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52 Pages ST. JOHNS, MICHIGAN 48879 APRIL 8,1975 15 Cents Suspect arson Hotel fire investigation continues
By Jim Edwards (Buck) and Mary Haney had said they County News Editor would take polygraph tests. Sgt Massey also met Monday with Jon ST JOHNS -- The St Johns Police Dept has Newman, Clinton County prosecuting, to been told by the Fire Marshall's Division of advise him of the continuing status of the the Michigan State Police that arson is the investigation. suspected cause of the March 28 fire at the It was later reported in the Lansing State Steel Hotel, now known as the Clinton arras. Journal, however, that Mrs Haney has Detective Sergeant Wilbur Massey of the stated she would not take a polygraph. Fire Marshall's Division reported to Lyle Chief French, Monday afternoon, said French, St Johns police chief, that evidence that, as of 4 pm, Monday, he had not been would indicate arson in the basement of the notified of any statement about Mrs Haney hotel. taking a polygraph test other than what was Fire inspectors are concluded with their earlier reported by Mrs Haney to the investigation at the scene, but are con Lansing State Journal. tinuing their field and laboratory in However, Monday Mrs Hcney told vestigations. Deborah LaParl, County News staff writer, Following the report of suspected arson, it that both she and her husband would take a was reported that owners of the hotel Wayne polygraph test. Charge 2 men with Fowler armed robbery
ST JOHNS - A 17-year-old Grand Ledge to the rear of the store and Finkbeiner was man and a 22-year-old Portland man have ordered to open the safe where drugs are been arrested by the Clinton County stored. Sheriff's Dept and charged with the March Then, reportedly, the subjects left the 31 robbery of Finkbeiner's Pharmacy in store-one by the front exit and the other by Fowler. the rear exit. Arrested were Anthony Edward Swint, 17, Swint was believed to be the man who left Grand Ledge, and James Lee Fox, 22, Pryor by the front exit and subsequently ordered Rd, Portland. Geraldine Swanson back into her antique Swint was arrested the evening of the store. robbery when he was found hiding in a ditch She refused and also refused to drive him Det Sgt Wilbur Massey of the State Police about a mile north of Fowler on Wright Rd. Fire Marshall division sifts through rubble away in her car when he alledgedly grabbed Fox was arrested the following day at 1:2fl her car keys and fled. This was the scene Thursday morning as up to 13 inches was dumped on the Clinton left by Steel Hotel Fire. He has said arson pm at his home. is suspected. Later, Mark Witgen, who lives, about 1 County area, clogging streets and driveways. Clinton Comity residents, as well as much of Judge Frederick Lewis set a $20,000 bond Michigan, spent Thursday and Friday digging out of the April 3 snow storm. on each, which had not been posted. mile north of Fowler, reported a suspicious person, covered with mud, had used the Swint, according to the Sheriff's Dept. is telephone in Witgen's home. currently out of bond on 2 felony charges in Eaton County. After authorities visited Witgen's home, DeWitt teacher faces the subject was arrested abmt a block from ., It's time for Crafts Fair When Swint was arrested Monday night, the house where he was hiding in a ditch. found at the scene of the arrest were a shotgun, drugs and money. In addition to drugs, about $400 was taken The Crafts Fair sponsored by the Friends Entered crafts" may be taken to the attempted murder charges in the robbery and was reported recovered of the Bement Public Library will take place Municipal Auditorium Monday April 14 Officials tyund drugs, believed to be by the Clinton County Sheriffs Dept. „• , * 'T,-< <*V« stolen, in Fox's bedvpom. - April 15 during Nat rna! Library We;k April froitel to 8 pm or Tuesday morning April 15 John Avery Slagel, 38,7509Vfe S/Woodbury David Bone', 23, Lansing arid Penny Strange Assisting the' Sheriffs Dept' in the in is to ». * -from 9 to 11 am. Late registration of entries The, robbery was reported to the Sheriff's vestigation and subsequent arrests were the 1 Rd, Laingsburg, a teacher in the DeWitt of the Meridian Twp address. Dept last Monday night at 8:28 pm. Hod The fair will be open to public viewing will be accepted on Monday Apnl 14. School System is currently lodged in the Bone was reported shot in the chest and Lansing City Police Dept and their from 1 to 9 pm at the auditorium of the Finkbemer, owner of the store, said 2 men helicopter, St Johns Police Dept, Ionia All craft articles may be picked up as soon Ingham County Jail facing 2 counts of at Ms Strange was shot in the hip. entered the store, 1 armed with a shotgun. Municipal Building. There is no admission as the show is over. tempted murder. Bone told Shenff's deputies he was able to County Sheriff's Dept and State Police from charge. Employees and customers -were ordered East Lansing, Ionia and Ithaca. For Further information and entry blanks wrestle the gun away from Slagel after Awards will be presented at 7 pm April 15. contact the Bement Public Library. . The charges followed an investigation being wounded. early last Thursday morning at the scene of All 3 were admitted to a Lansing hospital. a shooting at 6218 Brookhne Court in Ingham Bond for Slagel was set at $25,000 and was Dewitt residents County's Meridian Township. not posted. Slagel was charged with the shooting of He has demanded examination. protest sewer, Heather Pipers present road projects
By Deborah LaParl tank and fill it with sand, $10 a month to use County News Writer the sewer and that's an extra $45 to $60 a Tartan Ball month," Shano explained. ST JOHNS -- The Heather Pipers of St DEWITT - It was standing room only at Both Shano and Gorman questioned what Johns are once again sponsoring their the DeWitt City Council meeting Monday the city did for them in return for the 15 popular Tartan Bail, Saturday, April 12, at night and several people did just that. mills they pay the city. the St Joseph gym from 8:30 pm until l am. Most of the citizens, numbering over 35, Shano felt the city should provide roads Music offered will feature both the big were Lake Geneva property owners there to for Lake Geneva and said he understood band sound of music and the sight and sound speak their minds about the proposed sewer that there was an agreement made by a past of Scottish pipers and drummers in colorful and roads for that area or to see what action mayor who promised road upkeep. regalia. the council was going to take. The council members did not recall such Peter Vanderwaal's Orchestra, a lQ-piece What the council did do was honor the an agreement. group will perform for dancing. request of Tom Warth, recent elected Warth said the matter would be looked The Flint Scottish, Caledonia Kilties and president of the Lake Geneva Property into by committee of the Lake Geneva Heather Pipers will be the featured pipe Owners' Association. Property Owners' Association. bands who will play during the intermission. There will also be Irish and Scottish singers He asked the council to delay action on the and dancers. road proposal for 2 weeks and a 4-week delay on the sewer proposal. (Sea Page 7) Judge Frederick Lewis is Pipe Major of Judge Frederick Lewis displays Stating the association and the residents the Heather Pipers, who tartan is MacLeod of Lake Geneva needed more time to study of Lewis. bis prowess on the pipes-you can see it in person at the Tartan Ball. the proposals Warth said: "The council has Gerald Savage, formerly of Belfast and looked at this sewer-road issue for years, Medicade Isaac Wilkie, formerly of Glasgow, are the but we have only seen it since Wednesday featured singers. night." Warth added that the association was not totally up to date on all that had taken place children Arrest local school teacher concerning the proposals and wanted to find answers for people finding fault with them. Four men who found much fault voiced their complaints at the meeting and screened produced 2 petitions filled with the names of on marijuana charges Lake Geneva property owners against the sewer proposal. for diseases ST JOHNS - A large percentage of eligible ST JOHNS - Phillip Earl Greer, 32-year- was later released on $3500 bond. Tony Shano, Lake Geneva resident, children screened under the Early Periodic old St Johns school teacher, was arrested Examination date has been set for April 25. produced a petition with 37 signatures which Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment the night of April 2 and has been charged Seized in the raid was a quantity of he said was 6 names short of 51% of the Lake Program are referred for treatment. with 3 marijuana violations. marijuana and paraphernalia. Geneva population. Joe Latoff of the Mid Michigan District He has been charged with possession of Olhers in the house were interviewed and He said all the property owners had not Health Department told the Clinton County marijuana with intent to deliver, main released. been contacted and he was sure he could get Board of Commissioners that out of 1696 taining a house for delivery of marijuana 60% of the signatures eventually. children screened for disease in Clinton, and delivery of marijuana to a minor. Detective Sergeant Richard May of the Shano and neighbor William Gorman Gratiot and Montcalm counties in 1974, a . The arrest followed a 10 pm raid at County Sheriff's Dept said the arrest expressed the fear that the city was taxing total of 1084 were referred for (refitment. Glenn Pnng, St Johns Jaycee Jelly Week chairman, views the posters drawn by students Greer's residence by the Tri-County Metro followed a 4-month investigation, Detective them out of their homes. The program allows children eligible for at the Walter Keys School publicizing the April 6-19 sale. Door-to-door sales will be April Narcotics Unit, Clinton County" Sheriff's Sergeant Aithur Hopp stated "Information "It's going to cost us $2500 per lot for the medicade benefits to be examined by Dept and the St Johns Police Dept. gathered during the investigation led to the streets and the sewer, but it won't stop 13. Proceeds for the annual sale go (o the Walter Keys trainable school at the Intermediate physicians for the early detection of disease. Greer was lodged in the county jail and execution of the search warrant." there," Shano said. School District. "There is a $400 hook-up fee, $5 a foot to If treatment is needed an appointment is install the sewer, $150 to pump the septic made for the child.
STARTS THIS FRIDAY APRIL 11tb THRU APRIL 17th JbnehLcAH. Where RUNS FOR ONE FULL WEEK WEEK CLINTON were you SHOW TIMES FRI., SAT. & SUN. 7 & 9 P.M. in'62? MOM., TUES., WED. & THUR, 7-P.M. ONLY THEATRE SAL AND SUN. MATINEE 3-P.M. ST, JOHNS PAMNTU HHDAKI WWttm «fe $150 t PG ADULTS Tl * CHILDREN 75 CLINTON COUNTY NEWS, ST. JOHNS, MICHIGAN April 9,1975 Collections is theme for St Johns Womans Club "Collections" was the theme and mounted in albums and are of the program for the April 2nd a part of America's history. meeting. The meeting was held Mrs Rumba ugh exhibited in Wilcox Hall in the First memoribilia from the Congregational Church. The Columbian Exposition of 1893, treasures were spread on tables Two 1890 costumes were and each member told exhibited, one of which was something of the history of her modeled by Mrs Harold hobby. Millman, These "Collections" included many pieces of fine china, The St Johns Club will be the silver, and fine linen. One hostess for the County beautiful handmade cloth made Federation meeting to be held in Czechoslovakia was here on April 24th. Plans were exhibited by Mrs Spousta. announced and chairman Cut glass salt dishes in vogue named by the County President, in the early 1900's made an Mrs Roy Davis. interesting display as well as an April 16 will be the last antique silver service. meeting of the Club year. It will Postal card collectors are be held in the Undercroft of the Spreading the word about the April 12 Eureka School carnival are these folks from the Eureka School known as Deltiologists and Mrs St Johns Episcopal Church. Bernita Half man relaxes in the chair given her at the Sunday open house in her honor and area. Displaying the quilt is Hazel Garrett, who made the quilt to be awarded as a prize the night of the Maridel Nelson qualifies as one Reports from officers and displays the silver tray honoring her for her 53 years of service to the Parish and community- carnival. Displaying their prize winning posters are [front, from left] Scott Whitcomb, 1st grade and as she says she has 90,000 of department heads will be given She is Joined in the photo "by family and friends. Kathy Klrby, 2d grade and [rear 2d from right] Jimmy Korienek and Joey Mesh who tied for top 3d these dating back to the past and a planning session for next grade honors. Ronald Patrick, kindergarten, earned an honorable mention. Also shown ori the table are century. These cards are sorted year's program will be held, 2 stuffed dolls to be presented in the penny drawing. Carnival goers can also win 1 of 2 quarters of beef as Years of service prizes.
>™ /-is; honored in Fowler FOWLER - The Fowler area community turned out enmasse Sunday afternoon to honor 53 years of service as organist to the Parish and community by Bernita Half man. LETTERS™ ™ EDITOR A mass of thanksgiving was said at 10:30 am by Father Albert Schmltt and, in the afternoon, an open house was held at Holy Trinity Parish Hall. t The choir sang songs, followed by an address by Rebert Berry, director of the choir. ments assisting during the the dedication and efforts of our Father Schmltt and the choir members presented her with gifts during the program. fawtm March 28 Steel Hotel fire is to be volunteer firemen. Former choir members, now living in Detroit, Owosso, St Johns and Fowler were also present at the commended. It also serves to remind us open house. The action of the St Johns A fire of such. proportion that the service of the volunteer Ladies of the Parish prepared the open house lunch. Fire Dept and those depart- serves to demonstrate vividly department is too often taken for granted. Throughout the year, Spring: Bad for the memory? volunteer firemen sacrifice everyone Wednesday and personal and business hours to DEW1TT TWP - The giant minor injuries. Thursday was the indirect' A brief spell of good weather CITY OF ST. JOHNS undergo hours of training as snow storm which surprised cause of 16 accidents in DeWitt well as answer the many calls to seems to be bad for the Twp, Police chief William C. memory, Hght fires. Nash said. Such sacrifice and dedication Knights "I think in that short bit of NOTICE OF The accidents, occurring spring weather everyone forgot by the firemen and their between Wednesday and families deserves the thanks of how to drive on treacherous Templer Saturday, left 1 person roads," Nash said. for their unselfish and hospitalized and many with PUBLIC HEARING dedicated public service Paul McNamara Installs President St Johns Area Chamber of officers Notice is hereby given that the St. Johns Commerce PUBLIC City Commission will hold a public hearing ST JOHNS ~ St Johns Com- April 28,1975 at 7:45 p.m. to be held in the mandry No 24, Knights Templer Commission Chambers, 121 E.Walker Street, Clinton installed officers of the Masonic St. Johns, Michigan for the purpose of Temple Saturday, April 5. NOTICE hearing those interested in proposed Ordi John Spousta was installed as County News commander by the Grand In-* nance No. 274. An Ordinance to amend the stalling Officer S.K. Richard M. Zoning Ordinance to various regulated uses. Second class poslage paid at St. Strass, E.G. Generalissimo of .Johns, Mtch 48879 Notice is hereby given that nominating pe Published Wednesdays • at 120 the Grand Commandry of the titions for the office of City Commissioners E Walker Street, SI Johns by Knights Templer of the state of may be obtained at the office of the City F. Bruce Wood Clinton County News, Inc Michigan. Subscription price by mail, in Officers installed were Whit Clerk, 121 E. Walker Street St. Johns, Mich City Clerk Michigan. 56 for one year. $10 for two years, $4 25 for six months; Gannaway, generalissimo; igan, on April 18,1975, between the hours of nulside Michigan, $7.50 [or one Lyle J. Bradjey, captain ftu:8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m; / \ \car. general; Mark A Eaton, senior warden; George F. Frost, There will be two (2) vacancies. prelate; Robert H. Owen, treasurer; Fred M. Lewis, recorder; Albert S. Totten Sr, If necessary, an August Primary Election will standard bearer; Raymond S. be held to determine nominees. Eick, sword bearer; Daniel Bross, warder; Willis Hettler, Nominees will be placed on the ballot at the sentinel. November 4,1975 municipal election. Appointed officers installed were Robert C. Shaub, first guard; Russell Welsh, second Deadline for filing nominating petitions is guard and Richard Jacoby, , 4:00 p.m. on June 17, 1975. third guard. General Electric A dinner for 100 guests preceded the installation at 6:30 F. Bruce Wood and was prepared by Worthy City Clerk Mrs H.F. Millman models dress of early America while Matron Jean DeVore and her CONTINUOUS CLEANING displaying silver tea serving set at the recent St Johns committee of Radient Chapter Womans Club "Collections" program. 79. RANGE ,-,Mt\
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f; president and senior loan officer 4 A former consumer loan necessitating a person with officer of Manufacturers broad banking experience. National Bank of Detroit has "Mike has had the background been named vice president and and exposure we feel is vital to senior loan officer at Clinton effect a positive direction of our bank-wide loan function. Along with this experience, we have found him to be most per sonable and knowledgable. We are pleased that he chose to join our bank." Marotich holds a B.S. in business administration from Wayne State University and an associated degree in commerce' from Henry Ford Community College. He is currently enrolled at the University of Detroit completing the requirements for a masters degree in business ad ministration and majoring in Champion of the St Johns City League volleyball season is the Dry Dock'd Lounge. Members of the finance. In addition, he has team are [front, from left] Roger Durbin, Richard Wood, Doug Messer, [rear, from left] David Darnell completed study courses of who conducted the volleyball program, Dale Feldpausch, Neil Thelen, John Thelen, George Mehny and fered through the American Winners of the St Johns City League Basketball championship were these members ofthe Dry Dock'd former St Johns Mayor Robert Wood presenting the trophy. Institute of Banking. Lounge. They are [front, from left] Terry Haruska, Greg Kirby, Terry Dean, Mike Brown, [rear, from left] John Berkhousen, Larry Slade, Mayor Roy Ebert presenting trophies, Bob Andrews, John Haruska Marotich's bank lending and Jim Cleaver who supervised the city league cage season. career began in 1960 when he V. Michael Marotich joined Michigan Bank, N.A. where he worked in the con National Bank and Trust sumer loan department. In 1967, Company of St. Johns. he joined Bank of the Com V. Michael Marotich joined monwealth where he was Clinton National on April 1 after employed as a commercial loan 15 years experience in various officer and for the past 2Vfe lending capacities with years has served as an officer in Michigan Bank, N,A. and Bank the consumer loan department of the Commonwealth in ad of Manufacturers National dition to manufacturers. His Bank. In his capacity with assignment at CNB&T as vice CNB&T, he will be assigned to president will include the St Johns Office. responsibility for the bank's entire lending function. Mrs Marotich, the former Nada Hrnkas of Detroit, is a In announcing Marotich's graduate of Mercy College and appointment, President holds a teaching certificate. The Brandon C. White cited recent couple has two children and will growth at Clinton National and be moving to the St Johns area the resultant loan demand for in the near future. American Leg/on Auxiliary plans April activities American Legion Auxiliary kerchiefs and cards to be sent met recently at the American to the Veterans Hospital, for the Legion Hall. Veterans to give their mothers President Jean Bartholomew on Mother's Day. reported the magazine drive April is Foreign Relation Rutiners-up in the recent St Johns City League volleyball competition include [front, from left] Doug "was doing very well". The month. Chairman Millie Wassa Nobach, Mike Nobach, Dave Redman, [rear, from left] Dick Plowman, Mike Stoddard, Al Rappuhn, monies from this drive are used is in charge of the program. • former Mayor Robert Wood presenting trophy and David Darnell, director of the volleyball program. hjo purchase sick room equip^.^TJjergViilljalsRLb^'anSinitiation jment for the community. of~new members and any members, who have missed { Majorie Pardee, initiation before are asked to REMEMBER THIS SPRING PICK HER SEE OUR NEW LINE *• rehabilitation chairman is in contact Jean Bartholomew or * charge of purchasing, hand- Ann Walker. A DIAMOND ENGAGEMENT Runners-up in the St Johns City League Basketball competition was the Briggs Real Estate Team. SAT., RING OF SPRING Announce immunization clinic Members of the team are tfront, from left] Charlie Thelen, LeRoy Martens, Gene Lamb, [rear, from APRIL 12 - COSTUME JEWELRY ST JOHNS « The next Mid- are asked to use the M-21 en left] Jack Anderson, Al Anderson, Ranny Briggs. Not shown are Doug Woodhams, Ron Simmons and Fresh From Our Garden Of Michigan Health Dept free trance. Chuck Johnson. Diamonds At Prices To For Special immunization clinic will be held The following immunizations Suit You. Occasions April 10 in the basement of the FREE EAR PIERCING! will be given from 8:30-11 am: Pierced & St Johns Congregational DPT, DT, typhoid, oral polio, Cadette Bake-off set for April 12 EARS PIERCED BY REGISTERED Church. red measles, Rubella (3-day) or NURSE ALL SOLID 14 K GOLD Non Pierced EARRINGS FOR ONLY S 7.00 the combination measles shot, The Michigan Capitol Girl Earrings The church is on the corner of mumps (1 through 4 years) and and shaped cookies, yeast home economists for ap PIERCING BETWEEN THE Scout Council will be sponsoring breads and rolls, sweet yeast pearance, flavor, texture, Any Credit Terms. Prices Starting Maple St and M-21 in St Johns. the TB skin test. HOURSOF10a.m.-4p.nit Those using the clinic services a Bake-Off for 75 girls from rolls and coffee cakes, quick tenderness and taste. WATCH FOR OTHER DATES at All immunizations are free. 32 YEARS 0<= SELLING f «£ OMUOMJS III Ingham, Eaton and Clinton breads, muffins, biscuits, quick Girls will be awarded 1st, 2nd COMING UP MAY 17 and JUNE 14 THE CLINTOH COUNTY AREA 00 counties. bread coffee cakes, cakes, pies and 3rd place ribbons and tl'N CLINTON AVENUE-ST JOHNS *2 and up. I REHMANN'S St. John Cadette Girl Scouts, ages 11- and miscellaneous desserts. certificates. The public is PHONE ?W T443 14, will be displaying their These will be judged by local welcome to attend. Harr's Jewelry culinary talents April 12 at 1 pm at Kinawa Middle School in La Crosse .. . Okemos. •converse These girls have been Wrien you're out to beat the world KEDS and OTHERS practicing their favorite "scratch" recipes since the October area preliminaries in TENNIS SHOES preparation for the final event. The categories which the girls have entered one or more one is yours free favorite winning recipies are: drop cookies, barcookies, rolled with a home improvement loan from Michigan National best lip yet: Professional carpenters and mechanics have made Rockwell power fools their MANY COLORS DON'T choice for years. And now, you can have one free with an * BLUE DENIM START! •NAVY * MAROON improvement loan of $1,500 or more from Michigan National *RED YOU AND " * NATURAL Bank. Modernize, improve or expand, indoors or out,- You * BLACK YOUR HOME * WHITE THINGS TO con finance fust about any home improvement you can name CONSIDER - quickly and easily with repayment up to 84 months. Just By Mary Bell Call 485-3241 and talk over your Room plan ning for requirements. Call today, and in traffic patterns, conver most cases you can pick up your For sational groupings, check and Rockwell power tool ^"^ ^ 'r'^> MEN and BOYS points of Interest and GIRLS tomorrow! c- finishing (orbital) under
