Sheep Ram Day at Michigan State College Offers Flexible Picks
Eel Ram and Clare and Tsapelia buyers are urged to write Graydon Blank, Animal Husbandry Specialist at Michigan State College, to specify the ram they want. The ram day at the college on October 2 follows with selected rams traveling to Clare October 3, stopping at J. W. Schaeffer’s farm off US-27. Buyers may accept or reject the selected ram. extra rams will be available if needed.
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Clare
Tsapelia
Graydon Blank
Michigan State College
Mr.Blank
Michigan
J. W. Schaeffer
Us-27
Blank
East Lansing
Shim
Wood preservatives on the farm extend timber life
Michigan extension forester John Fields urges farmers to use wood preservatives. Modern chemical salts dissolve in water or fuels and can treat posts, timbers, and lumber quickly. He notes second growth cedar and white oak fade faster than old growth heartwood and offers leaflets on preservation methods.
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John Fields
Michigan
State College Extension Forester
Fields
Turkey Prices and Tips for Year Round Preparation
Michigan State College guidance urges timely turkey use with affordable prices and quality meat. Home makers should buy a large, well finished bird, consider halves or quarters, and use rock breast down roasting at 275 degrees for 25 minutes per pound with no basting. Frozen birds require lengthy thawing.
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Mary Bodwell
Agricultural Economics Department
Michigan State College
Michigan
Miss Bodwell
Bodwell
New York
For Emergencies It Pays to Keep Gauze in Barns
Emergency guidance notes keeping a pad of sterile gauze in barns or stables for wounds and cuts on animals to aid rapid first aid and reduce infection.
Michigan Farm Calendar highlights 1940 events
Michigan Farm Calendar lists September events including the third annual Dahlia Show at MSC, Feeders Day, Pat Stock Show in St Johns, and a Goodyear Soil Conservation District Banquet. It also notes sales and shows by Aberdeen Angus, Ayrshire, Hereford, Duroc, and other associations, with venues at MSC campus, livestock pavilions, and state fairgrounds.
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Michigan State College
Livestock
Michigan Cattle Feeders’ Association
MSC Animal Husbandry Department
St. Johns
Goodyear Soil Conservation District
Frankenmuth
Michigan Turkey School
MSC Experimental Farm
Lake City
Michigan
Aberdeen-Angus Breeders’ Association
Michigan Oic Swine Breeders’ Association
Agricultural Economics
MSC
Thumb Sheep Breeders’ Association
Marlette
Michigan Ayrshire Breeders’ Association
Future Farmers of America
Kansas City
Northern Michigan Beef Breeders’ Association
Gaylord
Northeastern Michigan Hereford Calf Association
West Branch
Michigan Duroc Breeders’ Association
Fairgrounds
Adrian
Michigan Rural Health
Soil Conservation Society of America
Statler Hotel
Detroit
Ionia
Free Fairgrounds
West Michigan Swine Breeders’ Association
Lowell
Michigan State Fairgrounds
Multiflora Rose Backed For Farm Game Restoration Efforts
Southern Michigan farmers must submit applications by September 20 to participate in the conservation department farm game restoration program. The game division plans to ship 346000 trees and shrubs to 103 farms starting October 1, including multiflora rose and various hardwood seedlings.
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Southern Michigan
Conservation Department
Department
Game Division
Prospects for Profits in Michigan Dairy Next Year
Farmers at the Michigan Farm Management Tour heard Gerald Quackenbush of Michigan State College predict an all time high in milk supplies with higher demand. Consumers will spend more on milk as defense and inflation rise, making milk more costly but not urging a switch to dairying. Beef may profit when other farm sectors rise, and milk prices are expected to increase slowly for fluid milk and more for manufactured products.
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Michigan
Qualhoun
Haron
Gerald Quackenbush
Michigan State College
Quackenbush
Size Limit Confusion Over Fish Species Remains
The conservation department clarifies that the six inch size limit is removed for bluegills sunfish perch rock and calico bass while pike perch walleyes remain at 13 to 14 inches. Northern pike still requires 14 inches and largemouth and smallmouth bass stay at 10 inches.
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Conservation Department
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Farwell Lumber Co
Don Luce
Farwell, Michigan
America
Ford
G.T.W
Mira
Akbenbaevi
Dan McDonald
McEwan Street
Clare, Michigan
Turkey
Salabury
Jayera
MITA
Peter A. Oman
Clare County Treasurer
Armstrong
Congo Wall
Sandran
Roger Laquer
W. Fourth St
Anthony
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