More Sprays Needed For San Jose Scale
Michigan State College entomology officials say increasing San Jose scale in Michigan orchards requires more frequent lime sulfur sprays. The pest, first seen in 1896, damaged fruit trees. parasites waned, allowing scale numbers to rise again, affecting many fruit and ornamental trees. Branches with scale look scurfy and can be killed by heavy infestations.
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San Jose
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Michigan State College
East Lansing
Aera
Bandit in Skirt Trick Foiled by Motorist Rescue
The Laingsburg Press notes a Portland Review story about a bandit posing as a woman with a basket hitching rides. A cautious motorist, seeing trousers beneath the skirt, warned bystanders and fled after discovering two guns in the basket. The tale ends with a warning that generosity risks danger and many feel exploited by dubious hikers.
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Laingsburg
Portland Review
Northville social club idea gains local notice
The Northville Record highlights a new group of young married residents forming a Sunday Evening Club. They share informal suppers at homes then attend church services together, turning social time into a community benefiting others. The notion earns a gentle press nod from nearby papers.
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Northville
Sunday Evening Club
Brighton Argus
Hoover Proposes Tax Increases and War Debt Talks
President Hoover delivers State of the Union message detailing a three and a half billion dollar deficit and calls for new federal instruments and higher taxes. Budget and treasury reports urge higher rates on incomes inheritances tobacco and stock sales with broad exemptions shrinking. Congress readiness to pursue reforms aligns with white house plans despite Democratic opposition.
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White House
Germany Faces Reparations Debate and Farm Board Unity
The consultative committee at Basel studies Germany’s capacity to pay reparations as Walter W. Stewart and Dr. Alberto Beneduce clash over leadership. In Chicago the American Farm Bureau, National Farmers Union, and the Grange unify to push surplus crop control and legal amendments to the agricultural marketing act. Kentucky tobacco growers resist ruinous prices amid protests.
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Switzerland
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Italy
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P Sader to Speak at Kentucky Women’s Banquet
Miss Myrtle Weldon state leader of home demonstration agents in Kentucky will deliver the main address at the home economics extension banquet at Michigan State College during Farmers' Week. The talk titled The Ten Homemaking Elements will be given Tuesday evening February 2. Dr Marie Dye dean of home economics heads plans for four divisions clothing art foods and nutrition and home management and child care with all women invited.
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Myrtle ‘Weldon
Kentucky
Michigan ‘State College
Holta Smith
Home Economics Extension Department
Ass Weldon
Marie Dye
Home Economics
Five Mail Sacks Stolen At Jonesville Station
Five sacks of outgoing mail disappeared from a baggage truck at the New York Central station in Jonesville. A registered package from a Jonesville bank was inside one sack and valued at securities totaling $400. Three sacks had been sent from Lansing to Toledo and brought to Jonesville for transfer. the fifth moved from Lansing to Jonesville. Two carrier pigeons released near Buenos Aires were among several birds found or released in multiple locations.
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Jonesville
New York Central
Toledo
Lansing
Clinton
Marl Costs Little if Everyone Helps Osceola County
The Osceola County road commission and agricultural agent mobilized local marl beds to improve alfalfa seed beds. An excavating outfit loaned by the county enabled economical extraction. From 1930 to 1931 marl corrected soil acidity for 11 500 acres with savings of about 12 000 dollars. Marl sold at under 50 cents per yard at the beds.
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Osceola
County Road Commission
Osceola County
Orchard theft tale from a Detroit radio announcer
A Detroit radio announcer tells of a couple driving to the country to steal apples from an orchard. They announce their theft to the farmer who replies that he has taken tools from their car while they were in the orchard, claiming they are even.
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Detroit
Howard City Record
Profits May Fail But Farmers Stay
A Michigan State study shows 51 of 486 farmers kept detailed farm and household product records. Home grown items value the family use at 372.47 dollars, with potatoes universal and milk common. beef and pork from the farm are used, wood fuel dominates, while a Northville high school boy earned 25 dollars from selling 100 pounds of honey this summer.
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Farm Management Department
Michigan State College
Bhdehis
Detroit
Northville
Brighton Argus
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