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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1960
Page
4
County businesses and organizations presented numerous prizes at the fair. Winners in judging contests received special calf, beef calf purchases, and showmanship prizes. Grand Champion livestock recipients and home economics awardees were honored with plaques, trophies, and sponsor gifts from local firms and chambers of commerce.
Dean Axthelm of the College of Agriculture spoke at a county irrigation farmers meeting on March 24. He covered tillage and fertility practices, costs and results, and water distribution costs and usage, highlighting Irrigation Association purposes and importance.
The County Extension Service recounts a year of activities in Polk County and thanks the many people who assisted in making the 1959 Extension program a success. The staff invites residents to visit the Extension Office to get acquainted and seek help with agriculture and home economics problems.
County Agent collected 95 wheat samples in 1959 to sow in fall for a seed quality plot on the Paul Monson farm. The plot will grade seed purity and weed freedom for farmers. Outstate Testing Service set a variety and fertilizer plot to compare yield and protein in 1960.
Thirty 4-H members from Polk County joined a three day district camp at Seward on July 13 14 15. The program included handi craft games swimming and special sessions on photography personality development and modeling along with fishing gear for boys and sessions from the Lincoln Air Force Base. Members from four other counties also attended.
Polk County 4 H reports a major gain in 1959 with 298 participants up from 210 the prior year and 32 clubs total, including 10 new clubs with 190 girls and 108 boys enrolled. Leaders for the new clubs are listed alongside club names.
Polk County farmers and home makers rely on four weekly newspapers Osceola Record Stromsburg Headlight Shelby Sun and Polk Progress for current Extension information. The papers print the County Agent's column and 4-H activities with many pictures for readers.
The chart tracks boy and girl enrollment in Polk County 4-H club work over 24 years. Peak enrollment occurred in 1940, with 1959 girl enrollment second only to 1940. Complete 4-H records exist back to 1922. early Extension work in Polk County saw little activity.
More than 225 4-H members teachers and families attended the Polk County Achievement at the Parish Hall on November 30. Twenty four awards and medals were presented including 79 medals and multiple scholarships and trips for Linda McKeag Douglas Dunn and others. The Polk County Farm Bureau funded three five and ten year membership pins and junior leader pins.
Mr and Mrs Norris Larson and family were featured on the WOW TV Four Star News program on Friday January 24 in Omaha. The Polk County farm family appeared from the Omaha area with several striking pictures of the farm and brief interviews with each member by the Station Farm Director.
Statistics compiled during 1959 show agents spent time visiting 419 farms and homes and serving 1977 office callers. They handled 1846 telephone calls, wrote 381 news items, and produced 23 radio and 20 TV announcements. They attended 208 meetings with 7221 attendees and distributed 7535 bulletins to cooperators.
The Polk County Extension Clubs studied topics from January to October 1959 including First Aid Vegetables In Your Meals Heart Education Cancer Education Line and Design In Clothing and Parents And Purse Strings. Area and County Home Agents delivered many lessons with College of Agriculture materials shared for club meetings.
Osceola hosted a Livestock Feeding and Outlook Meeting for county farmers on September 24. Paul Guyer of the College of Agriculture spoke on current feeding practices and feed additives, while Dean Brown outlined next year’s price and supply outlook.
The Palk County 4-H Picnic took place at Osceola Park on Tuesday July 21. More than 70 4-H members and parents enjoyed free swimming sponsored by the Osceola Chamber of Commerce. After swimming over 80 attendees gathered for a park picnic with ice cream sundaes from Anderson Mercantile and beverages from the Polk County Extension Board.
Polk County 4-H members excelled at the Ak-Sar-Ben Livestock Show in Omaha earning 2 purple, 5 blue, 10 red, and 2 white ribbons. Notable winners include Lora Lee Dawes and Lionel Swanson with top awards in Milking Shorthorn and Holstein classes, and a fourth consecutive Herdsmanship purple for beef exhibitors. Other ribbons went to Barbara Wieseman, Nick Richter, Lore Lee Dawes, Darwin Anderson, Jean McGimpsey, Lynn Ray Anderson, and Marcia Taddiken with combinations of blue red and white.
The report shows 19 home extension clubs and a total membership of 271. Local organizers note steady participation across communities, with ongoing plans for workshops and community outreach this year.
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