveal tangible results and growth toward strong minds and healthy bodies, citizenship, and community roles through teamwork, leadership, and service.
4-H Beef Projects Planned For State Club Show
County 4-H Club Agent Harry Densmore says youths aged 10 to 20 may enter beef projects with market steers or breeding heifers. Buyers must acquire steer calves by March 1, breeding heifers by June 15, and keep six months of cost records. Training for show ring and careful animal handling are stressed as key tasks. In 1952, 52 youths from Isabella County participated in beef projects.
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Harry, Densmore
Tsabel
la Courttry
Densmore
Clothing projects engage hundreds of girls nationwide
In Isabella County 272 girls are enrolled in clothing projects for the 42 club. Across the country 4H club members completed 1,491,450 garments and 41,641,970 other sewing articles in the past year.
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Isabella County
Eagle 4 H Club Meets At Home Of Mrs Scheiner
Home Demonstration Agent reports progress of sewing projects for Achieve ment Day at Eagle 4 H Club hosted by Mrs Donald Scheiner. Girls receive help on educational exhibits for Personal Improvements and are urged to keep exhibits simple. Clare County Folk Dancers to meet every other Thursday in Harrison basement, next gathering March 26. State 4 H Service Club Workshop seeks host homes for about 20 additional boys and girls on April 4.
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Eagle 4-H Club
Donald Scheiner
Clare County Folk Dancers
Harrison
Beaverton
Rosebush
Clare County
Fox
Beaverton Area Real Estate Listings Highlight
Real estate notice listing multiple properties across Gladwin county and nearby towns. Includes 3 to 4 bedroom homes, farms with acres and improvements, lake frontage and business prospects. Prices range from $2,000 to $24,000 with various down payments and terms. Licenced broker in Beaverton, Mich.
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Gladwin
Round Lake
Ross Lake
Beaverton
Gladwin County
Tittabawassee
Secord
Robinson Industry
Main St
Wixom Lake
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Republican State Central Committee
Iwani Tos
Richard Schroeder
B. C. Mellencamp
Kenneth Tweenly
Clare County Farm Planney
Harry. Densmore
Phyllis Pearson
Ruth McIlway
Federal Land Bank Loans
Olympia Bldg
E. Broadway
Mt. Pleasant
N. Main
Regent
John A. Chilberg
the County Agents’ Desk
Norman Hutchinson
Eagle
Lyle Bardon
Forestry Division
SCS
Lower Peninsula
Sunoco
REL
Bey
Blue ‘Sunoco
SUN Oil Company
Rae i
Shavich
Coleman
Mt, Pleasant
East Gaylord
Fred. L. Woodey
Beaverton, Mich
WJRT
Mid- Michigan
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