Oldtime Nebraska Health Remedies Trace Pioneer Ingenuity
Nebraska pioneers relied on a resourceful medicine chest with whiskey quinine and castor oil. Early cures used farm products, including tinctures, poultices and home brews, some harmful. residents read Mildred Flodman’s notes on such practices in Polk County records.
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Nebraska
Heath
Mildred Newman Flodman
Polk County
Library of the
Nebraska State Historical Society
Turly
Flodman
Sheep Industry Problems Are Being Researched
Dr Hudson Glimp of the U S Meat Animal Research Center spoke at the Midwest Sheep Seminar in Lincoln on December 6 outlining six factors behind low profits and a 60 percent drop in sheep numbers over 30 years. He cited high mortality, parasites and predators, labor needs, consumer resistance to fat and flavor, and wool competition with man made fibers, plus a 1968 production split where lambs accounted for 80 percent of value. He urged improvements in reproduction efficiency, feed utilization, management systems, and meat quality to reverse the decline and notes ongoing work at the center on breed traits and live-animal composition estimates.
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Lincoln
USDA
Hudson Glimp
U.S. Meat Animal Research Center
Clay Center
Nebr
U.S
Glimp
US Meat Animal Research Center
Dr. Glimp
Wheat Exports Seen Down Next Year in Off Year
The Nebraska wheat advisory committee heard that 1972 will be an off year for exports. Representatives from Great Plains Wheat Inc said world wheat production is rising and dock strikes hurt US sales, with losses cited at over 125 million to Canada and Australia. Koehnke warned exports look bleak due to unimpeded rivals and only temporary dock strike solutions.
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Nebraska Wheat Advisory Committee
Great Plains Wheat, Inc
Nebraska
United States
Marx Koehnke
Nebraska Department of Agriculture
Canada
Australia
Koehnke
Health Tip Salmonella and Sheep Industry Outlook
Salmonella infections affect humans and animals, with fever and diarrhea as common symptoms. Proper cooking and temperature control reduce risk. germs survive outside the body for long periods. MARC studies are preliminary but aim to support a profitable future sheep industry through collaboration.
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Old
Erikes
Ontmeure
Dasa Rusics
Harlan’s Bakery & Coffee Shop
Abraham Lincoln
Fort Stevens
Turkey
Dalton Legion Hall
American Legion Post
MARC
U.S Meat Animal Research Center
Revion
The
RCA Table Radio
RCA
Goyeie Electris Éryer
Pormenest
Finois
Stickney
Pav
Jones Center
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