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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1938
Page
3
4-H in Michigan set new records with 89 853 participants across all 83 counties. There were 46 329 projects in year 24, 84.7 percent completed. A. G. Kettunen, state club leader, notes 71 county agents, 20 home economics agents, eight full time county club agents, 12 district agents, and 11 in the state staff.
The newly formed Institution of Conservation at Michigan State College funds two studies. One surveys fur bearing animal trapping on farms to boost farmer income without hurting agriculture. the other analyzes rodent damage in orchards and shrub plantings, inclining toward pest repellents and predator and disease mortality data.
Michigan State College entomologists plan July releases of paralytic wasps to combat the Oriental fruit moth and the strawberry leaf roller in the Michigan fruit belt. The wasps parasitize moth larvae, reducing pest numbers as fruit ripens, with tests in cooperation with orchard operators and federal labs supporting effectiveness.
WEAR radio will start sunrise market reports on April 1 six days a week providing price and market information. Reports air at 6 45 a m with daily bean market data collected via Michigan Bean Shippers Association Saginaw. Grain data comes from Michigan Elevator Exchange Lansing and Livestock reports from Detroit’s Michigan Live Stock Exchange. R J Coleman and A B Love plan the earlier market reports.
H C Moore potato specialist at Michigan State College recommends pre sprouting seed potatoes before planting. Use corrosive sublimate diluted in hot water and add to large water volume, then spread seed in four to six inch layers with light exposure and minimal frost. Sprouts emerge a week to ten days before unsprouted stock once planted.
A historical quip contrasts political hopes for ending war with a remark that doctors would not start a smallpox epidemic to end smallpox. The note cites a New York Sun slogan praising relentless industrial effort with the line Every day in every way I am getting battered.
Representatives from major and minor Michigan feed mills will attend a two day conference at Michigan State College East Lansing March 16 and 17 to discuss new state laws affecting livestock and poultry feeds. Key speakers include A G Lohman John Strange and Dr William Geagley among others outlining poultry feeding dairying and animal husbandry topics. It is noted more than 500 elevators or mills in the state can grind and mix feeds locally.
A.M. Grootendorst of Berrien County uses contour planted rye strips as miniature windbreaks to protect soil and seedlings on sandy land. Michigan State College and Soil Conservation Service officials say the method conserves water and aids early summer seedings. The farmer normally seeding rye around September 1 left two‑foot strips every 66 feet, reducing erosion and avoiding replanting. The Tuberculosis Association recommends tuberculin testing and chest X‑rays for screening.
The Wolverine Boys State Inc will hold a nonpartisan weeklong program June 16 to 25 at Michigan State College East Lansing under American Legion sponsorship. Michigan youths ages 16 to 18 will form a simulated state government with cities counties and elections modeled on real laws. Cost is 12.50 per boy plus transport, with applications via Wolverine Boys State Detroit office or local American Legion posts.
Dr. Felix Forsbeck, head of Michigan public health epidemiology, warns that lack of funds hinders tuberculosis eradication. He compares tuberculosis to a costly bank investment, noting early unnoticeable symptoms and the need to fund prevention and contact tracing to reduce future cases.
A health column lists simple measures to boost resistance to colds. It urges sensible hot food, milk and fruits, rest, kidney and bowel care, six glasses of water daily, dry feet with rubbers, and avoiding colds by distance from sick people, alongside notes on highway safety and dictatorship commentary.
A new weekly feature "What You Eat and Why" by C. Houston Goudiss will appear in this paper. The noted food authority will translate laboratory findings into home language, explaining how foods affect health and how new discoveries relate to the family diet.
John Houghtby, still using the left arm, stumbled at Houghtley Machine Shop last week and suffered a second fracture in the same arm, only inches from the first break. The injury follows a fracture about six weeks prior. Blissfield Advance reports.
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