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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1955
Page
2
Wyoming firms including retail wholesale and service businesses receive 1954 Census of Business forms. Mailings begin in January from the Bureau of the Census. Forms cover basic data for 1948 activity such as number of establishments wages and sales, aiding national economic statistics.
Los Angeles Union Stock Yards report a holiday week style decline with varied cattle bids. Cows sold mostly between 14.00 and 15.50 with some fed cows at 14.60 and several young cows around 15.00. Bulls and utility cattle showed firmer ranges though overall trading was uneven.
Nebraska buyers and sellers reported prices for cattle calves hogs and sows. Utility Holsteins and cutters ranged to 15 dollars. Medium stock cows and calves sold 14 to 17.50 with choicest offerings tallied at 18 to 20 for feeder steers and heifers. hogs 19.50 to 20.50 per cwt and butchers above 21 for certain weights. Bulls and sows showed mixed results with high points around 745.00 for sows and 16 dollars per hundred for some weights.
Laramie boy 3 Wuthier, an American youth, returned from Tahici before Christmas after four months living with Indian farm families. He was one of 10 Young Americans visiting India, while 35 Indian farmers visited U.S. farms this fall. The exchange is sponsored by National 4-H Club Foundation Agricultural Extension and the Ford Foundation, with private contributions at local state and national levels. The Wyoming Farm Bureau Federation contributed $350. The program aims to foster better understanding between the United States and India.
Berkeley reports full scale production of the Salk polio vaccine at Cutter Laboratories. Stockpiling begins to supply doctors nationwide while safety tests proceed. National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis allocations included. results of Michigan trial expected early next year.
A 1,309 year old Peruvian skull is displayed at the National Museum in a Johnson & Johnson funded exhibit. The show traces surgical dressings from Civil War times to modern sterile bandages, ending with how gauze and wool strands held dressings in place. Dr A Remington Kellogg receives the presentation from Dr P William H Lycan of Johnson & Johnson.
Miss Elizabeth oniger announces changes at the state home demonstration agency. Margaret Koenig, Goshen County agent since July 1949, will leave her post as part of a wider reshaping affecting two agents and a transfer.
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