Growing Chicks Care Tips From the USDA Circular
A USDA prepared guide stresses clean coops, proper feed and water, shade and free range for growing chicks. It details weekly coop upkeep, lice control, and ideal feeds including a grain mix of cracked corn wheat and oats, plus dry mash and green feed like lawn grass.
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Small backyard flock aims for high egg yield
The article notes a novice can expect at least 10 dozen eggs per hen per year, totaling 20 dozen per person with two hens per family member. USDA specialists urge aiming higher, suggesting two hens to supply an egg per day per person, about 183 eggs annually, and encourage readers to consider a classified line for more reach.
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One Man Road Grader Boosts Community Farming Efforts
A Popular Science Monthly note explains that a single man with a gasoline powered road grader can level and grade roads faster than two teams of horses and two men. The device, with all controls at the operator’s elbow, reduces labor and time, encouraging neighbors to pool resources for road maintenance.
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Better Roads Help Babies
A Concord Monitor editorial argues that good roads are vital to rural health. Access to doctors nurses and hospitals on farms reduces delays that threaten mothers and infants and ensures timely medical care and emergency treatment.
Thin Roads Are Expensive and the Road of the Future
The piece argues MacAdam lagged behind modern needs as trucks grow heavier. It notes Appian Way builders knew about durable roads, that light stone surfacing fails under heavy trucks, and that oil treated roads work for cars but not for five ton trucks. It compares road choices to railroads using heavy rails and ballast for heavy traffic.
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Fall Garden Reuses Spring Vegetables and Seeds
Practical guidance notes that most vegetables grown in spring can be grown in fall and that leftover spring seeds may be used for fall plantings. The advice emphasizes reusing seeds and extending the garden season.
Need for Better Roads Cited as Food Transport Key
The article argues that expanding roadways is essential as motor vehicles are the sole means to move food into the city, stressing urgency for improved transportation links.
Local Correspondence Notes From Clare and Surrounding Areas
Mr and Mrs E E Dellime and Frank Howie visited Clare last Tuesday. Mrs Berry spent the weekend at Lake with her brother J J Cook. F M Baker and son Orla were in Harrison on business last Monday. Mr and Mrs O Deliing were in Clare last Wednesday. The grange meeting was postponed to September 17 in the afternoon. Mrs Hana Christensen enjoyed a visit with her daughter from Saginaw last week.
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Frank Howie
Clare
Death of Little Jerry Kilbourn at Home
Little Jerry Kilbourn dies Friday night after a two week illness from cholera infantum. He was beloved by all who knew him and is mourned by family and friends. The Reeves place reports busy silo activity as community notices continue. Mr and Mrs Oran Mason and children visit their old home in Ionia for the weekend. Port Huron residents Mr and Mrs Thomas attend Jerry Kilbourn's funeral. Manley Mills, son of Mr and Mrs Morey Mills, is taken to a Farwell doctor for illness.
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Port Huron
Morey Mills
Manley
Farwell
Local Social Notes from Mann Siding and Vicinity
Mr and Mrs Arthur Sharland lead a Clare trip for the meeting with Chas Stillwell described as poorly. Nellie Stillwell of Grand Rapids visits her parents. Burt Burton and family and Cari dine with Ira Root. S J Green ill but improving. C Durfee of Hatton visits S J Green. Many children attend Bernice Root’s birthday party. Mabie Menard visits Lelah Green.
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Mann Siding
Clare
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Grand Rapide
Burt Burton
Donald
Cari
Ira Root
S. J. Green
Russell Davis Homecoming After Surgery Update
Russell Davis returned to his home Saturday and is recovering well from surgery. The piece mentions visitors including Mr. and Mrs. Ray Comer and their children, Mrs. A. Tatman, and Misa Essie Badgley, as well as Elmer Miller's new stuccoed house worked on by Alma masons. Loyd Comer and Joe Jerred visited their families, while Albert Allen returned from a three week trip to Ann Arbor and Detroit and jokes about dishwashing.
