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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1947
Page
2
The article notes riboflavin as a crucial yellow crystalline vitamin for poultry growth and enzyme formation. It highlights curled toe paralysis in chicks fed riboflavin deficient rations, the benefits of natural riboflavin concentrates, and the widespread presence of riboflavin in milk, yeast, alfalfa, and cereal byproducts.
Farmers who burn straw, cornstalks, and other residues lose nitrogen and organic matter vital to soil rebuilding. A 100-bushel corn crop can shed 6500 pounds of organic matter and 55 pounds of nitrogen, while sweet clover losses reach about 150 pounds of nitrogen and 3 to 4 tons of organic matter. Plowing under saves effort and yields about 10 to 20 extra bushels per acre, improving fertility.
A new and distinctive disease called internal cork affects sweet potatoes in the South. Dr. C J Nusbaum of the South Carolina experiment station reports dark brown corky spots of irregular shape and size on infected roots. The disease is virus caused with potential for resistant strains under study.
The article argues farmers should reinvest cash from current assets into land and soil. It warns that much money reflects soil fertility loss and depreciated assets rather than true profit, urging restoration and modernization of farms to secure earnings for the next two decades.
In spring the common mole becomes more noticeable as ridges and mounds appear. Unlike rats and mice, moles feed mainly on earthworms and insects, harming fields and gardens. Trapping is described as the most satisfactory control method found.
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