Wet Weather Not Deter Grasshopper Control Efforts
Ranchers push to organize a grasshopper range spraying program as several thousand acres sign up. Federal Entomologist Jerry Bell highlights potential outbreaks from egg pods, with hatching possible in 2-3 weeks on sunny sites and main hatch not until May. Wet weather now won’t affect eggs, but could reduce hopper numbers if it occurs during hatching.
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Jerry Bell
Bell
Roland Biggs
Cheyenne County
Carl Olson
Frank Deaver
Keith Sprenger
Cliff Herboldsheimer
Industry and Business Seek More Ag Trained Students
Lincoln coverage notes rising demand for agriculture trained workers in industry and business. Dr. Franklin Eldridge cites four year trend showing one in five Nebraska College of Agriculture graduates not entering the armed forces found jobs in business and industry. A Northwestern study places about 30 percent of agricultural college graduates into business or industry last year. Specialists are needed to supply machinery, equipment, materials, services, and to move store process and sell crops and livestock.
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Lincoln
Nebraska College of Agriculture
Franklin Eldridge
Northwestern National Life Insurance Company
Agricultural College
Eldridge
Col
College Adds Agricultural Business Major
The college created an agricultural business major to meet students interests in farm related business. Eldridge notes the growth of business and industry within agriculture. A booklet titled I Found My Future in Agriculture outlines this trend and is available in libraries, from county agents, or from the Dean of the College of Agriculture, Lincoln. It highlights banks and other credit agencies assisting farmers beyond production and marketing.
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Eldridge
College of Agriculture
Lincoln
New Hybrid Corn Variety Developed in Nebraska
University of Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station announces Nebraska 603 a new hybrid corn. It adapts to east central Nebraska Platte Valley matures mid season yielding about 132 bushels per acre with short thick ears and good stalk quality. Seed released this year contact county agents or Foundation Seed Division College of Agriculture Lincoln Neb.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Foundation Seed Division
College of Agriculture
Neb
Students urged to learn agriculture at college conference
Dr Eldridge notes agriculture offers careers from farm management to appraising and sales with over 12000 farm cooperatives. The feed industry has risen to ninth among nations industries, creating demand for trained agricultural business professionals. Nebraska high school juniors and seniors are invited to attend the Science in Agriculture conference on April 23 at the College.
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Eldridge
Nebraska High School
Highly Contagious Hog Disease Controlled by Sanitation
Nebraska hog producers report severe losses in young pigs from diarrhea and vomiting caused by the transmissible gastroenteritis virus TGE. Mortality nears 100 percent in pigs under a week old, with recovery possible in older swine. Prevention focuses on sanitation and restricting herd exposure, with steps for handling dogs, farm access, and visitors.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
E Crosby Howe
University of Nebraska
Howe
Missionaries Suppressed Hula Ritual Belief in Immorality
Early American missionaries pressed Hawaiians to abandon the hula deeming the dance immoral though it began as a sacred ritual. The World Book Encyclopedia notes the hula's ties to ceremonial rites honoring the forest goddess Laka.
New Book Offers Plans For 59 Farm Structures
Nebraska Agricultural Extension Service releases Beef and Dairy Equipment Plans from Midwest Plan Service. The 56 page book includes 59 complete farm equipment drawings, design data, construction details, layouts, and rodent control guidance from Nebraska and 13 Midwestern states.
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Lincoln
Nebraska Agricultural Extension Service
Midwest Plan Service
E A. Olson
University of Nebraska
Farm book bundles plans weights motors and power
Olson announces a new comprehensive farm planning book combining essential sections on farm equipment weights and measures electric motors and horsepower requirements. It sells for one dollar through Olson at the Agricultural Engineering Department Lincoln or via county agents. The note also mentions U S Army ranks and a historic Lincoln gift to Pueblo leaders.
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Olson
Agricultural Engineering Department
College of Agriculture
Lincoln
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