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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1948
Page
2
U S and Soviet officials voiced a readiness to discuss differences amid mutual hostility. President Truman used wartime powers to seize the rail system, ordering eight days of no-strike time as Judge Goldsborough restrained unions. John L Lewis stayed silent as the pattern emerged.
Eastern rail union chiefs Alvansley Johns ton D B Robertson and A J Glover Jr confront Judge Goldsboroughs restraining order threatening fines and possible jail if they defy it. The article links civil rights policy to Southern political reactions and hints at looming labor settlement pressure as summer approaches.
The Ohio primary left taft with 44 delegates and Stassen with nine as Taft and Dewey combined to pressure Stassen. Stassen claimed only a major win over the 23 disputed delegates would mark a victory, but he was blocked by an in-state favorite son arrangement. Vandenberg looms as a new factor as Taft and Dewey press the race.
President Truman eyes the farm problem as his campaign vehicle planning a congress message on long range agricultural legislation. The proposal aims at an adequate appropriation to sustain soil conservation, amid prior cuts from 300 million to 225 million dollars.
Consumer tobacco use hit a new peak in 1947 with 370 billion total cigarettes produced, a 5 percent rise from 1946. Per capita consumption climbed from 166 cigarettes in 1914 to 2400 in 1947, reflecting a long upward trend with only minor wartime interruptions.
The department of agriculture projected the United States would yield the third largest wheat crop in history this year. It cut its April 1 estimate by 145 million bushels, with the decline across the spring belt and only parts of the southern Great Plains reporting strong gains. An April forecast hinted at 272 million bushels from spring wheat, though no official spring estimate was issued.
Scientists note some plants show appetite for fertilizer when soil is rich enough to cover costs. The observation parallels human activity, suggesting plants respond to nutrients and may influence growth based on resource availability.
An article describes a homemade dehydrator heat unit that doubles as a room heater and farm labor saver. It explains proper drying to remove moisture without harming texture and color, notes sun drying in hot climates can work, and warns about lamp types and water dripping risks to bulbs.
The article notes eggshell strength depends on calcium carbonate and vitamin D. It explains a hen’s shell, about 90 percent calcium carbonate, improves when foods supply the minerals and vitamins needed. Shell grit provides calcium carbonate but without vitamin D hens may not convert it effectively for bone and eggshell formation.
Crowding of turkeys in nests will be reduced with adequate space and sufficient nests. An individual nest should measure 18 inches wide by 24 inches high by 28 inches deep. Eggs are often broken and soil other eggs. Use nests inside and outside during rapid weather changes. Photo shows Utah type nest.
Proper nutrition helps control swine diarrhea and scours, a major concern for pork producers. Nursing pigs are susceptible, feeder pigs get enteritis, and older animals may scour. Deficiencies in five B vitamins can cause diarrhea, says Wise Burroughs of the Ohio Station.
The Sallflower crop shows strong growth without heavy rain and performs as well or better than wheat under dry land conditions. It resists most diseases and insects and yields better in areas with only 12 to 15 inches of annual precipitation where flax struggles.
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