Farm Corner News Highlights Cheyenne County January 1960
Weather brought the first substantial moisture in two months while winds limited damage. January meetings include Cheyenne Deuel Sheep Producers in Sidney, Ted Nelson social security questions, Seed Growers at Dalton, Soil Conservation District in St Patricks center, Extension Board in Lincoln, and Northwest district directors.
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Cheyenne Deuel County Sheep Producers Association
Sidney
Sheep Producers Association
Lodgepole
Ted Nelson
Cheyenne County
Cheyenne County Certified Seed Growers Association
Dalton
Eckerts Cafe
Jack H. Lowe
Scotts Bluffs
Omaha Market Hog Show Entries Due By January 31
Entries for the second annual Omaha Market Hog Show on February 6 must be submitted in January. Entry forms are available through County Extension Agents or vocational agriculture teachers and commission firms. The show requires a 10 head entry of fall-farrowed barrows and gilts, with two weight classes for individuals and a carcass competition. Certification data can be requested. forms go to the chosen packing firm for certification.
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Omaha
Omaha Market
R. E. Cunningham
Omaha Livestock Exchange
Omaha Leads As World’s Largest Livestock Market
Omaha ranks as the world’s biggest livestock market and meat packing center for the year, with total receipts of cattle hogs and sheep exceeding 6% million. Union Stockyards president Harry B Coffee notes only two market days remain and Omaha’s plants will slaughter over 5 million head under federal inspection.
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Omaha
Harry B Coffee
Union Stockyards
Chicago
St. Paul
Coffee
Herbicides Can Control Weeds In Tree Plantings
Lincoln studies show herbicides can replace cultivation for weed control in tree rows. Assistant professor Walter Bagsey notes cultivation is labor intensive while one herbicide application can cover a season at lower cost. Dicron simazin and atrazine tested. atrazine needs more seasons of data. proper training required.
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Lincoln
Walter Bagsey
College of Agriculture
Bagley
Certified Potato Production Increasing In West Nebraska
Western Nebraska farmers turn to certified potato production as prices for other crops fall and acreage limits bite. Warren Tank of the Potato Certification Association of Nebraska notes better demand for certified potatoes in 1959 with 3,015 acres yielding 389,593 hundredweights. About 70 carloads have been shipped to the South, with further shipments expected in 1960. Red LaSada dominates growers, while others like Haig show promise for disease resistance.
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Nebraska
Warren Tank
Potato Certification Asociation of
Debraska
Csaska
Trank
Sosiasn
Ted Lada
Triumph
Haig
Weather and wind erosion hit Nebraska crops in 1959
West Nebraska ends 1959 with poor sugar beet harvest but finished crops. Wheat fared only with expected moisture, while strong winds and dust storms caused topsoil loss. Soil Conservation officials warn of wind erosion across 263 counties, with Nebraska, Kansas and North Dakota bearing most damage.
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Nebraska
Panhandle
Farm Belt
America
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Mercy
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Karen
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Pia
Ivan Liljegren
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Extension Board
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Telegraph
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Combine
Holland Baler
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Great Plains
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Pacific Vegetable Oil Corp
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Harvest King
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