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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1957
Page
4
The fragment notes large declines in farm and family employment across regions with New England showing fewer workers year over year. It mentions totals, regional percentages, and mentions trips around a circle of 136 but lacks coherent details or dates.
Monroe County ASC reports 875 farmers signed 1957 corn acreage reserve contracts covering 9710 acres, totaling 511,440 dollars. Final figures as of March 8 show participants must not plant corn or other crops on these acres, nor graze them.
For over thirty years the South African Red Cross cooperates with the mining industry to train miners in emergency aid. In the last fiscal year more than 53 000 non European workers attended the practical first aid course.
The Agriculture Department reports increased rural development activity across 24 states as added resources bolster county and area programs. Officials note ongoing planning, publicizing, and surveys in 49 counties and eight areas, aiming for balanced growth and better job opportunities in underdeveloped regions.
Sheriff Erwin L. Klager said he will not send a department representative to a Lansing safety conference due to a $200 cost. The Board of Supervisors authorized sending a member to the Kel logg Center event on March 18 and 19, sponsored by the Michigan State Association of Supervisors to discuss highway safety and county boards, with an address by Gordon H. Sheehe of Michigan State University.
The Agriculture Department estimates 1957 winter vegetable crop production at 13 percent below 1956 and 4 percent under average. Major declines are seen in cabbage, lettuce and carrots with smaller outputs anticipated for celery, beets, spinach and lima beans.
The agriculture department reports rapid growth in agriculture related jobs for young people in farming regions. It cites 168 young farm men per 100 retirees and estimates 8,500 graduates with about 15,000 related openings. Off farm roles include industry work and farm machinery service while farm numbers decline and many family farms remain small.
Max M. Kalmbach, chairman of the Washtenaw ASC committee, says field checks show excess fall sown wheat in Washtenaw County. Wheat mixtures from 1957 complicate allotment rules since 1953 marketing quotas. Any farmer with excess wheat may plow pastur e cut for hay or silage any time but not after June 10.
The National Association of Farm Directors announces its convention in Washington from June 16 to 19. President Jack Titmons of KWH Shreveport said members plan to meet with President Eisenhower at the White House and discuss with Agriculture Secretary Benson, farm leaders, and farm organization spokesmen.
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