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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1954
Page
8
The Michigan outdoor press highlights new gadgets at recent city shows for sportsmen. Innovations include weighted streamers for trout, an affordable sealer for scale mess, a plier grip for scaling, quiet shock-mounted outboard motors, a starter for small batteries, a self-bailing motor device, and a screen-filtered boat shoe to keep the craft dry at idle.
The Detroit News Spelling Bee ended Thursday at Benton School. Richard John Coury, 10, fifth grade, won with the word knowledge. Runner-up Earl Boehm, 11, sixth grade. Coury advances to the Manchester contest on April 9. Teacher Mrs Helene Monaghan attended the Willow Run Teachers Institute.
Donald Otrambo spent five days at the General Motors Training Center in Detroit learning hydramatics and advanced service techniques for A and M Chevrolet Co. The program aims to keep dealer staff up to date with innovations like air conditioning and power systems across GM brands.
The second annual Beef Herdsmen School at Michigan State College runs Monday and Tuesday March 8 and 9. A herd bull selection panel and talks on diseases feeding programs and artificial insemination are planned. Enrollment is open to beef men. apply to Richard B Warren Animal Husbandry Dept MS College.
Michigan dairymen facing falling milk prices are advised to explore a veal market. Donald L. Sark of Michigan State College explains that a prime 200-pound calf can fetch about 60 to 65 dollars, while a day-old calf sells for 12 to 15 dollars. He breaks down potential profits by comparing calf prices to milk output, suggesting veal sales could yield about 4.50 dollars per hundredweight of milk, improving profits versus milk alone.
Michigan State horticulturist A Langer warns correcting magnesium deficiency in mature apples takes more than a year. He notes leaf analyses detected low magnesium years ago and cover crop failures occurred. The remedy involves applying magnesium to the soil with the cover crop.
The United States government protests the imprisonment of 82 Americans in Communist China. The group includes 12 Catholic priests and a bishop, 5 Protestant missionaries, and several businessmen.
Pineapple is ripe when greenish gold with easy to pull spines. Prepare by trimming, peeling, coring, and cutting into cubes or slices. For fresh uses, pair with strawberries or whip with sugar and cream. For freezing, pack in syrup in moisture proof containers, seal and date. Frozen at 0 F keeps about one year.
Survey indicates potassium is the element most needed for better grape yields in Michigan. Larsen of Michigan State College notes interactions with calcium and magnesium and suggests iron may also be deficient in some low yielding areas.
Turf expert James Tyson of Michigan State College says Merion Blue grass is unsuitable for reseeding bald patches in old lawns. He notes the seed is costly and only viable if the lawn is stripped, built up, fertilized and re-seeded, as old sod conditions hinder new growth. Extension Bulletin 224 on Growing Beautiful Lawns is available from county agents.
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