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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1962
Page
5
The Idaho Home Demonstration Council will hold its annual convention in Nampa on October 8 and 9. Mrs Ellen Roberts chair of the Franklin County council said several women will be delegates from the area.
A. G. Condie, ASC service county chairman, urges farmers to plan under the enacted farm bill. Wheat price support is set at a national average of 1.82 per bushel, with a local rate about 1.68 plus 18 cents for diversion program participation. The 18 cent bonus applies to signers of a Wheat Stabilization Agreement and may require a 20 to 50 percent voluntary reduction in wheat acres. Fall sign-up begins in October.
After a year of testing Franklin area residents report singificantly improved irrigation. Darrel LeFevre and partners Darrel W LeFevre John LeFevre William Reese Max Olsen Merl W Stokes installed a 1610 foot concrete lined ditch along a levee to reduce seepage. The 18 inch depth project, begun spring 1961, stopped water loss and waterlogged soil, aided by Soil Conservation Service surveys and ASC cost sharing.
Franklin county Holstein group led by Henry Drury of Fairview Mark Talbot of Fairview and Douglas Wright & Son of Franklin claimed top honors at the Eastern Idaho State Fair with blue ribbon in the county herd class. Placings list Wrights of Franklin taking junior bull calf first and senior yearling heifer first etc with multiple top results in cows and calves.
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