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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1942
Page
9
Michigan State College bug experts surveyed Hessian fly activity across counties to time wheat planting. Clare county’s fly free date is Sept 12, after which seedings avoid peak damage, as flies lay eggs at the leaf stem junction in fall and larvae bore into the stem by June.
P. D. Gibson County Agricultural Agent explains that regulating wheat planting ensures plants reach the right size to deter Hessian fly eggs, allowing the crop to escape the pest.
The Farm Credit Administration funds a new WKAR broadcast lineup with 12 fifteen minute episodes titled Freedom on the Land Forever airing Fridays at 10 30 a m The schedule includes Radio Reading Circle at 9 00 am Victory Gardens 11 00 am Farm Service Hour at noon War Board News 1 15 pm and Farmers Are Asking at 6 30 pm with homemaker programming on Saturday September 5 at 9 45 am.
A public schedule lists events for Labor Day week with sessions from 11:00 a.m. markets to 6:30 p.m. neighborhood call. Activities include Music of the Masters at 3:00 p.m. Century Players at 5:30 p.m. and You Can’t Do Business With Hitler at 5:45 p.m. on September 8.
A wartime appeal urges the public to contribute any scrap metal and rubber for the war effort and the Boy Scouts. Every pound helps balance the scales, with readers urged to bring in items as varied as a flatiron, lawn mower, garden hose, plow, shoes, or a cream separator for the benefit of servicemen.
Thomas Hill Maynard born November 16 1897 in Clare Michigan died August 25 1942 in San Francisco California at forty four. He was a Detroit College of Law graduate practiced law then served as Conciliator in the Labor Department and later joined the Mercant Marines. He left a mother in Lansing two sons Thomas Hill and Albert Ewen a daughter Janette and grandson Bruce. Funeral in Clare conducted by Rev Albert Dawe with interment at Cherry Grove Cemetery.
Community notice invites residents to bring scrap to the pile opposite Clare City Park on Friday and Saturday, September 4 and 5, encouraging local recycling and waste reduction efforts.
Practical wartime livestock guide from E Johnston of the University of Illinois outlines 36 factors across breeding feeding sanitation marketing and timeliness. It emphasizes flushing breeding stock cropping weaning timing sanitizing housing sows and pastures, selling at peak prices, keeping equipment ready, and timely milestones from castration to weaning and finishing.
The piece warns agriculture as the most hazardous industry noting farm homes contribute to accidents. It urges safety steps such as tool storage away from play areas handrails on stairs and keeping loads balanced. It cites $200 million in farm and rural fire damage and 3 500 lives lost.
The Cornell agricultural experiment station tested seven protein supplements with lambs on a standard ration of shelled corn and other nutrients. Linseed meal improved appetite most, while whole soybeans and soybean oil meal ranked highest for feeding value across two experiments, followed by corn gluten meal and linseed meal.
Wheat is the cheapest ingredient in poultry rations as farmers increasingly use wheat for feed. The U S Department of Agriculture is releasing about 100 million bushels to market to aid livestock dairy and poultry producers and support Food for Freedom production goals.
Biographical sketch of U S Senator Homer Ferguson born February 25 1889 in Harrison City Pennsylvania detailing early mining work education at University of Pittsburgh and Michigan Ann Arbor law degree in June 1913 marriage to Myrtle Jones and career as a Detroit lawyer judge. Highlights include leadership in Boys Club of America housing work and a 1941 statewide win with 63 percent of the vote and lengthy grand jury tenure.
Leatherneck rifles trace to August 22 1776 when Maj Samuel Nicholas ordered muskets for the marine corps. The ad urges readers to arrange stove furnace or boiler repairs now to avoid parts shortages in fall.
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