Increase boar power by keeping things cool
Heat and high humidity reduce boar fertility and embryo survival. Cool boars with water sprays, fans, and shade. rotate boars and limit services to six per week during hot periods. Maintain sow power by reducing sow to boar ratio to six or fewer and apply cooling to sows before and after breeding.
Americans face three-year toil to pay national debt
The Commerce Department reports total public and private debt at 3.4 trillion dollars in 1976, equaling about 15,400 dollars per person. The figure implies every man woman and child would need nearly three years of work to cover the nation's total debt.
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America
U.S. Dept. of Commerce
British ice cream naming dispute stirs EC talks
British officials clash with Common Market partners over ice cream labeling. Gavin Strang says Britain might call the product non-dairy ice cream to fit EC standards while preserving tradition of vegetable oil bases.
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Britain
Sweet Harmony
Gavin Strang
Ministry of Agriculture
Common Market
EC Commission
Pseudorabies disposal urged by Iowa State expert
Iowa swine producers face ongoing pseudorabies problems. ISU extension veterinarian Jim McKean warns that dead pigs can spread the virus and urges owners to incinerate or bury carcasses to keep dogs, cats and wildlife from scattering infected material. Proper disposal is the owner's legal responsibility under current Iowa law.
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Ames
Iowa
Jim McKean
Iowa State University Extension
McKean
Summer canoe trips on Platte River require extra time
Nebraska river travelers should plan for lower Platte water in summer. The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission notes that even in wet years the river runs low, making trips longer than spring flows. Check depths beforehand and arrange timely downstream pickup to avoid delays.
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Platte River
Platte
Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
Roof Color Rules Emphasize Appearance and Quality
The article stresses choosing a roof for appearance and durability since it is highly visible. It notes imagining colors on a large exterior is hard and provides booklets with color charts and advice. It advises using no more than three colors for roof, sidewalls, and accents.
Summer Fun Calendar for Nebraska Cities
A fragmented calendar of July events across Nebraska towns lists fairs rodeos concerts plays and family activities. Notable items include Fur Trade Days Old Settler’s Picnic at Fort Robinson Post Playhouse shows at Sugar Nalley Singers Concert Wildcat Hills Amphitheatre and Harvest Festival rodeo plus state fairs and the Jefferson County Rodeo with multiple towns such as Chadron Trenton Lincoln Creighton and Fort Robinson referenced.
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Post
R Sugar
Nalley Singers
Wildcat Hills Amphitheatre
Harmon Park
American Legion
Oregon Trail Days
Fort Robinson Post Playhouse
Black Deeds
Whitehorse
Diller
Little Britches
Winside
Old Settlers
Nance County
Hitchcock County
Jefferson ‘County
Fort Robinson Post - Playhouse
U S pork production up 14 percent from year ago
May Nebraska totals show commercial red meat output at 274 million pounds down 4 percent from May 1976. January May 1977 cumulative beef and pork totals near prior year. Hog slaughter 293,200 head. liveweight 223 pounds. cattle 348,000 killed. sheep and lamb 23,900. Nationwide May red meat output 3.1 billion pounds up 7 percent from May 1976.
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Nebraska
United States
Sourdough Cookery book offers 220 recipes for bread and more
Rita Davenport promotes Sourdough Cookery with over 220 recipes for breads pastries meals and desserts. It features sourdough starters using potatoes honey yogurt and rye, includes old favorites like Sourdough French Bread and new twists such as Sourdough Pumpkin Roll and Sourdough Pancake Supreme. Price 4.95 paperback 6.95 hardback. available from H P Books Tucson Arizona.
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San Francisco
Rita Davenport
Davenport
H.’P. ‘Books
Dept
Tucson
Arizona
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