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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1961
Page
12
A genial, heavyset robin arrival marks spring as he tours the yard for bread crumbs and small picks. He is a seasoned, sociable recipient of attention who has visited for years and observes dogs and cats with wary friendliness.
A humorous fan letter mocks center stage for Jacqueline Kennedy with praise of her beauty, intellect, and fashion. The Panhandle Mother urges writers to switch focus from the First Lady to a less cultured, noisier figure, seeking anonymity and varied publicity.
Nebraska counties join Cancer Control Month campaign led by John Rosenblatt as deaths rise to 2,250 in 1960 and the state targets 210000 dollars for 1961. Sixty percent stays in state to fund local programs, with forty percent sent to national efforts in research education and outreach.
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Houser hosted a six o'clock dinner Sunday for guests including A. H. Bartel of Morrill Mary Schnell of Chicago Illinois Paul Houser and family near Sidney Gene Payne and family Wilbur Houser of Crook Galen Houser of Rawlins Wye and J W Houser Sr. also attended. Jolene and Leah Houser visited at the parental J W Houser home. Glen Kokes joined a Crook birthday party for D E Dickinson while E W Zalesky hosted Easter Sunday dinner with Gerald Tremain and family Fred Kilgore and Agnes Zalesky in attendance.
Everett E. Peterson of the University of Nebraska notes that government owned feed grain stocks are so large that at current disposal rates CCC would need nine years to move them to use. He says the new feed grain program could cut the surplus substantially in a year if enough farmers participate and save $400 to $600 million in storage costs on 1961 crops.
Lincoln expert Ted Nelson explains how the new Feed Grain Program links meat and grain use to farm policy. The plan offers a 50 percent yield payment for 20 percent diverted corn and grain sorghum acreage and a negotiable certificate redeemable in grain or cash.
Lincoln farmers in the new feed grain program may receive an extra dividend if they plant grasses or legumes on diverted acres. University of Nebraska extension farm economist Ted Nelson says planting grasses or legumes is advisable for additional returns.
Prices for many grass and legume seeds are below the 1950 to 1959 spring average, driven by favorable seed carryover. Alfalfa red clover and sweet clover run below average, while white and Ladino clover exceed the period’s average. Timothy and other common grasses are plentiful with below average retail prices. sudangrass remains tight and may fetch near or above prior averages.
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