Farmers Day at Michigan State College features alfalfa plots
Fifty acres of test plots on the Michigan State College campus will showcase alfalfa research during the annual Farmers Day program on Friday July 31. Visitors will tour fields including soybeans corn chicory and hay crops while H C Rather leads demonstrations and O E Reed of the USDA speaks in the afternoon about dairy production progress.
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Michigan
Michigan State College
H. C. Rather
Farm Crops Department
O. E. Reed
Bureau of Dairy Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Reed
Maps for every US farm by Soil Conservation Service
The Soil Conservation Service plans scientific scaled maps and crop rotations for every farm in the United States. About 14,000 farms have been mapped in two months, leaving 6,798,350 to go amid questions of funding ownership and bureaucratic shifts.
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United States
Soil Conservation Service
Department of Agriculture
Gabriel
Washington
Ionia News
Costly New Deal Tree Belt Project Abandoned
The middle west tree belt, hailed as a sheltering giant, failed under test. About 50 million young trees were planted but most died, leading to the cancellation of the costly undertaking. Critics warn the failures undermine public confidence in New Deal programs.
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Middle West
Passamaquoddy
Maine
Florida Ship Canal
All Must Be Free Press Says Saturday Evening Post Opinion
The Saturday Evening Post argues that a free press is essential for liberty, noting editors’ self interest but asserting they fight for the people’s rights. It warns against partisan control of other media and questions licensing schemes for radio and telegraph as campaigns unfold.
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Saturday Evening Post
Wiley
Manufactured manure from treated straw at Michigan State College
Experiments at Michigan State College East Lansing show treating straw or weeds with chemicals can yield 2.5 tons of wet manure from 1 ton of dry straw at 70 cents per ton. The manure’s fertilizing value exceeds ordinary barn yard manure and matches phosphated barn manure. Circular Bulletin No 157 by L. M. Turk details chemicals, costs, and results.
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Michigan State College
East Lansing
L. M. Turk
Soils Department
Dairy farmers blessed with very good pasture
Michigan dairy farmers report the past two months brought exceptionally good pasture and the highest milk production on record. Higher butter prices improve incomes for over 18,000 members of the Michigan Milk Producers Association, while city milk consumption dipped in June.
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Michigan
Detroit
C. L. Bolander
Michigan Milk Producers Association
Avilable
Local Centennial data sought for Michigan records
Michigan Centennial committees are asked to send complete celebration programs and local historical data for permanent filing with the Michigan Historical Commission. New information from local centennials aids state archives. At Sturgis, two Milan residents, RHB Johnston and spouse, suffer serious injuries in a head on collision on a rural highway.
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Lansing
Michigan Historical Commission
State Capitol
Milan
R. HB. Johnston
Sturgis
Henry Johnston
Howard Miller
The Work of Credit Shows Bank Loan Ties in Community
A midwestern bank describes its loans to customers revealing how bank credit supports local business and personal needs. Examples include 100000 to a shoe producer and 380000 to a refrigerator distributor, totaling over twelve million locally and over 20 billion nationwide.
Banks Plan Advertising Campaign for Public Banking Education
The American Bankers Association allocates reserves to develop an informative newspaper ad service. About 350 banks use the material to explain banking methods, depositor protections, services, and community cooperation. Two sizes of copy are offered, with four pieces monthly, at moderate member prices.
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American Bankers Association
Bankers Back Agricultural Commission Drive Across US
The Agricultural Commission of the American Bankers Association promotes bankers aiding farm customers with better financial, accounting, and operating methods. It publishes Making Farm Investments Safe and Factors Affecting Farm Credit. The commission issues a monthly Bulletin to about 10,000 readers and has appointed 2,300 bankers across counties as district liaisons.
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Agricultural Commission of the
American Bankers Association
Bankers’ Associations
Commission
The
United States
Banking System Shows 16 042 Banks and 63 Million Depositors
Official figures report 16 042 licensed banks across the United States with more than 63,000,000 depositors. Total deposits tally 44.8 billion dollars held by these institutions nationwide.
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United States
Federated Church Notes
Sunday school at 11:13 with E Kircher as pastor and leaders listed. Evening service at 6:30 for young people and 7:30 worship. Thursday mid week service at 7:30.
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Federated Church Notes
E. Kircher
D. D
Cotton
St Johns Lutheran Church Bridgewater Invites Believers
Divine services at 10 a m with Sunday school at 11. English services held every second and fourth Sunday of the month. All warmly invited by Pastor M C Phillipp and church officials.
Methodist Church Notes Bert Ede Minister
Morning worship at 10 o clock Epworth Leagues at 6 50 p m No evening service Wednesday evening prayer service Thursday evening choir meeting.
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Methodist
Bert Ede
Epworth
Good Samaritan Intervenes In Street Incident In Kansas City
Clifford Lewis, a good Samaritan in Kansas City, stopped to assist a woman found lying in the street. She rose and fled as two men robbed him of 56 dollars.
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Kansas City
Clifford Lewis
Author Mary Bradley explored Africa and hunted gorillas
Mary Hastings Bradley, novelist and African explorer, wrote novels including Favor of Kings and Road of Desperation. She joined Carl Akeley’s Congo expedition to study gorillas, later traveled to Sumatra and Indo China, and documented journeys in books like On the Gorilla Trail and Trailing the Tiger. She lectured as a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a member of the Society of Women Geographers.
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Bradley
Africa
Carl E. Akefey
American Museum of Natural History
Belgian Congo
The
Royal Geographical Society
Society of Women Geographers
Ever Meet a High Behind in Western Tales
A Western tale recounts the famed high-behind creature with a stiff tail like a posthole digger that spins on its tail clearing a ground hole. Tenderfoots protect camp by replenishing condensed mill cans while the beast snacks, then settles into sleep, guarding the camp through the night.
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Western Newspaper Union
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