and color correlation Is Also Open Monday and Important. Friday nlghti til 9 Start with a focal point and Narrow Widths build from there making sure to have conversational areas MICHIGAN ALSO-JUST RECEIVED LEATHER for warmth and patterns for Interest. TENNIS AND CASU.AL SHOES Let the talented staff at Ball [Furniture assist you with your NATIONAL BANK lyour decorating needs* All Day Saturday Banking 124 WMI Allagan, Liming 2001 Wait Saginaw, Liming 5607 Watt Saginaw, Liming 900 South Waviriy Road, REHMANN'S BELL 300 Frindor, Laming 6100 South Pinniylvinia, 1701 Hamilton Road, Ohatnoi Lanung FURNITURE GOO Thomai Strati, Laming Laming Corntr South Logan Strttt 3301 Capital City Boutavard, CLOTHING - FURNISHINGS - SHOES AND CARPET 2534 South Cadir, Laming 2731 E«t Grand Rlvar, & Southland Avanua, Liming Airport, Laming 4601 North East Street cut Laming t=J "for DAD and LAD" EQUAL HOUSINHOUSII G (North US 27) Part of Michigan National Corporation with rttoiircn over S3 billion - Mambtr FDIC A OPPORTUNITY t ST. JOHNS Lansing t CLINTON COUNTY NEWS, ST. JOHNS, MICHIGAN April 9/1975 Engagements Linda Myers and Robert
Flak-Kennedy Alma College majoring in Wohlscheid- elementary education. Mo/nef exchange vows Albert and Neva Flak of 8917 The prospective bridegroom W Centerline Rd, St Johns, is a graduate of St Johns High Koenigsknecht announce the engagement of ST JOHNS -On Feb 28 at the First Baptist Church, Linda their daughter, Charlene Ann, Mr and Mrs Isidore J. to Dennis Duane Kennedy. He is Mardale Myers, daughter of Mr Wohlscheld, 55 Leona Drive, and Mrs Darwin Myers, the son of Jay and Ida Kennedy Pewamo, announce the of 9746 E. Clark rd, Laingsburg. became the bride of Robert Lyle engagement of their daughter, Moinet, son of Mr and Mrs The bride-elect is a graduate Susan Kay, to Luke M. Norman Moinet, Sr. of Rodney B, Wilson High Koenigsknecht of St Johns. He The 6:30 pm double ring School and is employed by the is the son of Mr and Mrs George Michigan State Police. ceremony was performed by J. Koenigsknecht, Rt 2, Bauer Jerry Wiedenbenner of St Johns The prospective bridegroom Road, St Johns, Michigan. is a graduate of Bath High in a church decorated with The bride-elect is a 1973 baskets of red carnations and School and is currently white gladiolas. f ' stationed in West Germany with graduate of Pewamo* the US Army. An April 25 Westphalia High School and is The bride was given in wedding is planned. employed by the State of marriage by her father. She Michigan, Department of was escorted down the aisle Schultz-Burl Licensing and Regulation, wearing a lace trimmed empire Lansing. waist gown of double knit Mr and Mrs Allen Schultz of fabric. 4352 S. Lowell Rd, St Johns, The prospective bridegroom A 3 tier full length veil was announce the engagement of is a 1972 graduate of Fowler attached to a lace trimmed High School. He is employed by their daughter, Beth Jean, to BETH JEAN SCHULTZ head piece. She carried a small Duane J. Burl, son of Mr and D. and L. Manufacturing, Inc of bouquet of red and white car School and is employed by Ionia. Mrs Maurice Burl of 5612 S. Quality Farm and Fleet Inc, of nations with baby's breath. Grove Rd, St Johns. Lansing. No wedding date has An August 2, 1975 wedding Ciaudette Tropey of St Johns The bride-elect is a senior at been set by the couple. date has been set. attended Linda as the maid of honor. Bridesmaids were Lisa Stachel, friend of the bride, Kathy James, cousin of the Cindy Pingston and bride, Karen Myers, sister of MRS. MICHAEL SCHAFER the bride, and Lisa Kuhns, friend of the bride. MR. & MRS. ROBERT MOINET Doreen Schneider now The attendants wore identical Dale Young are wed gowns of berry red polyester Teddy Bedell, nephew of the VFW Hall in St Johns. A buffet groom, was the ring bearer. His supper was provided for 250 bouquet of roses, carnations knit featuring a high cowl Mrs M/chae/ Schafer neckline and a soft draped white tuxedo matched the one guests. The Music Makers and baby's breath. worn by the groom and his shirt provided music-after the dinner Yvonne Pingston of DeWitt bodice. WESTPHALIA - Doreen bride, attended as maid of They carried white fur muffs was trimmed with the same knit for dancing. Agatha Schneider became the honor. Bridesmaids were Linda attended the bride as maid of lace as worn by the flower girl. honor. Bridesmaids were Debra with red carnations and baby's Serving at the reception were bride of Michael Frederick Pline, fnend of the bride; Carol breath attached. Mrs Kay Myers, Mrs Janet Schafer in a double ring Rademacher, cousin of the Young, Mary Pierce and Sue The ushers were Mark Green, Young, all of DeWitt. Holly Myers, cousin of the Mark Myers, both of St Johns, Lowell, Barbara Idzkowski, and ceremony April 5. bride; Bernadette Thelen, bride, attended as flower girl. and Kevin Kelsey of Gaines. Jim Bartended. The 1 pm service was per sister of the groom; and Jane The maid of honor wore a She wore a white floor length They wore black tuxedos with formed at St Mary's Church by Schneider, sister of the bride. white and blue dotted swiss gown trimmed around the neck white boutonnieres. Karen Bedell, sister of the the Father James Schmitt. They wore green floral print gown featuring puffed sleeves, and sleeves with berry red groom, attended the guest book. The bride is the daughter of halter gowns with matching a low neckline, and a full skirt. fabric and white knit lace. The mother of the bride wore Mrs Harriet Smith, aunt of the Mr and Mrs Melvin Schneider of capes and carried a single The attendants wore light She carried a basket filled a floor length lime green gown bride, cut and served the cake Price Rd, Pewamo, and the yellow rose. Small star flowers blue gowns matching the style with miniature red and white with feathers trimming the which was made and decorated groom is the son of Mr and Mrs were worn in their hair. of the one worn by the maid of carnations. sleeves. by Sharon Ruby, Louis Schafer of Rt 2, Fowler. The mothers of the bride and honor. They carried nosegays of Randy Devereaux attended The mother of the groom wore Helen Edwards, great Cheryl Fedewa sang as groom wore floor-length green carnations and wore white hats, the groom as best man. a beige floor length gown grandmother of the bride, was a Eunice Wirth accompanied her gowns with matching corsages. shoes and ribbons. Groomsmen were Ted Loznak, trimmed with beige lace. Both special guest attending the celebration at the organ during the Pat Schafer, brother of the The mother of the bride Ed Moinet, Jim Moinet and wore red and white carnation ceremony. groom attended as best man. watched her daughter be wed Mike Moinet, all of St Johns. corsages. After a honeymoon in the The bride was escorted down Alan Schneider, Steven wearing a long formal, mint The groom was dressed in Mr and Mrs Keith Kelsey, South, the couple will reside in the aisle by her father, who Schneider, brothers of the green knit, lace gown with a white and the attendants wore aunt and uncle of the bride, Wiesbaden, Germany where the gave his daughter m marriage. bride; Bruce Arens, friend of matching Jacket grey tuxedos. They each wore a were host and hostess at the groom has a 24 month tour of She wore a white satin organza the groom, and Peter Schafer, The mother of the groom red carnation boutonniere. reception which was held at the duty with the US Air Force. gown with venice lace. The V- Jr, nephew of the groom, were chose a medium green, long* shaped bodice had a yoke of soft the groomsmen sleeved formal knit gown. Both pin tucks edged with floral Ushers were Roy Schneider mothers were presented with County Federation of appliques of venice lace daisies. and Luke Schafer. corsages of roses and car* The full bishop sleeves were A reception for 450 guests was nations. trimmed with lace. A pleated held at St. Mary's Hall at 5:30 Womans Clubs to meet Darwin Brewster of DeWitt organza ruffle graced the hem pm. Sue Hattis and Debbie the main speaker and her topic of the gown. The chapel length Hanses cut and served the cake served as best man. Jerry Registration begins at 11:30. Marriott, Larry Young and am with luncheon at noon. will be the history of Clinton train contained a deep flounce and Zita Schneider, Gladys County. at the hem and was accented Fedewa and Mary Lou Schafer Mike Pingston, all of DeWitt, Mrs Manning Bross will be with venice lace daisies. attended the bridal table., ,,, served as groomsmen. \ A tiara of. venice lace daisies .After a, wedding trip'fto* Connie 'Meredith iof Lansing ?J - I t attached the illusion lace veil. Niagara Falls, the couple will and Nancy Welsh i of DeWitt ' The bride carried a bouquet of reside in Westphalia. greeted the 200 guests at the yellow and orange rosebuds, The bride and groom are 1974 DeWitt Memorial Bldg where a white carnations and baby's and 1971 graduates of Pewamo- buffetsupper and reception was THURSDAY breath. Westphaha High School, MRS. DALE LEE YOUNG held. Virgene Thelen, friend of the respectively. DEWITT - Cindy Lu Pingston Prayer." Julie DeBow and Debbie ONLY r»*" %.*»>..*•! •>H* Jt'ATJJ and Dale Lee Young exchanged The bride is the daughter of Hayner served punch and coffee wedding vows in a candlelight Mr and Mrs Robert Pingston of and Karen Decatur of DeWitt ceremony April 5 at DeWitt 13955 DucharmeTJr, DeWitt and attended the guest book. Mrs MARY ANN'S Redeemer United Methodist the groom is the son of Mr and Melvin Gilbertson, aunt of the Church. Mrs Willard Young of 247 Round bride, from Dexter, made the wedding cake and served it. The 7:30 pm double ring Lake Rd, DeWitt. FABRICS ceremony was performed by The bride, given in marriage The ' couple left for a Fowler the Rev Richard Clark before by her father, wore a long honeymoon in Florida with the MRS. HILA BROSS 10695 East M-21 an altar dressed with white formal white gown with a bride wearing a blue crepe knit gladiolas and carnations. chapel length train. The soft dress with short puffed sleeves. ST JOHNS - The Clinton Open Daily from 10-5:30 p.m. Mrs Rollin Beardslee of crepe knit gown featured a The couple will reside at 4465 County Federation of Womans Blue & White Clubs will meet April 24 at the St Children's Sizes Except Mondays Noon-9 p.m. DeWitt provided the wedding shaped, gathered bodice. County Farm Rd, St Johns. The music and accompanied Rev The empire waist was bride and the groom are 1974 Johns United Methodist Church. 5 to 12 Phone 593-3355 Clark as he sang "Oh Perfect trimmed with flowered lace. and 1973 graduates of DeWitt The bride carried a cascading High School, respectively. L^TLv^^^^v^^N^^^a^N^^a^^S^'-g. Love", and "The Lord's 90th birthday
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OWOSSO • DURAND • ST.JOHNS ' IONIA LASTS THRU SATURDAY, APRIL 12 IT PAYS TO SHOP AT Save Now On Many, Many Bargains! d\l{aaD{lnnon i Rexall 5 gr. 100s 18 oz. MR. ASA BLUNT BETTER QUALITY LOWER PRICE Asa Blunt will be honored on his 90th birthday with an open SKIPPY house, held April 13 from 2-5 pm MAGICUBES ASPIRIN at the Community Room of the Central National Bank, 201 E. PEANUT 7Qt Walker Rd. The event will be hosted by brings you Pkg. of 3 $1 29 his daughters and sons-in-law, BUTTER * * Florence Burk, Mr and Mrs the shirt 2 •.*!» Virgil Stevens and Mr and Mrs Clare Dilts. The family requests that no gifts be brought that's game s 200 ct. l" for anything. Many other $700 KLEENEX TISSUES YARN in store Uce*t4eA 77* Patrick Floyd McNeal, 21,109 South Traver, St Johns; Linda 2 -99* BARGAINS II PER SKEIN Lorraine Leatherman, 18, 3054 West Halbert Road; Battle Creek. VedellJ.IshamJr,20,2073W Clark Rd, Dewltt; Connie J. Thayer, 20, 9140 N DeWitt Rd, DeWitt. PARR'S REXALL DRUG James Roy Caldwell, 32,6966 W Grand River, Lansing; Judith Kay VanSickle, 33, 6966 Perfect on the golf course. Great on the village green. Wliere Your Health Always Comes First W Grand River, Lansing. Joseph W. Thompson, 52, This is the shirt that's crisp and comfortable anywhere 11429 Upton Rd, Bath; Suzette "in a cool, carefree blend of polyester and cotton ip all DOWNTOWN ST. JOHNS PHONE 224-2837 R. Thompson, 27, 11429 Upton :hecolors you could ask for. Sizes 8 to 18. Rd, Bath. April 9,-1975 CLINTON COUNTY NEWS, ST, JOHNS; MICHIGAN ( Txauiu^ "") St. Johns City Commission minutes
The Middlebury United Potter and Elizabeth Putnam; March 10,1975 Roesner. NAY; None. Motion forwarded to the HUD Regional Arehart, Rosener. NAY: None. The Fraser payment request Motion by Comm Arehart, The meeting was called to carried. s office in Detroit. Motion carried. was presented. supported by Comm Wilcox for Melhodist Women met recently Dining Room, Loreta Warren the City Manager to check on in the dining room of the church and Virginia Mulder; Program, order by Mayor Ebert at 7:30 Motion by Comm Hannah, Douglas Austin, Attorney for The City Attorney stated that Motion by Comm Wilcox, pm. supported by Comm Wilcox to Williams Searles, made several he recommended that the City ' supported by Comm Arehart to the possibility of jobs for for a cooperative dinner WitH 17 * Betty .George; Tickets and youths. YEA; Ebert, Wilcox1, members and 7 guests present, Publicity, Rita Whitmyer. Comm Present: Ebert, authorize the City Clerk and requests in behalf of his client. Commission enter into a con approve the Fraser payment Mayor to sign the agrement A lengthy discussion ensued, tract with Mr Louie Andrews to request in the amount of Hannah, Arehart, Roesner. Hostesses were Mildred Tickets are adults - $2.00; 5 thru Wilcox, Hannah, Arehart, NAY: None. Motion carried, Brookins and Betty George. 12 - $1.00 and pre-school - free. Reonser , between Fedewa Builders, Inc Motion by Commissioner furnish the' Codification Sup ' $23,386.50 on Voucher #124, on President, Thora Austin ppened Committee in charge of the Cojmm Abesent: None. and pie City' of St Johns. YEA: Wilcox, supported by Comm plement service. Construction Account, YEA: The City Manager presented; the meeting with a poem. Leota Staff Present: Manager Ebert, Wilcox, Hannah, Arehart to amend the Public Motion by Comm Roesner, i Ebert, Wilcox, Arehart, Han-.' rezoning requests from Rev Senior Citizens Dinner on May 6 Eger and Esther Hen'dershot. Gardner reported on attending is Leota Gardner and Grace Humphrey, Attorney Maples, Arehart, Roesner. NAY: None. Works Contract to extend the supported by Comm Arehart to' nah, Roesner. NAY: None. church board meeting and her Acting Cierk Wood. Motion carried. paving only portion from four subscribe to the Municipal Motion carried. v Motion by Comm Arehart, Putnam. Graduates are to be 'supported by Comm Wilcox to concern regarding recent action honored on June 1 at 8:00 pm. Motion by Comm Arehart, The City Manager presented months to-,six months. YEA: Codification Supplementation The Williams & Works by the College Trustees on supported by Comm Hannah to a change order from Williams & Ebert, Wilcox, Hannah, Service and to authorize the monthly report was presented refer the rezoning request to the allowing alcoholic beverages to Dorothy Jordan had the Arehart, Roesner. NAY: None. Planning Commission for their Worship Service and the approve the minutes of Works. Mayor and Clerk to sign the' and was - reviewed and be on Methodist College cam February 24,1975, as amended. Motion by Comm Wilcox, Motion carried, agreement, YEA: Ebert, discussed by the City Com recommendation. YEA: Ebert, puses. The Board favored program chairman was absent Wilcox, Hannah, Arehart, so there was no program. Rev YEA: Ebfcrt, Wilcox, Hannah, supported by Comm Roesner to The City Clerk-read an ex Wilcox, Hannah, Arehart, mission, writing letters expressing* our Arehart, Ttoesner. NAY; None. approve change order No, 1 of cerpt irom the Planning Roesner. NAY: None. Motion Roespqr. NAY: None, Motion disapproval of this action, A Kundinger dismissed us with a carried, The monthly report from carried, circle prayer. Motion carried. Contract No. 2, YEA: Ebert^ Commission and a letter from Fishbeck, Thompson and Carr, letter was written by Mrs Wilcox, Hannah, Arehart, the City Attorney was also Motion by Comm Hannah, Gardner and signed by the Motion by Comm Hannah, Mayor Ebert appointed the regarding the Searles Estates' Mr and Mrs Don Warren and Roesner. NAY: None. Motion presented stating that our following committee to review supported by Comm Roesner to congregation. Members are Susan spent from Friday till supported by Comm Arehart to Construction inspection was • approve the Warrants, YEA: carried. Zoning Ordinance does not all information possible on presented,' reviewed and adjourn the meeting. YEA: urged to write indiv!dually
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8 CLINTON COUNTY NEWS, ST. JOHNS, MICHIGAN AP"' 9.197S I farming and 4-H — in Clinton County I Extension1 Calendar I Farmere April 10; County and Out-of- Profit Workshop {A workshop May 5: Family Living 4-H Chatter County Dairy Tour - Begins at for supervisors of people). Christmas Workshop Com' action Bob Grams at 9:IS am. April 17: 4-H Photography mittee - Central National Bank, Refreshments by County 'Workshop -- 7-9 pm - Smith St Johns - 9:00 am, halts farm tax County roadside clean-up project Holstein Association. Hall, St Johns. May 13; Family Living State Senator Dick Allen, in a April 10: Family Living April 18; Bull Proving Ring Council, Central National Bank, Council -- Central National recent news release, said "It meeting -- 1:30 pm -- Central St Johns - 9:30 am.- appears that Michigan farmers ByJOHNAYLSWORTH Bank, St Johns - 9:30 am. National Bank, have successfully plowed under April 11: 4-H leader-spouse April 19: 4-H & Youth Group May 13: Family Living Program - "Meet the Metric a proposed sales tax on their "Keep It Green" is the theme Grade class will be working that Johns.. Mammoth pumpkin Treasurer; Kim Howe', dance - Smith Hall, St Johns - Roadside Cleanup Project, farm implements, 8:30 pm. April 22: Family Living System" - Central National of the 1975 Roadside Cleanup day in crushing the glass as it seeds, giant sunflower seeds Newsreporter and Cindy Bank, St Johns -1;00 pm. . Hundreds of farmers went to Project this spring on Saturday, comes in. The Ovid 5th Grade and new Spartan Sleeper Onion Wohlfert, Sub-Officer. The club April 12: State Holstein Sale Area Day - Sm ith Hall, St Johns Lansing to testify against the April 19th, Presently, 33 4-H -Hastings - U:00 am. -9:30 am -2:30 pm. May 18-24: Michigan Week, will have the glass collection seeds will be passed out then. plans to have several 4-H soft- bill at a public hearing. Far clubs and 15 scout groups have project on Saturday, May 3rd. Also, we'll plan to have some April 15: County 4-H leader April 25-27; County 4-H July 17: District Holstein mers from Central Michigan ball teams this summer., < Show at Corunna. volunteered to work to help Their goal Is 50,000 pounds of jiffy seven peat pots available meeting - 8 pm - Smith Hall/St Award Trip to Yankee Springs, took (with permission from the beautify the county roadside of glass, hoping to raise $500.00 for for sale at cost. Now is the time Johns. May 2: 4-H Talent Contest - July 25; State Holstein Show local government arranged the trash and litter thrown out at Midland. purchasing needed equipment to plan your garden, secure "You can April 16-17: Motivation for St Johns High School -7:30 pm. through the Senator's office) a this past year by thoughtless at their school. your seed and be ready to plant variety of major farm im people. Any group interested in when the ground is ready for still book plements into the Capitol to cold season crops. dramatize the enormous impact Cooperation by many dif helping with this roadside J****"**- „•*, such a tax would have on ferent organizations is great in cleanup project should contact Photo workshop f aim money financially-pressed farmers, getting this project completed. the County Extension office for A 4-H Photography Workshop The St Johns, Duplain and an area to clean and other will be held on Thursday, Apnl in advance." Greenbush Townships have "All observers seem to agree details with the program. 17th, 7-9 pm at Smith Hall in St Talk to that the Taxation Committee volunteered their landfills for (Telephone 224-3288). Johns for any youth and adult was persuaded that the disposing of the litter picked up Leaders meeting interested in learning more CHARLES BR ACEY l measure would be unwise by the that day, as well as the Granger The 4-H leaders meeting wilt about photography. The par your local PCA plinntr farmers' testimony and their landfill on old 16 in Watertown be held Tuesday, April 15th, 8 ticipants will learn about a 1104 S. U.S. 27 St. Johni very effective display of the Township. The Clinton County pm at Smith Hall in St Johns. pinhole camera, review photo Phone 224 3662 Road Commission will set Sum* minuUctu'ii) ol cnleit Iwn m* OUTFOX massive, enormously expensive This meeting is for both Winter rejects as to what was wrong, tttuit no Itmjtr oliti pimHon DMimgl farm machinery," Allen said. trucks out in designated areas, and Summer program leaders. take pictures with different But ran' PtoflgCI on CM I
