Colorado Wheat King Tops National Contest Fourth Time in Five Years
Colorado producer Givens of Sterling won the Pillsbury National Wheat King award with Wichita hard red winter wheat testing 64.8 pounds per bushel at a Chicago contest. Second went to Condon of Platteville with 64.5 pounds per bushel. The event, run by the International Crop Improvement association and state stations, honors Colorado as a leading wheat state with past winners Hofmann, Lindstrom, Powers, and Peterson of Montana.
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W. J. Dryden
United States
Colorado
Cabe TH Ana
Luiner I
Givens
Colo
Chicago
Agricultural Experiment
University of Colorado
International Crop Improvement Association
R. F Crim
University of Minnesota
C. Hackleman
University of Illinois
A. L. Clapp
Kansas State Agriculture College
K. E Beeson
Purdue University
Lena
Sterling Saddle Club
Wichita
R E. Condon
Platteville
D. F Sakuth
Yuba City
Calif
Ralph Osborn
Culver
Ind
Appleton Brothers
Cananda
Colorado Wheat
Montana Grain
George Hofmann
Iliff
Leo Lindstrom
Sterling
Jesse Powers
Henderson
Montana
L. E. Peterson
Victoria
Luther F. Givens
Logan County
R. E. Condon
Platteville, Colo
Surplus Goods And Farmland For U S Farmers
War Assets Corporation outlines surplus items for farmers including limited land for sale and farm equipment options. Notable offerings include 70 000 acres of remaining surplus land, hemp and flax mill assets, and telegraph plus telephone materials located at depots in Chicago Lexington Ogden Atlanta and Bellmead with no barb wire supplies available.
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War Assets Corporation
Department of Agriculture
CCC
Wartford
Wis
U. S. Signal Corps
Chicago
Lexington
Ogden
Utah
Atlanta
Bellmead
N. J
Born and Lived 71 Years on Same Farm
Fairmont Minn When the Fairmont Daily Sentinel sought the longest resident on a local farm, Elsworth Ziemer born 1895 on Lake Fremont farm, C L Peterson born 1890 on his birth farm, and F S E Carlson born December 1874 near Dunnell remain on their birth farms with wife and son marking over 71 years on the same property.
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Fairmont
Minn
Fairmont Daily Sentinel
E. G. Swanson
Dunnell
Elsworth Ziemer
Lake Fremont
C. L. Peterson
F. S. E. Carlson
Hanes Wins 1945 Pennsylvania Potato Grower Honor
Harrisburg officials present Mervin Hanes of Stewardstown with the state champion potato grower award for producing 656 bushels on a measured acre at a growers cooperative dinner in Harrisburg.
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Harrisburg
Mervin Hanes
Stewardstown
Pennsylvania
Hanes
The
Growers’ Co-Operative
Indian Fighter Knight Dies in Tulsa at 105
William Franklin Knight, a veteran of six wars and a witness to figures like Custer and Geronimo, died in Tulsa at 105. Born on a steamboat in Louisiana Missouri, he later served as a Wells Fargo rider, endured four bullet wounds, and carried government messages after Comanche attacks. He moved to Tulsa in 1918, worked until 99, and lived alone until a convalescent home. No immediate relatives listed.
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Tulsa
Okla
General Custer
Geronimo
Jesse James
William Franklin Knight
Louisiana
Texas
Wells-Fargo Express
St. Louis
Knight
Fort Worth
el Paso
Southwest Plains
Lawmakers push grants to expand rural library access
Washington reports Sen Lister Hill and Rep Emily Taft Douglas propose annual federal grants of 25 000 to each state for rural library work. States may match up to 50 000 with plans to be approved by the US commissioner of education. 586 counties lack public libraries. Texas leads with 150 vacant counties.
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Lister Hill
Alabama
Emily Taft Douglas
Ilinois
House
Senate
United States Commissioner of Education
Osage Ranchers to Hold Meet in June
Pa Where Oklahoma Osage Cat tlemen's association holds its 10th annual convention June 21 22 in Pawhuska featuring barbecue and cowboy dance. Gart ner Drummond says expected large attendance from several states, but lodging may be scarce requiring local hospitality to cover overflow.
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Osage
Pawhuska
Okla
Osage Cattlemen's Association
Southwest
Gartner Drummond
Drummond
Sports Set Heebes Charming Bare Midriff Top and Dirndl Skirt
Pattern No. 1489 offers sizes 11 to 18 for a sun-ready cap sleeve top with square neck and a dirndl skirt. Material lengths vary by size. pattern No. 8026 serves sizes 4 to 48 with cap sleeves and 41% yards of 35 or 39 inch fabric. Order details provided.
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