County Farm War Board Members Hold Meeting at Lansing
State wide three day meeting in Lansing October 18 19 and 20 set 1944 production goals. Robert C Kleiner chaired livestock and poultry committee of eleven. delegates planned 2 000 000 acres corn 1 000 000 acres beans and 5 500 900 000 pounds milk with egg production kept at 130 000 000 dozen.
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Lansing
Robert C. Kleiner
Clare
USDA
WFA
Washington
War Food Administration
Michigan
Milk and Butter Payments Under 1943 AAA Program in Michigan
The period October 1 to December 31 1943 outlines dairy feed payments to producers via County AAA offices upon satisfactory evidence of whole milk or butterfat sold. Payments include 30 cents per cwt for milk, 4 cents per pound for butterfat, and 20 percent butterfat rate for cream sold for consumption. First payment expected for October sales. timing depends on form availability.
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Triple-A
Michigan
Sorreet
Gerald BE. Lamb
B. Glass
Littlefield
Clare
RB. Shear
Legume and Grass Seed Price Ceilings Announced
A table lists maximum quarterly retail prices to farmers and consumers for top grade legume and grass seeds with transportation charges extra. Prices are percent-based and apply across all distribution levels as ceilings.
County Agent’s Corner on horse bot control
The column advises timing and methods to prevent botfly damage in horses. It recommends washing legs with warm coal tar dip solution and wiping infested areas with kerosene to stop egg hatching. December treatment with carbon bisulphide capsules should be done by a veterinarian.
Clare county lime supply boosts poultry industry
Oyster shells are scarce but Clare county can supply lime for the poultry industry. Dry marl from local deposits, pulverize it, and place it in a hopper. If grit is hard to obtain, use sand from gravel pits as an alternative poultry grit.
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Clare County
Iodine in Salt Could Improve Offspring Health
The article urges livestock farmers to add iodine to salt to prevent goiter in newborn pigs lambs and calves. It notes iodine deficient soils lead to deficient feed and urges using iodine salt from local dealers. It mentions salt blocks often lack sufficient salt for livestock.
Fire Tower Misty Weather and Local Social News
Miss Gladys Alwood of Farwell visited Doris Powell on Thursday. Raymond Van Puskirk joined Sunday supper with Mr and Mrs Judd Brasington of Farwell. Perl Tryon named highway commissioner. Ralph Hilyard's children have measles. Ernie Ortens moving to Clare. George Keeler phones installed. Mrs Mary Lloyd visited her sister in Saginaw. Don Lloyd spent Sunday with family. Lots of hunting over the weekend.
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L. Finch
Maple Grove
Harley Bentleys
Ralph Hilyard
R. J. Powell
Saginaw
Ernie Ortens
Clare
George Keeler
Perl Tryon
Gladys Alwood
Farwell
Doris Powell
Raymond van Puskirk
Judd Brasington
Glenn Powell
Mr. Orten
Mary Lloyd
Don Lloyd
Local social notes from Willowbrook and nearby towns
Mrs Melvin Smith of Farwell and others from West Grant Tustin Rosebush and Willowbrook visited at the Morrow home. Families from Lansing Ann Arbor Flint Lake George Midland Saginaw and Lake George spent the weekend or Sunday with relatives and dined together.
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Melvin Smith
Farwell
Albert Mathews
West Grant
FP. R. Morford
Tustin
Harry ‘House
Rosebush
van Nostrand
Willowbrook
William. Prager
Saginaw
Samuel Mathews
Lansing
Arthur Bellinger
Jay
Hinkleville
Midland
Local Social News and Family Notes From Gilmore Grange
Mr and Mrs Laverne Perry moved to Midland for work. Bernard Robison shows improvement. Sympathy extended to the Post family for a tragic fire near Farwell. Mrs Wm Ingraham and sister visit Holland Michigan for a fiftieth wedding anniversary. Elida Snyder has measles. Laverty family visit to Lake Odessa. Thrush families spend weekend with Mr Pleasant relatives. Wilbur Thrush visits then travels to Mt Pleasant with Lester and family.
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Laverne Perry
Midland
Tom Cook
Bernard Robison
Post
Farwell
Wm. Ingraham
Montana
Holland
Michigan
Elida Snyder
John Laverty
Maxine
Dale
Lake Odessa
Martha
Lester Thrush
Mr. Pleasant
F. Thrush
Wilbur
Mt. Pleasant
Lester
Camp transfers and weekend visits noted in local snippet
The passage records Harold planning a Tuesday camp return and a Thursday transfer to a New Jersey camp for training, mentions winter weather expectations, and lists visits by Noah Diameter Emery Wood Raymond VanBuskirk Doris Powell and Roddy Raymond. It also notes potato digging, corn shredding, McGuire returning from Canada, and the Robison family moving to Clare.
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Harold
New Jersey
Noah Diameter
Larwell
Emery Wood
Lansing
F. Thrush
Raymond VanBuskirk
Doris Powell
Roddy Raymond
Thrush
R. B. McGuire
Canada
Mervil Robison
Baby
Clare
Michigan State Radio Highlights on WEAR 870 KC 5000 Watts
Listing for WEAR Michigan State College radio schedule at 870 KC with 5000 watts. Programs include They Dared to Live hosted by Robert M. Bartlett featuring interviews with notable figures. Daily news, Farm Service Hour, Farm Forum, and farm labor topics appear across October through November with multiple daily time slots.
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Michigan State College
Robert M. Bartlett
Lansing
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Paul D. Gibson
Harry K. Wakefield
Isabella
Clare County- Aaa Committee
County Farm War Board
Lvestock
the Farwell State Savings Bank
Banking Department
Michigan Financial Institutions Act
United States
Red Capital
J. Allen R. Graham
Allon R. Graham
Germany
Northern
Central
Southern
Gilmore Grange
Michigan State Radio
State Agricultural Department
Social Security
Vfarm
Michigan Department 1 Health
Thayers
U. S
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