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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1947
Page
3
The American Legion Executive Committee calls for a professional World Army serving as a decisive safeguard against war. It envisions national contingents, a ten member Security Council, armament inspections, and global production quotas, but notes Soviet veto power may hinder UN action. Also promotes stock paper supplies at The Telegraph.
Government data show farm employment around 10 million in 1945, 1% below 1910, yet output grew with population from under 92 million to over 141 million. Mechanization surged from 4,000 tractors in 1910 to over 2,000,000. steel use in farm equipment totaled 1,120,320 tons in 1945. A typical 25 hp tractor uses 1543 pounds steel, with 340 pounds for transmission, 301 for engine and clutch, 119 for brakes and wheels, and 130 for rear axle.
Farmers are urged toward full mechanization as USDA engineers foresee one plow tractors, small 60 to 80 acre machines, and attachments enabling quick setup. Hydraulics and touch control devices may become common, with combines increasingly used for harvesting and seed preparation machinery advancing toward a one operation seedbed prep. The era of a completely mechanized farm nears.
The USDA reports on 9,000 conservation farmers nationwide show average annual production up 35 percent due to soil and water conservation and proper land use. Output per acre rose, with wheat yields up over 43 percent, and overall gains included soil retention, erosion control, and lower machinery and fuel wear when farming with conservation practices.
March 1 marks 80 years of Nebraska statehood with Governor Val Peterson proclaiming March 1, 1947 as Nebraska State Day. He urged civic groups and schools to observe, praising agriculture and expanding industry while stressing focus on schools, state institutions, agriculture and industrial development.
Management specialists urge avoiding bending for chores and recommend sitting when possible. They claim bending uses about 43 percent more energy and advise using a wooden rack to raise a dishpan for low illness or fatigue. When ironing flat pieces or preparing vegetables for canning, they suggest doing it sitting down.
Local shop THE reports full stock of standard make machines ribbons for typewriters and adding machines. Customers can find wide selection and prompt service for common brands and models.
President Truman lauds 4-H clubs in a White House commentary for National 4-H Club Week March 1 to 9. He notes nearly two million members will observe the event and commends the 1947 theme Working Together for a Better Home and World Community. He highlights Extension Service support and the clubs’ democratic, practical, and citizenship-building work across rural America.
A proposed four or five year international wheat agreement would guarantee American farmers a national average farm price of about 1 to 1.30 dollars per bushel for wheat in foreign markets and ensure at least 16 percent of the world export market. The plan, drafted by an international wheat council, requires ratification by Canada, Australia, Argentina and the United States and sufficient importing countries, with Congress needing U.S. approval.
Mrs. Rudolph Sebek of Omaha objects to required sugar ration stamps for a 10 pound gift from relatives in Czechoslovakia. The delivery note demanded two sugar stamps to receive the sugar, prompting her remark that the government is going too far. Nebraska Rep A L Miller was consulted by Jerry Chulik of Lodgepole about a similar case.
An ex-Sidneyite praises homogenized milk in a letter published for Telegraph Want Ads. The writer notes its ease, digestibility, and convenience for housewives and children, saying it improves custards and cocoa and anticipates Sidney residents adopting Homo milk over regular milk. The letter ends with congratulations to the creamery for adding the product.
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