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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1968
Page
3
A two year study by Fond Motor Company outlines 2000 farm advances including unmanned tractors guided by computers and sensors, glass domes for controlled growth, automatic plant management, and engineered cattle with transplants and incubator breeding.
Extension agents project higher yields from pine tree fields and corn with 300 barrels of wheat per acre compared with 27 today. They warn of heart health by diet and endorse lean beef, vegetables, and moderated fats while noting Christmas tree removal and a reader training meeting set for January 17 at the clubhouse.
Three Wyoming youths earned top state honors after attending the National 4H Club Congress in Chicago. Frank Tealon of Douglas won the tractor program, Pally Landers of Casper earned for sewing garments, and Rita Stephens of Glenrock received a wrist watch for dairy work. The 4H winners were chosen by the Cooperative Extension Service.
Members of American Legion Auxiliary No W8 met at the Legion Hall on December 7. They packed and donated toys for the Training School at Lander, thanked helpers, mended and prepared items, and assembled Christmas stockings and goodie bags for service members. Opal Ray chaired publicity. Blanche Clark is hospitalized in Holy Cross Hospital, Salt Lake City.
The Kids Day Snowmobile Races of 1967 opened December 21 on Grandma Budd field after ground conditions forced a location change. The Big Prey Boosters and Sno-Fres Club thanked sponsors and participants while listing division winners across Slalom and Runoff events, and a post-race dance sponsored by Piney Booster Club concluded the day with food and corsages for all ladies.
In December 1958 a preschool party at Pocahontas Camp Fire featured Santa Claus and refreshments. Reported by Renae Murphy, the notes describe activities and exchanges among attendees.
Richard Johnson from Wheatland and Donald Towns from rural Cheyenne earned top state awards in 1967 4-H projects. Johnson ranked highest in swine sponsored by Moorman Mfg Co and won a trip to the National 4-H Club Congress in Chicago, while Towns led poultry projects with a wrist watch prize. Johnson raised 172 market hogs plus 12 breeding stock over seven years and netted about 1500 dollars. Towns raised about 850 broilers and 800 hens, netting over 1100 dollars, citing improved management and feeding as keys to success.
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