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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1952
Page
7
Equipment quick repairs cut time and losses and boost production. A corn belt farmer used a welder to build an inclined plane portable elevator with a hopper and a 100 foot portable reel for a strong extension cord from the barn. Labor costs drop from 25 cents to 10 cents per bushel as yields rise, with fast repairs paying for themselves during harvest.
The 1951 Soil Conservation Service annual report notes rapid progress over 20 years and underscores the need for ongoing conservation to support mobilization efforts. It cites 128 502 farmers aided in creating plans covering 36 259 299 acres, totaling 883 348 plans on 246 740 009 acres by mid-1951, with about 2 400 districts and 64 million dollars spent that year, including 52 million for operations, seven million for flood control, and 1.5 million for research.
On a 140 acre ranch in Queen Creek Arizona the Arizona Queen Creek Farm Bureau donated two machines and fuel for a community cotton harvest. The 36 mechanical pickers valued at over half a million dollars picked about 200 bales in a single day. The project saved labor costs and was presented as a $9000 gift to the ranch.
Simple homemaking hints cover scalloped potatoes topping, mending gloves with a thimble, removing corn from jars with a corkscrew, using a spring pin as a spoon holder, repurposing lipstick containers for odds and ends, grating citrus peel on waxed paper, and quick frosting with a rubber spatula for a smooth finish.
Soil tests guide farmers on nutrients and practices to restore run down fields to high crop yields. In Missouri 69 county soil clinics diagnose ailments and prescribe treatments. Labs operate under the extension service and county agents.
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