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HAROLD SCHMALTZ-Advertising Director w/fh Jim Edwards JIM EDWARDS-Editor THOUGHTS THROUGH A TYPEWRITER Prediction - he'll accept the Democratic draft. '.;.v.v.\v. * * * * . .. Nothing's worse than a reformed smoker . . . PUNS ARE FUN - The gentlemen had a who runs around lecturing us bad guys. Bruce girlfriend. Her name was Kate. But, as things "If It Fitz . . . Wood quit and is telling the world about it. His wife happen some times, he started calling on a young hasn't, but has made a vow to follow his example. lady named Edith. Wouldn't you know - they both 25 YEARS AGO originally estimated, but city However, she ran out during the storm and pleaded with him to buy her some cigarettes. He told him to get lost. They told him - "You can't April 6,1950 officials point out the result will have your Kate and Edith too." ( * In an effort to solve the be a better water system than told her it was a fine time to quit, but she held to Phooey on Mickey Mouse originally intended. her May 1 deadline. This is the 2d in a series of * * * * parking problem in the business non-smoking progress reports, a series which will . . . It's been said before, but it's still the truth. district of St Johns, the city • Five more rural school run periodically and will conclude the week before If you want an economy car these days, you have commission Tuesday night districts have again changed last. to pay for it. established a two-hour parking the map of the St Johns Public • • * • * * * * Editor, Lapeer County Press limit on Clinton Avenue and School District by approving . , . The County News still has some Michigan "by Jim Fitzgerald adjoining side streets. En annexation at elections last . . . Good going Tigers. Jim Campbell is thinking about buying former Yankee pitcher Mel road maps available. They're free - you'don't find forcement of the parking limit week. The same question will be a deal like that every day. I never feel more unAmerican than when in the stand. Everywhere I looked, someone wanted to will begin May 1. Stottlemyre, 34. Mel's a fine fellow and was quite a presence of Mickey Mouse. up for a vote in four more area pitcher, but he's had a sore arm for a year. It * * * » sell me something to eat or something to take Andrew Cobb, well-known districts this Saturday. The family that reveres Walt Disney together is home to prove to my neighbors I'd been gypped. sounds like maybe the Tigers better get league . . , At least he's consistent. When St Johns City the family that stays together, plays together, and Duplain township farmer, Burglars averaged only ten permission to have the Iron Mike pitching Commissioner John Hannah believes in something The $13 bought us admission to 8 of the "special announced his candidacy this cents per burglary in two he sticks to his guns. For the 3d year he's claimed flees together from an "R" rated world. Everyone attractions," all of which were easy to find. Each machine take the mound duties this year. knows that. week for State Representative reported break-ins during the • * » * Mayor's Exchange Day with another community one was at the Florida end of a line of people from Clinton County to succeed last week. All of the loot was comparable to St Johns is a waste of time. He But I never saw a Walt Disney film I didn't hate. stretching to Utah. I wouldn't stand in a line that . . . Thanks, whoever you are. Just want to let again made his move to eliminate the day. For the I wouldn't insult my family by asking them to the late John P. Espie, of Eagle. taken from the D and C Dime long if it led to Sophia Loren playing Snow White Cobb will run in the September Store sometime during last you know I received the strange package with the 3d time, his motion was defeated. Hang in there, laugh at talking cars and Fred MacMurray as a nymphomaniac attacking everyone parked in Easter bunny on it. Aw, come on, why not let me John. ^ bounding over buildings. Republican primary. Wednesday night. Dopey's section. More than 30 enumerators The Clinton County Medical know who was the bearer of the gift? * * * * We did sneak into the theatre where life-size and two crew leaders began Society will commemorate its * * * • . . .Speaking of Mayor's Exchange,-this is just PACT IS, I like to take my teenagers to "adult" a rumor, but did one of the commissioners say he movies that would soil their minds if they weren't replicas of Cinderella, Mickey and the gang sang taking census for the US 75th anniversary with a dinner . . . You heard it here first - Ted Kennedy songs and told jokes. It's amazing how those Government on Saturday, April for members, wives and guests says he's not running for the top spot in 1976. voted in favor of the day because he thought the accompanied by a parent with a damp sponge. exchange was permanent? This is a satisfying way to thumb my nose at inanimate dolls talk and move and appear just as 1. The census is taken every ten tonight (Thursday) at Walkers censorship, just as the censor thumbs his nose at human as the people in the audience (especially years and forms the bases for Cafe in St Johns. freedom. Also, the kids might leam something the zonked-out fattier with 3 little kids who has determining representatives in B and E's work of same men worthwhile from these forbidden movies. One sex been looking for his car for 3 weeks). Congress and apportionment of ONE YEAR AGO scene in technicolor is worth 1,000 words from a It must cost a million dollars to make a 6-foot various funds to local units. April 11,1974 doll that can tap dance and sing "Some Day My Approximately 200 Ovid area Over 300 persons heard Gov DEWITT TWP - DeWitt Twp sometime during those same Nash said the estimated total dumb father who learned it all from the rack boy Police Chief William C. Nash hours his home was entered and at Curley Peloso's poolroom. By the time he is 18,1 Prince Will Come." Only a jerk would point out residents paid tribute to W.J. William Milliken say Thursday loss is $1050. No one was home that a real live girl would be a lot cheaper and (Jay) Martin who retired after that the GOP is stronger than has announced that the recent a color television, and a box in either address when the want my son to know the streets of Los Angeles are breaking and enterings of 2 containing about $10 worth of not paved with flubber. more entertaining. "You're a jerk," my wife said, 48 years as editor-publisher of many believe and that can breaking and enterings oc the Ovid Register Union, at an didates who make Watergate an separate homes appear to be change was taken. curred. So you get the picture, The CIA has probably the work of the same men. been reading my mail for years. Any man who I CAME AWAY from magic land with honor banquet held in the issue in Michigan are "in for a tremendous respect for the precision and ef Congregational Church surprise". "The method of operation was sneers at Donald Duck must have subversive the same and the same items connections. I tell you all this only because I ficiency of the Disney people. They handle basement last Thursday A move has been made by the AMERICAN Fight Cancer gigantic crowds without wasting a movement or a evening. were taken," Nash said. "It recently spent some time in Orlando, Florida, and St Johns City Commission to looks as though someone was with a checkup my wife said it would be a sin to leave without minute. Endless railings keep you in line (Please Patrolman Robert (Bobbie) change Zoning Board of Ap CANCER don't sit on the rails; they are for herding, not Belen, 23, who was seriously just cruising the area knocking and a Check visiting Disney World. We'd been on the road peals meetings from 2:30 to on doors." SOCIETY several days, and I'd already used up all the sins comfort). Recorded voices continually tell you to wounded in a gun battle at evening but, if they do it, there face right, turn right, and leave by the exits on the Lansing on Friday evening, is Jeff Hunter, 3901 E. StolIRd, allotted me for March, so . ,. may not be a board to meet, at reported to police that The Disney people grab you while you are still right. I wouldn't turn left for fear a giant neon sign the son of Mr and Mrs Robert least not consisting of existing would flash "TILT" and I would be banished from Belen Sr of Westphalia, sometime between 6 pm and 11 COMPLETE BODY WORK "> on the highway. They come on your car radio and members. That was the tone set pm on the evening of April 1, his suck you through the gate. The 12,000-car parking the kingdom forever for plugging Mickey Mouse's patrolman Belen and two other by Wally Pierce, of the Board of digestive tract. officers were wounded when home was broken into and a AND GLASS REPLACEMENT lot is divided into sections named after dwarfs and Appeals who said present color television, a Kodak movie the attendants warn you to remember the name of As we drove out of Dopey's section, the same they were called to the scene of members had told him they a hold-up at the Market Basket camera, and about $4 worth of BOB'S AUTO BODY , INC, your section or spend the rest of your life on foot. sonorous voice was on the radio, still urging us to would resign if meetings were change was taken. "We're in Dopey," my wife said. come to Disney World and telling us how to park. at 1400 East Michigan Avenue, changed to the evening hour. "Certainly,*' I said. Disney won't be programmed to say goodbye at about 10 pm Friday. Alton Cairns, 1035 Craig St, 800 N. Lansing Phone 224-2921 The Oliver Montague reported to police that until Mickey Mouse figures a way to freeze In spite of bad roads the kick- business in St Johns went out in —AFTER PUTTING down $13, we entered the farewells on a stick and sell them for 50 cents a off dinner for the Cancer Drive style Saturday with an all-day world's largest combination gift shop and hot dog lick. was well attended last Thurs day evening. Eighty-five were auction that drew over 600 GENERAL people. Montague operated the REVENUE present and' nearly every SHARING ACTUAL USE REPORT township was represented. farm implements and hardware business at 508 N Clinton for 46 General Revenue Sharing provides iedoral lunrts directly to local anil stale governments Ynur government musi publish tins Malpractice situation could tecorl advising you how these lundt have been used or obligated during (he year trom July 1 1973 thru June 30 1974 years carrying on the work his This 5\ ^&¥, unavailability of insurance, the hospitals after completing filed and additional funding for [)| BilinciiiotJuntSO l«4 S 4/j q Jo overhead electric line. schools to encourage children to NONDISCRIMINATION REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN MET skyrocketing costs of insurance service. the Michigan Medical Practice II CERTIFICATION I [Miff tKil I Im tM Crml EiKVtnt Officii ind observe the basic safety rules. win rupict ts lh* tirtWimint fur** rienttd fin ton, I iirliff mit tliiy and a poor medical-legal Many young doctors are Board. Other bills also are Paul Gardner, Consumers hn>* net bitn mtd In vWtten of vimi IM polity iiptndnun [FITM MHI mttlJ hm DHflMMld llllt • complin mpy ellhlt climate combine to create the being supported. Power Company's urban Gardner listed these basic upon till Mm pubhitwd ki • tail nmipipir si oimril pondering the alternatives such rules which will help kite flyers ClrculiHn. I hivi itaMOi octumim ng IM tftniimi si ins rtfnft tragic problem, he reports. as public health, teaching or "This is a people problem," manager, cautions youngsters tiynitunerCluilEiKuiiv* DM J have fun and avoid trouble: ind thty in op«n for pvtM icnitlny 11 "" t/t */*ff "Michigan needs an research, where malpractice emphasizes MSMS President that unsafe kite flying practices Supu, P- estimated 2,000 more doctors of insurance is unnecessary. Masters, "and public un could result in an unfortunate 1. Use dry string — not wire ' U ma Ms* THE* medicine today but we could This is just one facet of the derstanding and support is accident. or anything metallic. have 1,100 fewer doctors by the medical insurance crunch that essential ' to continued good 2. Use wood and paper in "Each year accidents occur your kite construction — not end of the year unless the has been gathering momentum health care in Michigan. The when youngsters forget safety malpractice situation is for the past few years. people will lose unless the wire or metal. rules," Gardner said. Children 3. Fly your kite on days when resolved," Doctor Masters Malpractice suits have in legislature takes responsible, are injured when trying to free adds. creased, and the large sums of prompt action." there Is no rain. kites that have become en 4. Avoid busy streets and The 500 new doctors of tangled in trees and wires. medicine who normally begin highways while flying your kite. Accidents also occur when 5. Fly your kite far away practice in Michigan each year Announce Legal Services grant youngsters fly their kites in the AUCTION SALE from television and radio cannot get any insurance today rain or use metallic string. and Michigan will lose them all Gov William G. Milliken has Indigent residents of Eaton, aerials. unless the problem is resolved announced approval of a Ingham, Clinton and "Wet string or any metallic 6. Keep away from overhead SATURDAY, APRIL 12th wire that crosses a power line fast, the Medical Society Community Services Ad Shiawassee Counties ( are electric lines. declares. ministration grant of $57,652 to eligible for legal advice, can become a conductor of 7. If an electric line falls, stay 234 ADELAIDE ST. MAPLE RAPIDS, MICH. \ electricity. This can result in a away from it. "Traditionally many young the Greater Lansing Legal Aid representation in civil cases in 12:30 SHARP doctors who serve their Bureau, Inc, for continuation of court, counselling and legal high voltage shock that can 8. Call .your power company residencies in Michigan a Legal Services program to education. seriously burn or even kill a if your kite gets snagged in a hospital and university training run through Sept 30, 1975. youngster," Gardner said. line — do not pull the string or The Bureau will continue the To promote kite flying safety, climb the pole. THE ESTATE OF VELMA UPHAM WILL BE SOLD. use of legal processes in protecting and enforcing TERMS OF THE SALE IS CASH. tenant, consumer, debtor and BEGINNERS welfare rights-of poor people. AUCTIONEER - FRED CORSON Special emphasis will be CLERK-MIKE HUMPHREY ROLLER SKATING placed on the areas of housing, We ie fiAcud of^Miokigtm health services, consumer protection and the problems of FURNITURE IRON FENCE POSJ CLASSES the elderly. Qualified attorneys POTS - PANS wijl serve individuals and organizations comprised of the DAVENPORTS (2) CARD TABLE Starting March 22 indigent. The program will also CHAIRS (4) seek to bring about appropriate BEDROOM SUIT law reform. MATTRESS & SPRINGS (2) SPORTS EQUIPMENT 12:30 -1:30 P.M. CHEST OF DRAWERS FILE CABINET FISH SMOKE HOUSES (2) LAMPS LARGE SUCKER DIPPING RIG RANCH BEDDING SMELT DIPPERS (4) DON'T GET MAD AT RUGS TACKLE BOXES {3) ROLLER RINK LUGGAGE 3 PIECE RODS-REELS YOUR CAR PLANTERS & VASES ICE CHEST North US-27 Across From Andy's IGA TV'S (2) TIRES-WHEELS FOR TRAILERS FOOT STOOLS All it needs Is a little service YOUTH CHAIR LANTERNS Sign Up SWEEPER TOOLS KITCHEN SERVER CART Now! EGAN F0RDSALES, INC. KITCHEN CHAIRS ANTIQUES 200W. Highman , St. Johns Ph. 224-2286 MISCELLANEOUS DEPRESSION GLASS CALL DISHES OLD SUIT CASE 224-3023 ELETRIC HEATER 30 GAL CROCK IRONS-BOARD OLD BOOKS April 9,1975 CLINTON COUNTY NEWS,ST, JOHNS, MICHIGAN n sister, Mrs Verna Peck at recently; Mr and Mrs Frecl » f Carson City Hospital on Sehlke of Fowler; Mr and Mrs St Johns Tuesday. Darwin-Sehlkej Mr and Mrs Herbert Witt; Mr and Mrs Ray By Mrs G oldie Moore Mr and Mrs Lewis Silm en Moore, honoring Mrs Silm on police report ) tertained the followjng her birthday. The Naomi Circle met at the Mr and Mrs Clair Wilson, NATIONALLY ACCREDITED home of Mrs Arnold Blizzard on Mike and Marcla returned BY THE COSMETOLOGY ST JOHNS - The St Johns was broken Into and 2 portable ACCREDITING COMMISSION police repori that the following televisions, a stereo, and 3 guns, Wednesday, April 2nd, for their home on Saturday after incidents have occurred in the an estimated total value of regular monthly meeting. •spending two weeks in Florida. area since March 24. $1325; was taken. There were 17 ladies present, Several attended the funeral 'Beauty A juvenile was arrested Harley Roland Peoples, 108 N. who discussed and made plans of Winnie Phillips in St Johns on SPECIAL ON March 24 in connection with the Spring St, was arrested on for their Mother-Daughter Monday afternoon. Mr Phillips shoflifting of $$.98 worth of Spring St March 30 and charged Banquet to be held in May. was born and lived most of his merchandise from the Kroger with being drunk and disor Mr and Mrs Ray Moore, Mr life in this community. rftademp PERMANENTS Store, He was released to his derly, He was booked and and Mrs Jim Becker and Mr and Mrs Arnold Blizzard parents and will be petitioned to lodged in Clinton County Jail. daughters; Mr and Mrs Lynn entertained their family for ,Clinic Open To, Probate Court. He stood mute a.t his arraign Smith and Brandy; Mr and Mrs Easter dinner on Sunday which CLIP COUPON Eugene Livingston; Bill Stoy included: Mr and Mrs Bruce The PUblic Francis Junior Prichard, 45, ment, The pre-trial is set for FREE PARKING I Your Choice of 609 N. Morton, was arrested April 10, were Sunday supper guests of| Blizzard and family; Mr and Perm anants Mr and Mrs Valentine Stoy. Mrs Dale Blizzard and family; ALL SERVICES RENDERED I March 28 on the comer of Randy Bissonette, 510 W. BY SUPERVISED SENIOR STUDENTS FOR RESERVATIONS CALL 651-5308 Hlgham and Clinton Streets and Gibbs, reported to police that, a Mrand Mrs Ray Moore called Mr and Mrs Larry Blizzard and • $15 Permanents-$12.50 on Mr and Mrs Roy Gibson daughter. For further information, write or call 1 S12.50 Permanents-SB.50 charged with, being drunk and Roto Tiller, valued at $160, was Lflora Kaiser 15557 North East St. Lansing I 1*7.0$8.50 Porrnarients-$5.0Permanents-$7.00 disorderly. He was booked and stolen from his backyard April recently. Mrs Mildred Stoy visited her PHONE 482-6273 lodged in Clinton County Jail. 1. Roy Edwin Quick, Qutaton Herbery Wesley Osborne, 41, Designed for Every Farming Use Ave, was arrested March 28 on G03 N. Ottowa, was arrested on Floral St and was issued a ticket ( Ottawa and Steel Streets Apr&4 for careless driving. and charged with driving while BUTLER BUILDINGS Van Patrick Cowan, 26, 1738 under the influence of alcohol. Silvers, was arrested on the 100 He was booked and lodged in block of W. Higham March 28, Clinton County Jail. on a drunk and disorderly A juvenile was arrested April charge. He was booked and 5 in D and C Store in connection lodged in Clinton County Jail. with the shoplifting of $3 worth Earl Douglas Dennis; 48, 703 of merchandise. He was N. Whittemore, was arrested on released to his parents and will the corner of Clinton and be petitioned to Probate Court. Higham Streets March 29 and Mrs Ethel Hupt, principal of charged with being drunk and the Swegles Street School disorderly and having! in reported to police 'that toxicants in a vehicle. He was sometime during the weekend booked and lodged in Clinton of April 5-6 the school was County Jail. broken into. Missing is $16.80 Livestock Facilities , Gary Myers, 514 S. Lansing, belonging to the school, a radio reported to police that his home and a stop watch. llie attractive, profit making hog confinement facility pictured above Is only one way you can put a Butler Building to work for you. Choose from a broad range of sizes in* planning your beef confinement system, cattle $WUH$ "One good bargain... deserves another." shelter, 'dairy barn, poultry housing, horse barn or riding arena. ev&tU APRIL 11 — The Wacousta DeWitt. Tickets are $2 for adults Lodge «359 F&AM is having a .and $1.25 for children under 12 - They look alike. However, there is a difference. Hshsupperfrom4:30pmto8 :00 for all the pancakes, sausage And for the most part, they work alike Both The. phone, on the right is an extension. It pm. Family style , all you can and eggs you can eat. are hooked up to your own telephone line. savessteps anSund the house. Itgivesadded eat. Take out dinners are security, especially at night, when you've available. ^ APRIL16—8pm the Hospital Both can keep you in touch with more than Aux Board will meet in the 100 million other phones in the U.S. And, had it installed in your bedroom. And it also APRIL 10 - The Mid- hospital" dining room. provides extra privacy. Michigan Parent Group for another 100 million around the world. Children with Heart Disease MAY 14 - 7:30 Style Show And, both give you unlimited local service. will hold its monthly meeting in and card party in the high So the extension gives you more. Twice the convenience. Machinery Storage- *" the Staff Dining Room of school cafeteria sponsored by Ingham Medical Center, 401 the Hospital Aux. Tickets $1.50 Nevertheless, it costs much less because Durable,/weathertight.'firesafe, clear-span Butler ail-steel buildings "are West Greenlawn, Lansing, each and may be purchased weonlyhayetoconnectittoyourfirst phone. ideal'for machinery and implement storage, or for general utility use. Michigan at 7:30 pm. The topic from any Aux member. Let us put our experience to work for you in planning your building for the evening will concern program, There's a Butler building to satisfy your most exacting require APRIL 12 — The Heather Isn't it nice to know that you can have some "Cadiac Catherization" & tour thing that gives you more, yet costs you less. ments/.,, ,. ' of catherization labs with Dr. Pipers of St Johns, are holding % their annual Tartan Ball on Se6^Us*for Planning Assistance, Proven Truman. Refreshments will be Saturday evening, from 8:30 to Products and Full Construction Service served. The public is invited. 1:00, at the St Joseph Gym. This is a community service Dancing will be to Peter Van- project of the Tri-County Heart derWaals Orchestra. In FRICKE FARM Unit of the Michigan Heart termission entertainment will Association. be bagpipe bands, as well as APR 13 - MAY 25 - VFW Post Irish and Scottish singers and fcEnE^LTCLipHOFIf ^ SERVICE 671. of DeVVitt will sponsor a. dancers. Tickets are $10.00' a O s :<$*j'ij'^ no ;• it» t ** 4- MIQPLJETOIM., [MICHIGAN pancake breakfast from 8 am-| voupla.aYidmaybe'purchased at pm every Sunday starting April, the.door. For further details call IV , i\ 13 - May 25 at 126 N. Bridge StV 224-3456. ^
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Sewing Knits 7:00-9:00 p.m. SJHS/148 $11.00 Rozen 4-15-75 Tell A Needlepoint Th 7:00-9:00 p.m. SJHS/148 $10.00 Wright 4-17-75 Knitting M 7:00-9:00 p.m. SJHS/120 $10.00 Wright 4-14-75
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Men's Basketball W 6:30-8:30 p.m. SJHS/Gym $10.00 Morrison 4-16-75 REGULAR CLINTON COUNTY Swim & Trim - Women's Th 7:00-9:00 p.m. SJHS/Pool $10.00 Porter 4-17-75 RBW/Gym $ 7.00 Lade Another victim of Co-ed Volleyball 7:00-8:30 p.m. 4-15-75 ZONING COMMISSION MEETING Thursday's snowfall Gymnastics for Adults Th 7:00-9:00 p.m. SJHS/Gym $10.00 Furry 4-17-75 (Flexibility Training) A Regular Meeting of the Clinton County Zoning Commission will be held on Thursday, R.E. BENSON April 17,1975 at 8 p.m. in the Courthouse, St. Johns, Michigan. At that time the Commission Beginning Tennis T 6:30-8:30 p.m. SJHS/Gym $10.00 Porter 4-15-75 will hear the following: (bring your own balls and racket) PLUMBING BINGHAM TOWNSHIP Class enrollment limited to the first 20 paid registrations An application for a Special Use Permit to erect a Church Building on the following & described parcel of land: Adult Swimming W 6:30-8:30 p.m. SJHS/Pool $10.00 Barber 4-16-75 Com. at the NW cor., Sec. 29, T7N-R2W, Bingham Township, Clinton County, Michigan HEATING thence S. 89*22*44" E. along the North section line of said Section 29,528.00 feet; thence S. (instruction in any level swimming & diving or open swimming) OO'17'IO" E. 412.50 feet; thence N. 89'22'40" W. 528.00 ft. to a pt. on the W. sec. In of sd Sec d 106 N. Clinton 29; th. N. 00 l7'10" W 412.5 ft. along said Sec. In. to the point of beginning. The above Scuba Diving 6:30-10:00 p.m. • SJHS/139 $45.00 Kennon 4-16-75 described lands contain 5.00 acres, & are subject to the rights of the public over the E'ly St. Johns 33.00 ft. of DeWitt Rd., the S'ly 33.00 ft. of Parks Rd., & all other easements or restrictions of record, if any. Phone 224-7033 Driver Education (Adult) Varied - Arrangement by Instructor $26.00 Canum'
BATH TOWNSHIP The Adult Education Office reserves the right to cancel any class. There will be no refund of money for a R-1A, One-Family Rural Residential to R-Ml, Multiple-Family Residential, and, also A 2 MASTER class after the second week of class. Special Use Permit: Lots 5 and 6, Eastwood Plat, a subdivision, the NW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of Sec. 21, T5N-R1W, Bath Township, Clinton County, Michigan. PLUMBERS Please record desired course and enclose proper fee. Make checks payable to: St. Johns Public Schools. WATERTOWN TOWNSHIP American-Standard An application for a Special Use Permit to operate a sand pit in Section 32 of Watertown Plumbing, Hot Water Mail to: Albert LeFevere, Director of Adult Education, 501 W. Sickles, St. Johns, Michigan 48879 Township (Tabled 6/20/74). Heating
