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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1941
Page
3
Government supported egg prices push farmers toward keeping hens for profit. Assess the flock now, cull 30 to 50 percent of production birds, evaluate pullets, and prepare comfortable quarters before frost for October production. Proper housing and clean conditions boost egg output and prevent losses to the family budget.
In the July Economic News from the Economics Department M.S.C. editor R. V. Gunn reports July 1 farm production will exceed 1940, with consumer buying power up 7 percent. Farm prices average 30 percent higher. dairy products, beef, wool, and eggs show gains though input costs rise. Export prospects rise modestly due to lend-lease and war-related demand.
Home lawn defense centers on powdered lead arsenate to kill white grubs. Grubs damage roots and create dead patches after rain. The remedy is to remake the lawn after treatment.
Michigan State College entomology expert E L McDaniel outlines lawn pest measures using lead arsenate. For new lawns a full 10 pound per 1000 square feet treatment is mixed into the top inch for lasting five years, discouraging ants earthworms and beetles. Old lawns should split applications fall and spring for better coverage. Three broods in Michigan threaten lawns this season with Brood C active and Brood A expected to chew all year.
The dedication honors J L Littlefield with a granite memorial on the road north of the school, unveiled by Mrs Emma Littlefield and Layle Littlefield. Speakers praise Littlefield’s reforestation work, civic service, and love of trees as Max Tyndall notes the impact on schools and community.
WKAR 870 KC 5000 watt station to air a trio of defense talks hosted by Michigan State College librarian Jackson Towne. The broadcasts on September 16 28 and 30 at 400 pm will cover books on national defense and related topics.
A Bay View Michigan letter from E. C. Warriner, former Central Michigan College president, outlines a committee plan to establish a college museum. They seek household utensils, chums, coffee mills, mustache cups, boot jacks, farm tools, yokes, saddles, lumbering tools, bullets, old money, almanacs and firearms. Readers may drop items at the office or give them to Mr. Warriner. The note also covers bean industry topics including inspection, grading, quotas and seaboard prices, with a push to educate growers on bean stacking to maintain quality and reduce losses.
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