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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1971
Page
1
Plan your garden by drawing boundaries and existing features on graph paper. Include public private and service areas with a convenient placement near kitchen or garage. Then consult a local nurseryman and study extension publications for seed varieties fertilizer and pest guidance for a better farming season in 1971.
Washington officials outline a six month rollout for a nationwide mandatory inspection system in egg product processing plants. The program, the third in a series, aims to replace voluntary checks with federal oversight, covering most plants and setting sanitation and equipment standards, with exemptions for consumer grade processing and small operators.
The Conservation Needs Inventory for Platte County is complete and available to the public. It shows about 321,000 acres of cropland with 204,000 needing conservation, based on a statistical sample verified by Soil Conservation Service technicians and expanded by Iowa State University.
4-H Busy Belles organized with Cindy Sharp as president and Debbie Chovar secretary. Karla Bartz treasurer, Theresa Bartz scrapbook, Cathy Sharp reporter. Leaders are Mrs. Melvin Hartz and Mrs. Irvin Siirp. Three meetings held, members made gifts for a Christmas exchange. They plan cooking projects next meetings.
Lincoln UPI reports Nebraska commercial hatcheries produced 943000 chicks in November, up 72 percent from a year earlier. November egg production reached 8 million, down by 1 million from last year. Population growth would require additional beef cattle dairy cattle hogs and hens at current food use.
Local notice lists subscription rates for Columbus Telegram and nearby areas with annual and monthly pricing. It notes a change of address procedure and provides instructions for subscribers to report moves to the newspaper office.
Nebraska's all farm commodity price index falls to 265 for the period ending December 15, led by declines in livestock and livestock products. The all-crop index stands at 142, up from mid November but below a year ago, while prices received by Nebraska farmers show mixed changes across wheat, corn, oats, soybeans, beef, and milk products with year-over-year contrasts.
The Farmers Home Administration will insure small town water and sewer bond issues and resell them to private investors. Investors receive market rates while communities pay 5 percent, with the subsidy funded by the FHA. Tax treatment changes as bonds insured by FHA become taxable, encouraging private capital to fund rural infrastructure. Environment official Phil Campbell notes rural water needs, citing about 60,000 communities lacking modern systems.
The State Federal Division of Agricultural Statistics reports Nebraska’s 1870 popcorn output at 51.4 million pounds, down 36 percent from last year’s record. Acres planted and yield per acre also fell from the prior season.
New Holland, now the farm equipment division of Sperry Rand, introduced the first production line self typing pickup dater in IMG.
Dr McCalla of the University of Nebraska explains soil microorgansims as nature's janitors crucial to decomposing dead matter and driving the nitrogen cycle. He notes CO2 release from decomposition, and that soil bacteria gradually break down manmade pesticides with metabo lism, suggesting enhanced energy sources could boost biodegradation.
The article notes that one third of the world is used as pasture or land in use with one fifth covered by snow and ice, two-fifths made bare by deserts, mountains or arid zones. It estimates an available farmable reserve of 950 million acres.
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