DeWITT TOWNSHIP Name. .Birthdate. * An application for reaming of Lots 5,6,7,8, Northview Sub'd'n. from R-lC, One-Family Lennox Warm Air (Last) (First) (Middle) (Maiden) Medium Density Residential to M-l, Light Industry. (Tabled 10/17/74). Heating and Air The text of the Zoning Ordinance as proposed to be amended and a map showing the p Address. *• h»np_ Zoning Ordinance as proposed to be amended may be examined at 100 S, Ottawa, St. Johns, Conditioning Michigan, between the hours of 8 a.m. to 12 noon and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. of any day Monday (Number) (Street)' (City) (Zip) (Home) (Business) through Friday. CUSTOM SHEET P-riiine Qnnial Security Niimrmf Arnold R. Minarik, METAL SHOP Zoning Administrator Suggestions for classes in the future. 52 Years Same Address 16 CLINTON COUNTY NEWS, ST. JOHNS, MICHIGAN April 9,19^5 @UnfoK (fautfy wea oiitotinUb s He and Margaret P. Taylor resident, Mabel J. Gillett, 86, The family suggests con Earl J Ruff were married June 20, 1923 in who died April 4 in Clinton tributions may be made to the Grand Ledge. He was a Federal Memorial Hospital after a long Wacousta Community Milk Marketing administrator illness. Methodist Church Memorial Earl J. Ruff, 75, 216 E. Fund. Williams St, Ovid, died April 1 for 9& years, having retired in The Rev Edward Otto of at Memorial Hospital, Owosso. 1966. Prior to that time he was a Wacousta Community United Interment was made in North laboratory technician at Seal Methodist Church and the Rev Eagle Cemetery. The Farmland and Open or a specialty farm with gross sewers, water, lights* or non- rights -and indicates the direct . Funeral services were held Francis C. Johannides of the lax savings to the landowner. April 4, 1 pm at Houghton Test in Grand Ledge. Space Preservation Act (Public annual income of $2000 or more. farm drainage unless the Surviving are: his wife, First United Methodist Church , Albert C. Weber Act 116) still. raises many b) Open space land has been assessments were imposed !?. Can 1 change the use fcf Chapel of Osgood Funeral of St Johns officiated at the 2 pm prior to the signing of the land under the contract? £ Homes, the Rev Earl Copelin Margaret; 3 daughters, Mrs questions among farmers as to divided into two categories. The Robert (Maxine) VanSice of service. It was held April 7 at Albert C. (Spike) Weber, 71, the provisions and benefits of first deals with historic, agreement or easement, Land If the landowner wishes to officiating, Interment was the Wacousta Community 437 Sorrell, Fowler, died April 3 the program, riverfront and shoreland areas. which is exempted from the change the use of the land fro$p made in Wacousta, Ovid, Mrs William (Marilyn) Yunker of Newaygo, Mrs D.O. United Methodist Church. in Carson City Hospital. Perhaps the answers to some This land requires that the special assessment will be farming to a higher develop He was born Sept 29, 1899 in Funeral services were held property be undeveloped and denied use of the improvement ment use before the contract Hoytville, the son of Samuel M, (Marlene) Barton of Lansing; She was born July 20,1888 in commonly asked questions will 10 grandchildren; 4 great Westphalia Twp, the daughter April 7 at Holy Trinity Catholic help you decide whether or not either historic in nature and until the agreement or date of termination, he must and Emma Ruff. Church at 10:30 am, the Father to take advantage of this recognized as such by ap easement is terminated and the apply for release from the He attended schools in Grand grandchildren, One son of John and Minnie Ingler, She preceded him in death in 1946. graduated from Portland High Albert Schmitt officiating. A program. propriate federal or state laws, amount of the exemption has program. The application mu§'t Ledge and graduated from School and Clinton County rosary was said at 3 and 8 pm be riverfront on a river, been paid. • . be approved by all parties in Grand Ledge High School in 1. What does this Farmland t > Mabel J Gillet Normal School. She was daily at the George Chapel of and Open Space Act do? designated under Act 231, the b) Under a farmland volved in the initial entry ao- 1918, He lived most of his life in married to Clayton Gillett. Osgood Funeral Home. In Natural Rivers Act of 1970, or be plication. Hoytville and Grand Ledge and Funeral services were held This Act enables a land owner development rights agreement, Mrs Gillette, of 808 W. Park terment was made in Holy to enter into a development designated as an environmental the exact benefits would depend A person applying for early spent the last 40 years in Ovid. for life long Clinton County St., St Johns, was formerly of Trinity Cemetery. rights agreement (for farm area under Act 245, the upon the property tax assess withdrawal and termination $f Wacousta, She was a member of He was born Feb 14, 1904 hi land) or a development rights Shorelands Protection Act of against the property and the the contract must demonstrate the Wacousta United Methodist Dallas Twp, the son of Michael easement (for open space) with 1970. income of the' landowner. The economic hardship, significant Church, United Methodist and Katherine Smith Weber. He the state. These agreements or c) The second category of landowner is entitled to claim natural physical changes in the Women, Eagle Society, and was a lifelong Fowler resident, easements are designed to open space land is more general as a credit on his Michigan land or conditions which impose Wacousta Neighborhood He was married to Bertha Pohl. ensure that the land remains in in definition and includes lands Income Tax the amount by physical obstacles to the Society. Mr Weber was a member of a particuar use or uses for an which conserve natural or which the property taxes on the agricultural operation. •> She was the past president of Holy Trinity Catholic Church, agreed upon period. In return scenic resources, enhance farmland covered by the When an early termination is the North Eagle Society and a Fowler, Holy Name Society, for maintaining the land in a recreation opportunities, agreement exceed 7% of his granted, a lien is placed on the former school teacher, having and was a volunteer fireman for particular use, the landowner is preserve historic sites and idle income. / deed for all of the tax benefit^ taught at Sanford, Light and 31 years in Dallas Twp. entitled to income or property potential farmland of not less c) For those lands under an received from the time of en Jaston, Clinton County country He was a garage operator at tax benefits. than 40 acres. open space easement, the direct trance into the program. The schools. Edinger and Weber for 42 years. 2. What kinds of lands are 3. What exactly are the tax benefits are in the actual amount of the lien will be first She was also a correspondent Surviving are his wife, eligible? benefits to me as the land taxes paid by the landowner. subject to a 6 percent interest for the Clinton County News and Bertha; 4 sons, George of There are two general classes owner? This is done by reappraising the charge compounded annually the Grand. Ledge Independent Fowler, Charles of St Johns, of land eligible under the Act: There are three general land calculating the difference from'the time of entrance into for nearly 60 years. Bernard of Pewamo, and Alan farmland and open space land. benefits: between the current market the program until the lien is things Surviving Mrs Gillett are l of Fowler; 1 brother, Louis a) Lands that qualify and are value of the unrestricted paid. * a) Farmland eligibility is daughter, Mrs (Dr.) Clifford Weber of St Johns; 1 sister, Mrs governed by the size and in approved and registered for property and the value of the If you still have questions, I'd (Nola) Lumbert of St Johns; 1 Caroline Geller of Fowler; 26 come from the farm; a farm of either a farmland agreement or property if the right to develop be glad to send more in brother, William Ingler of grandchildren; 3 step grand 40 or more acres, a farm of from an open space easement are the land was restricted through formation. Just contact my first a use easement. This difference Eagle; 1 sister, Mrs Earl Avery children; 3 great 5 to 40 acres with a minimum exempted from special sewers, office, 304 Mutual Building, of Eagle; and 2 grandchildren. grandchildren. per acre income of $200 per year assessments for sanitary is the value of the development Lansing 48901 (517/373-0841). Taking care of all the family's special needs requires an extra effort on our part. 88th District Report by Stanley Powell But the family's convenience, State Representative rather than our own, is our first Due to various newspaper and milk pose no threat to human consumption with respect to and therefore receiving most of program for farm families paid out $16.5 million to over concern. television reports, there has health. Furthermore, the FDA PBB. This is important to note, the criticism. exposed to PBB in any degree. 32,000 eligible Michigan" been a great amount of concern said they, the US Department of because some supermarket The general criticism of the The Department has also had a veterans since the payments about the effects on Michigan Agriculture and the Michigan chains have said they will not or Press stories was based on their short-term program under way began on Febuary 26. agriculture from the 1973 in Department of Agriculture might not stock Michigan blaming PBB for practically all since June of 1974, with results have found no foods in com products due to the possible farm animal deaths and expected by May. The Department of Military cident in which polybrominated Affairs says that total Bonus biphenyl (PBB) was introduced mercial channels which have presence of PBB. ailments during the past two amounts of PBB above those years, and also for several One point that must not be applicants number 298,000; of / OSGOOD into some animal feed in Since these fears result at these, 150,000 applications have Michigan. I thought this would levels set by the FDA. The FDA least in part from the "scare" instances of human illness. In overlooked in this whole, matter FUNERAL HOMES also said the US Center for this respect, the newspaper is is that thousands of animals and been acknowledged by mail. If be a good time to review recent stories in the media, Governor you haven't received your blue activity in this respect. Disease Control has not con Milliken asked a blue-ribbon recreating the "witch hunt" chickens have already been OSGOODO^GOERGEOSI JOHNS FOWIEH ^ killed and destroyed by the acknowledgement card yet, b§ First, Governor Milliken firmed any case of human panel to investigate the sub atmosphere of 17th-century disease traceable to PBB in Massachusetts or 1950's state in the interest of consumer patient -- the Bonus Section says iiBBinia, iioui;iiTontt : sought and received an opinion stance or lack thereof in these that all cards should be mailed MAPIE BAPIDS ; Michigan. stories. Washington under Senator protection. In many instances, OVID from the Federal Food and farmers have not yet been able out within three or four weeks. Drug Administration that the Therefore, this means that all This special Task Force has Joseph McCarthy to replenish their herds. I would very low level the FDA has Michigan meat and milk now reported that conjecture It is unfortunate that hope that the Legislature will The Bonus Section is established for acceptable products currently on the was reported as fact in some of irresponsible journalism like enact a program in the near currently mailing amounts of PBB in meat and market are safe for human these stories, and that some this comes at a time when future to enable them to do so. acknowledgement cards at articles were filled with rumor, Michigan's agricultural and 1 rate of 8,000 a day an speculation, half truths and industrial economy needs all "processing claims Jor payment errors of fact. the help it can get. at a rate of 2,000 a day. ,. 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S&ivinq,iksL CttnbtL GM£L $hujL 1856 PAGE 2 CLINTON COUNTY NEWS, ST. JOHNS, MICHIGAN APRIL 9,1975 FARM REVIEW Pesticide costs bug farmers The agriculture The high cost of pesticides is particularly herbicides, and percent, for fungicides. bugging farmers. farmers using a 40 percent Livestock pesticides cost $44 Latest available data for 1971 larger volume of pesticides. million, and another $15 million picture in pegged farmers' spending on Of that billion dollars, $943 was spent on pesticides for pesticides at over $1 billion - up million went to protect crops. other uses. 80 percent from 1966. The jump Sixty-two percent of the crop The most money was paid out Clinton County in expenditures was due to a pesticide expenditures were for for the protection of corn - $325 combination of farmers using herbicides, over 25 percent million. With $138 million spent .more expensive pesticides, were for insecticides, and 6 (Continued on page 3)
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Agriculture income in 1974 was 49,300,000 Dairy income $14,000,000 Corn Acreage 76,000 acres Soybean Acreage - 40,000 acres Wheat Acreage 39,000 acres Alfalfa & Hay Acreage 36,000 acres LAND BANK Spearmint Production Clinton county is first in the state in spearmint production. Clinton is in the top ten counties of Michigan in production of: Corn ROBERT G. DARLING LOREN MUELLER Soybeans Wheat Manager Field Representative Alfalfa Hogs And Pigs Sheep and Lambs 1104 S. US-27 St. Johns Phone 224-7127 Number of Milk Cows 79% of Clinton County land is in Agriculture.
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FARM EQUIPMENT CUB CADETS TRUCKS 1 H. J. MARTIN CO. CARSON CITY. MICHIGAN PHONE 584-3372 GO IH RED SALES SERVICE PARTS RENTALS t. FARM REVIEW APRILS 1975 CLINTON COUNTY NEWS, ST. JOHNS^ MICHIGAN PAGE 3 FORD Pesticide costs TRUCKS (Continued from page 2) ' grains required as little as $.70 on soybeans and $132 on cottpn, an acre for pesticides, • *. these three made up 63 percent Though farms with gross of total expenditures on. crop annual sales of over $40,000 pesticides. . - . constituted only 11 percent of all FORD TRUCKS „ Two-thirds of the money for farms, they*, accounted for 58 Come in and-take a close look at herbicides was for weed control percent of "total pesticide ex- the futl range of Ford Pickups. in corn and soybean production. >. penditures. Farmers bringing Look close at-our nevy F-150-the Half of the outlay for in-, in less than $10,000 made up 63 Heavy-Duty V2 Ton pickup that can secticides went to control in percent of all. farms, but ac carry up to a ton of people and. sects on corn aria cotton. Of counted for only 9 percent of payload.. And It uses either leaded fungicide expenditures, more pesticides expenditures. pay load. And it uses either leaded was used on peanuts than any Seventy-eight percent of all or unleaded fuel. Loo&close at our other crop. Fruits, nuts, and crop pesticides were sprays, 16 Super Cab pickups-only two doors, vegetables also required sizable percent" were granular forms, outlays. . ' but roomy enough for a family of > and.4 percent, dusts. six. We have pickups for every farm, Acre for acre, the most ex need. '.•;". pensive crop to protect- from More than half of the money pests is apples at $51.20 per for livestock pesticides went to acre. On the other hand, some. protect beef cattle. An invitation to look close ~: Compare the New nn s'M- JOHNS quality work clothes 75 Fords with any WORK SHIRTS WORK PANTS Come in and take a close look BIB OVERALLS at our new 75 pickups. Compare features. Compare choice. Then compare bur deal. - DUNGAREES on any basis you wish
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BARNYARD- FARMS LAWNS GARDFNS : ACID RESISTANT • SF.F.I) FOR ANY NFI-H v ; • WATFR SOFtKN.KR SAIi" %[ SOLD EXCLUSIVELY CustofavClrm WE BUY 'A LI TYPl-St)F GRAIN & SOY ftltANS • ATMHMANN'S' ' •"—••.- • .• i • .. »* ..-. : ' Dclivciriis . —' WESTPUALIA mitiinc CLOTHING-FURNISHINGS-SHOES COMPANY for DAD arid-LAD .*-—.•.- ' St. Johns . . '\ ' ''' . WESTPHALIA, MICHIGAN PHONE: 5874531 PAGE4 CLINTON COUNTY NEWS, ST. JOHNS, MICHIGAN APRIL9,1975 FARM REVIEW How's the future? For all their prosperity, the ers are perishing of prosperity. price of things the fanner must many are also losing big. have no debt to speak of. But the U.S. 3 million farmers could buy has risen at a terrible rate. , Potato and cotton farmers are other half are plunging into find themselves in worse shape What is happening? Why Fertilizer is up almost 100% in a driving around iiuiew cars; but debt, spurred both by necessity than ever before. should farmers be sinking year, machinery 15%, interest some cattle, poultry and dairy and by dreams of ever higher Three years ago farmers deeper and deeper in debt at a 14% and crop land 25%. Worse, farmers are hitchhiking to town grain prices. The heavily owed some $62 million for an time when farm prices are substantial increases are ex to. look for work. leveraged farmer, particularly average indebtedness of $21,000. high? The reason is inflation pected across the board. All this Everywhere the farmer turns newcomers and the larger By the end of this year, the and scarcity. The cost of requires financing. is uncertainty. Not just the old corporate operators, are figure will increase about 50% staying in business has risen so As the cost of producing crops worries, about too much or too leaving themselves little room to $95 million and the average fdst, it cannot be financed out of almost doubled during the last little rain, but tjuestions about, to maneuver if farm reciepts farmer will owe more than profits. Farmers have to run to few years, many fanners were fertilizer shortages, exports; suddenly sour rather than soar. $33,000. While farm profits this the banks. compelled to borrow $100,000 to interest rates, rail car short Agricultural Economist Gary year will be double what they This year's drought has only $200,000 to stay^ in business. ages, and volatile commodity Benjamin of the Federal /were in the sixties, many-farm- increased the' situation, v The Many are winning ,_big; but prices. Reserve Bank warns: "Farm It used to be commodity ers haven't faced a really bad markets went up and down 25 year carrying this kind of debt CLINTON COUNTY FARM cents a week^now they go up load. Right now many farmers and down $1 to $3 a day. are being gripped by a severe Haunted by memories of " cost-price squeeze, and it could BUREAU foreclosures in the thirties, the -get worse." average U.S. farmer has been an extremely cautious borrower ^.In agriculture a good many A VOICE FOR AGRICULTURE until recently. But today a 600 people seem to be going broke, acre farm, which is somewhat not because business is bad, but PROGRAMS larger than average; requires because it is too good. Which is > LEGISLATIVE about $850,000 in capital. By another way of saying that 1980 it will require over $1 inflationary prosperity is EDUCATIONAL " million. Farmers will have to Hlusionary prosperity. COMMUNITY GROUP borrow'like it or not. Adapted from Forbes, Sep ACTIVITIES Still about half the farmers tember 15. BLUE CROSS - BLUE SHIELD AVAILABLE - Too much?Or too little? The importance of high corn corn yields than thirty six or MEMBER SERVICES plant population and narrow forty in row width. Corn planted PHONE: 224-3255 rows is often overemphasized. to twenty inch rows will lapii Some farmers .using very high average 10 to 15 percent higher 407 EAST GIBBS STREET plant populations could in yields than thirty, six to forty 2&*£ crease yield by dropping back inch rows. ST. JOHNS, MICHIGAN to a lower level of plant To get the maximum ad population., vantage from narrow "rows, There is an optimum plant optimum fertilizer and planting population for each field, and to practices should be used. find it, I suggest planting three • If you have a limited supply of Now-you can go to one place strips in each field to give a fertilizer, remember band harvest-population of 16,000 to applications are more efficient 18,000, 20,000 to 22,000; and than broadcast applications. 24,000 to 26,000 plants per acre. Use lime wherever needed for all your grain storage Remember, the harvest based on soil test "information. population will be 10 to 15 Proper soil pH will increase the percent less than what is utilization of soil nutrients and and grain drying equipment. planted.'Careful comparison of fertilizer. .yields should tell which plant With less than 100 pounds of density is best. nitrogen per acre the corn BEHLEN CHAFFEE FARM SUPPLY Thirty inch rows generally harvest population should not average 5 to 6 percent higher _be over 18,000 plants per acre. 1 " BEHLEN Hopper tanks come in sizes to fit every system. On the ground or above a dryer. Heavy guage steel with the "exclusive waffle" design. BEHLEN Grain tanks exclusive "waffle DRAINAGE panel" design foe greater strength. "Eave PARMA Lock" joins wall and roof into one solid PUMP unit. cap. from 1,195 to 157.590 bu. * 1M H IOH,fH—t fMMA, INC. * UK hM*t — MM FARMA, IDAHO ^•* ifMMi AM MMI THAN 30 TEAM Of HWitt LET US HELP YOU with Your Soil Conservation and Farm Drainage Problems ALSO LIQUID MANURE HANDLING Combine the best of everything BEHLEN continuous flow grain dryers come in 2 with a high capacity elevator leg KuehnemundHdwe.Inc or 4 column design for capacities, to fit every need. for a completely Turn Key opera* Designed for economical 'round the clock operation. tion. • Phones - Miinger 517-OL 9-2221 Bay City TW-3-9252 Munger, Mich. 48747 rs-" APRIL 9,1975 CLINTON COUNTY NEWS,ST. JOHNS, MICHIGAN PAGE5 FARM REVIEW A HOME WORTH IS NOW WORTH .. «25,ooo irsr r [ 1973 »27,825 1970/ .'36,200. 1965 - > *48,950 1960 '54,125 1955 - '61.025 1950. '70,200 Inflation has done that to your home . • • • think what it's done to your farming operation! We've a pretty good idea about how high inflation has pushed the replacement cost for Michigan farms. Why? Farm Bureau Insurance Group insures 40% of Michigan's farm market . .. more than our FARM BUREAU -top 25 competitors', We developed America's first Farmowners package insurance policy. Our agents know farm business. INSURANCE With all*" thir experience, we're "concerned. Storage sheds, out GROUP™ buildings, farm machinery and equipment have all skyrocketed • FARM BUREAU MUTUAL In value during the past 18 months. Please, update protection levels on yo'ur increasingly valuable farm property. Check the • FARM BUREAU LIFE - yellow pages for your local farm inflation expert . . . your Farm • COMMUNITY SERVICE Bureau Insurance agent. "^ INSURANCE ' 'KicfoU fondled fy 4-*% EASTCANSING, Mich. - Kansas City's William A". Nichols [left] n was honored at the recent 4-H Leadermete, a gathering of Michigan's volunteer 4-H leaders Held on the campus of Michigan State University. Presenting the award to Nichols is state 4-H Program director Dr. Norman Brown. The award citation is as follows: WHY YOU SHOUID BUY A FORD PICKUP ALUMNI AWARD WINNER • QUIET, ROOMY, CARLIKE CABS. • BEHIND SEAT STORAGE SPACE. • BETWEEN- THE-FRAME POSITION FOR GAS TANK. • BUILT-IN AIR CONDITIONING OPTIONAL. "William Nichols is president of the W.A. Nichols Corporation of • DEEP, ADJUSTABLE FULL-FOAM SEAT. • WIDE CHOICE OF FORD SIX OR V-8'S. Kansas City, Mo which manufactures food processing equipment. • FORD DISC BRAKES STANDARD. • RUST RESISTANT, DOUBLE-WALL CARGO He was a 4-H member in Clinton County for 6 years, specializing in BOX. • EXCLUSIVE TWIN-I-BEAM FRONT SUSPENSION. • SIZES FOR TODAY'S BIG the 4-H dairy project in which he raised registered Jerseys. This CAMPERS. • FORD IS FIRST IN TRUCK SALES FOR 5 YEARS. • OVER 92 OUT OF dairy herd helped put him through school and into business. 