Five-year-old cow sets milk record at Mer chant & Son farm
Gertrude of Roston Acres, a registered brown Swiss owned by R C Mer chant & Son, completed a 305 day lactation totaling 11 253.2 pounds of milk with 4.8 percent fat, milking twice daily.
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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1951
Page
4
Gertrude of Roston Acres, a registered brown Swiss owned by R C Mer chant & Son, completed a 305 day lactation totaling 11 253.2 pounds of milk with 4.8 percent fat, milking twice daily.
The South Saline Extension Club met Thursday January 11 at Mrs Amos Luckhardts home with co hosts Mrs Elton Osborne and Mrs Wilma Briggs ~ assisted by Mrs Luckharts daughter Mrs John Wurster. Mrs Kenneth Ernst presided over a business meeting followed by a restyling and remodeling lesson with savings noted by members. Recreation leader Mrs Hirnest Zahn closed with games. An February 8 meeting is set for 11 at Mrs Douglas Halls Tecumseh residence.
An optometrist in Toledo offers eye fittings at the Milan branch located upstairs in the Milan Hotel. Appointments available Saturday from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Saline General Hospital reported tenselectomy patients James Levey January 18 Billy Wiedmeyer January 19 Donald Daniels January 22 and Glen Grammer January 24 all of Saline. Other surgical patients included Mrs John Davis Wesley Steiner of Saline and Carl Schnearle of Ann Arbor. A baby boy was born to Mr and Mrs Ralph Root January 19 and a baby girl to Mr and Mrs William Wallo January 20 both of Saline. Mrs James LaFont of Milan was admitted January 21 and discharged January 23. Mrs Kenneth Frey entered January 22 and was released January 28. Mrs F C Unterkircher returned home from the Hospital last Friday.
Dexter market reports a strong run with eight week feeder pigs at 11.50 to 14.75, top hogs 10 to 220 pounds 22.00 to 22.50, heavier hogs 220 to 240 pounds 21.50 to 22.00, feeding lambs 30.00 to 33.00, fat lambs 35.00, old ewes 17.75, veal cows 37.00 to 40.00, beacon calves 20.00 to 34.00, cows 21.00 to 22.00, canners 18.00 to 20.00, bulls stockers 350 pounds 26.50, and feeding steers 24.00 to 24.50 to 25.00 to 30.50, with a good run of feeder cattle and fat hogs.
Michigan homemakers will find engaging home economics sessions during the 1951 Farmers Week. The program aims to inform and assist with practical skills and household management tasks.
Programs at Michigan State College run Tuesday to Thursday January 30 to February 1 with morning sessions at 10 and afternoon at 1 30. Topics include Mealtime Around the World Keeping Physically Fit Getting What You Want for Your Money and What Our Dollars Are Worth Today.
A Saline observer notes items once thought missing may be recoverable, reflecting local curiosity about discoveries and everyday treasures. The column weighs luck, memory, and community attention in tracking found objects and forgotten cases.
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