Waterfowl Season Set At 80 Days Beginning October 16
Idaho announces an 80 day waterfowl season from October 16 through January 3 with a daily bag limit of nine ducks including three widgeon or pintail and a possession limit of 15 birds. Coot limit remains 25, and white geese are restricted in four eastern counties. Shooting hours run from an hour before sunrise to sunset, opening day starts at noon.
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Idaho
U. S.fish and Wildlife Service
North
Clark
Madison
Fremont
Teton
Irrigating Equipment Pays Its Way in Pasture Saving
County agent Daniel Roberts notes water supply during hot seasons reduces pasture loss and may let farmers recoup irrigation costs in one or two years. Tests in another state show irrigated fields yield about $100 more per acre after costs, with 257 cow-days per acre versus 176, and 12,520 pounds of milk and 523 pounds of butterfat per acre versus 8,019 and 354 respectively.
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Daniel Roberts
Department of Agriculture
Best Use of Eggs Described by Agent
Franklin county home agent Lucretia Maughan notes many housewives ask how to warm eggs correctly before cooking. She offers practical suggestions to keep eggs at peak quality, stressing proper temperature handling.
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Lucretia Maughan
Franklin County
Egg Temperature Tips for Fresh Eggs and Cooking
Research from the department of agriculture explains how cold eggs behave with the shell and yolk. It advises bringing eggs to room temperature before use, especially for cake making, and suggests a gradual warm up to 64 to 77 degrees for best whipping.
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Department of Agriculture
Alaska and Hawaii Statehood Debate Faces Hurdles
Alaska and Hawaii statehood would enlarge the union by a fifth, add 600000 people, and place two more stars on the flag. Debates in Congress weigh admitting Hawaii first or pairing both, with historical examples of varied admission. Contention over Maine and Missouri framed sectional tensions during Monroe era.
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Alaska
Hawaii
Congress
National Geographic Society
Vermont
Kentucky
Tennessee
Louisiana
Ohio
Maine
Missouri
James Monroe
Nation’s expansion and livestock trends across states and territories
The text surveys state admissions from 1820 to 1912, noting Alaska and Hawaii majorly altering the union. It details Alaska’s vast size and resources, Hawaii’s tropical climate and tourism, and then shifts to 1954 lamb crop data with US totals, regional gains, and Texas leading lamb production.
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Missouri
Maine
North
South Dakota
Montana
Washington
New Mexico
Arizona
Alaska
Hawaii
United States
Texas
Rhode Island
Delaware
Connecticut
Servicemeni
North America
Mt. McKinley
Subartic Peninsula
Honolulu
Oil Industry Plans Expansion in Franklin County
Dell Rosen announces Franklin county oil industry plans to spend about 150000 this year to expand modernize and develop facilities in Preston including three service stations and one bulk plant. He cites 1954 plans and national totals of over four billion six hundred thousand in capital expenditures for the petroleum industry since World War II.
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Franklin County
Dell Rosen
Franklin County Oil Industry Information Committee
Mr. Rosen
Preston
Continental Oil Co
U. S
Thas
Idaho Lamb Crop Sees 1954 Gain Over 1953
The USDA reports Idaho’s 1954 lamb crop at about 986000 head, up from 1953 by three percent. The 1952 and 1937 records mark the crop’s low and high, with one year old ewes yielding 115 per hundred reading ewes, the highest on record for Idaho and a peak among western states. The 1943–52 average stands at 106 per lamb.
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United States
Texas
Idaho
USDA
Forest Service Pleased Over Fire Prevention Results
Forest Service reports 82 of 204 fires through July 31 on 19 intermountain national forests were man caused versus 99 of 211 last year. Forester C J Olsen credits Smoky Bear campaigns and urges continued vigilance to finish the fire season strongly despite harsh conditions. Public support from TV, radio, newspapers, theatres and civic groups noted.
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C. J. Olsen
Intermountain National
Forest Service
Smoky Bear
Olsen
Forester
The
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Preston, Idaho
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