Farm Woodlot Lumber for Farm Buildings Advised
Michigan State College forester Lester H. Bell urges farmers to use woodlot lumber for barns houses sheds and other buildings. He notes species like hemlock pine elm oak and aspen offer low cost material at about 40 per thousand board feet and explains seasoning times and proper drying practices.
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Lester H. Bell
Michigan State College
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Ronald Schunk Takes MSC Short Course
Ronald Schunk of Sheridan township enrolled in a 16 week two year agriculture course at Michigan State College. The Beaverton High School graduate was recommended for a bankers scholarship by his agriculture teacher Fred Woodby. Citizens State Bank of Clare donor and Michigan Bankers Association sponsor the state level program.
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Paul D. Gibson
Clare County
Michiigan State College
Ronald Schunk
Sheridan Township
Ronald
Beaverton
Michigan Bankers Association
Rats Expensive Farm Nuisance Warns Warfarin Bait Use
Iowa State College agent Harold Gunderson notes a rat eats 60 pounds of feed daily, risking 400 pounds of grain to 250000 yearling steers. Warfarin bait mixed with corn meal and oats is safer, but requires cleanup and ongoing monitoring for new rat signs.
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Raul D.gibson
Clare County
Harold Gunderson
Iowa
State College
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Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
4 H Achievement Dinner Set for Clare CountyDecember 6
The Fall Achievement Day program for Clare County 4 H Crubbs selects Thursday December 6 as the date. A 7 00 p m potluck dinner will be followed by a speaker from Michigan State College Student Speakers Bureau with a film and talk about a foreign country. Recreation includes square dancing. All 4 H members leaders and parents are invited and each club should report expected attendance for arrangements.
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Clare County
Isabella 4-H News Dance and Meetings Schedule
The Service Club hosts a Friday dance at Deerfield Center Hall with Gorrs orchestra. Leaders meeting on Monday November 12 at Mt. Pleasant High School with P G Lundin from the State 4-H Club office. Camp updates include a 1000 gallon septic tank installation and winter prep. National Achievement Week runs November 3 11 with exhibits and gavels in meetings. Football tickets order next Monday for the Michigan State Colorado game on November 24 at reduced prices for club members and one accompanying adult.
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Service Club
Deerfield Center
Gorrs Orchestra
Mt. Pleasant
P. G. Lundin
Taylor Club
Campbell Club
Uie
Fall freshening boosts dairy income and herd management
A summary from Clare County Agricultural Agency notes Michigan dairy records show cows freshening in September October and November yield the highest income over feed costs and milk output. Fall freshening spreads labor, improves calves, and enhances end lactation production, though full implementation is challenging. starting with heifers may raise the share of cows hitting fall freshening targets.
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Dairy
Michigan
D.L. Murray
Michigan State College
Murray
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1950 Census Reveals Shifts in Isabella County Farming
Isabella County 1950 farm count fell to 2249 from 2608 in 1945 as new classifications reduced numbers. Farm size rose to 127.9 acres, with 2495 vehicles and 1808 tractors among farm assets. Crops include 20313 acres wheat and 27948 corn. sugar beets and potatoes shrink while feed and grain gain. Farm population steady. output up 45% over 10 year average.
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Isabella County
United States
Pen Type Barns Arousing Interest Among Farmers
Meisencamp and Bell toured seven county farms. Four requested remodeling plans focused on pen type barns. One farmer, short on help, seeks easier, more efficient work. Another faces choosing between stanchion and open pen designs, likely converting to open pen. A third plans a new barn and leans to pen type as cheaper. A winter dairy tour will visit at least one pen type barn to answer the question.
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A. J. Bell
Soil and Water Conservation Efforts Highlighted
Dan Balog praises Ray Wrox of Isabella Township for presenting a soil and water conservation plan to farm management tours. The piece honors Wrox and notes upcoming classroom and field sessions at Central Michigan College with George Wheeler’s agricultural class. The column also mentions George Schilling’s neighborhood corn shredding crew and cautions farmers to avoid injuries during shredding season.
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Ray Wrox
Isa‘bella Township
George Wheeler
Central Michigan College
State of
Michigan
George Schilling
Paul Brown
Warren Phipps
Dale Laverty
Nelson Weaver
Arie Rennér
George Shilling
Landowner’s cooperative lime and seed pasture trial
Arlie Renner broadcast two tons of ground limestone on fifteen acres of clay loam this spring and worked it into the soil. He cultivated the field until late August and seeded a mix of alfalfa sweet clover ladino and brome with 400 pounds per acre of 3-12-12 Wag. Renner credits his success to a cooperative landlord James Stanley of Clare County and notes help from Warren Phipps of Gilmore township, whose assistance request was mislaid last year.
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Schilling
Arlie Renner
Renner
James Stanley
Clare County
County Game Board Aims to Boost Pheasant Population
Victor Janson and supervisor William Rider discuss the game division’s plan with district cooperators. Rider seeks farmer cooperation to expand pheasant numbers by improving food and shelter and to develop targeted game management in the county.
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State Game Biolapist E Agage
William Rider
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Milk Producers Oppose Government Farm Controls
Delegates at the Michigan Milk Producers Association 35th annual meeting in East Lansing on November 1 call for resisting government farm controls and subsidies. They oppose price rollbacks and production-stifling plans, back advertising expansion, and support for the national dairy advertising program. President I. K. Maystead of Osseo presided and urged opposition to reviving the Brannan Plan.
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Michigan Milk Producers Association
Hast Lansing
Michigan Department of Agriculture
Association
Dairy Farmer's
American ‘Dairy’ Association
The
Dairy Council
I. K. Maystead
Osseo
Brannan
Producers’ Association
Public Policy Meetings Planned for Winter Series
B C Mellencamp outlines plans for two or three Public Policy meetings this winter to discuss issues in a free enterprise economy. Topics include Is Big Business Bad Can We Distribute National Income More Equitably and Morals Ethics and Free Enterprise. A Midland district meeting showed strong interest in the topic. Dates will be announced when set.
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B. C. Mellencamp
Isabella County
Midland
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