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Newspaper
Saline Reporter
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1968
Page
2
A reflective personal reminiscence contrasts past farm life with modern farming issues. The author recalls horse sickness, barnyard chores, summer horizons, and simple abundance, arguing there was no farm problem in the speaker's childhood and lamenting overbearing federal oversight.
Robert Halstead named conservationist for the Soil Conservation Service area overseeing 13 districts in southeast Michigan. He fills a vacancy from James Cooper moving to West Virginia. former work unit conservationist based in Upper Marlboro Maryland. University of Maryland graduate 1961.
The Michigan Farm Bureau released a fact sheet denouncing the United Farm Workers AFL CIO boycott as an attempt to coerce farm workers into union membership. Elton Smith said unions use pressure on growers and threaten store owners, with lawsuits and potential damages cited under Taft Hartley. He urged resistance to protect free buying and selling for California growers and Michigan consumers. Mr and Mrs Arthur Buss visited the Lester Bucks in Clinton Sunday evening amid Conservation Service activities and a state transfer note.
The article states House Bill 10 permits self employed farmers professionals to deduct up to 10 percent of net business income on tax returns. It notes Farm Bureau Life Insurance Co prototype investment plan has IRS approval and offers to explain details.
Footings have been poured for an 18 by 20 foot greenhouse adjoining the agriculture room on the south side of the High School. The structure's cost to date has been donated by the Fair Board and the greenhouse will be used by the Future Farmers of America for experimental agricultural projects.
A new $300 scholarship helps area youths from Lenawee Oakland Washtenaw Jackson and Monroe counties attend Michigan State University's College of Agriculture and Natural Resources or Institute of Agricultural Technology. Eligibility is automatic upon admission and based on financial need plus academics. The 1968-69 recipient is H Edmund Jackson, son of Mr and Mrs Hubert Jackson, of Sand Creek.
Penn State researchers report a simple method to remove about 99 percent of phosphorus from sewage effluents. Adding aluminum sulfate to the standard wastewater treatment may eliminate the phosphorus causing ecological imbalance. A scaled-up plant test will be conducted at the university with federal grant support. Also noted are weekend travels of Mrs Andrew Peet Mrs Joseph Banatai and Mrs Mary Szyndlar of Berkeley who attended a Harris Seed Co convention in Morton and toured Niagara Falls.
Mr and Mrs Morris Blof from Trenton were Sunday evening supper guests of the Andrew Poets, sharing a meal and conversation in a local social gathering.
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