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Newspaper

Saline Observer

Location

Saline, Michigan, United States of America

Date

Jan 20, 1927

Page

2

Central York Social Roundup Visitors and Meetings

Parker Murray visited Ypsilanti on Monday. Ann Lamb spent Saturday and Sunday in Ann Arbor. Mrs. Mary Hertler, recovering from illness, is improved. Hattie Murray returned from Marion on Saturday. Jacob Stecher and Pearl Dicks visited Ann Arbor on Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. John Gooding spent Saturday afternoon with Jacob Stechor. Carlton Henry and Misses Mary Electa Murray attended a party at the Morelock home Friday. Mary Electa Murray and Mary Murray visited Mrs. John Gooding and Mrs. Alger Allison Sunday.

Parker Murray Ypsilanti Ann Lamb Ann Arbor Mary Hertler Hattie Murray Marion Jacob Stecher Pearl Dicks John Gooding Jacob Stechor Carlton Henry Mary Electa Murray Morelock Home Alger Allison

Fudd District Social and School Notes

Fudd district residents visit Ann Arbor over the weekend. The P T A meets at the school house Friday evening, January 24. Neighbors are entertained at multiple homes as Mr. and Mrs. Reeves and others host gatherings. The helping teacher Mrs. Robinson attended the school Tuesday. Several district families visited D G Richards and hosted gatherings with extended relatives from Ann Arbor and Grass Lake.

Teachout Ann Arbor P T.A Georgie Raymond H.C. Reeves George Combs D. G. Richards Frank Harwood Robinson H. C. Reeves Lewis Steiman Sidney Yape Madison Clifford Richards Annn Arbor A. R. Murray Grass Lake

Mooreville and area notes from Monroe to East Lansing

West Mooreville residents visit Monroe and Ypsilanti while Abe Davenport considers Cone opening. Vera Dora Critteneen born to James and wife. Local families move, visit Findlay, Ohio, and hospitalizing surgery, with school and club events at Mooreville. Neighbors assist with corn harvest after Boil infection. Seattle visitors and kin from Ann Arbor gather for family contacts.

E. Hendershot Monroe Do T. Rudisch Fred Lewis Ypsilants Louis Loesch Abe Davenport Cone Mae Sherman Lato James Critteneen Vera Dora Cecil Davenport Detroit Giyie Wineland Mooreville Parent-Teacher Association Ronald Forsythe East Lansing M. B. Sunday School Zitella Goldsmith St. Joseph’s Mercy Hospital Ann Arbor Clyde Wineland Marshall Davenport Findlay Ohio Blanche Gauntlett Mamie Lewis Glora Gottschalk Charles Teufel Agatha Augusta Josenhans George Hopkins Seattle Washington Gerhard Josenhans Milda Frederika McBride Duniee

Valentine district notes illness and school closure

Miss Mildred Smith remains ill since mid November and cannot attend school. Valentine school was closed Monday due to teacher Miss Many Horton's illness. Helping teachers convene Thursday at 2 30 p.m. All parents urged to attend. Local Pittsfield and Saline Home Management Project group meets February 1 at Mrs Ormond Feldhamn on South Ann Arbor street.

Valentine School Many Horton Pittsfield and Saline Home Management Project Ormond’ Feldhamn Ann Arbor Street

Local Social Notes From Hammond Area

Mrs Grace Hammond and Mrs Hazel Gordon visited Mrs Mary McMann and Miss Ella. Mrs Mable Needham is on the sick list. Wilbur Cornish was a Toledo visitor Friday. The Home Management club meets January 26 at 10:00. Mr and Mrs N J Easton and Mr and Mrs Ralph Hammond visited. Wilbur Cornish and Mrs Minnie Custer visited Ray Frisbee at Milan. The Gilberts visit Ypsilanti Friday evening.

Grace Hammond Hazel Gordon David Mary McMann Ella Mable Needham N. J. Easton Ralph Hammond Wilbur Cornish Toledo Minnie Custer Ray Frisbee Milan Home Management Club Pearl Gilbert Faye Gilbert Ypsilanti

Local Social Notes From South Saline Area

South Saline sees a flurry of visits and moves with Evans and Kutler in Detroit and Jackson. Elmer Bisel relocates to Findlay Ohio while Roscoe Craig visits Ridgeway with Virgil Miller. Families Easlick Stilts Vealey Britton Dexter Milford figure in multiple Tuesday Wednesday traces.

S. Evans Detroit Geraldine Kutler Jackson Elmer Bisel Findlay Ohio Roscoe Craig Virgil Miller Ridgeway John Taylor Toledo D. Clark Ann Arbor Will Easlick A. S. Johnston Aubrey Packlinerton Britton Nathan Dibble Tecumseh Harold Boice Hugh Craig Detriot Mr. Boice Q. S. Evans Elmer Eisel Leon Vealey Dexter Kutler

Farm Notes On Cattle Care And Grain Pests

Farm notes advise keeping cows dry and sheltered to prevent sore teats and using clean dry hands for milking. Treatments such as eastor oil olive oil wool fat or pure vastline protect teats and keep them soft. The piece notes sorghum pests threaten to attack grains like kaffir milo maize and feteriat though European corn bore is not yet common here. Broom corn sorghum is linked as the likely pest source.

