Cattle and Sheep Sales Linked to Western Drought Areas
Extension News Service reports farmers and ranchers may contact county agricultural agents to learn about stock quality and purchasing locations as thousands of cattle and sheep are shipped into the state from Montana Wyoming Idaho and other western states. Some counties are coordinating buyers who send a single representative west to acquire stock.
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Drouth
Montana
Wyoming
Idaho
Pasturing Spring Wheat Not Advised For Livestock
Inquiries at the College of Agriculture say pas turing spring wheat is not worth harvesting. Pasturing is not recommended as stock may suffer digestive upset. If cut for hay it can be fed in small amounts. Spring wheat makes good hay when cut green. Hogs might be turned on the wheat with little risk, but other stock could face serious issues.
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College of Agriculture
Walthill Plans Community Sales Pavilion
Walthill Nebraska will build a pavilion to seat six or seven hundred people. It will host stock sales and Saturday afternoon mixed sales of household goods and farm machinery. The structure will also serve as a barn for county fair stock and include rooms for agricultural exhibits. Extension Service at Lincoln provides plans and operating rules summaries.
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Walthill
Nebr
Extension Service
College of Agriculture
Lincoln
Rape pasture advice for Nebraska farmers in dry stubble fields
University extension agronomists say sowing Dwarfessex rape at 5 to 7 pounds per acre in stubble yields good sheep and hog pasture if rainfall is normal. Broadcast seeding in summer or fall and single disced stubble can help the crop thrive with adequate rain.
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Nebraska
University Extension Agronomists
Good Layers as Profit Makers in Poultry
Poultry circular No. Ex incom outlines profits from laying hens. Trap nests show some hens produce 200 eggs yearly while others lay 40 to 50. Begin culling poor layers in June through summer and fall. Select for vigor, vitality, native hens with strong pelvic bones, and vigorous pullets raised this year.
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Poultry Circular No
Extension Service
College of Agriculture, Incom
Milking Machines Require Careful Attention
The University Dairy Department offers guidance on keeping milking machines clean in summer. It notes the challenge of protecting rubber parts from germs and advises immediate post milking care while the machine is still in use.
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University Dairy Department
Cleaning procedural notes for lab equipment and hygiene
The text describes repeated rinsing with three water washes, then antiseptic treatment using chloride of lime solutions stirred into tank water, and periodic additions of salt. It instructs weekly to add the antiseptic mix and salt, and daily scalding of rubber parts and washing of parts by brush.
Pleasant Valley neighborhood notes and visits
Harvesting winds down as C E Simpson buys a calf from John Moseni Monday. Geo Louderback and family with Dan Brandt and families visit Tarry Louderback’s Sunday. Mr and Mrs Goudy and daughter Mary and John McDonnell visit near Colton Sunday afternoon. A T B Jelinek and family stay with Geo Fisher. C Louderback and wife visit Ed Buiney Sunday. Chas Lee and wife visit Ollie Wilson Sunday. Gol tie Jelinek injures foot last week but is improving. Jo We and BR Simpson families take a trip to Sidney Sunday afternoon.
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Geo. Louderback
Dan Brandt
Tarry Louderback
Mrs. Goudy
Mary
John McDonnell
Colton
Jelinek
Geo. Fisher
C. Louderback
John Louderbick
Ed Biiney
Chas.Lee
Ollie Wilson
Goltie Jelinek
Jo We
BR. Simpson
Sidney
Local Battery Service Ad and Family Visit Note
Melvin Simpson assists R G Simpson in the investment field. Mrs A G Jelinek and children spent Monday afternoon with Mrs C B Simpson. We offer rental batteries while fixing old ones. Manns Battery Service at Old U S A Theatre Building.
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Melvin Simpson
R. G. Simpson
AG Jelinek
C. B B. Simpson
Mann's Battery Service Station
U.S. A
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Claim and Ward Offer
There is more catarrh in this section of the country than all other diseases and for years was thought incurable. Hall's Catarrh Medicine, by I J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio, is a constitutional remedy taken internally and acts through the blood on mucous surfaces. One hundred dollars reward offered for any case it fails to cure. Sold by druggists. Also Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
I. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
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C. M. Wright
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Braska
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