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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1960
Page
4
Charles Shick of Michigan State University answers bat questions and offers practical control tips. He advises encouraging roosting away from buildings, sealing cracks with caulk or screen, and plugging holes in the evening after bats exit to feed. He notes bats are harmless insect eaters and use echolocation to navigate.
The Dover Home Extension Club held an outdoor cookery lesson at Mrs. Shelley Burton’s Clare home. They prepared a fruit tray with peaches plums grapes apples and bananas and a relish tray with carrots green onions cucumbers tomatoes green pepper and parsley. Premium checks totaling 3150.25 were mailed to Clare County Fair exhibitors with open class payments 2021.50 to 100 exhibitors and 1128.75 to 4 167 exhibitors.
The Isabella County ASC Committee invites applications for the County Office Manager position with an annual salary of 6450 dollars. Applications must be filed by September 12, 1960 at 4 30 p m. at the Isabella County ASC office Myers Building Mt Pleasant Michigan. Minimum qualifications include a high school diploma and two years agricultural experience including two years in operational programs. Higher education may substitute for experience and applicants must be familiar with farm problems and show managerial ability.
The Sentinel Classifieds highlight practical tips for selling or trading items effectively. Focus on clear descriptions, honest pricing, and prompt communication to attract buyers and complete transactions smoothly.
A field day on September 15 at the Michigan State University branch agricultural experiment station in Lake City will feature potato research. Tour stops from experimental plots cover disease and insect control, breeding, fertility, irrigation, seedlings, spacing, sprout inhibition, soil aeration, and variety work for yield and disease resistance.
Eight scholarships totaling 9600 will be awarded to 4-H Club members this fall. Two home economics awards of 800 each, four forestry awards of 1600 each, and two agronomy related awards of 800 each come from Sunbeam Corp and California Spray Chemical Corp with support from the National 4-H Service Committee. Applicants must be present or former 4-H members with strong scholastic records and apply through state 4-H offices. Winners will be announced at the National 4-H Club Congress in Chicago the last week of November.
Isabella County farm news notes DHIA high cow butterfat totals with William Block and Sons leading at 100 lbs fat and Arnold House Leonard Parker close behind. It reports a trend to slaughter feeder cattle in Michigan with additional sales planned across St Louis Michigan stockyards and various towns, plus MSU field day Sept 8 detailing corn tests and short hybrids. Proceeds from a Sept 11 All you can eat Bar-B-Q by Isabella County Livestock Producers support county youth programs.
Michigan State University extension expert Russell G. Hill cites University of Illinois data showing wheel track planting yields 76 bushels per acre vs 69 with conventional tillage on a 5 percent slope. Soil erosion and runoff also drop markedly with wheel-track plots.
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