Barnyard Economics meeting set for December 10
Leonard Ray Kyle extension specialist will speak at the Barnyard Economics meeting Monday night December 10 at Ida Elementary School Ida starting 8 p.m. E. C. Keck in Niles raises $1,000 for Berrien County Cancer Society through a home store sale of donated items after his wife died of cancer.
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Leonard Ray Kyle
Ida
Niles, Mich
E. C. Keck
Berrien County Cancer Society
Niles
Keck
Detroit Junior Livestock Show Set for December 4 6
Michigan counties will send boys and girls to the Detroit Junior Livestock Show at the fairgrounds coliseum December 4 to 6 for blue ribbons. Growth should be stopped before mulch on strawberries and ground should freeze. M S U extension dairymen urge feeding high quality feeds to dairy cattle early in barn feeding, caution against saving best feed for last. Producing clean eggs relies on litter management in nests and replacing soiled litter rather than nesting material type.
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Michigan Counties
Detroit
Fairgrounds Coliseum
M. S. U. Extension
M.S. U
Corn referendum set for December 11 in Washtenaw Monroe counties
Washtenaw and Monroe County farmers vote on December 11 to choose between two soil bank based corn price supports for 1957 and beyond. The two programs are soil bank base acreage and acreage allotments with payments for reserve and conservation set at 90 cents per bushel.
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Washtenaw
Monroe County
Arthur Mauch
Department of Agricultural Economics
Michigan State University
Soil Bank
Faster, cheaper plant foods loom as fertilizers improve
Michigan State University soil scientists report improvements in slower releasing fertilizers and less soluble forms to satisfy long season crops with a single application. Granular and high analysis fertilizers reduce storage bulk and cake risk while offering easier distribution and storage. Further developments depend on farmer participation and continued research to boost efficiency and profit.
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Michigan State University Soil Scientists
Grass Sods Save Apple Tree Moist
Michigan State University researchers tested seven sods at the Graham Experiment Station Grand Rapids over 1951 to 1954. Grass sods Kentucky blue grass Timothy Chewing's fescue and redtop conserved moisture better than legume sods white dutch clover Ladino clover and alfalfa, keeping moisture available to deeper tree roots.
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Michigan State University
Walter Toenjes
R. J. Higdon
A. L. Kenworthy
Graham
Grand Rapids
Bottle excuse helps speeding case in Kentucky court
Cecil D. White admitted speeding in Lexington quarterly court. Trial commissioner Nelson Hoskins fined him 10 dollars and costs before amending the charge to breach of peace after White explained his crying baby needed a bottle. The father of five said he was rushing home to feed the child.
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Lexington
Cecil D. White
Nelson Hoskins
White
Judy
Hoskins
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