100 FORD TRUCKS BUILT IN THE LAST 12 YEARS ARE STILL ON THE JOB. "This 4-H career which began in the early 1930's served him well for numerous positions which he held and later getting his degree iri poultry at Michigan State University. In 1962 he started his own business and the business has grown into-a large. sucessful operation. t ^ "Extension agent, John Ayleworth, sums up his career in a nut shell. '... a real Horatio Alger story.' "We are proud to salute William A. Nichols as 1974 State Alumni Winner." Aerial Seeding Fertilizing Spraying- Dusting Our Aerial System Gets the Job Done Quickly and at Low Cost TO BUY FROM EGAN FORD ' • RIGHT PRICES • FAIR TRADE-INS • EXPERT SERVICE • GENUINE PARTS • GOOD INVENTORY • FINANCING HELP *• CONVENIENT.LOCATION • PERSONALIZED ATTENTION • AFTER SALE FOLLOW-THRU • TRUCK "KNOW-HOW" • EXPERIENCED ' PERSONNEL • WE APPRECIATE YOUR BUSINESS AND WE'LL SHOW IT ~ ^t^L^fMjt^i We Operate Qur Own FORD FULLY-EQUIPPED AIRPLANE !*. Max Miller 200 W. HIGHAM ST. JOHNS PHONE 224-2285 OVID ' 8664 KINLEY RD. PH. 834-5191 PAGE 6 CLINTON COUNTY NEWS, ST. JOHNS, MICHIGAN APRIL 9,1975 FARM REVIEW TRAGJ0RS 35 to 70 hi), JOHN DEERE INTRODUCES FOUR NEW TRACTORS THAT GIVE YOJJ MORE TRACTOR FOR YOUR M0N|Y 'V •'••'if.-., v •' a iV «T i${88©s! SEE THE JOHN DEERE IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR NEW OR TRACTORS USED FARM EQUIPMENT VISIT US FOR THE BEST PRICE BRANT HARDWARE & IMPL CO. JOHN DEERE AGRICULTURAL EQUIP. CHECK OUR DEAL BRANT, MICH. 10930 S. HEMLOCK RD. PH. 585-2221 FAftM REVIEW APRIL 0,1976 CLINTON COUNTY MEWS, ST, JOHNS, MICHIGAN PAGE 7 Watch for green Clinton County grain population increases. The leaf Temperatures of 40 to 50 producers should check fields will die, turning brown from degreesF. or'-less* reduces periodically, this summer for outer edges toward the center. greenbug reproduction activity. possible greenbugs (S. Some are killed by an overnight graminum). The greenbug is light green, temperature of zero degrees F, about 1/lG linen long. Usually so it is not believed they are these aphids have a dark green able to overwinter in Michigan. "The greenbug is considered stripe, down the back, the most destructive aphid that prominentat maturity. The legs infests small grains," says Dr are greenexceptfor the tips or. However,- greenbugs can be' James Webster, Michigan State "feet," which are black. blown or fly great distances to University entomologist,•• establish new colonies. It is •USDArARS; Tube-like protrusions (called believed those greenbugs found; cornicles) on the rear of the •i*** - •••• -•-". -.-••.•f. \ 5 •: .'•.*•, in .-Michigan last summer: abdomen are black at the tips. arrayed on a storm fronts The pfesj ranges from the Greenbugs may be winged or •VYV-'.-> Texas Panhandle into Canada Winged forms are more!; wingless, with both forms in the numerous during droughty,;' and westward-to California. It same colony* r has not been know to Michigan windjrperiods; sorghum crops until last Greenbugs reproduce at '• Forty years ago a group.of farmers organized summer when it was discovered temperatures from 55 to 95 MSU entomologists are doing in Kalamazoo County. this Production Credit Association. And today degrees; F with optimum: a study to determine potential PCA isstilLowned by farmers..: riin for farmers. development and reproduction 'threat to Michigan grain crops , s Farming has changed a lot in 40 years. And -Wheat, oats,.-'barley* and rye ; occurring from about-75 to 90. by the greenbug. Farmers POAs have helped make some of those changes, are preferred hosts of the; degrees' F.. Under, these con-, finding them should send them possible, by making credit available in adequate greenbug. Since 1968 it has been' 'ditiohs, newly-born greenbugs : to MSU by-way of their local amounts and on terms suited especially active on sorghum. (born alive) begin reproduction -county extension agent. If the to farmers. ,.,...- Damage often; occurs.,;in. a* in aboutseyenCdays. One female^ pest is a threat,, early control So when ^you,need ^fi localized spot 'but destruction can produce 80 offspring during plans will have to be developed nancial help,'see the pep-' can be widespread. Under a.25-day period!:Vr ; - :i --1' to curb crop damage.; . pie who have been proper conditions, populations • helping farmers; for over can build and spread rapidly. 40 years. You'll find us , • ,;-MAY WfclN^ITE YOU,''-•" at PCA. . .-. v , The,greenbug sucks plant ; juices," injecting toxin as it TO OUR STORE? feeds.- Small grains infested - ",'&. ?PAFtLES£; BRACEY ^ with greenbugs first turn yellow We carry only brand name shoes like Herman :"-. *•''. •••"'; ^'Manager . ' -"•-". . * then orange. As infestations and Santa Rosa Farm Shoes, Foot-so Port increase, plants die and Goodrich Rubbers arid Ked's Tennis and 1104 SO. US-27 ST. JOHNS Ph. 224-3662 greenbugs move to uninvested plants. many other supplies. ORTHOPEDIC WORK AND SHOE REPAIR; Greenbug infestations in sorghum are detected* by DONE IN OUR OWN SHOP ... PREVENTFARM reddish spots.on the underside : • JOE VAN ROOYEN of leaves; The reddened leaf Shoestore and Repair Phone 224-6007 area enlarges. as greenbug 319 N.Clinton, Ave. . , .' • •. • J. St, Johns ACCIDENTS! Bulk Feed Service •y. .- 1.1 . Custom Spraying (2 Commercial Sprayers) -^ V Fertilizer Spreaders Fertilizer, Seed & Chemicals 'Serving All Y&Ui* .'<8 -" Parm iNeed&M^ Wh«re \bur Farm Comes First lj^» ^^L 1 1 JOHNS CO-OP •Bureau-..T ST-. JOHNS Phone 224-2381 PAGE* CLINTON COUfrrrYNEWSrST JOHNS;MICHIGAN APRIL'S, 1975 FARM REVIEW Twiners protest m Backed by a display of nearly Capitol Building to dramatize $200,000 worth of farm equip the impact of the proposed farm ment, Michigan farmers tax; * mounted an impressive effort at "friendly persuasion" in The machines were hung with Lansing last week, as they tried signs showing their enormous CENTRAL MICHIGAN FARMERS PLAN STRATEGY before attending a special Senate Taxation to save themselves and fellow prices and -the hundreds of Committee hearing ona bill to place a sales tax on farm implements. They're shown above, gathered by farmers from a $15 million sales dollars apiece the sales tax a planter owned by Karl and Jeni Forrel of Charlotte [replacement value ¥13,000] which would have a tax on their farm machinery. - proposal would add to farmers' tax of $520 if sold under provisions of the biH. That's Mrs Forrel on the left. Others we were able to , Farmers turned out in force costs. The display was reviewed identify were Al McCollough of Eaton County [2nd from left], Sen pick Allen [4th from left], LaMar to testify against the proposed by key legislators, government From of Ingham County [far right], and Jon Forrel of Eaton County [partly hidden behind From]. 4% tax at a public hearing of the officials and legislative aides. These were some of the farmers among more than 400 who came from various parts of the state to speak Senate Taxation Committee. out against the sales tax proposal. Central Michigan Senator Allen, who Is leading opposition to the tax And Central Michigan farmers, Prom the display of equips starting early in the morning, merit it was shown that Karl and in the Legislature, said he thought the farmers had made an excellent impression on the Taxation Jeni Forrel of Eaton County Committee, and said their Involvement would be the single most important factor in stopping the brought a variety of major implements to the front of the would have to fork over $520 in proposed farm tax. ' • new taxes to replace their planter (replacement value: $13,000). Joe. Harag ofJngha m County would need £720 just to cover the taxes for a new EPOC 5 WILL PRESERVE tractor like his present one (replacement value: $18,000). No lead Pigments And to replace the $40,000 AND INSURE ENSILAGE tractor-plow operating' on the Harrington Farm in Eaton County would take $1,600 in THE ULTIMATE IN taxes. And the Diehl family of AGAINST SPOILAGE. Ingham County would be hit with a $1,760 tax bill for buying a $44,000 combine like the one WATERPROOF COATING ROTTING AND they now operate. These are just some of the EXCESSIVE examples among the im plements displayed by the farmers at the Capitol. In fact, FERMENTATION the taxes on all ten implements exhibited to legislators would total almost $7,500 if they were EPOC 5 contains, epoxies sold under provisions of the farm equipment sales' tax bill. Since farmers have«to borrow whieh are repellent to the to finance most* equipment purchases, the addition of several hundred to over one thousand dollars to the pur effects of acids, water, oxygen, chase price would bite extra deep. In paying off their loans, farmers would be paying heavy nitrogen and alkalies interest not only on the equipment, but on the taxes as EPOC 5 well. CLEAR- WHITE - COLORS HUNDREDS ATTAX BILL HEARING Here's the Coating you can depend on to pre serve and protect alt your property in any type Leading off testimony at the hearing was State Senator Dick of weather. Rain, wind, dirt, heat and light Allen, whose Central Michigan rays have no effect on a EPOCS surface. As district includes farmers in nine you protect you beautify, .with a whole range counties. Allen has been leading opposition to the farm sales tax of colors all in the purest shades. in the Legislature. He aided farmers in their equipment HOUSE display by obtaining permission FACTORY from Lansing officials and TEST SILO securing police escorts for IT BARM movement of the machinery rKtt! YOURSELF ™£ through the Capital City. Allen said involvement by individual farmers would be the single most important factor in FOR A FREE SAMPLE FOUNDATION stopping the proposed farm tax. He especially praised the powerful presentation by Central Michigan farmers, saying their testimony and display 'of farm equipment seemed to have a substantial effect on the moo'd of the committee" and on their KARBER BLOCK CO. ultimate decision. ( ;,'.'"-V- "': >?I .-* '' :.-'' -'-• ~.v " '*$'•< Troclors Equipment v .WSfe&eve (fat t97S &$t 6e owi 6e4t yea* fcctate. ,. {^uwe & Let Morton Ford Tractor, Inc. BE YOUR HEADQUARTERS FOR Farm, Industrial, Commercial, COMPLETE LEASE = RENTAL - PARTS, Lawn & Garden Equipment SERVICE RENTAL PURCHASE AND CONVENIENTLY LOCATED AT 5122 N. GRAND SALES ,RIVER IN LANSING (At the corner of Wayerly PLANS AVAILABLE ON FACILITIES and Grand River) [COMPLETE INVENTORY — Near Capital City Airport — We Are A "Full Line" Dealer For The Following Equipment: Ford Plow* f=ord Dra9s» Ford Disc' Ford Blowers Ford Scoops' Roseman Mowers P ° J,. Ford Mowers Ford ForagB Harvesters Ford Post Hole Diggers Ford Tractor-Loader Backhoe Rigs Cober Spreaders hord Chisel Plows Ford Mower conditioners Ford Corn Pickers Cober Spreaders Tigarline Trailers Ford F.eld Cultivators Ford Rotary Cutters Ford Compact Loaders F(m] Hgy Rak(js FQrd Load(jrs Warner Sawasey Forklifts Ford Chain Saws Ford Culfcvators *F0rd Hay. Balers Ford Scraper Blades Ford Corn Planters Heward_. „__.;__Rotavator_s Schuster Ford Landscape Equipment Goosonnck Trailers PHONE "THE FRIENDLY PEOPLE" AT {517) 485-4355 Tractors MORTON FORD Equipment TRACTOR. INC. PAGE 10 CLINTON COUNTY NEWS, ST. JOHNS, MICHIGAN APRIL 9,1975 FARM REVIEW in crops - v ~ :,-•'•-. In some fields, .soil com^ i^u^rops;^;-:-^^^/,.., pected, •:.--.. ^phosphorus deficiency. On soils volume o£ the soil;; 'that is if;, paction symptoms may: be .. Obvious tell-tale symptoms of Water saturated soil excludes ^^yfth" bad structure, this color fertility^;; ^conditions•'•; = : ate readily seen in^ crops; but in '.. $o\\ compaction include: needed oxygen from -the may also be a symptom of root adequate^'and if disease and others, the, >'rObtem; may >be \p-^. sidW plant;emergence," seedling arid it suffocates.^-developmentproblems, . v : > insects LVare; not present '. , masked. ••.' ", •• ' resulting in shorter plants. it„j„Under- , thes«i,AneA soil^*:i , conditions™j!i!».B*, - ''Off-Colored leaves .may also Qther J soil /.compaction When symptoms "of bad soil „ - Off-colored1 leaves t both'seedlings and. the mature ^xist when oxygen is, curtailed guidelines include: ••> "• r structure are.vislsble, yields f, £ -. Malformed iotrts^ V plants, are susceptible to attacks -from the plant due to wet soil -* bo lVthe rootlets grow are usually, reduced; say by disease causing organisms. conditions. Nitrogen deficiency. through' the small aggregates Michigan State University, soil , Slow Emergence ' , Black root rot in sugar beets . symptoms are frequently seen; (good) op do they grow around science.. . specialists- L.S-. Let's * examine these" three *•an d Phyfophora root 'rot in-^*vhen the- soil becomes thepitbad)? Robertson, A.E. Erickson and characteristics a little more alfalfa are good examples. Root saturated with water, . even - Do the roots develop in a D.K. Christensoii. . - s «-!*'• closely; Retarded 'growth ft£te ; rots on beans have-Jong been: . j though high rates of.- nitrogen downward diagonal direction Under adequate moisture and ". can.^be a soil" compaction associated with' bad. soil' ' fertilizer have been' used. ' (good) or is there considerable high fertilization conditions, problem, but don't overlook the' .*- Denitrification, the loss of . lateral movement: Bag or Bulk Anhydrous <*<*» Ammonia 0° »o\deo:..o©<*&ev ° Seed so ^£&££ Farm S\V Chemicals Grain **> MARTEN'S PRICE RD. TO FOREST HILL RD., Tractors THEN ~VA Ml LES SOUTH \ PHONE 834-5111 ROUTE 4-FORESTHILL RD. ST. JOHNS PHONE 626-6642 APRIL 9,1975 CLINTON COUNTY NEWS, ST. JOHNS^ MICHIGAN PAGE 11 FARM REVIEW * Safes fhatte r re€ords*»inc6ihes different istdry Farm sales-but not incomes t, shattered records in 1^74. - '? Farmers earned an unprecedented 9941^ billion from, sales in ' 1974, plus some $0.G billion in Government payments. This drove gross farm returns an estimated $5 billion over 1973's record.. 3 : - ^•t-vHere^s^e-Wckeri-..;:.;. ••«?r',—-' -v,--^ '.?'<;v.vr •' ^.:. .-'i: .'. •.'"•"' --•. • ;; The additional receipts weren't enough to offset spirallng farm,. •' 'production costs. These boomed to an alltime high of 475 billion, •'- - trimming aboii^^ - farmers injl0^, j,, i:$.'ii*ttf. •,.'••'fa M &•'.'•%-&• :^ v;-«V> V^'r*''^- '•••': '", : The gross .income pjsfjir^was divided^h'arplyrtHe.tvyejen^be crop ^ and livestock Rectors.:Crop receipts ijumpedroughlyjs billion over the 1973 records But livestock .prices fell a tenth, and.receipts slumped about ?2 bi|lionf despite larger marketings. .':'-- As for net incomesi Hvestbckmen probably absorbed more of the -. decline-than crop producers, dufe to soaring feed costs and sagging , slaughter cattle prices, . ! ^ .^ , . - . Biit cattle-finishers did. get one break. Feeder cattle .prices declined in 1974, unlike costs pCmost other inputs.;". "' »••••• • • • •'•'•• •••'••••• •••••• • t "• % : SONOAD NEWS „ J: :^MsM ... and some GOOD NEWS Never has one tractor given so much for so-little. So little CASH when you buy it, so little FUEL when etrr use it LIME ... 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JOHNS, MICHIGAN PAGE 13 "THE FOLKS AT NEMANIS" CAN HANDLE THE JOB .. • • • NO MATTER HOW LARGE OR SMALL, DAY OR NITE (Left to Right), Porter Martin, John Kusnier, Bill Nemanis, Joe Mason, and Paul Nemanis* ' v by Licensed Electricians ^ OVID, 201 NORTH MAIN ST. PHONE 834-2200 PAGE14 CUNTpN COUNTY NEWSr§T.J0y(S!S,IVl1tC^IGAN APRIL>9,.197_5 FARM REVIEW Alfalfa will imprdve soil— — w. t n *A good crop of alfalfa will to 12 months before seeding] Jo Only wilt resistant varieties • Fertilize according to soil 2. The alfalfa is top dressed surely improve your* soil. The bring the soil pH .to 6.8 or above, are recommended and they ' test. . Five tons of alfalfa - annually. <~ " deep growing roots improve soil L^ime is slow t acting and should be winter hardy or generally requires about 400 to 3. The alfalfa is wilt resistant. structure and aid water in requires time to- correction moderately winter hardy. 500 pounds, of 5-20-20 When 4. As long as the alfalfa starts filtration of' the soil, while the acidity, Low pH is the main For short-term stands seeded with oats or 0-26-26 when to bloom in each cutting (1st, nitrogen fixing ability of the reason alfalfa yields are low. Saranac, 520, Weevlchek, seeded without oats. 2nd, 3rd) it will have stored legume increases the fertility of Com may grow on a soil of pH of Iroguis, ATRA 55 and Thor are - Press wheels or a cultipacker enough food in the roots so it the soil. 5.5, but alfalfa will not do well. equally good. towed behind the band-seeder can be cut in the fall without Last winter a Jot. of alfalfa In rotation soil should be drill will improve stands an reducing stand or hurting was winter killed and as you sweetened for alfalfa. This will For long-term stands, five average of 10 percent in the next year's yield, recall 80$ of the winter killing improve the yield of the sub years or more. Vernal, WL202, spring and 50 to 100 percent in» occurred on April 18,1973. The sequent corn crop. 525, Progress, WL215, Super- the summer. Press wheels are PREVENTING WINTER KILL temperature went down to 24° stand and Titan. more effective than a — Seed winter hardy wilt F. and stayed there for twenty- * GOOD SEEDBED - Minimum cultipacker, especially in the resistant varieties, seed on well- four hours, The alfalfa killed tillage in the spring - usually BAND SEED ABOVE FER summer but both achieve drained soils, fertilize annually was mainly on areas where plowing and one tillage TILIZER - Plant in early April coverage and soil compaction with phosphorus and potash, for best moisture conditions or around the seed. especially potash, and correct there was a lot of water held in operation before seeding - is late July or early August for the pH to 6.8. the soil and/or areas'that were adequate. In summer, a firmer summer seeding. not fertilized the previous year. seedbed is required to prevent 1t RATE OF SEEDING - Ten Fertilizing- < your alfalfa, drying. . .. . " - ^ Band seeding insures shallow pounds per acre ~ for excellent HERBICIDES - With clear especially with potash,'will planting - Vi to % inch. The_ seedbeds; band seeding with seeded alfalfa (alfalfa seeded reduce winter killing. INOCULATION -- Jnoculate alfalfa seed is placed on top of press wheels or cultipacker alone in •the spring) Eptam Here are a few ideas how to seed by hand before planting to the ground in a band above a after seeding. Twelve pounds works well.* You can control get and keep a good stand. be sure the plant acts as a band of fertilizer placed 1 to Vh per acre - for moderately good annual weeds with 2 quarts of nitrogen factory or buy pre- inches deep. This gives- more seedbeds; seeding !• technique Eptam worked - in (in WELL DRAINED SOIL -- inoculated seed. Cost is vigorous and much more not ideal. ' • corporated) -to the soil im uniform stands than broadcast Oat competition -- Oat mediately after application. If Alfalfa ground should be well nominal. broadleaved weed problems .drained - tolling or tiled - if- seedings since all seedlings are competition in spring seedings ^adequately fertilized with can be reduced by removing the develop after using Eptam then high yields are desired. Alfalfa ADAPTED SEED - Use Butyrac~U8 can be used at a does not thrive on wet soils. recommended varieties, 'phosphorous, which stimulates oats early as silage, preferably preferably certified, to insure root growth and potassium in the boot stage. - ,, rate of 3 pints per acre. SOIL TEST -- Mainly to •genetic quality, high ger- (potash), which results in top On alfalfa seeded with oats determine the pH. ApjplyJime-6 minatidn and purity. growth and winter harness. SEEDING WITH WHEAT - Butyrac 118 t%#) or Premerge )\lfalfa should not £e seeded in (%#) or.MCPA (3/8#) can be X l JO wheatin spring .or*fall because us"ed to- ^-control' annual M-1 'i'* : Jl> Of poor stands. Plowing the broadlea ves, They must be used WJieat*1 stubble under and when the grain is fujly tillered i making a summer seeding in but before-the boot'stage. , WTEMUITKHUU. HARVESTIR early August gives as good or better stands than . spring For established stands of seeded alfalfa. _ -. * alfalfa MCEJA (%#> or Princep (V&if) can be used to control FALL . MANAGEMENT --' yellow rocket and broadleaved -Summer seedings must not be winter annuals. They must be grazed, clipped or disturbed applied after^a killing frost during the fall of the seeding when the alfalfa is dormant. year,. They need adequate time for root and top growth for food storage, PREVENT - Alfalfa stands .(except summer seedings) can be cut in September or October if: •1. The alfalfa is moderately CBDtL winter hardy (French types) EROSION Today's truly different farm power or winter hardy (vernal). O SCW. INC. 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JOHNS, MICHIGAN PAGE, 15 Dollar value of manure rising Michigan fanners may be type of .livestock, the1 feeding Manure containing bedding, will be more valuable than pounds residue from the first * able to offset high fertilizer program and storage method. such as straw or corn cobs, will stockpiled manure. year-application). costs by wise use of livestock "Moisturp and temperature are normally have a Higher nutrient Not all manure nutrients are The third year and sub manure, > probably the most critical level than fresh manure without available for plant utilization sequent years provide about 72 The va Iue of livestock manure environmental factors affecting bedding. This is because the the first year after spreading, pounds of nitrogen to the crop is difficult to determine, but its the nutrient compsition of bedding absorbs urine, but they will be in subsequent (50 percent /each year after, worth rises with the increased manure," Vitosh says. preventing large losses of years. application plus the 15 percent costs of commercial fertilizers, Michigan studies have shown nitrogen by volatilization. About 50 percent of the and remaining residue levels says-MX. Vitosh, Michigan that the nitrogen content of Some nitrogen in open lots is nitrogen and phosphorus in from previous years.). State University Cooperative' manure from unsheltered or also lost by run-off, deep'per- manure is available the first MSU studies shwo that 10 tons Extension specialist. open feedlots is about half that colation and denitrification year. The next year about 30 of manure applied annually in Nutrient., level of manure of sheltered or toally confined (gaseous loss of nitrogen). Run percent of the remaining the fall on sandy, loam soil has varies widely depending on the livestock systems. off and deep percolation losses amount is utilized and the final consistently given grain yields can pollute surface and sub 20 ^percent the third year. equal to treatments which have • surface waters, so it's inV However, when' consistent reqejivcd2Q^39,tpns,of manure MR. FARMER: . porfant to trap as much of the pearly"1 mmure^appli&tiqti; is • foi;'160"-pounds,pf commercial nutrients as possible. " •made, residue factors should be ,niu*p'gen fertilizer;' i. •- 'laken into account, : *^ '^ ''>*" Stockpiling^ manure, storing For^maximum silage yields, "Our Message T For example/ withj$ tons of"* however,. 