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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1960
Page
4
The Agriculture Department reported 1959 farm income not as bad as warned, noting a per man hour return of 1269 dollars compared with 1028 in 1949 and 26 cents in 1939. Total farm hours were 11.594 billion, down 46 percent in 20 years and a third in 10, while output rose to a record high due to mechanization.
Nebraska farmers can profitably top dress winter wheat with nitrogen in the weeks ahead says Clinton Hoover UNL extension agronomist. Moisture improved after rains and snows in late December and January, making top dressing feasible. Tests show yields up six bushels per acre with nitrogen alone in southeast and south central Nebraska, and two more with nitrogen plus phosphate when soils need both. Returns run about $2.40 per dollar invested. Oats in eastern Nebraska rose 35 bushels per acre with 40 lb nitrogen and 30 lb phosphate. Apply fertilizers based on soil test info and available moisture.
Nebraska January 1 1960 livestock survey shows cattle and calves at 5.33 million, up 7 percent and a record for the date, while hogs and poultry declined. Total value of all livestock and poultry at 773 million dollars, down 19 percent from 1959. Beef cattle up, prices lower. hogs down 2 percent, sheep nearly steady, turkeys and chickens down.
A dated promotional piece asserts Roberts Dairy products are safe under new federal rules banning cancer inducing food additives. It cites law effective March 6 and claims prior government approval in 1956, with testing at a mid west plant in Omaha and guarantees confidence in buying their cartons and capping studies.
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