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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1945
Page
3
Mr and Mrs Paul Hansen born of Chris Bnsen have moved from Grace to Ashton. They left last Wednesday to establish residence there after a winter period tied to a war bond drive. Orlando Rasmussen is mentioned in connection with prior events.
Chairman hosted a home gathering with Geneva Wallgren family and friends who bought bonds for a show ticket and enjoyed ice cream after. Weekend visitors included Major and Mrs Albert Roberts and daughters from Salt Lake City. Additional notices recount ward activities, baptisms and a plan for a ward bazaar with children’s clothing, quilts, and crafts.
Increased production leads to removal of crawler tractors under 25 horsepower from distribution control. The order excludes all other tractor types. Crawler tractors under 25 hp are widely used by farmers in the eastern half of the country in place of wheel tractors.
Four Franklin county dairy herds were inspected and classified by the Holstein-Friesian Association of America at Brattleboro Vermont. The Lund Rogers Drury and Shumway herds received designation very good and good plus with multiple animals noted for top scores. This classification supports sire identification and locating outstanding brood cow families in each herd.
The USDA urges Idaho farmers to harvest large amounts of alfalfa red clover and alsike clover seed as legume seeds are in high demand to aid production and rebuild European pastures. Producers will receive 2 cents per pound for alfalfa and alsike clover and 3 cents per pound for red clover seed sold before December 31 1945, in addition to AAA conservation payments.
Minkcreek Mink Creek Junior choir directed by Mrs Gail Knight performed inside on ward last Sunday. Glencoe visitors Mr & Mrs Delmarean and family were dinner guests at Delbert Keller's home last Sunday. Nola and Gordon Keller visited, staying for the week. Brent Rasmussen underwent double hernia surgery in Preston. Hugh McQueen family visited Pres ton. Aaron Jensen reported arm surgery success and remains at Bushnell hospital. Dwight Wilde bought a riding pony in Paris Idaho. Mink Creek Primary reorganized with Edna Rasmussen president. Various locals attended family gatherings and church activities. Toyland Fantasy play by Primary children enjoyed with bazaar and ice cream sandwiches. Mrs Carl Glover visited Lewiston for a new granddaughter. Community notes include several visits, welcomes, and schedule items.
Mapleton residents Mr and Mrs Oran Sorenson and son from Salt Lake City with Mr Sorenson's mother from Provo attended DeVern Burbank's welcome home dance Saturday night. They stayed for the Sorenson family reunion at the Community camp in Cubd River and were joined by Mr and Mrs Fred E Porter and friends who spent a delightful day at Lava Hot Springs.
Secretary Anderson assured Cuban sugar growers that the United States will raise its own sugar output but not to endanger Cuba’s position. He noted the U.S. will still depend on Cuba for a large share of imports and that Cuban purchases were paused for drought study after negotiations began weeks earlier. In 1944 Cuba supplied 55 percent of U.S. sugar.
Stocks of old wheat on July 1, 1945 totaled 262 million bushels with 42 million in interior mills and stores, 90 million on farms, 58 percent at merchant mills, 67 million at terminals, and 4 percent owned by the Commodity Credit Corporation. Disappearance from storage between April 1 and July 1, 1945 reached about 301 million bushels, leaving unusually low levels across all positions.
The item promotes farm record books to track income and expense for the past year. It notes preparation for new income tax records and targets farm owners seeking organized accounting tools.
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