20 tons of, ma mire was for long time periods, have •manure" applied "annually several ' advantages over 'shown to he'slightlybetterthan containing 100 pounds ' of 10 tons... To You..." spreading fresh manure: stock nitrogen; in the first year, only piled manure is drier, having The availability of potassium^ 50 pounds of nitrogen will be in manure is quite different. It undergone partial composting, available to the crop. But the Insure the Life of YourMdvirig therefore spreads more evenly; is readily released^from the second year there will be 65 v manure and -is considered 100 and weed seeds are destroyed pounds available (50 plus 15* Equipment with Quality . by the natural heating and percent available the first year. bacterial action within the ENGINE OILS stockpile. 'L. Proper application important Fresh manure has a high EAST LANSING, MICH - If manure is plentiful, its AND moisture content which means Farmers may be able to offset nitrogen content* is usually the X fewer plant nutrients are. high -fertilizer costs with limiting factor. If the nitrogen LUBRICANTS contained per pound. Large manure applications, but wise requirement for corn is 120 amounts of ammonia can be lost management is required. pounds of nitrogen per acre and by Volatilization if fresh manure The best guideline is to supply each ton of manure contains 10 — We Deliver to Your Door — is not immediately worked into only enough manure to meet the pounds of nitrogen, the the soil. . , nutrient requirements jbf the requirement will be 12 tons of Use the finest ,....' Liquid manure. retains. crop, says' MX. Vitosh,- manure per acre. greater nutrient levels if Michigan State 'University But because only 50 percent of worked into the ground irn- Cooperative Extension the nitrogen is available the FUEL OIL —GASOLINE mediately after spreading and specialist. (Continued on page 21) and DIESEL FUEL We look forward to serving your spring farming needs; Just call us. Ovid Oil Co. - 108 N. Mill OVID 834-2828 MARTIN / 'i AGGREGATES, INC. NORTH GILS0IM ROAD, ST JOHNS GOOD FARM MACHINERY READY-MIX CONCRETE 4 Pays You Dividends! ^ PH0NE.2242621 . See Us For Your Tarming Needs HARDWARE AND PLUMBING SUPPLIES MASSEY-FfRdbsoKl' ~^NEV/ IDEA ^QUJPMENT 108 E. Railroad ST/JOHNS Ph. 224-3062 KV PAGE t6 CUNTONCOUNTY NEWS,ST. JOHNS/MipHlGAN APRIL9,1975 - FARM REVIEW Purple people pleasers—or how to get rid of stink EAST LANSING, MICH • -• obnoxious Odors from swine common; but ' wfiat two Specialists Ted Loudon and purple. It has been/ working Call them purple people manure lagoons. • .Michigan State University John Gerrish have successfully • adequately since* We believe pleasers if you like - they're an The organisms, called purple , agricultural engineers have cultured and introduced' the this3is the farthest' horth the . organism that helps remove sulfur bacteria, are not unT done with, them.is. bacteria in one of two, 25Q,000 purple sulfur bacteria have gallon MSU swine 'manure been successfully grown" in research lagoons. The bacteria Michigan," Louden related*. ,'• -have virtually removed the "From the results of our work odor,. here,; we. have become con While bacteria viill grow vinced the bacteria can be used naturally in swine1 waste for good odor control; It, lagoons throughout the western ^amounts to pretty cheap Avoid the "spring rush'%*.. plains and southern states, the technology .when compared Loudon-Gerrish project is the with other types of waste.odor first time, the-bacteria have' control measures/' Gerrish SCHEDULE YOUR TRACTOR been-laboratory cultured as a says. ' - •. ( means of biological control. ; „ "Another "good control is Swine waste lagoons have aeration of the lagoon content YOUR large quantities of hydrogen But this requires a constant use ?(. -sulfide (which smells like rotten of electrical enger.y. where eggs). The bacteria—convert purple sulfur bacteria^reaction FARM EQUIPMENT DEALER hydrogen sulfide to elemental requires solar energy," Gerrish ;*<:•>•&- sulfer, which has little odor. adds.. When the bacteria growth The next step is to determine becomes' adequate' to, curtail how far north-the bacteria can . this odor, the water, turns bright be grown. Outside the MSU site, ty GET YOUR SEED NOW TEWELES BRAND ALFALFAS ARRANGE FOR THE MONEY YOU Certified Vernal NEED WITH A LOW COST CLOVER FARM LOAN. . . FROM US! Mammoth Sweet Clover Alsike Clover Ladino Certified June Mixtures Pasture, Plow Down tfc-M.ii ag^frfc CENTRAL GRASS Timothy Brome ' -**- NATIONAL All Seeds Are State Tested >y ^^H Mixing and Inoculating Service Mr BANK OF ST. JOHNS MATHEWS Elevator Go. "WE'RETHE FRIENDLY FOLKS YOU CAN BANK ON' B*C r Servjng the Clinton Area from ^Convenient Locations FOWLER PHONE 593-2111 SOUTHGATEPLA£A PAGE 18 CLINTON COUNTY NEWS.ST. 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Homeowners will plant more order seed catalogues. vegetable gardens in 1975 than Homeowners should note new any prior year - over 80 million vegetable varieties released - more than twice the number each year which may have of victory gardens planted better yield and/or higher during World War II. quality than older or standard Seed supplies seem adequate varieties. for the time but gardeners However, excellent older should order early and then only varieties should not be vegetable types which will discarded just because new grown well in their area, says ones are available. Test a few Drs Robert C. Herner and J. new varieties each year to see Lee Taylor, Michigan State how they c.ompare before University horticulture discarding proven types. specialists. New hybrids may show im Buy only seed amounts you proved vigor with higher yields intend planting to prevent and may be more .disease possible early shortages. Select resistant than some of the older varieties which mature during types. All-American varieties your area's growing season. are selected each year based on Michigan's Upper Peninsula tests throughout the country. has from about 60 to 120 frost Disease resistant or tolerant free days. The average in varieties should be grown southern lower Michigan is 150 where possible. to 170 frost free days. Additional information may Don't try to raise buttercup be obtained from Extension squash which has a 100 day Bulletin E-529 "Home maturity in some areas of the Vegetable Garden" (25d) and Upper Peninsula. The better from E-760(a) t?Home choice would be a small bush Vegetable Garden Variety type Acorn squash which has an Recommendations" (free). approximate 80 day maturity. The latter lists mail order Days to maturity are usually seed companies and recom New John Deere Sound-Idea Tractors printed on the side of the seed mended varieties for 1975. packet. Details for variety Included are disease and Deliver Sweeping Advances In performance, recom tolerance indications, days to mendations for home freezing, maturity for each seed variety disease resistant varieties and and a map of frost free days of Performance and Human Engineering new hybrids are found in mail Michigan. YOUR 4-County HETTLER "BARGAIN COUNTER" MOTOR SALES NEW & USED EQUIPMENT CHRYSLER Serving Tlymoutfi Gratiot-Montcalm-lonia- 813 E. STATE ST. ST. JOHNS Clinton-Counties HAS A GOOD SELECTION OF TRACTORS HAY TOOLS SPRAYERS J.D. G w/wide front power steering J.D. 38 CHOPPER CEN.200q TRAILER 1974 FACTORY OFFICIAL CARS J.D. 4630 DES I.H.C. 46 BALER J.D. 150q3pt. J.D. 1530 w/loadar w/ejector HANSON 150q3pt. ALUS CHALMERS WC N.I. HAY CONDITIONER CEN. 200 g 3 ft. ALWAYS IN STOCK I.H. SUPER C 600 GEHL CHOPPER I.H.C. 1256 DES J.D. 14T BALER GRINDERS FORD 861 DES N.I. MOUNTED MOWER 2 - J.D. 60 N.I. 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BLADES FIELD READY DOBUSINESS'WrFH^: i CARSON CITY FARM SERVICE A DEALER WHQiir -;/ \ VALUES miMUSINESS; JOHN DEERE SALES AND SERVICE WENDELL AUSTIN, MGR; •CARSON CITY PHONE 584-3550 FARM REVIEW 1974 -a lookAPRIL9,1975 CLINTO N COUNTY NEWS/ST. JOHNS, MICHIGAN PAGE21 , Nineteen seventy four started week of May 16 severely* crops and for about a week, average for soybeans, wheat 4 year, so that farmers received a£ year-of "uncertainty for' compacted the SoiFand caused 7r until warm weather returned, and oats. * significantly less for cull cows farmers, Uncertainty- In the to 10 percent of the corn in the many fields looked very sick. Navy"beans yielded well an'd than the year before. The form of supplies of'fuel, fer county to be replanted. Early , Much-of Michigan to the south shortly after harvest the bottom market for dairy calve? tilizer, equipment and spare planted corn took 14 to 21 days of us .were under droughth dropped out of-the'market and disappeared. conditions during the month of parts. In agriculture timeliness to germinate causing some prices fell .dramatically. The ^ A farmer sent three calves to is exceedingly important. If anxiety * among farmers, The July* Clinton county^ wasn't So yields of hay were less than -badly hit by the dry weather in market and after trucking and fuel, fertilizer, spare parts, etc. early planted corn out yielded normal due to a dry July. selling expenses, he owed are not available when needed, the later planted even though it July, although bay crops suf fered and yields were down due , eighty cents to have his calves at planting time fpr instance, i™ took longer than the usual 7 to 10 The dairy farmer started out sold. part or all JoP a crop could be days to germinate. tq the dry weather. the year with a high price for his lost. *. ,. Nearly all soybeans _ Were"" „ Throughout the remainder of milk, but this faded fast to a Nineteen seventy-four was a Hie weather istTprime factor ^planted OIL time but cold wet the growing season, rainfall memory. Milk prices declined yearjqf low prices for cattle. in agriculture and 1Q74 weather weather delayed planting of was adequate and we received ..through the year to the farmer Beef feeders lost money on, the was, very unkind to* some. The navy beans. an average rainfall for the . and steeply increased cost cattle^ they fed out and spring was cold and wet Which The cold wet weather shortly growing season. Crop yields pushed many dairymen into a dairymen also received the low delayed some "corn planting. after school was out caused were slightly below average for no-profit situation. The price of ' cattle prices for their cull cattle The heavy rains' during the severe stress on the emerging corn, and' slightly above dairy cows dropped during the and calves. < Application ^ (Continued from page'15) that there is up to a 60 percent' * application. Spring manure applications loss of nitrogen in fresh spread better nutrient utilization than „ The best^ time to apply may be effectively used if first year/ 24 tons of manure manure if it is not,worked into the unpaved lot. But regardless of the storage and distribution manure is during the fall when disced or plowed, tinder shortly should be applied the first^year the soil within four- days. it can be worked into the soil after application. Care should methods,-the'application rate v 1 unless previous applications of Similar California studies show be taken to avoid soil com- ' manure have been used. In that will have to match the crop Applications on frozen and snow that about 40 percent of the total requirement. It is important for covered ground should be at paction from heavy~spreading case 16 tons annually would be ; nitrogen in-fresh manure can be equipment on water saturated needed. the crop to utilize all the reduced rates and only on level, lost by ammonia volatilization nitrogen available from the not rolling or sloping land. soils. An alternative would be to in the' feedlot. Another 10 per supply enough manure to meet cent can be-lost after hauling it' the phosphorus and potassium not^ immediately incorporated 'requirements then supplement into the soil. CONSERVING YOUR SOIL with commercial nitrogen Knifing liquid manure into the * fertilizer. This method is soil is more expensive due to probably the most economical power and equipment because most farmers-over- requirements but may be the- CONSERVES YOUR MONEY supply phosphorus and best method where, odor and potassium on those fields Ithat residential areas are con are manured. A soil test will be cerned. needed to obtain the correct balance. . Stockpiling manure that contains bedding content is The most efficient method, of preferable - to immediate manure utilization, immediate spreading of fresh'manure not' soil incorporation after .ex containing bedding content. cretion, "tends' to be the most Feedlots sheltered from snow expensive. Liquid manure and rain greatly decrease s knifed or disced into the soil is leaching and run-off losses. 'probably the best method for .Payed lots-with run-off catch minimum nutrient loss. basins and- subsequent Wisconsin tests have shown irrigation procedures result in You paid for your land when you purchased it. You pay for it again every time you pay taxes. , " .— it — Make all your land pay for itself and more by keeping it in good condition for profitable pro- \ duction. Soil erosion and depletion creep up slowly and often go unnoticed ' until suddenly ^tw-A *J^L^J2S*WI^. your profits are down. 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Lansing St. Johns PL 224-277? 208 W. Railroad St., St. Johns - Phone 224-3234 Ashley - Phone 487-3571 PAGE 22 CLINTON COUNTY NEWS,"ST. JOHNS. MICHIGAN APRIL 9,1975 FARM REVIEW > Protest tax (Continued from page 8) exhibit shows that fanners have Among the arguments tremendods capital investment presented at the hearing were and borrowing costs in relation' statements that agricultural to the return they can realize costs had jumped 75% since from their production. 1972, and that the efforts of Especially since they have a Michigan farmers had brought negligible impact on market $1.5 billion into the Michigan place prices. economy last year (most of it going to people other than the farmers). Farmers^ testified that they are willing to pay their share of taxes; that they're not looking for a free ride. But they.are opposing a new, special tax"bn agriculture. And they said their cA'T&rmer's Creed I believe a man's greatest posses sion is his dignity and 'that no calling bestows this more abun dantly than farming. . I believe ,-hard work and honest sweat are the building blocks of a person's character. I believe that farming, despite its Examine reasons hardships and disappointments, is the* most honest and honor Central Michigan farmers organized a display or nearly f 200,000 worth of machinery as part of their able way a man can spend his effort to persuade legislators not to slap a sales tax on their equipment purchases. The purpose ofithe days on this earth. display was to dramatize the enormous impact the proposed tax would have on Michigan agriculture. For instance, the tractor-plow in the foreground [from Harrington's farm in Eaton County] has a I believe farming nurtures the replacement value of $40,000 and, under jthe proposed bill, would have a tax of $1,600 added onto the cost. close family ties that make life — Even though farmers are very upset over the tax plan, which would affect them alone, they were careful rich in ways money can't buy. " to present their case in a constructive and informative manner. They had Central Michigan Senator Dick Allen obtain special permission from Lansing officials to bring their machines through the city and I believe my children are learning exhibit them, and arrange a police escort through the Capital City \o minimize'traffic congestion. * values that will last a lifetime and can be learned in no other way. 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Zero Start PEWAMO PHONE 593-3363, * ~*3t - FAfifoiREVteW ' APRrL9;ftr?5 CLINTON"COUNTY NEWS,ST, JOHNS,MICHIGAN PAGE23 Eliminate careless milk procedures You can lose a lot of money noting any abnormal ap passing the infection from cow * Check inflations for stretch- -Keep air hole in claw through careless milking pearances in the milk. __ to cow. ., ing.or cracks. Some liners will ..working freely., - , procedures on your dairy farm, 3. Put milkers on in about one 9. Make a note, of cows that wear out faster than others. A -Keep claw air hoses clean Frank Stuer, herdsman for 38 and within three minutes after you suspect have a possible -good rule is to replace inflations and check them for cracking. years at. Michigan State propping the cqw. • infection and watch them" *after 800 to 1,000 individual cow -Wash vacuum line with lye • University Experiment Station, 4. Watch machines during closely at the next milking. milkings. Using three units on a solution at least monthly and if Chatham, Michigan, suggested milking. Take teat "cups off 50-cow herd „ would mean milk or dirt gets in the line, that by using proper techniques when milk flow stops but be 10. Be in a good mood at replacing liners once a month. wash that day. Use seven you can be assured of getting all sure to check that each quarter milking time. Your groucbiness Other practices to follow ounces of lye dissolved in two the milk the cow is capable of is completely milked out; could upset the cows and cut include: gallons of water and start producing and at the same time machine strip those that are not down on milk flow. , •-Check pulsators for dirt and flushing the stall cock nearest help prevent mastitis. before removing units. wear at least once a month. the trap. When done, rinse the 5. Don't overmilk; most cows' "Treat cows that you -Keep vacuum controllers line with two gallons, of hot "Sure, antibiotics can cure will milk out in three to four definitely know have an in water. some mastitis infections but fection. At limes a minor in working free and clean. minutes. Be sure to break the -Keep vacuum hoses from -Wash and sanitize milking prevention through proper vacuum before detaching the fection can be cleared up by the milking., management and units to- line clean. Clean equipment before each milking, teat cups. •"Proper milking and by milking weekly. using accepted procedures. sanitation is the most profitable * 6. .Dip teats in an approved four or five times a day," Stuer "way to go," says Stuer. He teatdip as soon as possible after says. recommends the following taking the machine off the cow. • It's best to consult with your milking procedures: 7.-If the machine fall off a veterinarian on the antibiotic to - 1. Wash udder and teats with cow during milking and gets use. Be^ure to withhold all the an individual cow towel soaked dirty, wash the teat cups before milk of any cow treated with in sanitizing solution. Massage replacing on the cow. don't worry! antibiotics for the proper time the udder to stimulate milk let 8. Milk cows that have an described. Marking treated WE'LL FIX IT UP LIKE NEW! down. udder infection last,-or sanitize cows in some way will help 2. Strip milk from each teat, the units before using on other people who are milking preferably intd a^-strip cup,: another cow. This'J prevents know which are being treated. Soil compaction * leaner Cars Available * Complete faint Jabs High fertility conditions and of mineral particles in the soil. Other soils with bad structure * Collision and Fiberglass Repaired proper ;mgistur.e( ,-content can How loosely or how firmly the may-reflect ugon.the activities mask a,' $?&'s bad soil struc E ir sand, silt and clay particles are of the .farmer-i.andi upon the . * Open Sat Til Noon ture. This and other articles will located in relation to each Other, moist conditions that examine aspects of soil Com determines the .rate at which sometimes -exist during.field paction and made "some wafer and'air enter* and move operation. suggestions on how io correct it. through soil. This occurs- in those fields Soil management decisions where crops are mudded out in > Ask our customers about us/ and tillage, planting and har This relationship also the^fall and where the soiHs vesting tools alter the structure determines the plant's ability to worked too wet in the spring. of the soil - improving or send roots-throughout the soil TERRY'S BODY SHOP •decreasing the natural volume and how effectively the These indications or symp ' ' PH, 224-4707 productivity. roots can absorb" water, toms of bad soil structure can Compact soils represent one nutrients and oxygen. _ be observed on the plant as well 604 N. WHITTEMORE {N. U.&.27) ST. JOHNS kind of soil structure. Com as the soil. paction results frorn one of or a Bad soil structure refers to combination of: • the adverse conditions* which •• Inadequate drainage. inhibit a plant's normal growth. - Excessive tillage. However, some soils with bad *-- Cropping method.. structure,- those with higher - Farm implement design. amounts. of' clay and lower THE SEASON IS HERE . . . -- Untimely field operations. amounts of humus, may be Structure is the arrangement naturally compact. And WE'RE AT YOUR An urgent message for all you would-be SERVICE wheeler-dealers! ^ When in Grand Ledge, Stop at the Grand Ledge Produce Co. - 701 N. Clinton Street WE ARE ANXIOUS TO DO BUSINESS WITH YOU IN — WHEAT, BEANS, CORN, FEEDS, SEEDS GOAL, FENCE, FERTILIZER, ROOFING, " Get a' Cadet® Riding pull attachments for GARDEN AND LAWN SUPPLIES „ Mower while the sale' sweeping, hauling, ., • lasts! 5 HP Model 55 * grading or seeding are has28"*cut.7HP - available. Run a Long ' •' WE OFFER THE FOLLOWING SERVICES TO YOU — Model 15 has 32" cut/ way on little'fuel. This •CUSTOM GRINDING AND MIXING. Cutting height adjusts is a deal you can't miss.. fron\lV2"to4".Pushor •BULK FEED DELIVERY CLEANING & TREATING th Sals prices start at •GRAIN BANK. GRAIN DRYING & STORAGE 435 OO ;T, 1 'DELIVERY-BULK FERTJLIZER SPK|AD|RS t*' y».f, i • •; ,. — 'BAGGED-BULK FERTILIZERS sower V HARDWARE AND GRAIN ELEVATOR FARM EQUIPMENT ANQ_ SUPPLIES GRAND LEDGE PRODUCE BOTTLED GAS -'PLOMBTNG CHEATING EUREKA HOWE. 224-2953 GRAND LEDGE/MICHIGAN COMPANY etEr.H™e,' eLEy. 224-2635 JPHONE 027^2743 PAGE 24 CLINTON COUNTY NEWS,'ST. JOHNS, MICHIGAN APRIL 9,1975 FARM REVIEW Living with pests Mass hunger and disease still Despite .improved farming practices, including the* ap djseases, and with many can create environmental exists in the world and in some,, places the-outlook is bleak. plication of pesticides and hundreds* of weed species - not problems, but in today's world fertilizers, wotfld food to mention rodents and other it is'dif f icuty to get along without production has barely kept pace vertebrate pests. them. Many pesticides can be a with 'the population growth in hazard to living things other this century and half the world's' The United States still loses than pests, sometimes including GAMBLES population has an inadequate up to one third of its potential' people. This is especially true if diet. crop production to various ' they are not used or disposed of pests. Without modern pest IN ST. JOHNS But for the first time in properly. However, modern control, and that includes techniques of food production history, there is promise, at chemical pesticld.es, this annual least for large numbers' of - and control of disease-carrying loss in the United State would insects require pesticides. Are Celebrating Their people in some parts of the probably double. If that hap world, of enough food and an pened, it's probable that: environment virtually free of The concerned citizen can be pest-transmitted diseases. And Farm costs would increase sure of one thing; all-or-nothing chemical pesticides have considerably (by as much as answers won't work^. At our present stage of technology, helped accomplish this. 40%) ,4 * *. banning all chemical pesticidesj Here in the United States, ' The average consumer family would be disastrous. So^would 50th would spent much more of its consumers spend less of their the opposite - completely "un income for food than any other income on food (34% vs. 15%). controlled use of pesticides. people anywhere. The chief The number1 of people who reason is -more efficient food work on farms ould have to be Few persons' in the scientific Anniversary This Year production. Here, too, chemical irtcreased. " ~ wofld, or government, or pesticides make important' 'agriculture favor such extreme contributions. — Pesticides are usednot,bnly to answers. Instead they suggest 1925-1975 produce more food, but food more effort on: Despite the fears and real „ that ia virtually .free of insects JOIN US IN OUR CELEBRATION problems- they create, -,or damage from insects or (1) Continued development * of pesticides clearly. are diseases. Particularly in the rtew and better methods of FOR MANY OUTSTANDING responsible for part of the United States, pesticides are pest control, including physical well-being enjoyed by often used because of public pesticides. most people in wthe United demand, supported by stringeht BARGAINS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR States. They also contribute • government regulations, for (2) Effective regulations of significantly to the existing un con tarn mated and un pest control, based on Prices start at standard of living in other blemished food. *** \ scientific facts and broadly Chest Freezers nations. based social values. 