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Saline Observer

Location

Saline, Michigan, United States of America

Date

Jun 19, 1930

Page

4

State News in Brief from Across Michigan

Bridge work starts on a $500000 Pere Marquette span over the Black River to replace the old crossing. Fires claim a Britton farm owner and a fatality. A Riga Township boy, 15, is injured after a dragg ing accident with a bar roller. Ferndale and Sedalia census shifts noted. Alumni union planned at Western State Teachers College costing $500000. Flint posts a $650000 new post office bid. University of Michigan receives part of William W Cook estate worth over $12 million. Gill families celebrate sixtieth wedding anniversaries in Ishpeming. Numerous local incidents include smallpox efforts, beaver trap penalties, and bank troubles in Cheboygan.

Port Huron Black River Pere Marquette Railway Monroe Robert Carlyle Britton Caryle Buissfield Lawrence Walters Riga Township Ferndale Missouri Michigan Sedalia Kalamazoo Western State Teacher's College Flint Supervising Architect Treasury Department Washington Church’ Street Second Third Ann Arbor William Wilson Cook New York University of Michigan Sonia May Belle Decker Lfe Palo Green Oak Township Monahan Yen Cadillac Holden Grean Fred W. Green Hersey Street Holden Green Petoskey Charles Lathers Detroit Maple Bay Burtlake Lather Farm Lathers William Sydow Clyde Lapeer McKean Lake Girl Scouts of Flint R. Spencer Bishop Genesee County Savings ‘Bazik Bishop W. A. Green Grand Rapids Bay City Jackson Phillip Wellington Wellington Kent Scientific Museum Lansing Jim Williams Gogebic County L. A. Brownell Williams Department of Conservation Richmond Florence Welding Morris Morris Ann. Arbor Grandvillie Fred M. Blake Auditor General’s Department Treasury Auditor General Cheboygan First National Bank of Cheboygan Clyde Milliken Henry F. Quinn Milliken Ishpeming Joseph HB. Gill Mr. Gill Mrs. Gill Cornwall England Upper Peninsula Negaunee Mich Trus‘kowski Wolverine

Calcium arsenate praised for potato beetle control

Extension entomologist C H Brannon advises calcium arsenate as the most economical and effective poison for Colorado potato beetles. It can be applied as a dust or spray, with dose guidance for home and larger applications.

C. H. Brannon Noth Carolina State College Brannon

Highly Concentrated Fertilizer Mixtures Discussed

The piece notes longstanding use of very concentrated fertilizers. It cites triple superphosphate 45-48 percent phosphate made in Belgium and limited overseas distribution. It adds potassium nitrate's 75 year history and that basic ammonium phosphate patents expire this year with the product already on the market.

Belgium

Poison to Control Flea Beetles on Potatoes

Flea beetles plague potato tops with a seemingly uniform pest. Bordeaux mixture helps but cannot curb current swarms. Use one and a half pounds of lead arsenate per 50 gallons of Bordeaux, mixed with dry lime for dusting, though spraying underside and tops is more effective.

Agricultural Hints For Farm Improvement And Signage

Practical tips on cost saving in farming including use of standard window sizes, boosting corn yield per acre, and installing an attractive farm sign. Suggestions cover forest tree planting tests, temporary pasture use with rape, vine coverage for buildings, and basics of cooperative business success with emphasis on management, financing, patron loyalty, reserves, and accounting.

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