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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1937
Page
8
Richard Agnew performs My Old Kentucky Home as Part I features Marches and novelty acts with Capitan Del Staigers Richards Goldsman Yoder Sousit Intermission by De Roven Vicetor Herbert in the program notes from the concert listing.
Farmers across the county report catching about one bushel per acre using homemade grasshopper catchers. The trough device 12 feet long uses kerosene oil water and crankcase oil to trap hoppers then removes them with a garden rake. Some machines achieve 4 to 8 bushels per acre and variants include skids and shielded backs. A sample unit is being built at the Sidney farm bureau plant for farmer inspection and guidance.
Data from Lincoln agronomy plots 1921 28 show plowing under straw and stubble raises yields by 2 3 bushels per acre for wheat and corn. Burning reduces soil fertility and increases erosion, while partial tillage with a lister disc or plow aids moisture retention and reduces runoff.
The report lists mean altitudes by region with Antarctica at 6000 feet, Asia 3000, North America 2000, Africa 1900, South America 1800, Australia 1000, Europe 980. It notes Liberia in Africa founded in 1822 by the American Colonization Society, becoming independent in 1847, with early 1900s US aid to stabilize finances and internal affairs.
West coast tomato producers face a large surplus with over a million cases of canned tomatoes unsold and a strong 1937 crop ready. They urge western chain grocers to use mass distribution to move surplus tomatoes through trade channels, aiding the market and clearing inventory. Directors of the chain store association are weighing the appeal and expected to act.
Agricultural agents from western Nebraska counties met at Chappell Saturday and approved a resolution urging an adequate work program with sufficient pay to help drouth ridden farmers through winter. The panel named L E Limdstrom Les Barnell Phil Kenfield and J C Swimbank to the resolutions committee.
Alliance Music Director Vallette Hill, new superintendent of Alliance municipal and school bands, visited Sidney to study its summer music school plan for musically inclined children. He aims to implement a similar program locally and discussed Sidney council policies with the aim of maintaining a summer municipal band. Hill's wife, formerly an instructor at the University of Nebraska, accompanied him.
The report notes late or replanted corn due to cool weather cutworm damage and ice. Washing rains and poor seed would need regular showers to help corn flourish during August.
Chief of Police Pat Jones said a man named Floyd Hutchinson of Alliance claimed participation in the Charles Mattson kidnapping near Tacoma in December. Hutchinson alleged a second Alliance man helped abduct the 10 year old boy from Dr Mattson, carried him to Everett for ransom, the suspect’s companion stabbed the child, and they returned to Nebraska where the partner was jailed for cattle rustling. Jones planned to notify the justice department in Aberdeen, SD.
A Nebraska assistant state statistician said corn suffered marked damage last week after a tour of western counties. Lack of subsoil moisture and extreme heat caused rapid deterioration in central and eastern areas, while cooler weather and rains over a large area offered partial relief.
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