Michigan farmers seek seed oats from Canada and Midwest
Michigan State College specialists urge farmers to save good 1948 oats for seed and store 1942 oats dry for germination. They note rust resistant varieties perform better, cite Huron and Marion as favored white oats, and list Tama Boone and Vieland as yellow oat options from Iowa and Wisconsin groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Canada
Midwest
Michigan State College Farm Crops Department
Agricultural Experiment Station
Michigan Crop Improvement Association
East Lansing
Marion
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Association
Ames
Tama
Boone
Iowa Association
1944 Farm Machinery Ration Distribution Program Announced
The County Farm Rationing Committee will handle all applications through the local war board office. Machinery is classified into three schedules with December 1, 1948 quotas for Schedule I items. Schedule II has no county quotas. Schedule III requires no purchase certificate after October 15, 1943. Purchase certificates needed for Schedule I and II items after that date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County
War Board Office
Farm implement quota notice urges farmers to apply
A government notice lists machinery from tractors to irrigation pumps and threshers eligible for rationing. It asks farmers to file applications with the board immediately, or contact their implement dealer for forms and details.
Dairymen urged to rely on alfalfa amid feed shortages
The article argues dairy farmers should maximize alfalfa value this year as protein feeds remain scarce. It notes alfalfa’s high digestible protein, its bulking power, and the role of phosphorus via steamed bone meal to boost cow appetite and milk production, warning against overreliance on commercial protein feeds.
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O.K
Michigan
Clare County
Huffman
Michigan State Colege
Clare: Serutinel unfasgitied liners
A fragmented note lists product terms and promotional phrases. It names Clare and references unspecified liners described as improves but lacks clear details or sourcing. The content resembles an advertising draft with scattered labels and incomplete claims.
Sunday Services Attract Local Parishioners
Sunday School at 2:00 pm and preaching at 3:00 pm draw attendees to the real old time Gospel. Walter Esterline visited his daughter and family Hazel Rodgers. Cpl Leroy Hilyard and wife from Tennessee had a brief furlough with his parents. George Liddell was in Clare on business. Louis Finch remains under observation at Ann Arbor hospital.
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Walter Esterline
Hazel Rodgers
Guy Perry
Denziel
Dale Rulapaugh
Cpl
Leroy Hilyard
Tennessee
Jess Hillyard
George Liddell
Clare
Louis Finch
Ann Arbor’ Hospital
Mt Pleasant group visits Sunday School for Bible distribution
Mt Pleasant attendees spoke at Sunday School about their work distributing Bibles and Testaments. They were well received and received a donation to aid the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Pleasant
Weekend Guests and Local Visits Report
Mr and Mrs George Welch of Fint spent the weekend at their cabin. Mrs Dick Bickmaster and Connie Marie live in Mrs Hildens house. Dick serves in the Uncle Sam program. Detroit visitors Joe Heiden Garland Ahart and Mrs Dorothy Payne and Mrs Pauline Heyde spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Roy Myers and Normie. Mrs Edwin Rouse entertained Saturday dinner for Mrs Robert Ash of Detroit Mrs Gertrude Balus of Marion and Mr Ash. Mr Ash came to take his wife home after a two week visit. Mrs Carolyn Darling and Mrs Roy Myers called on Gaylord Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Ray Gieb of Farwell visited the Roy Myers home Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Welch
Fint
Dick Bickmaster
Connie Marie
Hilden
Sam
Joe Heiden
Garland Ahart
Ahart
Dorothy Payne
Pauline Heyde
Detroit
Roy Myers
Normie
Edwin Rouse
Robert Ash
Gertrude Balus
Marion
Mr. Ash
Balus
Carolyn Darling
Gaylord
Ray Gieb
Farwell
Arthur Center Community News and Grange Notes
Snow signals approaching winter as Arthur Center residents share visits and extended family gatherings. Grange notes report officer elections, departures of longtime members, and a retirement tribute with electric lamps.
Michigan State Radio Highlights Schedule on WKAR 870 KC
WKAR 870 AM presents daily and weekly programs led by MSC professor Paul Bagwell. Highlights include What’s to Come airs Fridays 4 30 pm reviewing postwar consumer goods autos and supplies. Other slots cover Farm Service Hour Markets Your War Notebook and various topics through October 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WKAR
Michigan State College
Paul Bagwell
Lsten
State Agricultural Department
Colege
Social Security
Michigan Department of Health
Increases Power Supply From Anti-Mock Fuel Claim
An estimate states anti-mock fuel in high compression engines boosts civilization power by the annual equivalent of 40 Boulder dams. The claim highlights fuel efficiency gains and industrial impact.
Local church schedules and community notes
Rosebush and Center Methodist churches list Sunday School times and preaching services with junior choir and Epworth League. Local residents share travels and health updates including Dick Fall in hospital, Duxi Varga furlough in Idaho, and family visits. A diocesan Catholic event is reported, plus a push for freedom with a Pond’s ad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosebush Methodist Church
Center Methodist Church
Epworth League
Wesley Scott Receives Good Conduct Ribbon in 1943
A letter to Mr and Mrs Levi Scott from the Army states T/5 Wesley In Scott was awarded the Good Conduct Ribbon on September 11 1943 at a company formation. The note also mentions the Asiatic Pacific Campaign Ribbon and authorization of the American Defense Medal when available. Opportunity for classified ads is noted.
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Scott
Wesley In
Service Command
APO 502
War Department
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Paul D. Gilson
Harry K. Wakefield
Isabella County
Robert. GC. Kleiner
Clare County Aaa Committee
Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Association
Madison
Wis
Food Facts
Orm
Maple Grove Union Sunday School
Arthur Center
Loren Leitner
Gladwin
Bart Sanders
Galen Coats
Glenn Newman
Kenneth Roller
Maude Barber
J. ©. Newman
Jesse V. Newman
George Williams
Grange
Riverside Grange
J. C. Newman
Dorothy Rockey
Jessie Davis
Jean Wood
Amanda Newman
Ernest. Allen
Mary Sanders
Ceres
Pomona
Flora
Selah Allen
Michigan State
Dick Fall
Thomas Fall
Jefferson Barracks
Missouri
Duxi Varga
Idaho
John Varga
Duxi
Chicago
Johnny
J. P. Mosher
Ashland
Ohio
Larry McConnell
F. N. Crawford
New York State
Donald Shively
Kansas
Set
Ron. Crawford
Bessmer
Edmund Crawford
Levi Scott
Sentinel
Anderson’s Drug Store
Rexall Store
Bae
Ag dl
Serre Drug Store
Rexall
Magnesia
Hall
Silque
Cara Nome
Rex
Foxets
Texale
Rzooucr
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