Wheat display at Swiss Exposition highlights Great Plains grain
Thousands of Swiss visitors viewed U S hard red winter wheat at the American exhibit in Lausanne as part of the International Food Exposition. The display, sponsored by the Foreign Agricultural Service and Great Plains Wheat Association, showcased seed processing, storage, and uses in pasta and bread with demonstrations by Swiss-trained staff.
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Switzerland
U.S
Peggy Walton
Nebraska Wheat Commission
Lincoln
Nebraska
Great Plains Wheat Market Development Association
Foreign Agricultural Service
Great Plains
U. S
USDA
Great Plains Wheat Market Development Associaton
Colorado Wheat Administrative Committee
Kansas Association of Wheat Growers
Kansas Wheat Commission
Nebraska Wheat Growers Association
Great Plains Wheat Association
W. H. Crotinger
Tribune
Kansas
Great Plains Wheat Assocation
United States
Angus Breeders Plan Annual Western Tour Details
The Northwest Nebraska Aber deen Angus Assa announces its 1959 tour a two day trip leaving Bingham at 9 am August 15 and Alliance at 9 am August 15. On August 16 the Nebraska Stockgrowers Association office in Alliance hosts a meeting. Meals: Ellsworth August 15 $1.25 per plate. Williams Ranch August 16 sack lunch $1. Hotel reservations available in Hyannis Thedford Valentine or Alliance.
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Nebraska
Aberdeen
Angus Assa
Bingham
Alliance
Nebraska Stockgrowers Association
Bingham Hustlers
Ellsworth
Alliance Hotel
Williams Ranch
Hyannis
Thedford
Valentine
Cattle On Feed Up In Major Regions Report
The July 1 cattle on feed report shows a 1 percent rise from a year ago. Nine North Central states report seven percent more cattle on feed, while four western states show a 21 percent increase, according to Everett E. Peterson Extension farm economist at the University of Nebraska.
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North Central
Everett E. Peterson
University of Nebraska
Sheep Producers Vote On Advertising Plan In September
Sheep producers in the area will vote in September on whether to continue the American Sheep Producers Council advertising and promotion program. Don Clyde, ASPC president from Heber City Utah, says the program educates consumers to eat more lamb and wear more wool and notes the industry must expand markets to gain fair returns. He adds the downward trend has halted and production is rising with a bright outlook if markets continue to grow.
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American Sheep Producers Council
Denver
Don Clyde
Heber City
Utah
Clyde
ASPC
Plains conservation program reduces cropland to permanent cover
Great Plains program targets 769 898 acres of crop land with 189 170 acres to permanent grass, aiming to return 12 to 14 million acres of low grade cropland to productive cover. A comparison of speeds shows autos cover 1.5 miles while tractors cover 0.25 miles, explaining surprising crashes.
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Great Plains
The
Soil Conservation Service
Durhams Trip Signals Wheat Market Development Effort
Roy K. Durham of Minneapolis, a longtime Pillsbury quality control milling specialist, sails from Washington July 11 to Lima Peru to lead a wheat testing and sampling program for the Great Plains Wheat Market Development Assn under Jack Smith. The project, funded by farmers and supported by Colorado Kansas Nebraska state commissions and the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, aims to expand market development across Europe, South America and Asia, under Public Law 480. United States mail boats serve as floating post offices on the Great Lakes while moving with freighters.
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Minneapolis
Pillsbury Company
Washington, D. C
Lima
Peru
Great Plains Wheat Market Development Assn
Durham
Jack Smith
Great Plains Association
Europe
South America
Asia
Great Plains
Colorado
Kansas
Nebraska
Usda Foreign Agricultural Service
Nine Counties Have Certified Potatoes In Nebraska
The Potato Certification Assn of Nebraska reports 3863 acres entered for certification in western Nebraska. Of this, 2471 acres are irrigated and 1392 are dry land. Bex Butte leads with 1413 acres, Sheridan 1009, Scotts Bluff 662, followed by Banner 358, Kimball 177, Sioux 110, Morrill 65, Lincoln 61, and Dawes 8 acres.
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Sioux
Morrill
Lincoln
Dawes
Soil Data Ready Soon for 1960 Soil Bank Info
Nebraska farmers will obtain full information on the Conservation Reserve of the Soil Bank for the 1960 crop season from their county Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation office after mid August.
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Nebraska
Soil Bank
County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Office
Tranquilizer treatment shows no significant weight difference in steers
Twenty eight steers injected with 50 mg of perphenazine before a one hour shipment gained an average 58 pounds during transit while 29 non treated steers lost an average 60 pounds. The small difference in shrink and carcass yield was not statistically significant.
Canada Leads Free World Nickel Output in 1958
A 1958 report shows Canada produced over 70 percent of the nickel mined for the free world, reinforcing the country’s key role in supplying the metal for industrial and military use during the period.
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Canada
Free World
Field Day August 13 At Mitchell Station
Mitchell The Scotts Bluff Experiment Station will hold its annual Field Day August 13 with a 1:30 p.m. start. Lionel Harris, the station superintendent, says the program includes a tour of field crops and ongoing work plus talks on the potato situation crop variety tests safflower research soil and water conservation in farming level benches and minor elements in field crops.
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Mitchell
Scotts Bluff Experiment Station
Lionel Harris
Safety Tips Nine Million Americans Disabled By Accident
Chicago report from the National Safety Council in its 1959 Accident Facts yearbook estimates nine million Americans suffered disabling injuries in accidents last year. It notes four million injuries occurred in home accidents, a figure equaling the population of the Los Angeles area.
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Chicago
New York City
Nationa Safety Council
Los Angeles
Phila
Injuries at Work and Auto Accidents Highlight 1958 Losses
The report notes Delphia workers were injured on the job last year and that 1958 saw more Americans with disabling injuries from automobile accidents than residents of the Cleveland metropolitan area.
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Delphia
Cleveland
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