Bluegrass seeding tips and crop disease notes
The notice covers timing for fall Kentucky bluegrass seeding from mid August to mid September, soil tilling and weed control steps, seed rates, and mowing practices. It also reports on Southern Complant Blight in corn, with plant pathologist Dr. David Wysong urging fungicide spraying between tassel and dent stages if upper leaves show blight, plus details about a soybean field day on Sept. 27 at the University of Nebraska Mead lab with a bus from Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
David Wysong
Wysong
University of Nebraska Field Laboratory
Mead
Columbus
Ficase Aise
Transplanting rhubarb and other gardening tips from Nebraska
Late fall is best for rhubarb transplanting and very early spring is possible. For summer lawns, 24D is safest for spurge and knotweed. Silvex or Banvil risk shrubs and trees if applied beneath. Sevin controls elm leaf beetles. Prunes should be moved in October. Diazban or Sevin can eradicate white grubs if watered in well. Basement vegetables need brighter light. ordinary basement light is insufficient but fluorescent lighting works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Nebraska
Telegram subscription rates and address change notice
Evening telegram service lists subscription rates for Columbus and surrounding Nebraska areas. Rates show $13.00 per year by mail with regional circulations noted. change of address instructions request prompt posting of new address to ensure delivery.
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Colus Etraska
Columbus
Platte
Boze
Utr
Colfax
Merrick
Nance
Polk
Nebraska
Cyber Js
Four club meetings share fair plans and sewing showings
Notes from multiple group meetings describe fair preparations and food entries. Members discuss projects from 4 1 to July, model outfits for parents, and lunch service by members. Special guests Lyn Condreau and local agents offer tips on cattle showing and project details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foods 'N Fashions
Cornhusker Livestock Club
Lynn Condreau
IFYE Delegate From Botswana To Visit County
International Farm Youth Exchange delegate Gaseilsive Seitshier from Botswana arrives Aug 30 for a three week stay with the Marvin Marner family in Humphrey. A graduate of Swaziland Agricultural College and University, he serves as an Extension worker for the Botswana Government and is a PRYLIC leader. He has rural farming experience on a 50 acre home farm with surgi beans and millet, raises cattle, and has worked in beef stock management and dry climate crops. He has two brothers and a sister and speaks Tewana and English. The FYE program is run by the National 41 Chub Foundation for the Comparative Extension Service with local sponsor Vlatte County Agricultural Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Farm Youth Exchange
Ify'e
Botswana
Gaseilsive Seitshier
Marvin Marner
Humphrey
Swaziland Agricultural College and University
Seilshire
Xchangee
Prylic
Seilshier
Payle
Farmers Learn Tractor Noise Dangers At Safety Day
Lincoln Nebraska farmers are increasingly aware of hearing risks from loud tractors says Th Kenneth Von Bargen Associate Professor of Agricultural Engineering at the University of Nebraska Lincoln. At Tractor Tower and Safety Day the Mechanized Ag Club sold 95 ear muffs and 24 ear plugs this year signaling growing concern. A dial booth letting visitors hear 80 90 and 100 decibel levels and a hearing test booth attracted many attendees as some tractors reach or exceed 100 decibels requiring protective gear for long operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln — Nebraska
Kenneth von Bargen
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Mechanized Ag Club
Irrigation timing guidance for corn beets and alfalfa
Nebraska extension irrigationists advise continuing corn irrigation through maturity on deep soils to prevent drought stress and lodging, while sandy soils may require earlier cessation. Sugar beets stay moisture dependent until harvest and alfalfa needs water until frost, with two to three irrigation events typical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul & Fischbach
University of Nebraska
Nickels for Profit participation rises in pork council program
Nickels for Profit participation climbs 77 percent in the first half of 197, with Marvin Garner of the National Pork Council citing broader hog farmer engagement across 25 states. He links higher participation to advertising and research efforts aimed at moving hogs to consumption and shortening price downcycles.
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National Pork Council
Ieir
Marvin Garner
Council
Garner
Irving
Golden anniversary Colfax Fair slated
Colfax County Fair marks its golden anniversary at Leigh from August 26 to 35. The article recalls early fairs, key leaders like George Bruhn and George Reininger, and the 1920s founding of the Colfax County Fair Association with 120 stockholders. It notes storms, creek improvements, parade traditions, and long-standing officers through 1965.
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F. O. Nelson Leigh
Colfax County
Fairgrounds
Leigh
Wirt
Semler
Schuyler
George Brubu
Colfax
Bruhn
Reininger
George Bruhn
George Bruhn Jr
Enon
George Reininger
Charles Vinci
Colfay County Fair Association
George Brubi Sr
Fft. Goodge
Go McNally
Vath
Dill. Moeller
RW. Goodge
Ad. Breunig
George Brubi
G. McNaly
Dircelars
HH. Breunig
Henry Wosenbrook
Frank Crojda
Joseph Semerad
John Dudycka
Vid Svic
Ed Malena
Earl Alvens
Oe Blecha
J.briggins
Phil Engel
Hector Tirnest
Balle Heitz
Maple Creek
Valunteer
Wms
Frank Trojan
Charles Kuhie
Gustave Spamhake
Albert Vrangen
Mbert Franzen
Hme
Ile
Ed Janzen
George Verchmann
Maira
Value of state spud crop down in 1970 Nebraska
Lincoln report from the State Federal Division of Agricultural Statistics shows Nebraska's 1970 potato crop valued at 2,449,010 dollars, down from 2,555,000 dollars in 1969. The 1970 crop was grilled at a percentage lower than the prior year.
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Lincoln
UPN
Division of Agricultural Statistics
Nebraska
Vou
Farmers receive small share of USDA spending last year
New Holland, the farm machinery division of Sperry, reports that only about seven percent of the 12.5 billion dollars in federal agriculture appropriations last year directly benefited farmers through farm income support, highlighting limited impact of USDA spending on growers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Hie
New Holland
Sper 1
Wheat variety choices urged for 1972 Nebraska crop
Lincoln Nebraska wheat producers should weigh test weight and protein amid abundant moisture. Duane W Foole Nebraska Grain Improvement Association secretary notes yield trends over multiple years guide variety choice. Readily available data from University of Nebraska test plots and Outstate Testing Circular aid planning for districts. Centurk and Scoutland among suggested options with regional limitations.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Duahe W. Foole
Nebraska Grain Improvement Association
Foote
University of Nebraska
Sou
Feute
Sears
Foole
Foundation
North Central
Scoutland
Summer soil sampling advised by UNL agronomist expert
University of Nebraska Lincoln associate professor Flowerday says summer soil samples aid planning for fallow land and fall seeded crops. He notes nitrate nitrogen can rise with legumes but avoid leaching. sample plow layer and subsoil for nitrogen. Phosphorus and lime needs are checked in established stands like alfalfa. samples help plan fall utilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Agronom
Wowerday
Flowerday
Blower
Nua Grandmisl
Japan's Demand Lifts U.S. Tobacco Sales to Reach New Highs
An Agriculture Department report notes continued U.S. tobacco sales to Japan easing farmer headaches. Japan, with milder government restrictions, bought nearly 59 million pounds worth $61.4 million in 1970, and experts expect purchases to rise to about 62 million pounds this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Brenner
OFJ
Washington
U.S
Japan
Agriculture Department
Department
England
Japato
United States
Tobac
Farm safety tips urge periodic checks and fixes
Safety advice urges a periodic farm safety check to replace worn wiring destroy greasy rags and clean up spills to stow trouble before it starts and prevent accidents on site.
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