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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1939
Page
3
Local notices report social calls from Morrice Perry and Toledo visitors, farm and dairy statistics, Washtenaw Dairy Herd results, and several picnics at Riverside Adrian and Huron Dexter park. People attend ball games in Detroit, a barn fire near Bridgewater, and multiple family visits across towns.
Mrs Harriss and daughter recovering well from automobile crash injuries after visiting the World's Fair in New York City. A second daughter, slightly hurt, left the hospital after two days. Miss Jennie Brody, a riding companion, transferred to University hospital with a broken back. Others from the area include Mrs Kenneth Burch and baby returning to Milan Mon, Mrs Robert Van Giesen and baby home on Bemis road, Judith Aitened with tonsils removed, and Miles Helen Bredernitz who had an appendectomy repairing at home.
Michigan supplies nearly all of the nation’s white navy beans but accounts for about one third of dry edible bean output. California Idaho New York Colorado and New Mexico follow. Varieties include kidney beans dry limas mottled pintos yellow eyes red Mexicans great northerns whites and cranberries. Americans increasingly favor fruit juices with Michigan aiding both canned and home juices as annual volume nears 80 million gallons plus 50 million of tomato juice and 60 million gallons of wine from domestic grapes along with cider.
The July 1 report from the Michigan Co operative Crop Reporting Service finds generally favorable fruit prospects. Apples at 75 percent of normal, peaches at 88 percent with a projected 2,730,000 bushels, pears at 54 percent, and cherries and grapes near or above long term averages. The peach crop is likely the largest of Michigan fruits this year. June drop reduced in many areas, with thinning needed in others.
Michigan State College hosts Farm Women’s Week from July 23 to 28 with 750 expected attendees. The program offers 14 hobbies and seven daily clinics covering food, clothing, home poultry, child development, and home furnishings along with devotionals, rest periods, meals, and a summer school play. Mariners Day closes the event with demonstrations and rural inspections by the agricultural division and Michigan Experiment Station.
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