Hog Market Brightens Says Michigan Specialist
Michigan State College animal husbandry expert Warren N. McMillen urges farmers to breed sows and gilts for fall farrow, feed spring pigs heavier, and adopt better feeding and management to boost pork output. He notes government support and grain conditions affect results, and advises crepe feeding, sow lactation care, early castration, vaccination, good pastures, and consulting Extension Bulletin 2834.
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Michigan
Warren N. McMillen
Michigan State College
Leave The Little Dears Alone
Conservation officers in northern Michigan counties have begun fawn collection after travelers remove young deer believed abandoned. The kidnapped fawns are held at the Ogemee game refuge while experts note mothers stay nearby and cold weather does not harm the young. adult deer grow winter coats longer than usual.
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Conservation Department
Michigan
Ogemay Game Refuge
I. H. Bartlett
Correcting The Evil In Ypsilanti
Highway Commissioner C. M. Ziegler reports the State Highway Department is reconstructing a two block section of M-17 in Ypsilanti between Normal and Perrin streets. The project will replace a spring-damaged pavement and is expected to finish within 60 days. Traffic is rerouted over Cross and Ballard streets.
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C. M. Ziegler
State Highway Department
Normal
Perrin Streets
Ypsilanti
Cross
Ballard Streets
Flowers Add Color to Victory Garden Rows in 1945
The article urges adding flowers to the victory garden to enhance beauty and morale. It suggests interplanting easy to grow annuals such as asters, bachelor buttons, calendula, zinnias, marigolds, and cosmos, with borders and fences for visual appeal. It advises spacing for hoe work and weed control. Bay and Bond Today and another tomorrow.
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Cosmos
Your Victory Garden Potatoes Tips and Treatments
Guidance on fertilizing and soil testing for home gardens with emphasis on potato crops. Recommends 83 pounds per 100 square feet, lime soil if acidic, and testing before lime. Advises small plots may be better for other crops, sandy soil, regular spraying, certified Michigan seed, seed treatment with Semesen-B or bichloride mercury, and cutting seed into egg-sized pieces with 1–2 buds. Plant promptly after treatment and avoid drying or mounding heat buildup.
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Victory Garden
Fewer Game Seassons Open Amid Shift in Michigan Quotas
Michigan wildlife officials report fewer cottontail rabbits pheasants and other upland birds as 1945 seasons open. Observers back current rules five to one while surveys note declines in several small game species and predators. A Detroit June 12 conservation commission meeting will consider these recommendations based on field reports and wartime meat rationing guidance.
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Michigan
Conservation Department
Department
Conservation Commission
Detroit
Suggestions For Extending Meat
A MSU foods instructor shows how to stretch limited meat with pantry staples. Using rolled oats and cereals, she extends half a pound of lean ground meat to boost thiamin iron protein and calories.
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Faye Kinder
Michigan State College
Gordon Registers Herd Name Da-Gor for Holstein Friesian
David R. Gordon of Saline receives exclusive use of the herd name Da-Gor for his purebred Holstein Friesian cattle. The Holstein Friesian Association of America reports nearly 600 prefixes reserved for breeders in 1944.
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David R. Gordon
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Women barred by Heroes of America inc in old note
A fragment notes that the Heroes of America Inc barred women as members. It also credits Pedro Alvares Cabral with discovering Brazil in 1500.
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Hahoes of America, Inc
Pedro Alvares Cabral
Brazil
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