State and Local News Highlights From Michigan Burghs
Michigan brief items report on charter rules in Charlotte, the Michigan Bean Jobbers Association convention in Grand Rapids, Escanaba fire at Delta County Infirmary, and a tragic suicide of a Royal Oak student. Also notes on puff adder bluffing, Hooper onion shipments, relief costs, and various local incidents across Lansing Adrian Detroit Grand Rapids and other towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids
Michigan- Bean Jobbers Association
C. H. Runcimen
Lowell
Escanaba
Delta County
Wells
Royal Oak
Muriel Buhl
Lansing
Michigan
Hooper
Jackson
William Barry
Bureau of Relief
Testing Seed Germination With Wet Newspaper Method
University farm tests describe a quick cheap seed germination test using soaked newspaper rolls placed in a jar. About 50 kernels per roll, rolled tight, air circulation allowed, results read after one week. The paper method reportedly yields higher germination than lid-punched air methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University Farm
H. K. Wilson
Minnesota Experiment Station
Manure and Flies A Nuisance to Health Warned
The town article urges farmers to haul winter manure before spring work to cut fly breeding and preserve fertility. Spreading manure promptly with manure spreaders can reduce nuisance and improve pasture carrying capacity for livestock livelihoods.
Immature Grasses Contain High Protein Compared To Mature Hay
Wisconsin tests on immature grasses show high protein levels in clippings of timothy and clover up to 20 percent dry weight and immature June grass similar. rye 24 percent. Mature timothy hay averages around 6 percent protein, rye straw very low, suggesting pasture fed grain requires less protein than often assumed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Notes On Soil, Seeds And Crops
Muddy water signals waste. Good land rises in value if soil is cared for. Cod liver oil should not be given to broilers in the last two weeks before sale. Sweet clover seed must be inoculated when sown alone or with other crops. An idle tractor loses money. winter jobs keep equipment productive. Mulch paper aids early high value crops and space use in home gardens. New Zealand spinach is harvested after two inch branch tips regrow with new leaves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clemens
Jordan Creamery
William Schultz
Detroit
Schultz
Lansing
Thomas ©. Johnson
Alex J. Groesbeck
Adrian
Lewis Davis
Lenawee
Davis
Harlan
Anna Deneisuik
Clinton River
Mose Thomas
Ernest
Deneisuik
Morley
Muskegon River
Ox Bow Dam
Linden Little
Linden
Also Mentioned on This Page
Charlotte
Algonac
Chris
Smith & Sons Boat ‘Co
Coldwater
Mary Stegmaier
Bronson
George T.boughner
John A. Brett
Justice Court
Brett
Cadillac
Merle Todd
Todd
Ann Arbor
Alexander G. Ruthven
University of Michigan
Hastings
Leo Foley
Middle Lake
National Union Bank and Trust Company
People National Bank
Consolidated Bank
Guardian Group
The
Union and Peoples National Bank
Kalamazoo
Kalamazoo College
Philolexian Society
Howard, Hoover
Dansville
N. C
Oscar G. Olander
Public Safety
Bédard
Selangi
Maurice Schwarz
Sglill
Filis
Ain Arbor
m@asses
Rochester—Organization
Rochester
Detroit Ski Club
Port Huron
Jennie Woodruff
William Sheppard
Sheppard
Mar
Woodruff
George E. Curtis
New Zealand
OUR Comic
Abe
Mrs. Smith
Nodre
Doc
Finney
Aleter
Peg
Michael
Faith
Gor A. Costchume
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