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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1959
Page
11
Daniel Roberts outlines a five point soil program for sustained yields. Add crop residues green manure and livestock manure regularly. Till only as needed to preserve structure. Leach alkali and saline soils to remove unwanted salts. Maintain balanced nutrition with fertilizers and manures. Control weeds insects and diseases and irrigate efficiently.
Mapleton and Fairview residents hosted and visited relatives over the weekend. The Bowcuts Haus and families from Grantsville Lewiston Preston Pocatello Logan shared time at various homes, including the Olson Knapp Gregory and Porter households.
4-H sheep club members and leaders are invited to a winter sheep management tour on Saturday February 21 starting at 11 am from the parking lot rear of the county courthouse. Attendees should bring lunch and a cold dinner will follow the tour.
Franklin County joined 26 Idaho counties and Fort Hall Reservation in a modified certified brucellosis free area for Bangs disease control. Dr. W. K. Walker presented the certificate covering Jan 20 1959 to Nov 20 1961 with plans to test one third of beef cattle and all dairy cattle by ring test for re certification.
Franklin county Holstein breeders announce their annual dinner meeting this Saturday at 1 30 p m in the Franklin Cafe banquet room. A herd tour precedes the Idaho State Holstein Sale in Idaho Falls planned for early May with An invited group including Ed Soper Herman Weick and William Stevens accompanying. Alma Choules reports the group will elect officers for 1959 and outline the year’s program. Phone your news to No 8.
A narrator urges readers to value the freedoms won by founders and preserved by later generations, noting that readers would not have access to ads if living in Russia.
Shaw and family with Jack Woods Albert Moser of Dayton and George Fisher of Oxford traveled to Boise last Thursday on business and returned Saturday evening. Eldon Povey, an employee living in Rock Springs Wyoming, spent the weekend at home with his parents Mr and Mrs Arthur Po.
Idaho 4 H clubs plan enrollment beyond 1958 record 13 837 as Daniel Roberts county agent announces National 4 H Week February 28 to March 7. The effort honors alumni recruits youth and volunteers and cites statewide dairy beef and other project totals.
Franklin county potato producers will hold their annual meeting Tuesday February 24 at 2 p m in the basement room of the Franklin county courthouse. Kenneth Oliverson local president announced the event and said legislators will be discussed along with processing potato dispositions. M O Stratford Idaho Falls executive manager of Idaho Potato Producers Assn will outline the issue and Dr Richard Ohms Idaho extension potato specialist will cover disease and water rot problems. Officers for 1959 will be elected and all growers are invited.
Preston Jeep club members met last Wednesday evening and elected new officers for the coming year. Gene Anderson was elected president with Don Greaves as secretary. Dick Farnes, last year’s president, remains on the board. Don Newbold and Glen Corbridge were chosen for the entertainment committee. Outgoing officers are Jerry Greaves, secretary, and Curley Dockstader on the board.
Clifton Karen Taylor a Salt Lake City student spent the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs J H Taylor. Lee Sant and LaRee Croshaw attended a West Side Junior High School 7A assembly in Dayton with daughters Claudia Sant and Rae Lene Croshaw. Mr and Mrs Ray Croshaw hosted Willard Allen Almira of Pocatello and Mrs Ann Croshaw Kristi Ann of Seattle visiting for the week.
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