95 It is not an overstatement to NOW AVAILABLE FOR Pest control of some kind is say that pesticides have contri v There _is another »239 essential because * crops, buted greatly to the high quality requirement, recognition by the IMMEDIATE DELIVERY livestock and people live in a of the food which we enjoy today public of the need to accept potentially hostile environment. and that they have saved count some risks, after carefully Besides competing for out food less lives, especially in tropical balancing them against supply, pests may be disease countries, and that pesticides benefits. This calls for more carriers or nuisances. Man co , have generally contributed to a .understanding by everyone of exists with more than 1,000,000 higher standard of living for both the contributions made by Gambles kinds of insects, many of which man in many countries of the " pesticides and the possible <- ED MANKEY, OWNER are pests, with bacteria and world. problems that accompany their ST. JOHNS fungi that cause 1,500 plant Pesticides, like automobiles, use. f- ._1SA—***• » .v-t, ^4£> rw <-^i^K'W»^l • moved from the udder. A hinged support r VACUUM SHUTS OFF AFTER arm quietly'retracts the unit out of the ONLY DARI-KOOL B0U-MATIC MILK FLOW STOPS operator's way... ready for milking the next cowt - TEAT-CUP DETACHERS I V. •*J> * ( [MILKER UNIT IS GENTLY The electronic sensing device helps GIVE YOU THIS GREAT ; REMOVED FROM THE UDDER prevent over-milking ... a cause of teat and udder irritation. It also helps pre COMBINATION OF FEATURES •:• i ' • - ' vent under-milking ... a condition which .1 . HINGED SUPPORTING ARM ' can lower milk production and cost you Enables one man to milk more cows per * hojr—>anddo abetter job of milking SMOOTHLY AND QUIETLY RE -money. , + Hifiged support-arm reduces milker drop-j FRACTS UNIT OUT OF THE WAY There is no danger qt electric shock frqnume detacher as .alt. controls are oft to a minimum. f solid state, and operate tin low voltage. Helps prevent over-milking and under- After the operator prepares" the udder milking. • • ' and puts on the milker units ... the rest 'in the event of an emergency the milkers 1 is automatic. An electronic sensing d&- may be operated manually. The Detachers wash in-place, along With [vice constantly watches the milk How. The Detachers, along with the entire the balance of the milking system [Thirty seconds after the milk flow drops milking system, are washed in-place. For The milkers may be operated manually in ; below Vi pound per minute the vacuum further information see your nearby Dari- an emergency. t [shuts off. The milker unit Is gently re- Kool Bou>Matic dealer. 'mm^ft, |-j^^i- X Nfc* > tf"**"*" The hinged arm supports the milker uml The milker unit ts shown retracted, and ,j at the desired height throughout milking out of the way, for a lull vieW|Of the udder. U.S. 27 at DILL ROAD DEWITT L SALES PH. 669-3107 N -frt FARM REVIEW .".,."/ APRIL9,1975 CLINTON COUNTY NEWS, ST, JOHNS, MICHIGAN PAGE 25 THE PEOPLE..'. THE FACILITIES ALLIS-CHALMERS440 ALLiS-CHALMEBS 7030 & 7050 THE EQUIPMENT SERVE. YOUR GLEANER/L COMBINE NEEDS GLEANER/F COMBINE i'AdrirJi'.iiiS h'.rt ?U v (•;.-*"r 14 ^;,r^ TRY ' f. ...-.••• ;., .us:'.: YOU'LL LIKE ALLIS-CHALMERS 7040 FORD 9600 LC^W;] Tractors Equipment & ALUS-CHALMERS PH. 875-4588 1095 E. WASHINGTON RD ITHACA c -;A* 5*jtf*J>o»rt» -*Wfv< xSVf- j* i r/>*» '. i/^-l vlS * ; !A«f *» 4lf 2 PAGE 26 CLINTON COUNTY NEWS, ST. JOHNS, MICHIGAN APRIL 9,1975 FARM REVIEW Clear seeded alfalfa: a bright alternative "Clear seeding" of alfalfa superior to any other annual hay in the seeding, year. A yielded an average of 3M> tons tons in three cuttings/ offers a bright alternative for legumes grown for forage. herbicide replaces the com during the seeding, year. Twelve .pounds appear * to livestock farmers who have Three tons during the seeding* panion crop and gives the Saranac alfalfa seeded on May insure greater yields, fewer difficulty getting good seedings year is an attainable goal for necessary'weed control. The 2,1969, yielded 3% tons per acre weeds, and cleaner hay thantif in oats or who have little use for clear-seeded alfalfa cut two or hay crop provides inpome when cut on July 30 and Sept 23. eight pounds per acre were oat straw. three times in the seeding year. during the seeding y ear,. Lasher In 1971 tests.Saranac seeded on used. Eight pounds is the Farmers who want a high The new system calls for_ explains. April 10 yielded 4.4 tons in three "standard" seed rate for alfalfa amount of home-grown protein seeding alfalfa alone in April Three years of Michigan State cuttings - July 9, Aug. 20 and seeded in oats. MSU tests snow' during the establishment year (the earlier the better) and University research shows that Oct. 27. In 1972 tests, Saranac' that yields the year after taking will find clear-seeded alfalfa harvesting three tons of clean spring "clear-seeded" alfalfa seeded on April 27 yielded 3.1 three cuttings of a clear seeding are as good as or better than, , jseedings made in oajts or seeded: alone in summer." vV* Lasher lists nine'guidelines for successful clear seeding of alfalfa:*, 1) Correct the.pH by liming to at least ,6:8.* Soil should be well drained and- of good water- holding, capacity. 2) Seed as early as possible in April on a well-prepared seedbed., 3) Control annual weeds with three pounds EPTC (Eptam) acid equivalent per acre- sprayed ontfthe seedbed and worked into the soil im mediately after application. Or spray % pound 2, 4D-B ester when the seedlings have two or three leaves, usually four to five weeks after seeding. If broad- leaved weed problems develop after using EPTC, 2,J8)& can Auctioneer & Appraiser also be used. JIM SYKORA 4) Inoculate and band seed 12 pounds per acre of a fast- J.D. HELMAN growing wilt-resistant alfalfa Livestock such as Saranac. Saranac Farm outyielded Vernal by a half ton Household FARM" HOUSEHOLD per acre in 1971 trials. Seed ANTIQUE rates of 16 pounds or more per Antiques COMMERCIAL _ acre gave no greater yields. • Appraising ANY TYPE OR SIZE 5) Fertlize according to soil test, and band the fertilizer undei ' he seed for a quick start. OVER 25.YEARS EXPERIENCE Thre lundred pounds of 0-14-42 Auctioneering is my full time profession YEAR AROUND will supply the phosphorus and potassium for a three-ton hay Jim Sykora Auction Service crop. 6) Use press wheels on the Clerks and Auctioneer 8681 S. Osborn Rd. - 2% mi East % mi. South drill or cultipacker behind the Phone Clare 386-2252 of Carson City - R.R. No. 2 or Phone 517-584-3482 drill to compact the soil around -^ the seed and cover it shallowly for fast emergence. 7) Check the second cutting . of alfalfa for leafhoppers in July AUCTIONEER & COMPLETE SALE and August. Spray with an PLACE YOUR appropriate insecticide if most MANAGEMENT stems have one or more Free inventory appraisal before sale AUCTIONS IN THE leafhoppers. Insecticide cost Years of Livestock and per acre is about $1.50 for Farm Machinery Experience material and $2 for application. If your sale is not already planned/ CLINTON 8) Plan for three cuttings for more hay of better quality. call or write Wetzel's Auction Service. Take the first when the alfalfa is Will sell COUNTY NEWS flowering in early to middle Anything, Anywhere, Anytime July, about three months after Never too large or too small, seeding. Make the next two too far or too near cuttings at six-week intervals - We specialize in Livestock Sales It The* Newspaper That Has about Aug 20 and oct 10. Three cuttings in 1971 tests yielded about % ton more than two Served The Farmer And cuttings, DALE WETZEL & SONS 9) For high second yields, Phone 875-3221 Clinton County Since 1856" topdress in the fall or next Route 1 Ithaca, Michigan 48847 spring according to soil test. Preserving AL GALLOWAY WAYNE G. FEIGHNER farmland Auctioneer . " AUCTIONEER (Continued from page 16) THE FINAL session of the program featured a panel FOR COMPLETE . OVER 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE discussion focusing on ways to help keep land in agriculture AUCTION SERVICE LICENSED and BONDED through income supplements. Panel participatans included: Arlow, Boyce, wildlife planning St. Johns, Mich. executive t with the Michigan Ph. 224-4713 or 224-4300 CALL FOR INFORMATION Department of Natural Resources (DNR); Paul Fhnk, regional forest supervisor, • HAVING A SALE? SEE US FOR AN DNR; and John Calkins, MASON PHONE 676-5028 assistant to the director- AUCTION ANYWHERE, ANYTIME, ANYTHING agricultural affairs, Michigan Department of Agriculture. FARM REVIEW APRILS, 1975 CLiNTON COUNTY NEWS,ST. JOHNS, MICHIGAN PAGE 27 Western corn rootworm a vicious enemy 1 Worse than hail, bad #s~_ vrootwbrm beetle emerges from' si tan h^arf, Rowing to about one-"•" Mat & Use" "* •'**"*? "" theseed row. It may be made at drought, unwanted as early. soil late in July and August. It half inch long. .- ., Recommendations for adult , planting or between planting frost, the western corn-root- has yellow wings with blade Larvae feed only on corn,, control include malathion, time and seed germination. worm is going to clout Michigan ' stripes. It is distinguished from tunneling and pruning roots. diazinon; or carbaryl (SevuU, corn producers. - : the striped cucumber beetle by This reduces plant vigor arid and for. larvae ube BOX, Di- Infestation Doubtful? .. "It came but of the west oh a its black- hind legs. The causes lodging, which results in Systoh, Furadan, diazinon, • If you are hot sure you need crust - of chlorinated cucumber beetle is not a pest of large green islands as silage is Dyfonate or prophos (Jolt,- protection: v. hydrocarbon insecticides and is corn.' -•••' ••••: f '• .'• •"•'V cut and huge wadded masses . Mocap). -Treat two or three separate an increasing threat to our Kissing cousins* are' the when grain is Harvested.. ' _ These insecticides .should be swaths of four to eight rows producers. They must be alert .southerncornrootworm (which used ^control the rootworm in wide across the field. Compare to avoid damage-by this pest," "has black legs and black spots) Where to Look . •* * ; ^ infested fields where rotation is .these, for larvae,..lodging and ssiys • Dr Robert Ruppel, »andthe northern corn rootworm' Here is how to' check for not feasible/ Remember; that , harvest problems with ad>r Michigan State' University which is pale greener, yellow ; adults and larvae; * .,. ,', ,.„:; insecticides are poisonous to 'jacent* uritreatedcorn. ' - Cooperative Extension -'enr and unmarked..'.;'-'."J^'^"•'..•• ,7' '',v,r^hedc"siu\sand.iassels at-> •handle. . Store and apply them ^^eaVje-si^llar^iUn treated tbmology specialist. • The adult-western -corn; flowering. Ifcyou find brie" adult." With! great, care. Read 'label swaths, comparing them with' The. pest destroys up to 20. rootworm feeds on silks, per plant, that means you may directions, making sure thai adjacent .treated rows if you bushels of corn to tjie aqre tassels, soft kernels at the tips- have to start control .-next*-- you match the insecticide with suspect, ^rrent insecticide' ' through root tunneling and and on leaves, They are season. Apply jinsectfcide if two * the: insect. - -„. treatment.is not needed. pruning, silk trimming, lodging, abundant in flowerinjg corn, or. tnore adults per. ear are ; r ear damage and plant vigor feeding on .pollen as corn found before seed "sets. You'll; ; How to Apply Rotation is Best ; "••"%. reduction. That adds up to $60 or ^matures. They are very active need to protect the seedset, • Treatment /methods ate*, Insecticides, - however,*1 .will $70 per acre, based on today's '(and hard to catch) in the field . -Examine 1lodged and goose preplant broadcast, band ap nofhaveto be usedifcorn is market. until, the" '_;fiirst: frost, neck plants -when they ,are *, plication and cultivation band. rotated - western corn root- Since 1971 it spread from • mature for root tunneling. Preplant broadcast is _worm threatens only after corn three southwestern Michigan * They lay yellowish oval eggs Smaller roots will be com- ' spraying liquid insecticide or plantings. Chances of damage counties (Cass, VanBurean and in the^soil near corn plant bases ,pletely rotted off by this Urne,. \ spreading granular insecticide. •are frequent after three years Allegan) throughout 48 others in August and September. Eggs —Look for rootworms in. • ;oyer the- entire field before or more .continuous com but representing 97 percent of the overwinter, hatching in late stunted or wilted plants in late !"*• planting, Apply . immediately less •- with second' year corn. state's corn production. spring when soil is*:'warm. June or early July'"or plants'" before 'final disking. This Advantages of growing con Larvae (rootworms) are lodged later in the season.- . method is the most expensive of tinuous corn should be carefully. What to Look For *• slender, white, cylindrical, Carefully recheck for adulfe at >.• the. three in terms-of time, fuel weighed against potential loss The adult western corn having six small legs back of a ; flowering time. * and insecticide. V • when the pest appears; , ' Cultivation, applications are A. recent survey of six high made by spraying liquid or producing counties disclosed applying granular insecticide in that half the corn grown, was three- to four-inch bands on both continuous, due mostly to large sides of growing corn. This acreages which could not be requires special equipment, but rotated. •-•'•• . • it is the only practical, way to apply insecticides for rootworm control in growing plants. A . pearly too laws and FARM UTILITY COMMERCIAL cultivator, shoe should be. used regulations governing the Buildings for every farm need- Garages, workshops, utility Stores, shops, warehouses, to cover the insecticide im manufacture, handling and sale machinery storage, beef,_dairy, buildings for the homeowner, plants, service buildings. Profes mediately after application. of food and beverages are ad hogs-open front, free stall, 'suburban dweller, small farmer sionally engineered structures of Band application is the best ministered and enforced by the or businessman. Rugged wood and least expensive control Consumer Protection Bureau of controlled'environment. Beauti- wood frame construction with method. Insecticide is placed in the Michigan Department of a seven-inch band centered over Agriculture. ful maintenance-free exteriors, frame construction; mainte maintenance-free exteriors "of color steel .or color aluminum. nance-free color siding, steel or color steel or aluminum. Wide Prompt construction by skilled aluminum. A beautiful addition clear spans, no posts or obstruc Wickes crews. to your property at a low afford tions. Attractive, prestige build able price. 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JOHNS, MICHIGAN APRIL 9f 1975 FARM REVIEUf USDA emergency, disaster programs cooperating USDA agencIesThistorically, •Director, Calvin Lutz, and ASCS assistance to FmHA and, at the other emphasizes the ad- where work can be exchanged, have cooperated with each Director, Dorn Diehl, are present time, FmHA has the vantages of the service center from desk to desk, when the other; however, at the present cooperating on an employee additional, heavy workload of concept being promulgated by workload justifies. The time, FmHA and ASCS are exchange program between the Emergency Loan Program. the Secretary of Agriculture, "trading of'work" as it used to engaged in a unique program of agencies in order to serve To many taxpayers, this ef Earl Butz. be called on the farm is not new cooperation, whereby ASCS farmers faster and more ef fective interchange of em to rural agriculture, but such employees may be used for ficiently in their, emergency ployees is a heartening change THE SERVICE CENTER efficient use of manpower is part-time and intermittent programs. from the usually criticized, concept is to have all USDA recognized as a revolution in assistance to Farmers Home Until 1975 ASCS programs bureaucratic operations. This agency offices located in the Federal Government Administration. have been developed, ASCS can type of interchange of man-4, same town, in the same bureaucracy": This one-stop, Michigan State FmHA loan some manpower power from one agency to the building, and joint space - Agricultural Center concept will serve agriculture better and use government employees more efficiently. The two agencies of ASCS and FmHA are involved in two, separate and distinct programs of each agency. Agricultural Stabilization is administering a Disaster Feed Grain Payment Program. When a natural disaster limits planting of feed grains or when a natural disaster limits the harvest - to qualify, farmers .must have harvested less than two-thirds of their allotment times the farm yield. If any farmers have^ feed grains not yet harvested and anticipate the yield will be less than two-thirds of normal, they still may apply at their - county ASCS office for a" payment under the Feed Grain Disaster Program. This should be done immediately, as most applications have already been filed. For information, contact your local county ASCS office immediately. The program on which ASCS is assisting FmHA is the Emergency Xoan Program, whereby farmers who have suffered production losses due to a disaster equal to 10 percent of the loss of their total farming income are eligible for an emergency loan. To be eligible for this loan, he must be a US citizen; an established farmer who manages his own operation; must operate in a county where emergency loans are authorized; must possess the legal capacity to contract for a loan; and he must be of good character with the in dustry, ability and experience to carry out his proposed farm- .ing operation. Farmers, suffering from a 'disaster, should contact their local county FmHA officeUo determine their own eligibility. This is a secured, low-interest- rate loan, without any grants involved -- a loan that must be repaid within one to five years. This emergency assistance is only to provide for additional credit to carry agriculture, in that disaster area, through to a normal season. SO, IN SUMMARY, we have two programs, (l) a payment to farmers, through ASCS, for losses exceeding 33-1/3 percent of their crop, and (2) the FmHA program, an emergency loan program, to assist the farmer through a period of emergency, whereby he suffered a sizeable loss of income due to a' natural disaster. Farmers should call their local FmHA or ASCS of- ' fice if they need further in formation. M FARM REVIEW APRIL 9,1975 CLINTON COUNTY NEWS, ST. JOHNS, MICHIGAN PAGE 29 \ 1975 forecast There Is a tremendous all at once. ' By Bill Lasher . carryover rrom 1974 and this Hogs look profitable, County Extension Agent will influence the market as depending on the spread be much as the acres planted or tween wholesale beef and pork So far the year has been one of the yield per acre of navies. I prices, hogs will be profitable to 'declining prices and increased am guardedly optomistic in my , very profitable. costs. Prices received by far outlook for navy beans. Toward the end of the year mers are down 25% from a year Hay crops look like a good the sky will brighten for the ago and costs are up 15%, It's a money maker. The market has dairyman. Lower grain prices difficult thing, in April, to been strong the last two years will look good to him. forecast yields and prices for and I think hay can be an im , I see the cost-price squeeze the rest of the year. portant cash crop. "~ * continuing but at a much slower rate than the last twelve or even There are many things that It appears that a huge wheat the last six months. can alter the outlook as: harvest is coming. About all I Forecasting prices and weather, exports, politics, can say is, it looks like a buyer's profits in this uncertain consumer demand, etc. With all market^ not a seller's. economy is unusually hazar this in mind here is my forecast, The margin of profit in crop dous. The best economists sadly subject of course, to monthly, production is not very great due missed the mark last year on perhaps weekly or daily to rising costs and sinking prime Interest rates rising to changes., prices, the people who do things 12%, double digit Inflation, and MEATS sE^OHSSMiS^ Crop yields will be about in a least cost way and on time the collapse, of the stock average. For corn, given in will maximize returns. market. tended acreage 4% less than The livestock enterprises look 1 think having low costs of last year, this'is a very large brighter than the crop situation. -production are important this crop, depending on how evenly The beef feeder will be better year. Use least cost technology its marketed prices could- be off this year than last. Mainly such as [a] use recent soil test' Stop By And Let's $2.10 to $2.50 a bushel. Soybean because he can buy feeders f within last2 years] as basis for acreage intentions indicate a very reasonable. But pity the using fertilizer; [b] apply lime very large crop will be beef cow calf man, he has as needed; [c] use minimum Get Acquainted! produced. Again, how the crop problems. The danger I see in tillage; fd] make wise use of is marketed will affect prices beef feeding is bunched debt] l>] least cost dairy received. I look to $5.00 to $5.75 marketings. If corn is cheap ration] [f] most .effective weed per bushel this fall. this fall and feedlots fill up with control. VAUGHN'S MEAT I don't look for any great beef about the same time, too 1975 will be a profitable year, price increase for navy beans. much beef could hit the market but not as good as 1973 or 1974. PROCESSING FORMERLY PENDELL'S Soil testing pays 411BUSSELLRD. CARSON CITY PH. 584-6640 Soil testing has always paid the soil pH. Lime applied now and there generally is some dividends. Now with fertilizer will be effective for 1975 crops. slack time to get a sample. For increasing all the while, ap The old song "Don't guess, information call or stop in to plying the correct analysis and soil test" holds as true today as your County Extension Office, PREVENT FARM amount of fertilizer will really ever. Fall is a good time to take 1003 S. Oakland, St Johns for the pay off. a soil sample and bring it in for Extension Bulletin "Sampling ACCIDENTS! The price of fertilizer has testing. The soil is not too wet Soils". increased tremendously this past year. Fertilizer is worth stealing. This is what the DE LAVAL number of padlocks on barns says to me.'A number of people bought fertilizer last fall and stored it over the winter. Behind locked doors. With fertilizer priced high enough to have theft value, soil testing should rank high with your fertilizer program. You can't afford to be wasteful of COMBINE MILKERS fertilizer now. Many people are applying lime now and should use a soil SET IT AND test to determine the amount FORGET IT! per acre. 