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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1956
Page
4
The Rabella Soil Conservation office urges woodland management to maximize lumber without harming woods. It highlights Calvin Wyant’s Fremont Township woodlot as well managed with potential harvests and promotes grazing control, drainage improvements, and subsoiling to improve soil and water absorption.
Bruce G Buell chair man of the Michigan Tree Farm committee announced 13 new Tree Farms certified bringing total to 483 and 1 075614 acres. The program, run by American Forest Products Industries, Inc., joins the national system since June 1949 with no participation fee and requires fire, pest and grazing protection and repeated sustainable timber harvests.
A MSU farm safety specialist warns that at least 25 percent of Michigan farms lack wiring capable of handling increased electrical appliance and motor use, highlighting a looming safety and efficiency issue for farm operations.
Michigan State University entomology specialist Gordon Guyer urges fall cleanup to reduce next year’s insect problems. By removing plant debris insects seek winter quarters and pests are less able to damage young spring crops. Debris can be composted or disc ed into soil to boost organic matter.
Michigan farms overuse electricity as tires boost in use of appliances and motors. Extension farm safety specialist Richard Pfister says at least a quarter of farms have inadequate wiring and many will need upgrades as demand grows. Symptoms include flickering lights, shrinking TV pictures, frequent 15 amp fuse blows, and shocks from metal parts. Pfister urges calling a reliable electrician and not DIY without know how.
The 1954 Isabella County census shows farm counts down from 2249 to 2050 between 1950 and 1954, with 78.3 percent of land in farms. Total farm product value reached 8,375,065 dollars, livestock products 5,558,249 dollars, crops 2,794,347 dollars, and forest products 22,469 dollars. Dairy farms total 792. average farm size rose to 189.9 acres.
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