Ten Years Of Soil Conservation Progress In Cheyenne County
The Cheyenne County Soil Conservation District formed in 1946 has driven drought mitigation and farming resilience. The district reported on its 1946 to 1956 activities, highlighting contour farming, strip cropping, stubble mulching, terracing, water management, and irrigation works by year and area.
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Cheyenne County
SCC
Clyde Johnson
Sidney
Rex Carey
Dalton
le Moyne Johnson
Lodgepole
Lester Willoughby
Potter
Burt Cunningham
Gurley
Willoughby
Johnson
Charles Helfrich
C. Sunol
Ed Block
Ed Sanders
State Association of Soil Conservation District
Grafton Crabb
Leon Larson
The
Soil Conservation Service
Cheyenne County Soil Conservation District
Wheatbelt
Mulch Tips From McMullen For Cheyenne County 1956
McMullen outlines practical mulch and tillage tips for Cheyenne County in 1956. Advice covers straw spreader use on combines, sweep type implements, rolling coulters, adding weight, limiting field operations, center drive rod weeders, deep furrow drills, and fall tillage to conserve moisture and protect ground.
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Cheyenne County
USF
Wheat and grain stocks in Nebraska steady and varied
Nebraska wheat on Jan 1 totaled 113.54 million bushels, near last year’s 113.74 million, with farm stocks down to 27.74 million from 32.87 million. Rye, corn, oats, barley, and grain sorghum showed mixed changes as the Division of Agricultural Statistics noted slow wheat movement from farms and lower or higher year over year figures across commodities.
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Nebraska
State
Federal Division of Agricultural Statistics
Vic Governor proposes centralized land rent collection plan
Governor Victor Anderson told the Legislature's Budget Committee a plan to have the Tax Commissioner's office collect school land rent instead of counties. He said a single new comptroller could centralize accounting, eliminating the need for another state bureau and saving about 43000 dollars per biannual period.
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Victor Anderson
Tax Commissioner
Anderson
Tax Commissioner’s Office
Bureau of Government
Tax
Farm granaries hold 6.7 million bushels on Jan 1
The latest figures show stored grain on farms reaching 6,721,000 bushels on January 1, up from 4,514,000 bushels a year earlier. The rise reflects expanded output and needs for summer feed and seed stocks.
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Lodgepole Creek
Sidney Draw
Canada
McMullen
Harry Anderson
Keith Sprenger
Sidney Dray
W. P. Ackerman
Insurance Agency
W. J. Robinson
Vic
Foland Farm Machinery
America
Teverte
Sidney Telegraph
Cheyenne
Huntsman
REA
Wheatbelt Public Power District
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