Polk County ACP helps farmers with conservation costs
The 1959 Polk County Agricultural Conservation Program shares cost estimates with farmers. The ACP committee led by Richard C. Sealey, Victor F. Sterup, and Leo Cockson reported about $19 000 of ACP cost sharing used on 96 Polk County farms. The funds supported terraces diversions sod waterways channels and other erosion and irrigation improvements across multiple properties.
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Polk County
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County Committee
Richard C. Sealey
Victor F. Sterup
Leo Cockson
Polk
Agricultural land improvement summary by farms and acres
The record lists various conservation efforts across numerous farms. It includes irrigable cropland totaling 37 farms and 687.3 acres with leveling of 2 farms and 8441 cu yds. of soil moved, permanent cover on 9 farms and 100.5 acres, vegetable cover for rotation on 24 farms and 289 acres, winter and summer cover crops on 11 and 1 farms totaling 497 and 4 acres, cropland treatment on 6 farms and 118.8 acres, plus tree and shrub planting for erosion control on 9 farms and 9.5 acres and forestry improvement on 1 farm and 6.0 acres.
Victor A Johnson longtime Osceola resident dies at 77
Victor A Johnson formerly of Osceola died January 15 1960 at Lindsborg Kansas Community Hospital after a long illness. Born September 16 1882 at Hooper Nebraska he married Mathilda Anderson June 21 1905. Survived by widow four children Evelyn Anderson Florence Newcomer Kenneth L Johnson Valeria Shea and one brother Axel. He worked in business in Wausa Stromsburg and Osceola before moving to Lindsborg in 1930 to work in insurance and real estate until retirement.
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Victor A. Johnson
Osceola
Lindsborg
Kansas
Hooper
Nebraska
Mathilda Anderson
Evelyn Anderson
Florence Newcomer
Oakland
California
Kenneth L. Johnson
Long Beach
Valeria Shea
Denver
Colorado
Johnson
Wausa
Stromsburg
Local social notes and a leap year anecdote
Local residents attend gatherings with Mrs. Maxine Throckmorton and others. visits include John W. Gabriel to his son Albert A. Gabriel. Osceola gains Kenneth Studley as Farm Bureau Manager. A humorous tale recalls leap year customs with women granting favors and men facing penalties.
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Maxine Throckmorton
Laura Scott
Ida ‘Rommers
Fred Dunn
John W. Gabriel
Albert A. Gabriel
Sam Cook
Clarks
Wren Sherwood
Guy Smith
Sherwood
Maria Fulwider
St. Paul
Minnesota
Lloyd O. Hoffman, Jr
H.S. Eklund
Omaha
Lloyd O. Hoffman
Kennneth Studley
Wolbach
Osceola
Studley
Farm
Leap Year Customs Arouse Bachelor Alarm
Leap year grants women the right to propose, a Scots tradition dating to 1288. Women may propose during leap years with a warning, and if rejected a man faced a fine, typically a pound, unless he could prove another prior attachment.
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Scotland
Lowe
Antelope Trapping In Alliance Net 45 Released In Dundy
The January 10 trapping by the Game Commission captured 45 pronghorns on the Clarence Doud ranch and released them later on the Earl Erdman ranch in Dundy County. The operation occurred at the Doud ranch where trapping was previously described.
Nebraska's largest antelope trapping effort to date
The Nebraska Game Commission reports the largest trapping program ever, with 24 bucks and 21 females in the Erdman release bringing total pronghorns released to 414. This year 278 animals have been freed in the historic antelope range, with release sites chosen to speed spread into suitable areas.
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Erdman
The
Game Commission
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