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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1950
Page
7
The American Foundation for Animal Health warns winter scours will sharply cut hay herd milk outputs. Early signs include dull cows, reduced milk, and scouring. rapid spread in a herd means infectious disease. Prompt diagnosis and segregation of initial cases may halt spread.
Seventy head of Purebred Shorthorn cattle will be sold at public auction at the Livestock Pavilion Michigan State College on Saturday October 28. Cattle shown in the forenoon before the sale, starting 12 30 p m. Judge will be William Hoe wischer of Sidney Ohio secretary of the Ohio Short horn Breeders Association. Offerings include ten bulls ten cows five with calves at foot five near calving fifteen bred heifers and fifteen open heifers. Michigan breeders also sell 4 H Club steers and heifers for the 1951 Club projects.
The Douglas fir region of Oregon and Washington shows 24 million acres available for commercial forest use. Of these, 1,734 million acres are currently capable of producing timber crops, about 3 million acres could contribute within 20 years, and 54 percent of the land may be productive in 30 to 40 years.
The Central Michigan Feeder Calf Association announces a sale on October 28 at Ithaca starting at 1 PM. Calves will be graded with top animals sold as singles for 4H and FFA buyers, while remaining cattle go in lots of five or more. About 100 animals expected for sale.
The Rolland Community Club held a meeting at the schoolhouse on Friday the 20th with music by Mickie and Johnny Dargitz and Melvin Kuzee. Mary Allen Tucker won the top pickle prize of 10 dollars. George Jane was re elected to the Council for a two year term and ties for second involved Mrs Barager Mrs Curtiss and Mrs Cecilia Travis.
Two staff members at the Michigan State College School of Veterinary Medicine died October 12. Dr Floyder Young, 48, a Perry farmer and professor of veterinary surgery and medicine, drowned when a tractor overturned and pinned him in a water-filled ditch. Dr Benjamin J Killham, 64, an extension veterinary specialist, died shortly after a heart attack in a Lansing hospital. Killham had been on the MSG staff since 1930 and served as president and secretary of the Michigan Veterinary Medical Association.
Mrs. Frank Foote entertains her aunt for a few days. John Nagy did repair work for Jim Sweet. A party at Mrs Bert Ann’s featured guests including Mrs Lucy Vinton and Mrs Betty Vinton. James Sweet and J Sweat visited Sol Huber family for Saturday dinner. An auction sale afternoon gathering and patient Roy Brown’s improving condition are recorded.
Farmers in Michigan can observe rock phosphate in action at a Cornwell Ranch plot. County Agent P. D. Gibson and Michigan State College soil specialist Hol Longneck er, with Cornwell Ranch manager Robert Carter, applied 800 pounds to an alfalfa meadow strip that will be plowed next spring. The field will be observed for yields over several years to assess practicality in local soil and climate conditions.
Plant pathologist Axel L. Anderson of Michigan State College notes bacterial blight reduced the 1950 bean crop after heavy July and August rains. Early detection shows yellow spots on lower leaves. the disease overwinters in bean refuse and spreads mainly through seed. Remedy stresses disease free seed, three year rotation, and avoiding harvest with dew or rain on leaves.
Leaders of Home Economics Extension groups met at the Congregational Church in Harrison to discuss protective diets for the middle years. The session featured a meal planning checker game, protein tips, and cooperative digestion notes with samples of calorie dense snacks. Leaflets on freezing foods and preservation of fruits and vegetables were to be distributed to clubs and friends.
Mary Bodwell of Michigan State College reports Americans average over 13 pounds of frozen foods per person annually. She emphasizes prompt refrigeration, careful thawing, and reading labels to preserve quality, noting that pre freezing prep and storage guidance appears on product containers.
At the Clare County Soil Conservation District October meeting the applications of Kasmir Krawczynski and Max Stanley were approved for assistance. Glen Bedell mapped the farms of Henry Austin, Max Stanley, Elvin Budd, Bert Douglas, and Glen Strouse this past week as the first step toward soil conservation farm plans to be completed next summer with Ben Bosink's help.
County agent announces the Fall Swine Feeding Project open to all Michigan farmers. Eligible pens may include three or more pigs from any breed and one exhibit per farm. Pigs born on or after August 1 and under 12 weeks, weighing at least 90 pounds, must be entered by November 15 and reweighed within a set period. The group must average 1.4 pounds daily gain per pig.
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