4 H swine program rewards youth and U S farm ties
Indiana 20 year old Bruce Brown, national 4 H swine award winner, raises Chester White hogs with his father on a 420 acre Tippecanoe county farm. He credits 4 H training for knowledge on feeding and breeding and notes a neighbor boy won with his pig at the county fair. Moorman Mfg Co funds awards and the National 4 H swine scholarships rise to 500. The 1963 National Heavyweight Horsepulling Contest will be held Sept 10 in Michigan with entrants from six Midwest states.
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Chicago
Bruce Brown
Indiana
Tippecanoe County
Young Brown
Brown
4-H
Chester
Cooperative Extension Service
Moorman Mfg. Co
Quincy, Ilineis
Moorman
Michigan Dynamometer Association
Missouri
Ohio
Wisconsin
Illinois
Michigan
Community Social Notes From Vernon Area
Vernon City and nearby families hosted relatives and guests over the weekend and Labor Day. Attendees included the Leu der family from Mt Pleasant, Nevins and McDonel clans, Siels and Rule families, Schaaf and Atwood relations, Utley, Hemstreet, and Perry households, plus visits from Ward, Bay City, Traverse City, and Toledo residents. A birthday party for Jackie Herron was held with family presence and gifts.
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Otto Leuder
Mt. Pleasant
Frank Nevins
Joyce
Eola McDonel
Ruth Herron
Wilbur Siel
Lyman Rule
Martha Bowen
Lansing
Mannie Sutton
Clare
Carl Schaaf Jr
Ernest Keaton
Barryton
Carol Ann Schafer
Blanche Atwood
Fern Wright
Effie Harvey
Dayton Savaye
Joe Swain
Evelyn Bradley
Sheridan
Jim
Robin Young
Jack Hemstreet
George Hemstreet
Floren Pudvay
Lois and
Larry
Pat Pudvay
Steve
Traverse City
Fred Moline
Toledo
Ohio
Dick Lamont
Sagemaw
Russell
Frank Herron
Shirley
Billie
Louie
David
Timmy
Frankie
Linday Utley
Shirley Utley
Pontiac
Ray Utley
George Snider
Arnold Bidwell
Arthur Brown
Rosebush
Elbridge Jaka
Judy Ayres
Glad
Win
Joyce Nevins
Jack Hemstreet Jr
C.A. Perry
Floyd Bush
L.D. Bush
Dick Shaw
Don Bush
Blanchard
Fred Bush
William Benchley
Viola Kane
Leslie
Labor Day
Frank Pringle
Benchleys
Farwell
Ernest Stark
Mrs. Leonard Stark
Midland
Short Supply Of Peaches In Michigan
Michigan peaches will be in short supply again this year with harvest at about half of normal. Winter injury and spring freezes have caused the low yield. MSU researchers and Extension staff will establish cling varieties in key areas to test cultural management and rootstock uniformity for spring 1965 planting.
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Michigan
Michigan State University
Cooperative Extension Service
Paul Larsen
MSU
Stanley Johnston
Johnston
South Haven
Propaganda Pays Off
In Columbus Ohio the Army Reserve Psychological Warfare Company Cleveland produced five thousand pamphlets warning rural residents that men in green berets operate clandestinely in West Virginia hills. Paratroopers of the 2d Special Forces were ordered from a nearby town by a literal minded sheriff after a week of training.
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Columbus
Ohio
ANF
Army Reserve
West Virginia
Cleveland
2D Special Forces
Kingswood
Local visitors and family weekend guests listed in Alma and area
Mrs Mildred McMillen and Grace Duncan visited with relatives in Alma and nearby towns. First Lt. James Judd and Lynette returned home from Fayetteville with the Morse family. Lawrence Cook and Lansing visitors joined Rev and Mrs Richard Cook and Randy for a weekend at home. Wendell Van Buren, Clare guests, and Midland residents Reed DeLong and Ernest Fordef plus Pi lon family hosted callers at the parsonage.
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Mildred McMillen
Grace Duncan
Mary Jo
Alma
Ronald O’brant
St. Louis
Joe Swain
James Gc, Judd
Fayetteville
North Carolina
Lynette
Melvin Morse
Lawrence Cook
Lansing
Richard Cook
Randy
Parsonage
Wendell van Buren
Clare
Ernest Stark
Robert Reed
Darwin De-Long
Midland
Ernest Fordef
Merrill
Larry Pilon, Jr
Frank Mitchell
Lenses Tested on Chickens at Michigan State University
Michigan State University poultry scientists test contact lenses on broilers to modify vision and reduce cannibalism by masking wounds. Study shows birds can go up to 24 hours per week without feed with no ill effects, though researchers do not endorse the practice.
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Michigan State University
Michigan Bean Acreage and Yields Lead Nation
Michigan reports about 1.5 million acres planted in field beans and ranks among the top states for both total acreage and high yields, reflecting strong production across the sector. The data highlight Michigan as a key contributor to national bean supplies with substantial farm-scale output.
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Michigan
U.S
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Clare Little League
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Michigan Crop Improvement Association
East Lansing
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Vernon City
Register For
Wolverine
Alexander Shoes
Clare's
THE
Clare Sentinel
State Farm
Insurance
Bernard
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
Bloomington, Minois
Stanley Oil Co
W. US
Clar
Dick Hewiss
W. Fourth
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