State Agricultural Picture Changes in Nebraska since 1930
A federal farm census analysis covers Nebraska 1934 production and 1935 inventory, noting more land in farms, higher average farm size, rising tenancy, and a sharp collapse in farm values. Farm land value fell from 2.495 billion in 1930 to 1.563 billion in 1935, a 37.4 percent drop, with average value per acre down from 55.81 to 33.53 dollars.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Federal Department of Commerce
Six Shelterbelt Trees Thrive In Great Plains Study
The Northern Great Plains Field Station at Mandan, North Dakota, began tests in 1914 to see if trees could shield farms from wind and snow. Eighteen species were planted in 1915 1916 and 1917. by end of 1934 only six Chinese Elm Green Ash Chokecherry Boxelder Siberian Pea tree and Buffaloberry survived satisfactorily.
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Washington, D. C
Federal Bureau of Plant Industry
Great Plains
Northern Great Plains
Bureau
Mandan
N. D
Wallace
Cattle and Lamb Feeders Pulse in Nebraska
State and federal statistician A E Anderson reports Nebraska cattle and lamb feeding up due to abundant soft low grade corn and cheap hay. Five month shipments of stockers and feeders are 10 percent larger than 1934 and exceed 1933, though below 1919 levels. Lamb shipments to Nebraska rise about 35 percent while hog numbers fall due to the 1935 drought.
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Lincoln
A. E. Anderson
Nebraska
Anderson
Nebraska to Launch State Road Safety Campaign
Governor R L Cochran announced a major road safety drive for Nebraskans after January 1. The plan includes a new state highway patrol with powers to prosecute motor vehicle violations and to run an educational campaign to reduce Nebraska's auto death rate.
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Lincoln
FERA Plans County Aid During Nebraska Relief Transition
The Nebraska Emergency Relief Administration announces liquidation and offers to aid county boards in January as counties assume relief duties. State Relief Administrator E. F. Witte says a certification officer will be stationed in each county to certify eligible persons for relief.
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FERA
Lincoln
Nebraska Emergency Relief Administration
Nebraska
E. F. Witte
Witte
Ancient Cone Forest Revealed By Smithsonian Fossils
Dr. R. W. Brown of the United States Geological Survey reports Cretaceous era cone fossils from driftwood near Washington and from North Dakota showing sequoia and cedar family trees once spanning the northern United States. The immense ancient forest likely persisted from the start to the end of the period, with sequoias shrinking to western California after climatic shifts and ice advances.
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Washington
California
United States
R. W. Brown
United States Geological Survey
Smithsonian Institution Fossil Plant Collection
District of Columbia
Cannonball River
North Dakota
Doctor Brown
Maryland
National Capital
Earth
Rocky Mountains
Pacific
Rockies
Cascades
Sierra Nevadas
British Columbia
Oregon
Cleaning and care tips from the household section
Practical guidance covers heating a kitchen range gradually to avoid cracking, scaling fish from tail to head under running water, healing scratches on dark furniture with iodine and polish, and watering guidance for dish gardens including cactus.
Elastic Paint Advice for Weathering Trellises and Lattices
The article advises using elastic paint on garden trellises and lattices to cope with swelling and shrinking from weather. It notes that elastic exterior paints are common and suitable for exterior wood, suggesting repainting at the first signs of weathering.
Socialism Versus Christianity by Leonard A Barrett
The article argues socialism as a group based response to social injustices. It discusses group consciousness linking Europe and the United States and asserts socialism aims to empower workers and guarantee a living wage. The piece outlines socialism’s goal of worker ownership of tools and home assets.
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Leonard A. Barrett
Europe
Clash of socialism and Christianity in social order
The piece argues socialism partly mirrors Christian teaching yet differs in method and aims. It contrasts material focus with spiritual goal, environment versus internal transformation, revolutionary versus evolutionary change, and wealth distribution as trust. It asks Americans to ponder socialism's fit and alternatives.
Prehistoric Monster Belittled by Johns Hopkins Scientist
Professor Robert Hegner of Johns Hopkins University questions the size of prehistoric monsters. He argues in Parade of the Animal Kingdom that ancient beasts were not as large as modern whales and that even mammoths and mastodons did not rival Jumbo in size.
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Baltimore
Robert Hegner
Johns Hopkins University
Professor Hegner
Mr. Barnum
Chewing for Health and Floating Foods Explored
A Health column advises parents to teach children to chew thoroughly, noting Fletcherize as slow eating that aids digestion and dental health. It describes seasickness remedies, then explores floating foods like meringues, marshmallows, custards, and light edible toppings that rise above foundations.
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Bell Syndicate
WNDU
Tonga Queen Salote Visits Sydney In natives read write
Queen Salote of Tonga arrives in Sydney representing the last independent Pacific state. Crowned in 1917 at age eighteen she governs with religious principle and oratory, lives with family under European customs, enforces a strict Sabbath, and claims no poverty and no debt with a literate population of 20 000.
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Sydney
Tropic Isles
Salote
Tonga
Pacific
George Tabou II
New Zealand
Mora to Mora Ski Race Recalls Sixteenth Century Trip
In Dalecarlia Sweden the year’s top sport event is a Mora to commemorative ski race. Two men invite Gustavus Vasa to lead the country but fail to reach him before he nears the Norwegian frontier.
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Dalecarlia
Sweden
Mora
Gustavus Vasa
Strange Parties Debut on Ostrava Ballots
In Ostrava Moravian district elections, unusual groups contest tickets alongside major parties. Among them are the party of fruit dealers and market workers, a social club of jobless, a party for widowers and pensioners, a democratic group for the procurement of work, and notably the party against party machines.
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Prague
Moravian
Ostrava
Art impulse calms child emotion, says Florence Cane
Florence Cane of New York University argues art affects a child physically mentally and emotionally. She urges treating art as essential like reading and geography to lift society from boredom and despair and to channel upheaved emotion into constructive creativity.
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Molly Jackson
Kentucky
New York University
Florence Cane
Parents
School of Education
Hitchhiking Doe Surprises Driver in Colorado
Ray Hackett of Salida Colorado says a deer hit his car hitchhiked 100 feet along the hood broke a headlight and fender leaped down uninjured and trotted away in a remarkable roadside incident reported in local notes.
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Ray Hackett
Salida
Colo
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