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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1948
Page
3
Banking on beetle control, farmers face the Colorado potato beetle pests across regions. Description covers adult beetle, larva, and life cycle with two broods from June to August. Dusting or spraying with paris green calcium arsenate or cryolite recommended. hand picking and crushing eggs advised.
Barn cleaners with simple sturdy designs can thoroughly clean an average dairy barn. A clean barn is essential for healthy cows and reduces farm labor by using mechanical cleaners as illustrated.
As warm days return insects invade gardens with cabbageworms on cabbage and Colorado beetles on potatoes. The cabbage green worm arrives after white and yellow butterflies lay eggs. It is killed by rotenone dust, not arsenates, with an application when butterflies appear and again every ten days.
The sugar beet is an important cash crop per the University of Wisconsin. Years of production show beets fit well with dairy farming, improve soil structure, tolerate frosts, and provide valuable cattle and sheep feed from tops.
Guidance for planning an evergreen windbreak to shield farm buildings. Place the windbreak about 150 feet from structures, with one to three rows. Space trees roughly 18 feet apart to maximize protection from prevailing winds.
A devotional note references verses from Ezra Psalms Exodus and Zechariah along with a Psalms devotional reading. It lists several chapter and verse ranges and mentions uniform Sunday school scripture passages for instruction.
The article extols the temple as a national sanctuary and argues worship shapes public opinion and future leaders. It cites Ezra 3 and Psalms 100 to urge regular churchgoing, honoring God’s house, and the need for public worship as nourishment for souls and society. It notes WNU Features distribution.
The questions cover the Star Spangled Banner adoption date fastest human powered speed khaki origin World War II veteran death projection US coal supply lifespan and Tom Thumb size. Provided responses cite March 3 1931 108.92 mph India meaning earthlike 2030 and 1500 years while Tom Thumb stood 3 ft 4 in and weighed 70 lb.
The guidance suggests two coats of enamel undercoat plus a final enamel coat for wallpaper to avoid loosening. It warns against flat paint or calcimine and notes spraying a house can be satisfactory if done by a professional with quality paint, warm dry surfaces, and good weather.
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