Bean Growth Talk By Prominent Idaho Agent In Scottsbluff
R E Brossard county extension agent at Twin Falls Idaho discussed bean growing from A to Z with western Nebraska farmers at Scottsbluff on Friday forenoon. He is cited as the west’s top authority on beans as a new regional industry. He covered production estimates 1929 at 18 million bushels with U S consumption at 17 million. Europe and Japan's increases affect markets. Idaho leads in yield per acre with 23 bushels. Nebraska averages 81. Pinto and northern varieties dominate in the state. He urged soil fertility and long rotation including alfalfa sweet clover potatoes grain and beans. He noted disease pests mosaic fusarium wilt blight anthracnose and discussed resistant strains. Farmers use bean specific machinery or adapted drills and harvesting methods. Idaho irrigation timing and practices described. beans harvested very ripe with straw mulch for moisture control. Idaho cooperative marketing handles 25 million pounds, with a need for federal farm board support for a national marketing framework. His 24 page paper on production and marketing will appear in the western Nebraska organized agriculture annual report.
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R. E. Brossard
Twin Falls
Idaho
Nebraska
Organized Agriculture
Scottsbluff
Mr. Brossard
West
United States
Europe
Japan
Brossard
Publicity boosts farmers knowledge say report
U S Department of Agriculture publicity efforts highlighted in a report by M S Eisenhower show over 25 million publications distributed in the year ending June 30 1929. The report notes expanded radio service and growing press demand for agricultural information while stressing education through the printed word and press networks as the department’s main public service.
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U. S Department of Agriculture
M. S. Fbisenhower
Office of Information
Hyde
Department
Congress
Eisenhower
Presige
Extension Service
National Broadcasting
Press Association
Recommendations to expand information office and clear publication arrears
Eisenhower reports urge expansion of the information office and removal of arrears in the department publication program. He stresses promoting research results to avoid duplication and aid workers in collateral fields. He reviews surveys of informational work and outlines the current distribution system and staffing needs for radio and press services.
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Eisenhower
Office of Information
Department
First Living Christmas Tree Planted in Crete Nebraska
The first living Christmas tree to spread peace and good will was planted at Crete on April 23, 1923, led by Mrs. B. G. Miller with about 600 schoolchildren participating. The idea spread nationwide and abroad, with later plantings at the White House in 1924 and near the Treasury in Washington in 1925 by request of President Coolidge.
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Crete
B. G. Miller
United States
White House
Treasury Building
Washington
Coolidge
Nebraska Opens Season With World Wide Idea Launch
The season begins with Nebraska taking the lead in starting and spreading a world wide idea. The move positions the program at the forefront of a growing movement that aims to impact audiences far beyond its borders.
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Nebraska
Lockwood's Jewelry Store Gift Pottery Collection
Imported, hand decorated Japanese pottery including tea pots vases berry sets and numerous other articles ideal as inexpensive gifts from Lockwood's Jewelry Store.
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Lockwood's Jewelry Store
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Federal Farm Board
Fox Theater Soon
William Fon Hesk
Raoul Walsh
Burlington and
Connecting
RTS
Chicago Peoria
St. Louis
M. A. Shipman Ticket Agent
Brewer’s Machine
Burlington
Farm Loans and Insurance
Western Securities Co
C. W. Smith
Roche
Mgr. Sidney
Nebe
West Court
Denver
Bath
H. M. Gordon
Msgr
Cheyenne County Abstract Co
H. T. Doran
Postoffice
Sidney
Nebr
Burnham Fates
Burnham Pale
Porter Oil Co
Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Brownsville
San Antonio
Houson
Old Mexico
America
Rio Grande
O. D. Sevier
North Platte, Nebr
Krueger’s Lake
Ved
Cheyenne County Lumber Co
Sidney, Nebr
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