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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1950
Page
3
Blackburn notes a May 1 application deadline for an examination leading to certification while warning there is a June 1 decline for grains and a separate deal for potatoes and beans. A second horn found in two years suggests very old age with no prior buffalo record in the area.
Agronomist K H Klages of the University of Idaho advises spring grazing restraint to let grasses recover. He notes legumes boost summer forage but warn about bloat on lush pastures. recommends dry rack water and salt, and legume-grass mixes for productive pasture across varying rainfall zones.
Senator Dworshak calls for a thorough legislative review of the farm program amid wage and price concerns. He contrasts continuing wartime style controls with the Brannan plan, warning of loss of freedom and higher taxes, and notes surplus grain and calls to withdraw supports for potatoes. Idaho growers favor similar moves.
In 1949 cancer deaths occurred in all Idaho counties except Butte and Clark. Registrar Wood Benson notes 505 total deaths, up from 32 in 1948. Ada led with 65, Canyon 53, Twin Falls 33, Bannock 30, Kootenai 28, and Franklin 5, as the state cancer society begins its annual fundraising campaign.
May 1 is the deadline to apply for certification of alfalfa red clover and grass seed. Daniel Roberts Franklin County agricultural agent says applications are available at his office. Idaho Crop Improvement Association manager T C Blackburn reports expected increases in alfalfa and red clover certification this year amid 1949 production gains.
Lewis Preston recently registered a Holstein Friesian cow from Marvin Prescott of Grace. Edmar Boots recorded the transfer with the Holstein Friesian Association of America, issuing 2 296 certificates to Idaho breeders in 1949.
Salmon reports Lowell Brough found a buffalo horn that scholars say reinforces the local legend of buffalo once roaming the Lemhi region. The discovery adds weight to stories of native migrations and early wildlife in the area.
Producer George Jessel highlights old time song writers in the Twentieth Century Fox musical Oh You Beautiful Doll at the Grand Theatre starting Sunday. The film tells Fred Fisher’s jazz era rise with Fay C Flippen and Mark Stevens starring. June Haver co stars and S Z Sakall portrays Fisher while a vaudeville scene salutes Harry Von Tilzer and Berlin among others.
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