'i Stage Controlled Lime has lots of good ."SWEAT DRYING'! Offering qualities. For instance, lime gives you bright colored makes for most efficient fer dried gram every time! tilizer utilization, improves crop yields, and promotes COMPLETE longevity of alfalfa stands. As fertilizer has gotten more • FEED HANDLING expensive, lime has gotten SUPER : more popular. Before applying • MANURE lime, get a soil test to determine the amount needed. Brain Dwera HANDLING Lime needs time to change • MILKING STARLINE • GRAIN-STORING and DRYING SYSTEMS SERVISS EQUIPMENT Circle Steel Corporation SALES OVID 307 W. PEARL PH0NE 834-2500 Free-Stall PAGE 30 CLINTON COUNTY NEWS. ST. JOHNS, MICHIGAN APRIL 9,1975 FARM REVIEW Choosing corn hybrids For grain it is better to choose Early harvest may reduce corn crease until maturity. favorable weather at a critical' hybrids are worth trying. You an early corn than a late corn losses .resulting from broken Choose early hybrids for late stage of growth, another may be may want to try a new hybrid in variety. Extension bulletin stalks and dropped ears in the plantings, low fertility soils, less affected and come through .a strip in the same field with "Michigan Corn Hybrids field. •sandy soils, muck soils and for with a good crop. your present hybrid. Compared ,1975" shows good 6. Fall plowing of corn corn that is to be followed by a yields do not depend on late Even though you have been For more' information get stubble may be possible on land winter grain or cover crop. growing a hybrid which has Extension bulletin 431 maturity. Advantages of early- which will not erode. maturing hybrids are: You can get some degree of given good results, you may be "Michigan Corn Hybrids The best silage contains a "crop insurance*' by choosing able to improve your corn crop Compared 1974" free from your 1. They usually mature high percentage of grain. Hy two of three hybrids which by trying one or more of the County Extension Office, 1003 S. before killing frosts. brids that produce high yields of differ slightly in their maturity'.' hybrids with better records in Oakland, St Johns. Stop in or 2. Good-yielding early grain should be used for silage. If -one hybrid runs into un the yield trials. Well-tested, new telephone for your copy! hybrids generally yield as much High dry-weight production per or more than late hybrids in acre is' a better basis for most areas of Michigan. choosing hybrids for silage than r 3. Lower moisture at harvest tons of green weight. Corn for. Big package haymaking saves on drying costs and silage should-reach the early permits, safer storage, . dent stage welL before frost in Big package haymaking is hay systems may make it ..supplies. Try to reduce the 4. Mature, dry corn makes an average year. The early dent rapidly gaining popularity necessary to change feeding number of across-field trips and better livestock feed. . stage, when most kernels have among Michigan forage arrangements. But- whatever these cut down on fuel 5. You can harvest earlier in dented, is the best time to begin producers. But not all farms are design yon use, limit feeding requirements. . , the fall when weather con harvest ior silage. Dry matter economically suited for this arrangements to minimize Big package haymaking is ditions are more favorable. production continues to in type of mechanization. waste and forage overeating. relatively new and products on Consider your equipment For relatively small-volume the market now will be before making * costly in hay harvesters, custom work developed further and may vestments, says Dr. Gerald D. may be less expensive than have new innovations. In Schwab, Michigan State owning the machine* Consider selecting the._ hay packaging University agricultural availability,' timeliness and cost - machine for your farm HANCOR, INC. economics specialist. of such service for your area. situation, consider the service There are basically two types These big- package systems that can be provided by your of big hay packages. One in are designed to save time and dealer. Chesaning, Michigan volves rolling the hay from the labor. Combining adequate Take a look at. other windrow into a large round ^machine capacity with reduced haymaking alternatives such as bale. The other type lifts the hay labor requirements per ton of haylage, cubing, wafers, large (517) .845-2013 48616 from the windrow and delivers hay may help get around square bales, mechanical ac it to a wagon •which shapes the weather hazards. It's especially cumulators and stackers for stack. important to know the small square bales and small Within each of • these availability and costs of labor in round bales before making a categories there are presently the critical hay-harvesting decision. at least five retailers of each periods. Buying a new forage Drain Tubing type. The weight of packages Take a good look at your packaging system requires a produced range from about present forage system. These big investment'in the machine 1,200 pounds to 8 tons. hay 'packages may eliminate and accessory equipment. Ask Consider compatibility of the inside storage facilities. But yourself if the investment could "Agri-Flow" - machine and its product with weather deterioration will vary be wisely spent elsewhere - your forage handling struc with climate. Southern Indiana such" as buying more beef or For Farm Drainage tures, devices and techniques. reports indicate a 4 to 7 percent dairy stock, other critical Some farms have already loss of total digestible nutrients machines, off-farm in 4" thru 10" diameter available committed substantial in (TND) due to outside storage. vestments, etc. Your peronal vestments to other hay har ~Package transportation may likes and dislikes, combined vesting and handling facilities. become a problem. A 1,200- with your particular skills and "Channel-Flow" - Such facilities - silos and barns pound and up hay package is not management, are also im for storage, feeding bunks and as mobile as the smaller con portant jn evaluating these For Septic Tank Fields racks, plus harvesting ventional sized round and machines. machinery - may not convert to square bales. For farmers either cash or other hay harvest accustomed to feeding a portion "Turf-Flow"- , systems. of their harvested hay and If such facilities have unused selling the rest, the "big package Mich, farmers For Athletic Fields capabilities and/or .cannot be hay system may not be converted, it may be that the workable. support import ALL SIZES AVAILABLE - CALL US hay-harvesting system cannot Consider the possibility of be changed. Using the various increased fuel prices and short penalties oh J Functional, Durable, Attractive, Low Cost v foreign cheese Michigan Farm Bureau President Elton R.* Smith 'ap plauded Treasury Secretar-y Simon's recommendation to impose penalties on subsidized FARM BUREAU BUILDINGS imports of foreign cheese from the European Common Market. Smith, meeting with a group ideal for Garages. JFarm of Michigan fanners in the nation's capitol, said, "We as Machinery* Livestock dairymen can compete with dairymen of other countries, Housing* Storage Buildings. but not with foreign 'govern ments." Commercial and "Subsidizing. the sale of cheese to this -country,'-* Smith Industrial Buildings said, "creates unfair cbni- petition ior US dairymen and I am hopeful President Ford will • PRICES INCLUDE MATERIALS, LABOR & SALES, TAX ^^58g^p^^r ;<^ =••*«£ BLANDEX WARPS ABITIBI - Check stored grain regularly, action immediately. Either even when dried correctly. Here aerate the grain, dry ifmore or FLINT ROTE ' CELOTEX GOLD BOND are some suggestions: move it to another bin. •* 1. Open top door and smell * Use aeration systems to chill grain. .the grain mass to near 40 PHILLIP CAREY JOHNS-MANSVILLE 2. Probe and check moisture. degrees. Check .with ther 3. Turn on aeration system, mometer hung-in the exhaust Z-BRICK smell exhaust air and check air stream. ARMSTRONG grain temperature. About 100 hours, of fan CUSTOM 4. Check around bin walls and operation are needed to lower see if grain feels more moist the grain temperature 20. MILLWORK than in center of bin. - ^degrees at an airflow rate of We Stock: If there are indications that 1/10 cubic* feet per minute per We Also Feature: ^ grain is out .of condition, take bushel. • PAINTS • MARBLE CHIPS Weather Vanes • ROOFING Clothesline Poles • INSULATION . 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JOHNS, MICHIGAN PAGE 33 Check bins for grain damage Unusually high numbers of Transferring * or bins than normal.*Grains Michigan farmers nave If producers have room to under 50 degrees F usually have COMPLETE BODY WORK reported damage from insects transfer the grain, make sure it no infestation problems. in stored ^grains and beans. runs over a piece of hardware To maintain control, : AND GLASS REPLACEMENT Treatments should begin, riowt cloth (three or four feet long) as producers should check grain "Insects are there .because it flows into new storage. This bins for possible infestations at the grain is in poor shape. will help eliminate some of the least once a week. Inseqts in the Damage appears minimal now contamination in the grain, • grain indicate damage is BOB'S AUTO but producers could be in already being done, and serious trouble when grains eradication measures con warm next spring,'' says Fumigation - stitute revenge. Many hundreds Michigan State University Fumigation may be done in of dollars are lost in grain BODY, INC. extension specialists, Drs storage areas that are fairly quality each year from failure , airtight. Put the fumigant on Robert Maddex and Robert to inspect grain storage, 800 1M. Lansii.gSt. St. Johns Phone 224-2921 Ruppel. grain three or four days prior to recognize danger signals and Your check list should in aeration then make sure you take corrective action. clude: 1) grain moisture; 2) aerate well. crusting on the surface of the Available materials are Here now! The most powerful grain; 3) hotspots in the grain, ethelyne dichloride-carbon Farmall tractor ever built — and 4) insects and mold. tetrachloride (Dow Fume-75) or 160-hp strong. It's your best Alternatives to infestations methylbromide. insurance to stretch your may include aeration and manpower, make field work go faster. Powered by the fumigation, transferringgrain BE EXCEEDINGLY DT436 engine, one *of the to another storage area, turning CAREFUL WITH THESE 300/400 Series of Interna the grain in the bin to reduce MATERIALS, READ-LABELS tional diesels that have the heating or selling the grain now. industry's most outstanding THOROUGHLY. APPLY reputation for durability, ONLY ACCORDING TO Aeration economy and high perform DIRECTIONS. MAKE SURE ance under load. ' V Producers having fairly tight ANOTHER MAN IS WITH YOU • On-the-go power shifting grain silos or bins may cut a WHEN FUMIGATING.' with Torque Amplffier hole at the bottom, inserting a transmission ... 12 for coarse screen to hold grain in. ward speeds, Connect a duct to a fan outside Selling Big horsepower...bigger workpower • Planetary final drive the bin. Make sure fan and duct system handles sustained If infestation is severe and heavy loading with less connections are sealed so you do not have adequate space Announcing the New strain on drive trainlcom- drawdown from the silo roof or cannot afford to treat grain, ponents. x t will be adequate to create good you/should sell the grain now. international 1566 Turbo • Deluxe protective safety air flow. Vent the silo so air flow Conditions will only worsen as cab surrounds you with comfort. through grain will match fan air warmer weather arrives. Corns In today. Let us show you how displacement. smooth-handling this big tractor can be. • Big 19" wet power brakes, J operating In bath of oil, - Use-a fan providing 1/10 to A Infestation problems stem dissipate heat, prolong life. cubic feet per minute c.f.m. from last summer's growing flow-per one bushel of grain, or conditions. Under the extreme ' 100 c.f.m. for each 1,000 bushels dry conditions, grainsliad much of grain in storage. more fibrous material'andjjirere Commercially available tube more brittle' than normal. type aerators C$60 to $100) can FOX be inserted at the top or side of When frosts struck,, corn, the silo. These units are about kernels were soft and sub eight feet long and four inches sequent * needed combine ad in diameter, having a per justments allowed more cob forated section at one end and particles than normal, making fan at the other. They work IMPLEMENT drying more difficult. fairly well for small grain silos FOWLER PHONE 593-2360 having limited - handling These factors contribute to facilities. more heating within grainsilos yomfyiifoHwZ SALES & SERVICE NEW TRACTORS JOHN DEERE NO. 2030 NEW EQUIPMENT SET OF DUAL WHEELS w/new tire 18.4x34" ' NEW IDEA SPREADERS YEAR-A-ROUND TRACTOR CABS KASCO FOLLOWING HARROWS NEW IDEA ELEVATORS 4l",46,&51 ft. 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JOHNS, MICHIGAN APRIL 9,1975 FARM REVIEW Corn rootworm--3 types The corn rootwonn comes in By far, the lodging caused by eggs in the fall in the cornfield root tunneling. Seeing the adult work to control the rootworm. three types: the Northern, the larvae eating the roots is the and they overwinter as eggs. feeding on the silks in the fall is Remember the insecticides Western and Southern, ^he worst of the bad habits. In most, Next spring if the field is put not a sure sign you'll have used are poisonous and care Northern is by .far the most years he will emerge from the into corn again the larvae are rootworm trouble next spring. must be used to handle, store common in Michigan and in the soil as an adult late enough in ready to begin feeding. If you have lodged goose-necked and apply them. country, although the Western the year that nearly all the seed corn and adults in the fall, then has been found in the southwest is set. Only if you are growing corn if the field is corn next year, Also, to keep residues out of corner of the county. The lodging starts right at after corn will the rootworm be corn rootworms will probably milk, dairymen should avoid The corn rootworm has two ground level, not part way up as a«problem. Planting the field to be there. the use of chlorinated bad habits. First, as a larvae, is the case with stalk rot, and another crop, if only for one hydrocarbon insecticides such he eats the roots of the corn the stalks are usually curved year, will break the corn There arejtwo types of control as DDT, aldrin, heptachlor, plants, causing lodging and (goosenecked) near their bases. rootworm's life cycle. The field for the corn rootworm. The lindane, chlordane, etc. Read weakened plants, due to the loss * This lodging starting at the soil could become re-infested when cheapest is to-rotate your crops the label before using any of roots. Second, as an adult, he surface greatly interferes with it is returned to corn,- if there because the rootworm can only pesticide. be a problem of cprn after corn. feeds on the silks of the ear and or prevents mechanical har are plenty of rootworms in the For more information and if he chews them off early vesting of the corn. neighborhood. ~i The other way is to use- recommended insecticides and enough' in the season, the ear The rootworm has only one rates, get the Extension bulletin will have reduced seed set. " You can detect the presence chemicals at planting time or generation a year. It lays its of rootworms best by examining before. These insecticides'must "The Corn Rootworm" free, the lodged-goose-necked plants- be incorporated into the soil. from our office, 1003 S. Oakland, immT for lack of roots and evidence of Planter Sox treatments do not' St Johns. grain Use of lime Lime is used to increase the • not recommended. Mineral centrations of aluminum, tnin lionet pH of, a soil which increases soils with a pH of 5.4 or less need manganese and iron. bin full dotinl 4.'Promotes favorable * tuep*<> -> • • nutrient availability .to the crop. more than one application of CUSTOMER The optimum pH for most field lime to correct the soil pH. microbial activity. BENEFITS 5. Supplies calcium, ARE KEY crops is between 6.5 and 7,0 for If possible*; lime should- be CONSIDERATIONS mineral soils and 5.5 to 6 for applied 'and worked into the dolomitic materials supply both organic soils. plow layer six months to one calcium and magnesium, Lime takes time to raise the year"in advance of high lime 6. Promotes longevity of pH level in the plow layer. In six requirement crops. ~ legume stands, particularly months the pH will increase by alfalfa. Butler fannufteiL about, 0.4 using the recom The main benefits of lime For more information about mended amount and kind of arer~ lime ask for Extension Bulletin lime. For example, two tons of 1. Makes for most efficient 471- "Lime" free from your Building lime applied now would change fertilizer utilization. Cooperative Extension Office, the pH from 6.1 to 6.5 six months 2. Improves £rop yields. 1003 South Oakland,'St. Johns, * ' from now. The lime continues to 3. Reduces harmful con- MI 48879. An All-Steel Farm Building increase the soil pH atthe same At A New Low Price rate from that point onward. All lime recommendations are the Stop in or Call Us for Details! amount needed to bring the plow layer pH up to a pH of 6.8. FARMING FRICKE FARM SERVICE Applying more than 5 tons of J79BS Ely Highway MIODLETON Phono 23G 7353 lime per acre in any season is EQUIPMENT POLE BARNS AL GALLOWAY FOR FARM-COMMERCIAL-INDUSTRIAL We Buy . . . Sell . . . Trade USED TRACTORS 5*j FARM MACHINERY TRACTOR PARTS We Also Specialize In No. 2 & B&R : PENTA TREATED SOUTHERN YELLOW PINE POLE A Good Selection Of 4x6-12' -$6.24EA, 6x6-16' -13.25 CENTER MATCH NO. 2 & BT. 4x6-14' -7.28 6x6-18' -16.15 2x6-8' -2.60, TRACTORS-COMBINES 4x6-16' -8.32 6x6-20' -20.20 2x6-12' -3.90 4x6-18' -10.20 6x6-22' —25.05 2x6-"l6'*-4.72 CORNHEADS-TILLAGE TOOLS 4x6-20' -13.17 6x6-24* -29.95 2x6-20' -6.47, /1 - PLANTERS-PICKERS WE ALSO HAVE A POLE .BARN PACKAGE" TRACTOR PARTS-REBUILT HEADS FOR EXAMPLE: , 24'x32'-8'.HIGH . YOU'LL FIND US AT THE FIRST MATERIAL ONLY ,1923oo FARM NORTH OF St. JOHNS CENTRAL MICHIGAN •• ' ONU.S.-27'- AL GALLOWAY,INC. LUMBER COMPANY ST. JOHNS - 407 No. Clinton Ave. St. Johns Phone 224-2358 PHONE (517) 224-4713 or 224-4300 FARM REVIEW APRIL 9,1975 CLINTON COUNTY NEWS, ST. JOHNS, MICHIGAN PAGE 35 Subsurface soil compaction BEGoodrich problems Soil compaction problems are usually more than surface deep They may extend to the sub The first American POWERSAVER surface materials which include all but a portion of the tillage made radial RADIAL HT zone or the plow layer. Precise determination of tractor tire.... Rear Tractor Tire problems in this area is done Does work'ln less time than conventional with electronic instruments and tires, using less fuel than they use. The flexible design of ihe radial lire has a longer laboratory equipment, but some Call us for FAST, EFFICIENT "foolprlnt" than Bias-Ply tires...placing can be detected by observaton, pore lugs on the ground, giving ihe tire more bile. This helps reduce say Michigan State University ON-THE-FARM slippage and Increases traclion...giving soil science specialists L.S. you more Pull Power. Robertson, A.E. Erickson and . Gives a cushioned ride and actually D.R. Christenson. i I a sis longer. TIRE SERVICE! It can make a tractor up to Measurable characteristics of 20% more efficient. the subsurface materials in clude considerations of water and air permeability, soil strength and oxygen diffusion rates. Air and Water Permeability Slow oxygen diffusion rates can be exactly determined with special instruments. Such RADIAL CONVENTIONAL measurements are not likely at the farm, but is possible to observe very wet soil conditions where oxygen diffusion rates We'll fix your lira on the spot or leave you a are likely to be slow. FREE B.F.Goodrich LOANER to use while we "THE ONE WITH! Slow water permeability is repair your tire. closely associated with bad soil THE PULL structure. Some soils which are DON'T LOSE VALUABLE WORKING TIME! either naturally compact or which have been compacted by POWER" man have a water permeability rate of less than a quarter inch an hour. Other soils may have a water IMPROVED permeability in excess of five inches per hour. Such soils may ALL NEW! be droughty. FOR Some farmers have modified their tractors using dual wheels and by having the wheels on the B.F.Goodrich "land" while plowing in an WEAR attempt to maintain high and permeability rates. NYLON Farm Wagon PERFORMANCE IMPLEMENT Soil Strength and Density Compacted soils are dense TIRE • Carrlai bill" tutfi with ttit and frequently have great soil NEW MM.TUUNG See Us strength which may hinder root railing rtilituiea • Wlda traatf Itr aitra flttatlwi FRONT TRACTOR TIRE growth. Under extreme con • Dili trial far lanfar waar For All ditions, root growth into zones , wide center f«ad with high strength does not SPECIAL FARM occur until after the soil dries Your Tire enough to fracture. Then the NYLON roots grow into the cracks. An angular shaped sugar beet root Needs! is evidence of this situation. FREE, Fast Mounting Frequently, with deep CROP PAYMENT TERMS FREE, FAST MOUNTING compaction, it is difficult to CROP PAYMENT TERMS obtain adequate crop stands. On Coll us for ON-THE-FARM SERVICE Call Ui Fir On-Ihe Farm tire Siryicf those occasions, when an unusually wet fall is followed by an exceptionally wet spring, it is possible to see where com paction and great soil strength developed during seed bed BEGoodrich preparation. wefre the other guys Oxygen Diffusion Rates Slow oxygen diffusion may result in poor root growth and 3 ways to charge/Revolving Charge, Master Charge, BankAmericard low crop yields. Diffusion rates are directly related to the thickness of the water film in the soil. In most soils, oxygen deficiency represents only a temporary situation, but it can have a profound effect on plant HUB TIRE CENTER growth. A 24-hour duration of oxygen deficiency can kill sugar Clinton County's Largest Radial Dealer beets, navy beans and tomatoes during Ihe early stages of 1411 NortK US-27 Phone 224-3218 St. Johns growth. PAGE 36 CLINTON COUNTY NEWS, ST. JOHNS, MICHIGAN APRIL 9,1975 FARM REVIEW let Charlie Halfmann show you the way As you know there are a number of ways to get a job done and talking Charlie's a life-long resident of Fowler and he knows Clinton County it over with Charlie will help you pick the right one. Besides being a as well as he does his job. He's wide-awake to the needs of area farmers good banker, Charlie is a pro at analyzing and solving your farm needs and can help you with your every financial concern. Stop into our St. and problems. From checking and savings accounts to a loan for your Johns office and pay Charlie a visit... or give him a call and he'll come special project he's the man to see. out to visit you. Charlie's is just one of the many people who make Clinton National the wide awake bank. f CLINTON NATIONAL The wide-awake hank'makes itah so easy. ® FDIC "•' •|*- *,/ *.j