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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1952
Page
8
The 1952 crop year yielded record livestock outputs and high total farm production, with droughts and price declines tempering gains. Government may seek production controls next year, suggesting lower wheat and later cotton goals to curb surpluses amid easing foreign demand.
Norman C. Mindrum, assistant state 4 H Club leader at the University of Minnesota, named executive director of the National 4 H Club Foundation in Washington. He will take over in January, succeeding E W Allen who resigned to lead 4 H Club and Young Men’s and Women’s programs for the Cooperative Extension Service. Allen is a former Minnesota state H Club leader and extension specialist. There is no clear line of difference that distinguishes sheep from goats.
The article offers home project lessons on good grooming and money worth for women, then provides practical Christmas decorating ideas from table layouts to centerpieces using evergreen boughs red ribbons and candles. It also covers outdoor lighting safety and proper indoor cord care to prevent fires. It concludes with freezing leftovers from Christmas dinner per Minnesota lab findings.
In certain marine worm species the male dwells as a parasite inside the female’s body, creating a unusual reproductive arrangement. This extreme sexual dimorphism results in the male providing sperm while dependent on the female for nutrients.
The University of Minnesota Institute of Agriculture will host Farm and Home Week January 13 to 16 on the St Paul campus. More than 2000 farmers homemakers and urban residents are expected to attend with 175 topics covering agriculture homemaking and interiors. A rural art show and sessions on clothing foods and diets are planned along with guidance for children marriage preparation and school lunches.
Capper's Farmer notes a new oat variety named Branch showing strong performance in variety tests against septoria black stem disease and rusts. It resists smut and leaf rust but not stem rust race 8. The late-maturing oat thrives on sandy soils and is receiving favorable reports from scattered regions.
Christmas services and programs across Spring Valley churches include a cantata at First English Lutheran, Emmanuel Eve service, Christmas Day worship, and annual church programs. other churches host watch nights, carols, and junior choir concerts while a Michigan swine study reports terramycin allows pigs on low protein to gain like higher protein diets.
Leonard Harkness announces two Minnesota 4-H scholarship recipients for outstanding over all records. Robert Evenson, 18, Minnesota Lake, and Cornelia Gernes, 18, Winona, win $100 awards funded by the J R Watkins Company. Robert has seven years with Lakes Lusty Learners in Faribault County. Cornelia ten years with the Wilson Fireflies in Winona County and has delivered 35 demonstrations earning blue ribbons.
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