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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1970
Page
6
A fragmentary local column praises the County Fair with notes on 4-H division helpers and participants. It includes cautious guidance on high nitrate forage feeding for cattle and a cautionary tips segment about aerosol cans and pressure hazards.
The article recalls the Dust Bowl era, describing the black blizzard and the mass drought that devastated the western plains. It notes vast topsoil losses, mass migrations, and the 1933 CCC program aiding land restoration with millions of trees planted and soil rules put in place.
The Rural Electrification Administration will begin a new financing plan under Administrator David A. Hamill. The scheme uses government subsidized two percent loans for smaller co-ops with the rest funded through the private National Rural Electric Cooperative Finance Corporation. Joint REA-CFC lending will determine loan mixes and eligibility.
Lincoln based University of Nebraska extension poultryman Ral Gleaves said a widespread call for culling laying flocks could stabilize egg prices. He noted New York Grade A Large quotes and feared continued surplus without nationwide action. Red snow algae is blamed for crimson Arctic and Alpine patches.
The University of Nebraska College of Agriculture surveyed its 1964 graduates five years later. About 60 percent remained in Nebraska, 80 percent would return for better jobs. Of 1964 grads, 22 percent farmed in 1969, 10 percent worked in business, 13 percent in government, with others in education, military, or graduate study.
Nebraska's lamb crop is reported by the State Federal Division of Agricultural Statistics as the smallest since 1953, at about 196,000 head, down one percent from last year’s 197,000. The state also expects about 3 million sheep shorn, down five percent from 1959. National figures show the lamb crop near 418,000, down about two percent from 1959 projections.
The American Soybean Association convention will run August 17 to 19 in Minneapolis with sessions on marketing opportunities, production costs, and world markets. Talks cover soybean oil uses, meal for ruminants, new food uses, and health relations to nutrition. A “Princess Soya” coronation and Yankees vs Twins tickets are noted among planned activities.
PCW emerges as a hot topic in agriculture noting polychlorinated biphenyls used in plastics coatings extenders and sealers. Residues found in inks lubricants waxes and adhesives affect wildlife similar to DDT, complicating analysis as labs work to establish identification standards.
The Nixon administration’s farm bill, approved by the House, awaits Senate action and proposes new authority to adjust loan rules to boost U.S. competitiveness. If enacted, cotton, wheat and feed grain 1971 loan rates could fall from current levels, with corn and other subsidies likely trimmed as supply-control decisions unfold.
A concise note claims average American diet has intensified since 1930, citing a sizable rise in per capita meat production and consumption, suggesting the population growth rate has not kept pace with dietary gains.
Washington reports a 22 year old Benedictine priest Father Firmin Boyer of Latrobe Pennsylvania has won a national grand award in the soil and water conservation program. He heads the SS Vincent Abbey farm near Latrobe covering 2300 acres and linked to St. Vincent College. The award honors top districts and Boyer’s district Westmoreland County Soil and Water Conservation District was named Pennsylvania’s best overall.
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