United States America

Dairy sire daughters outproduce dams in milk and fat

Records for the first six daughters of a purebred dairy sire show average yearly production of 12 742 pounds of milk and 484 pounds of butterfat. Dams averaged 11 554 pounds of milk and 392 pounds of butterfat. Daughters exceed dams by 10.3 percent in milk and 10.5 percent in butterfat.

Contesting Association

Darrow Blames Prohibition for Lost Imagination

Clarence Darrow asserts that prohibition destroyed imagination saying a man cannot drink freely and dream himself king of the world. He cites a grasping moral theme and a note of satire on liberty and vice.

Clarence Darrow

Dynamite Use For Tree Planting Discussed By Horticulturist

F H Ballou of the Ohio experiment station explains dynamite may aid digging only in dry hard soil or shallow stony subsoil. When topsoil is deep and moist, blasting offers no advantage as roots spread and outgrow the loosened area. He warns against spring use in moist clay subsoil due to cavernous openings and uneven settling around roots.

F. H. Ballou Ohio

Wire Screen Best to Stop Girdling of Trees

Orchardists should use one-quarter inch mesh wire to prevent rabbit girdling and meadow mouse damage during winter. Wire sunk slightly below ground protects young trees and avoids reliance on repellents. A one-inch mesh No 20 galvanized wire also works on clean fields with no rodent infestation.

College of Agriculture University of Ilinois

Insects blamed for spike in fire blight across orchards

Pomologists at the Graham Horticultural Experiment Station in Grand Rapids report that fire blight in apple and pear orchards is the worst in years. They link bloom percentage to midseason blight and say heavy bloom last spring saw the strongest infections. Insects spreading germs from blossoms to other trees are blamed for the spread.

Graham Horticultural Experiment Station Grand Rapids

Horticultural Facts From Local Almanac

The locust tree is a legume and pruning too much weakens trees. Dry wood ashes add potash to soil and help it. New York planted 12,000,000 trees last spring for timber and recreation. Lending farm machinery is bad business and returns poorly. Cockleburs are annuals needing yearly growth from seed. Gathering produce when ready encourages longer bearing. For a new strawberry patch plant on well drained clover sod. don’t lime and manure heavily before plowing.

New York

Trembles and Milk Sickness Tied by Poisonous Plants

The USDA reports two plants cause trembles in livestock and milk sickness in people. Richweed or white snakeroot in east and central regions. rayless goldenrod in Texas and New Mexico. Poison components tremetol plus related substances contaminate milk and butter, with tests available for tremetol detection.

United States Department of Agriculture Illinois James F. Couch Bureau of Animal Industry Texas New Mexico United States Minnesota Nebraska Louisiana Dampoods Jimmy Couch Washington, D.C

Hens Fail To Lay Eggs In Snowy Weather

Many hens running in snow reduce egg production due to constant chill. Only a few strong fowls may continue laying while most stop and forget to resume. Keep birds indoors on dry litter and busy, as this greatly boosts laying compared to roaming in snow.

Profitable Farm Cattle Feeding From Rotations and Roughages

R H Wilcox of Illinois College of Agriculture explains permanent farming systems using beef cattle. A well balanced rotation yields corn, oats and clover hay, delivering grain and roughage for fattening cattle with little cash outlay beyond cattle purchase, while making idle farm labor productive.

R. H. Wilcox Farm Organization and Management Department College of Agriculture University of Illinois Ilinois

Senator Sink predicts drastic crime law linked to capital punishment

State Senator Charles A. Sink returns from Lansing amid talk of swift harsher criminal procedures and a possible capital punishment bill. He notes many new lawmakers favor tough measures and cites his roles on finance and education committees as key to upcoming actions. The piece also mentions codifying school laws and a new federal relations panel as part of the agenda. The column closes with a note on transatlantic calls now possible by telephone.

Charles A. Sink Lansing Senate Ways and Means House of Representatives Link Senate Educational Committee Federal Relations Committee Washtenaw Labor Times- News

Do Not Overfeed Stock Just Before Shipping

The weight at the stock yards matters more than home weight. Heavy home weight leads to disappointment due to shrinkage. Feed hogs 75 percent of normal in cool weather, 25 percent in heat. Provide water, allow non leguminous roughage, and mix legume with timothy to prevent bloating. Save feed before shipping to increase yard-weight gains.

Selecting Stock Ram for Better Flock

The article advises sheep producers to start early in choosing a stock ram. It urges buyers to assess defects in their ewes and pick a sire who corrects those flaws, warning against bias toward minor qualities that neglect essential traits.

Keep Away From Cholera Threat to Hog Herds

The hog cholera virus is carried by dogs and people on shoes and gear, so visits should be limited to farms with diseased hogs and herds given anti cholera serum. University of Minnesota reports disease causing losses across many counties.

University Farm St. Paul Minn

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