Spring Show Pigs Bring Premium Prices at Michigan Show
Eleven year old Ralph R Ellison of Mason Ingham county led Michigan 4-H hog raisers as his Poland Chinas swept grand championship honors at the Spring 4-H Club Market Hog Show on Michigan State College campus. The grand champion barrow sold for 67 cents a pound to Ridley Packing Company Detroit. Reserve champion barrow went to Frederick Hagedorn Sturgis. reserve pen of three pigs to Stephen Carlson Alto. total of 191 pigs brought 8700 dollars from 20 counties. average 18.27 dollars per hundredweight.
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Ralph R. Ellison
Mason
Ingham County
Michigan
Michigan State College
Barrow
Ridley Packing Company
Detroit
Frederick Hagedorn
Sturgis
Mary Ann
Stephen Carlson
A. Verne Freeman
George Ellison Jr
Henry Miller
Ellwell
Farmers Urged to Protect Wildlife
A. O. Haugen of Michigan Department of Conservation warns farmers to avoid spring burning of cover on swales, marshes, and brushy areas. He says burning reduces wildlife cover during nesting and fledgling periods, harming cottontails and pheasants and offering little agricultural value.
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A. O. Haugen
Michigan Department of Conservation and Extension Service
Michigan State College
Haugen
Grow Better Sweet Corn Tips From A Georgia Gardener
A conservationist shares advice for enhancing sweet corn harvests with yellow varieties like Golden Bantam and Ioana, advocating staggered plantings and compact plots. Practical pest prevention includes rotenone dust before ears form and silking management for ear worms, plus strategies to reduce bird predation.
Hormone Injections May Retard Bloom And Save Apple Crop
Michigan State College horticulture researchers test nanthalene acetic acid to delay apple blossoming and protect a 20 million dollar Michigan fruit crop from early May frosts. injections into branches and ground sprays compare effectiveness, hoping later blossoms improve pollination and frost survival. Potentially years of development could shift Michigan's apple industry fortunes. The study notes 1945 spring frost impacts and seeks methods to reduce fruit drop and extend bloom timing.
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Michigan
Department of Horticulture
Michigan State College
Charles L. Hamner
Hamner
Saline Hatchery Encourages Clean Quarters for Robust Chick Rearing
Saline Hatchery urges thorough cleaning of brood houses and moving them to clean ground as part of preparing for raising good chicks. They report blood testing and culling flocks to improve chick quality and note receipt of Stock-Gro feed in barrels and pails as a year round supplement. Guidance emphasizes pasture, farm grains, milk product like Stock-Gro, and cod liver oil for flock health.
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Michigan
Latham and
Taylor
Latham
Merrill
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T. A. Merrill
Michigan State College Horticulturist
Ferry-Morsa Seed Co
Lawrence R. Deede
Saline
Klager’s Hatcheries
Bridgewater
Carlton & Harris Packing Co
Ave
Want
S. C
Monroe C. Babcock
Ithaca
New York
U. S
Saline, Mich
Michigan Radio
Geo. J. Boutell
Jin McCrum
Ted Barrett
Jake Bollman
Chas. Culver & Bobilliams
Michigan Livestock Exchange
Tremendica
McMillen
spelcMillen
Devel
Grea McMillen
Fron
McMillen Feed Mills
Central Soya Co., Inc
Ft. Wayne 2
Ind
Saline Mercantile Company
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