Battle Against Barberry Bush and Michigan Rust Losses
Michigan’s crop forecast drops from 19.67 million bushels to about one million less due to black stem rust. Commissioner John B. Strange notes late harvests and windborne spores limited barberry eradication gains, while Francis Powers expects eventual rust elimination through state federal cooperation. Since 1918, Michigan has removed over 45,000 barberry bushes and surveyed thousands of properties, with ongoing efforts across counties and the Upper Peninsula. Separately, Michigan State College poultry contest crowns L. W. Aseltine’s Comstock Park farm with the top egg yield. several western and Michigan farms place, amid long daily laying hours and winter lights.
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Michigan
John B. Strange
Department of Agriculture
Strange
England
Francis B. Powers
Powers
Departments of Agriculture
Branch
Calhoun
Hillsdale
Kent
Avenac
Bay
Saginaw
Tuscola
Montcalm
Upper Peninsula
Bay, Bar_ Branch
Eaton
Gogebic
Iron
Jackson
Marquette
Ontonagon
van Buren
Michigan State College
L. W. Aseltine
Comstock Park
Dryden Poultry Farm
Modesto
Calif
Oak Knoll Poultry Farms
McCoy
Oregon
Northland Farm
Grand Rapids
Royal Poultry Farms
Zeeland
Foreman Poultry Farm
Lowell
C. G. Card
Poultry
Carl Gilmore
Poultry Department
Gilmore Resports
More Corn in Borer Battle Advances in Michigan
Thirteen years of corn borer fighting in Michigan yield new insights. Test plots in Tuscola county harvest corn varieties that resist borers and mature northward, showing a resistant hybrid staying strong while susceptible types fail.
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Michigan
Tuscola
A. R. Marston
Michigan State College
Monroe
Marston
Joe Colling
Caro
Michigan Hunters Warned About Electrified Stock Fences
The Michigan Department of Conservation warns hunters to beware of fences charged with electricity. Offenders report fences in southern Michigan safe to cross but capable of knocking a person over. Landowner consent is advised before entering private land. attempting to climb over a charged fence risks severe injury.
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Department of Conservation
Michigan
State of Michigan Conservation Commission Open Raccoon Trapping Rules
The director recommends regulations banning raccoon trapping across most of the Lower Peninsula for one year with banded exceptions in late 1937. Provisions specify Huron County south lines and Saginaw Bay areas with specific date windows. Signed July 8 1937 by Director P J Hoffmaster and commission members.
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State OF Michigan
Conservation Commission
Lower Peninsula
Director of Conservation
Saginaw Bay
T. 16 N
Huron County
P. J. Hoffmaster
Department of Conservation
W. H. Louttt
Wayland Osgood
Black and Gray Squirrels Sought to be Protected in Michigan
Public notice cites a five year ban on taking hunting or killing black or gray squirrels in Michigan. The document also details a mortgage foreclosure sale in Washtenaw County on December 30 1937 at 10 am for property in Saline, described as Lot 8 in Block 4. Arthur Lambarth is the mortgagee assignee with attorney Carl H. Stuhrberg handling the case.
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William S. Harwood
Christian Lambarth
Office of the Register of Deeds
Washtenaw County
Michigan
A. D
Harold A. Lambarth
Ann Arbor
Saline
Towit
Deer and Bear Closed Season Ordered for Northern Michigan
The state wildlife commission orders a one year closed season on deer and bear in Beaver Island Group Charlevoix Leelanau counties and areas south of a line from Muskegon to Saginaw including Huron County. The restriction runs from November 15 1927. W H Loutit chairman Wayland Osgood secretary announced the order.
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State OF Michigan
The
Conservation Commission
George R. Hogarth
Department of Conservation
WM. H. Loutit
Wayland
Osgood
the Conservation Commission
Beaver Island
Charlevoix
Leelanau
Muskegon
Saginaway
Director of Conservation
Charle
Leelanau County
Lake Michigan
Casnovia
Kent City
Cedar Springs
Howard City
Saginaw
Saginaw Bay
Huron County
P. J. Hoffmaster
Department of Conservation, Conservation Commission
W. H. Loutit
Wayland Osgood
Michigan Chancery Court Orders Appearance in Meyer Case
In Wash tenaw County Michigan the circuit court orders defendant William A. Meyer to appear within three months. Publication of the order will begin in The Saline Observer within two weeks. The action is led by plaintiff Hisse Meyer with attorney Lee N. Brown of Ypsilanti.
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State OF Michigan
Washtenaw
Chancery
Ann Arbor
Hisse Meyer
William A. Meyer
Lee N. Brown
Saline Observer
George W. Sample
Luella M. Smith
Ypsilanti
Michigan
Ravings Bank
Milk Key to Child Health and Growth
An article argues milk as a complete food supporting growth and teeth. It highlights protein minerals vitamins energy, calcium as a bone builder, and recommends a quart of milk daily plus a balanced diet for children from infancy to school age.
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Michigan Hunters
District of Columbia
Washington
George.r. Hogarth
Department of Conserva Conservation Commission
Ray E. Cotton
Carl H. Stuhrberg
Annn Arbor Trust Bidg
Chancery Notice
John Dorsey Craig, M.D
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