Published In:
Ann Arbor News, August 26, 1936
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WILL ENTER FREE FAIR PARISH SHOW: Above is Fred Notton, widely known cattle breeder, living west of Chelsea, with the yearling bull which he will enter in the Washtenaw Free Fair parish show.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, August 26, 1936
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WHEREIN THE HORSE'S MANE IS BRAIDED BY AN EXPERT: Harry Moxley, specialist of Michigan State college, is shown above demonstrating to a crowd at the horse clinic on the Charles McCalla farm the art of braiding a horse's mane for show purposes. A yellow sash was used for the braiding. A row of cloth flowers gave the finishing touch.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, August 14, 1940
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ALBINO CALF BORN IN WASHTENAW COUNTY: The albino calf shown above was born Aug. 6 on the George W. Sell farm on N. Territorial Rd., Dexter township. Born to a Holstein-Durham cow, the healthy calf is pure white and has pink eyes. Showing interest in the unusual calf are Jack Newhall of Morley and Donald Sell, son of the owners of the farm. Jack is Donald's uncle and he is visiting at the farm this summer.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, January 5, 1938
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FEW OF THESE IN WASHTENAW: J. C. Bradbury, route 1, Dexter, shown here with a Dutch Belted cow, has one of the two herds of this unusual breed of dairy animal in Michigan and the largest herd in the state. The Dutch Belted cow was first brought to this county from Holland by P. T. Barnum of circus fame.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, October 30, 1940
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SHE GIVES RICH MILK: Ypsilanti Bell, 10-year-old cow in the Jersey herd of Henry J. Oulmann, 4755 S. State Rd., has an eight-lactation period record of 4,288 pounds of butterfat, or an average of 536 pounds per year. The herd is one of 11 in the county that have been on test with the American Jersey Cattle Clubs herd improvement registry since its inception.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, April 21, 1937
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JUST A SPECIMEN: Many strange and wonderful things happened on the Darwin Downer farm, near Chelsea, last week and the view above is just a sample - just a smidgin, as the boys say - of what went on. Mr. Downer is shown holding one set of the six sets of lamb triplets which were born during the tremendous re-storking of his sheep herd. Six sets of lamb triplets are a lot of potential chops, but they only constituted only the first paragraph of the story. There were also 102 sets of twins. Mrs. Dionne, the thing seems to be catching.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, November 25, 1936
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FATTENING FOR MARKET: George Henning, Salem, is one of many Washtenaw county farmers who are feeding cattle for market. Above is shown his 116 Herefords and shorthorns.