Milk Payments Ready On First 3 Months
Franklin county AAA will pay dairy producers for January February and March milk starting April 1 upon proper production evidence. Stokes AAA chairman said the quarter pays 60 cents per hundredweight for whole milk in southern Idaho and 17 cents a pound for butterfat. Payments extended through June 30 to offset high feed costs and maintain milk production.
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Franklin County
AAA
Wilford Stokes County
Idaho
Legume Seed Payment Incentives for 1946 Program
Domestic and foreign demand for legume seed rises prompting a 1946 agricultural conservation program offering practice payments to farmers to boost production. A 7 cent per pound payment applies to alfalfa and alsike seed and 9 cents to red clover seed, on a clean seed basis for seed commercial channels, effective January 1, 1947.
Tree and shrub guide shared at garden club meeting
Professor Laval S. Morris from USAC spoke to garden club members at the courthouse on Monday evening. He advised hardwood trees for street planting, noting Siberian elm grows fast but hardwoods grow slower and can eventually replace the elms.
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Laval S. Morris
USAC
Garden Club
Court House
Growth advice and prizes mark local garden event
The speaker recommended thornless honey locust and several maples ash and linden for the area. Shrubs should be planted in clusters of three. Six door prizes were awarded with Ray Merrill winning a shovel from Palmer Implement Co. Five packages of peony roots and shrubs from Floyd Bradford went to Mrs. Ray Merrill. Attendees included Mrs Edwin Nuffer Woodrow Rasmussen Mrs W P Merrill and Mrs J C Peterson. Mr and Mrs Lyle Shipley performed songs.
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Ray Merrill
Palmer Implement Co
Floyd Bradford
Edwin Nuffer
Woodrow Rasmussen
W P Merrill
J. C. Peterson
Lyle Shipley
Good Pastures Make Profitable Farm Crops
Pastures offer profitable returns compared with other crops if properly managed. Daniel Roberts notes a well cared for tame pasture can carry at least four animal units, with four cows yielding about 14175 dollars in milk from one acre over six months at current prices. For establishment seed should be sown firm, well fertilized. seed can be broadcast or drilled, not deeper than one inch. University of Idaho data for irrigated Franklin county pastures favors Meadow Fescue, Smooth Brome, Orchard Grass, and Alsike or Ladino Clover, while Kentucky Blue Grass is avoided due to lower forage yield.
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Daniel Roberts
Kentucky
Franklin County
Wells outlines principled campaign stance speech
Mr Wells declares at the start of the primary campaign that he will avoid empty vote gathering statements and commitments he cannot keep. He vows to take stands only when he can honestly keep faith with them.
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Wells
Incumbent Gossett Faces June Primary for U S Senate
Senator Charles C Gossett of Boise announces pursuit of the Democratic nomination for the U S Senate in the June 11 primary. He cites his record as Idaho governor and legislator and as a stockman and farmer. Pocatello businessman Richard H Wells also enters the race as a Republican candidate after the death of Senator John Thomas.
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Richard Wells
Pocatello
Charles C Gossett
Boise
U_ S. Senate
Richard H
Dick) Wells
John Thomas
Two Preston Youths Enlist With Regular Army
Dowald Bronson and Dale J. Robinson of Preston join the regular army for 18 months each. They cite the GI Bill benefits, including up to 30 months of college or trade school at government expense after discharge. Government support covers tuition up to $500 per year plus monthly living allowances of $65 for single and $90 for married status.
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U. S
Turton
U. S. Army
Dowald Bronson
George A. Bronson
Dale J. Robinson
James Robinson
North 3Rd East
Preston
Sargent
Lawrence W. Bowen
Paper-Tape On Rolls In Various Widths
Citizen reports availability of paper tape on rolls in inch and two inch widths plus three inch widths.
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University of Idaho Agricultural Experiment Station
Logan, Utah
Charles Gossett
Caldwell
Pocatellan
Senate
Virgil Larson
Virgil
McCune Motor Co
Ford Cars
Allis-Chalmers Farm Implements
Regular
California
Snake River Valley
Boise Valley
Mr. Grover
Franklin
Tme
Franklin County Sugar Co
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