Colorado Wheat King Again From Colorado in National Contest
Luther F. Givens of Sterling Colorado won the Pillsbury national wheat award with Wichita hard red winter wheat scoring 64.8 pounds per bushel in a contest held in Chicago under the International Crop Improvement Association. Second place went to R E Condon of Platteville Colorado with 64.5 pounds per bushel. Colorado has claimed national wheat honors four times in five years, with prior winners including Hofmann Lindstrom Powers and Peterson from Montana noted in the piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WIN Farm
United States
Colorado
Luther F. Givens
Sterling
University of Minnesota
J. C. Hackleman
University of Illinois
A. L. Clapp
Kansas State Agriculture College
K. E. Beeson
Purdue University
Givens
Lena
R. E. Condon
Platteville
Colo
D. F. Sakuth
Yuba City
Calif
Ralph Osborn
Culver
Ind
Appleton Brothers
Canandaigua
N. Y
William Frazen
Mapes
N. D
Colorado Wheat
Montana Grain
George Hofmann
Iliff
Leo Lindstrom
Jesse Powers
Henderson
Montana
L. E. Peterson
Victoria
Logan County
Platteville, Colo
Surplus Goods And Land Available To Farmers
War Assets Corporation will not declare strictly agricultural equipment surplus though tractors and trucks may be converted for farm use. A small organization within the agriculture department will handle surplus goods of interest to farmers, including 170,000 acres of surplus land and a hemp and flax mill formerly run by CCC in Hartford Wisconsin. Telephone and telegraph matériel are offered at U S Signal Corps depots in Chicago Lexington Ogden Atlanta and Bellmead.
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Washington
War Assets Corporation
Department of Agriculture
CCC
Hartford
Wis
U. S. Signal Corps
Chicago
Lexington
Ogden
Utah
Atlanta, Ga
Bellmead, N. J
Longtime Farm Resident Sets Dunnell Record
Fairmont Daily Sentinel learns Ellsworth Ziemer born in 1895 still farms on Lake Fremont. C. L. Peterson, born 1890, also stays on his birth farm. But F. S. B. Carlson born December 1874 near Dunnell has lived 71 years on the same farm with his wife and son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmont
Minn
Fairmont Daily Sentinel
E. G. Swanson
Dunnell
Ellsworth Ziemer
Lake Fremont
C. L. Peterson
F. S. B. Carlson
Harrisburg honors 1945 Pennsylvania potato champ
Mervin Hanes of Stewardstown produced 656 bushels of potatoes on a measured acre to win Pennsylvania’s 1945 potato growing championship. The award, presented by the growers' cooperative, was announced at a Harrisburg dinner in his honor.
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Harrisburg
Mervin Hanes
Stewardstown
Pennsylvania
Hanes
The
Growers’ Co-Operative
Indian Fighter Knight Dies at 105 in Tulsa
William Franklin Knight, who observed his 105th birthday last February 17, died in Tulsa at age 105. Born on a steamboat in Louisiana Missouri, he fought in six wars and rode for Wells Fargo after joining Texas stagecoach guards. He survived four bullet wounds and an archer’s thrust, carried government messages from Fort Worth to El Paso in 1870, and shipped thousands of buffalo hides. Knight moved to Tulsa in 1918, worked until age 99, and lived independently until illness confined him to a convalescent home. no immediate relatives are known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
General Custer
Geronimo
Jesse James
William Franklin Knight
Louisiana
Texas
Wells-Fargo Express
St. Louis
Knight
Fort Worth
el Paso
Southwest Plains
One Third of U S Population Lacks Library Access
Washington reports Sen. Lister Hill and Rep. Emily Taft Douglas propose federal grants of 25 000 annually per state to support rural library associations with matching funds up to 50 000. States would file plans to the education commissioner for eligibility. 586 counties lack public libraries, Texas leading with 150. Only 11 states have full county library coverage.
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Washington
United States
Lister Hill
Alabama
Emily Taft Douglas
Illinois
House
Senate
United States Commissioner of Education
Texas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mississippi
Connecticut
Delaware
Iowa
Maine
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
Oregon
Rhode Island
Vermont
Osage Ranchers Plan June Meet In Pawhuska Okla
Osage Cat tlemen’s association holds its 10th annual convention June 21 and 22 in Pawhuska with a barbecue and cowboy dance. Gart ner Drummond, president, says a large turnout from several states is expected as experts discuss modern ranching methods, but lodging may be tight. The host community and Drummond anticipate needing extra accommodations.
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Pawhuska
Okla
Osage Cattlements Association
Southwest
Gartner Drummond
Drummond
Pattern No 8025 for multiple men’s sizes
Pattern No 8025 lists sizes 34 36 238 40 42 44 46 and 48 with size 36 having cap sleeves. Requires 414 yards of 35 or 39 inch material. Send your order to the indicated address.
Charming summer sports set pattern 1489 for girls
Pattern No. 1489 offers a cap sleeved square neck top and a dirid skirt for juniors in sizes 11 through 18. Top uses 14% yards of fabric in 35 or 39 inch widths while the skirt requires 1% yards.
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Sterling Saddle Club
Wichita
J. S
Champ Potato Grower
U. S
Osage
Hollywood
Bea Wade
Wy Sota
Sbn
Foch
Fleischmann
Kelloggs
Kellogg’s
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
South Wells St
Ill
Rayon Ag
Firestone
Firestone Research
NBC Network
Firestone Tire J Babber Co
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