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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1899
Page
2
Alma College notices cover lectures, gifts, athletic events, and exams with details on Alpha Theta lectures, libraries, and donors. Local market reports from Detroit Live Stock Market note cattle, sheep, hog prices and volumes, followed by remedies and consumer ads.
The article outlines a Beet Sugar Notes column and efforts to recruit beet growers for Alma Sugar Co contracts. It discusses thinning wages in California, proposed raw beet sugar bounties in the U S and Switzerland, California's sugar factory potential, and a surge of new central eastern beet sugar ventures. Harbor Beach businessmen push for a local beet sugar factory with seed distribution and contracting services by J Sioen to manage planting to harvest for a per acre fee, with scale requirements.
Bay county beet growers prep siloing toppings for cattle and sheep. Crate-based topping handling aims to cut grit, ease field and silo dumping, with inexpensive crates and low cost silos. Nebraska experiments show value when properly siloed for stock. Planting in Seons, Tn sugar beet regions may face labor shortages, especially in northern counties with five factories covering about 25,000 acres.
Farmers should clear ground of rubbish before seeding half an inch deep to ensure good germination. Plow directions, land leveling, and cross-plowing aid beets, while careful packing and shallow planting prevent poor stands. A good stand reduces late thinning or replanting and improves yield.
Advice from C.D. Satrn Director on proper soil prep for sugar beets in Michigan. Emphasizes shallow fine surface, deep mellow soil, avoidance of stones and coarse material, and careful plowing depth. Warns against corn follow with beets, stresses straight rows, appropriate seed rate of at least fifteen pounds per acre, and thinning early as the fourth leaf appears.
Rev A W Simmons of Breckenridge preaches at the Methodist pulpit Sunday morning with Dr Clizbe from the college faculty to speak in the evening. St Johns holds Whitsun Day activities at 7 30 a m and Sunday school at 4 00 p m with an evening sermon. Baptist church will have morning and evening services by Rev Hamilton Fraser of Detroit and a 10 30 Sunday school and 2 30 Young People's Union. Methodist Sunday School prepares for Children Day on the second Sunday in June.
The Alma village board chaired by President Tinker held its regular meeting with Trustees Hannah Down Browkaker Wilson and others present. Actions included approving minutes, authorizing water and sewer connections, appointing a surveyor, adjusting fund transfers, and scheduling future payments. the meeting adjourned with adjournment recorded by Secretary Kinch.
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