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Russel Davis
Clare
Ray Comer
A. Tatman
Misa Essie Badgley
Elmer Miller
Jooxe Fine
Alma
Loyd Comer
Joe Jerred
Nancy Anderson
Albert Allen
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South Sheridan Family News and Visits
Mr and Mrs Lansing Degeer and children returned from Midland Friday and plan to help the former's father on the farm. Mr and Mrs Harley Sowle and children had dinner with her parents Sunday. Mrs Fred Coe and son and Mrs Claad Smith visited their brother.
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Lansing Degeer
Midland
Harley Sowle
Fred Coe
Claad Smith
Heaverton Visit Highlights Sunday Gatherings
Charles of Heaverton hosted guests from Coleman Sunday. Vivian Sowle, a Coleman school teacher, visited her parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Derby entertained her brother and family from Clare. Mrs Hutchinson near Fred Ooes burned her arm and Dr Senford was called to dress it.
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Coleman
J. B. Derby
Clare
Mra Hutchinson
Fred Ooes
Dr. Senford
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Gilmore resident wins quilt prize at Mt. Pleasant fair
Mrs. Wesley Shaner of Gilmore won first prize for a quilt at the Mt. Pleasant fair with a prize amount of 19 dollars. Eliam Seymour and wife visited Mr. and Mrs. Henry Craven at Two Rivers last Sunday. Richard Fields and family attended the Mt. Pleasant fair last Friday. Frank Schafer is breezing clover nearby.
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Gilmore
Mt. Pleasant Fair
Eliam Seymour
Henry Craven
Two Rivers
Richard Fields
Frank Schafer
Local Moves and Visits Across Clare Territory
Loomis Mrs A Reed to Coleman Tuesday to spend the day Ruth Raymond returns to Coleman after visiting Mrs A Reed and Mrs McCreary Mrs Gontors to Clare Tuesday Bert Banting and family from Bridgeport move back to farm here Mr and Mrs Wobig of Saginaw stay with John Bergey home Seth Sliger and wife to Clare for O Court and wife to Clare Friday night for lecture Mr and Mrs John Burns of Saginaw visit August Sundan and R O Court and family Ida Lewie Lewis and father Jasper Lewin to Bay City Saturday to visit Mrs Jessica Blinco Mrs L Nevins to Clare Tuesday E Taylor W Smith and A Dehart to Clare Saturday Bert Taylor to Coleman Saturday
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Coleman Tuesaday
Ruth Raymond
Coleman
McCreary
Gontors
Clare
Bert Banting
Bridgeport
Wobig
Saginaw
John Bergey
Seth Sliger
R. O. Court
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August Sundan
R. O Court
Ida Lewie Lewis
Jasper Lewin
Bay City
Jessica Blinco
Local Social Notes From Ovid and Nearby Towns
Brown Corners and surrounding areas report visits among families including the Lewises, Chesters, Coulters, Fifers, Walters, and Kiinhardt. Typhoid illness hits Amos Kiinhardt while Rosalie Langworthy improves. School begins with Mrs. Gerchow teaching. Teall family visits from Owosso. Bert Teall of the Salvation Army preaches at the Brown Church.
Clare Common Council Proceedings August 15 1921
Proceedings from Clare Michigan regular council meeting August 15 1921 with Mayor Pro Tem Johnson, Aldermen Dwyer Hampton House Johnson Mason present. Bills approved including sewer work fire truck street labor and Legion concessions sale funds for August 16 celebration.
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City Officials Appoint Special Officers for August 16
Mayor Geo. Johnson and City Clerk F O McGuire record that Mayor Pro-Tem Johnson appoints special officers for August 16. Names listed are Jopon O Grady Alpheus Perry Wm Hawkins and Ralph Stevens. A five year old girl visiting a country yard was sent to a barn to find her brother and reported there were only men peeling sheep.
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Legion
Blueberries Drive Maine Economy in Washington County
The Maine blueberry industry yields about 100 dollars per acre with minimal fertilizer or cultivation, making it a quick profitable crop. Washington County hosts vast blueberry land from Porcupine Mountain to the East Machias line, with several factories dedicated to canning the harvest.
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Glasses Fitted at Office West South Street
Local notice states glasses fittings completed at the Office on West South Street with new eye equipment and staff available for fittings and adjustments.
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