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Polk Progress

Location

Polk, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Oct 02, 1947

Page

6

Soft Corn Requires Special Attention for Farmers

Frost risk and late planting affect the soft corn crop this year. Capper's Farmer suggests methods to salvage value by storing immature crops in silos or pasturing, plus emergency cribs to protect against wind and frost. Frost regrowth and hoisting hogs or cattle to harvest are noted strategies.

Capper

Know Your Breed Morgan Horse by W. J. Dryden

Justin Morgan founded the Morgan line with 1795 ownership noted. The breed thrives at the United States Morgan horse farm in Middlebury Vermont and stands 14.2 to 15.2 hands high. The article also gives livestock farming tips on pig growth, weed control near electric fences, flushing ewes for breeding, pasture changes, and dairy cow dry-off and rest before calving.

United States Morgan Horse Farm Middlebury, Vt

New Weed Killers Show Strong Results in Field Tests

New weed killers to supplement 2 4 D appear with good reports. Quack grass and crab grass are two pests 2 4 D does not control. IPC developed in England during the war now yields good control of quack grass stolons and seedlings in U S tests. It is harmless to people and to some broadleaf plants.

England U S. Department of Agriculture

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