Grasshopper Control Methods Discussed in Bulletin
The Oklahoma agricultural experiment station reports that poisoned bait has given erratic grasshopper control. New chemicals exist with high toxicity to grasshoppers, including benzene hexachloride, chlordane, toxaphene, and parathion. Effective spraying targets nymphs on succulent plants, costs rise as the season advances, and livestock should be kept from treated plants. operators should wear masks and gloves.
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Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station
Buying Feeder Pigs May Prove More Profitable
Wisconsin hog raisers explore a plan from Dane County farmer Weix to supply ready-to-start feeder pigs. The pig hatchery output aims to ease buying by providing healthy, weaned, wormed, castrated, deloused and vaccinated stock. Market authorities say the method saves time, reduces housing needs, and cuts risk in moving from farrowing to weaning.
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Wisconsin
Weix
Dane County
Chicago
Efficient loading and unloading of corn in wagon boxes
The method uses a rear start and angled board to load and unload corn. When full, no part of the load needs removing. During unloading, shoveling starts at the board end, avoiding end gate removal and corn removal. The technique saves time and labor.
Farmers Rent Majority Of Frozen Food Lockers
A survey shows eighty nine of the 100 frozen food locker plants active in North Carolina in 1948 began operations in the prior four years. About three fourths of lockers were rented to farmers with little difficulty. plants in operation had 95 percent of space rented and two thirds rented to capacity.
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North Carolina
Rick in Calcium hay health issue noted
A report mentions Rick experiencing illness linked to calcium hay, with soybean hay not clearly exempted. The context suggests dietary matter affecting health, though specifics and remedies are not provided.
Motion Picture Explains Federal Reserve System
A new educational film titled The Federal Reserve System explains the history and philosophy of the central bank. It covers crises from 1907 to 1935, the roles of Wilson and Carter Glass, and how reserve requirements rediscounting rates and open market operations influence economic stability through dramatic scenes and authentic dialogue.
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Federal Reserve System
Woodrow Wilson
Carter Glass
Modernization of Hemes Reduces Scald Fatalities
Forty years ago the loss of life through scalds or burns was seven times higher. By 1936 to 1940 the death rate was double that of 1846. Improvements come from modernized homes with better heating cooking and lighting plus safety education and advances in burns treatment. Nevertheless burns still claim about 4600 lives yearly in the United States.
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United States
Lightning Reading Machine A proposed library search device
A reading machine described to the American chemical society division in Chicago promises to search the entire library of congress in ten seconds and print abstracts at ten per minute. It would be five thousand times faster than the Rapid Selector, potentially underpinning a subscription funded documentary project. The machine could provide return air mail bibliographic searches and overnight information service.
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Library of Congress
American Chemical Society Division of Chemical Literature
Chicago
India and Pakistan Jute and Cotton Production Overview
The population of India is stated as triple that of the United States with every individual clothed in cotton. India leads as a major jute producer used for sacks and containers for staple crops. About 75 percent of jute grows in Pakistan, which also supplies much of the cotton for the Indian Union, while most mills are located within India.
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United States
India
Pakistan
Indian Union
Union of India
Manufactured amino acids promise better nutrition and healing
Manufactured amino acids are set to influence protein formation and tissue building. Modern chemists’ synthesis offers potential benefits for human and animal diets and may accelerate recovery in various surgical patients.
How Farmers Learn in Vermont Information Sources
Vermont farmers named their usual sources of agricultural information. Papers and magazines led at 18 percent, followed by state extension service 34 percent, friends and neighbors 21 percent, self derived information 11 percent, radio 6 percent, and government programs 4 percent.
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Vermont
Ten of Steel Razor Blade Steel Yield
A single ton of high-carbon cord rolled strip steel can manufacture one million safety razor blades, illustrating material efficiency in blade production.
Social Security Office Sees Surge in Claims in Scottsbluff
Harold F. Benjamin reports rapid activity at the Flynn Building office as the new Social Security law, effective September 1, drives 379 old age and survivor claims and 1,520 inquiries. Increased applications stem from lower eligibility rules for ages 65 and up and new earnings rules for ages 65–75, with staff of three processing claims and mailing benefit amounts as they are approved. The office offers expanded guidance and several printed materials on the amendments.
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Flynn
Scottsbluff
Harold F. Benjamin
Benjamin
Social Security
Social Security Office
Nebraska
Nebraskans Plan Annual Picnic In Long Beach Park
Ten thousand Cornhuskers in Southern California and Nebraskans will gather at Bixby Park in Long Beach on Saturday February 24 for the annual Midwinter Nebraska picnic. Paul S. Dietrich of York says county registrations lunches badges and a meet old friends chance are planned. The program at 1 pm features the Long Beach Municipal Band directed by Eugene LaBarre with welcome from Mayor Burton W. Chace. Attorney Robert Wenke from Stanton Nebraska will speak on Nebraska Today. his father Robert A. Wenke sits on the Nebraska Supreme Court. Special music will be directed by Lulu Petty Opp of Beaver Crossing.
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Bixby Park
Long Beach
Paul S. Dietrich
York
Eugene LaBarre
Commercial Club
Chadron
Nebr
Burton W. Chace
Stanton
Robert Wenke
Nebraska University Law School
Nebraska Today
Wenke
Robert A. Wenke
Nebraska Supreme Court
Lulu Petty Opp
Beaver Crossing
Polio Bulletin To Feature Wickard Nativity Scene
The Nativity Scene set up at Lodgepole by Mr and Mrs Ernest Wickard will be highlighted in the National Foundation News for a March of Dimes collection. Previously in 1949 they refused cash offers, but this Christmas they allowed contributions in the march’s name.
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Ernest Wickard
Lodgepole
National Foundation For
National Foundation News
Wickards
March of Dimes
Wickards Horded Nightly Collections At Local Hall
After each visiting night the Wickards and helpers counted the receipts and deposited the total with the bank. The final tally reached 1021 dollars and 8 cents, a surprise to all involved.
July 25 Deadline on GI Farmer Training
Veterans warned by Dav Ells Cheyenne County Veterans Service Officers of a July 25 deadline for the Farm Training bill. All eligible veterans wishing to enroll should contact Mr Els in the basement courthouse office to apply before the cutoff.
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Cheyenne County
Veterasia Service
Els
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