Tractor Milestones Museum Grows At NU Laboratory
L. F. Larsen heads the NU Tractor Testing Laboratory project to build a Tractor Milestones Museum. Read about six historic tractors on display including Townsend 1914, Fordson 1917, Moline Universal 1917, Farmall 1925, Deere Model B 1935, and Ford Ferguson 1939. The collection reflects Nebraska testing history since the 1919 Tractor Test Law and notes supplier cooperators and the National Grassland Field Day in July 1967.
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University of Nebraska Tractor Testing Laboratory
Townsend
McCormick-Deering Farmall
John Deere
Ford Ferguson
Universty of Nebraska
Lincoln
Norfolk
L. F. Larsen
University of Nebraska
Nebraska
Larsen
NU Tractor Testing Laboratory
NU Laboratory
Nebraska Laboratory
NU Department of Agricultural Engineering
Tractor Testing Laboratory
Wayne H. Worthington
Society of Automotive Engineers
Fordson and
Moline Universal
Ford-Ferguson
United States
Henry Ford
Fordson
Moline
McCormick-Deering
Farmall
Bert R. Benjamin
Harry Ferguson
Tractor Milestones Museum
Harry Martinson
Swedeburg
Sen
Jerome Warner
Waverly
Ray Wheeler
Auburn
W. T. Zoz
Murdock
Heating Tape Handy On Farm
Lincoln heating tips advise electric heating tapes or coils to prevent frost damage on pipes roofs floors and soil. M L Mumgaard Nebraska Rural Electrification specialist details two types lengths and DIY kits with electrician guidance for complex jobs. Costs are low with a 12 foot cable about four dollars and 60 feet around ten dollars. The piece also notes USDA trends in turkey production and a comparison of food spend by Americans and Europeans.
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Lincoln
M. L. Mumgaard
University of Nebraska Rural Electrification
Mumegaard
Mumgaard
Hog slaughter outlook signals higher supply and lower prices
The USDA Economic Research Service forecasts larger hog slaughter next year with lower prices. It notes higher hog prices this year spurring expansion, with slaughter under federal inspection down nine percent in the first half of 1966 and expected to rise about eight percent in the second half of the year.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Economic Research Service
USDA
Agriculture Efficiency Growth Amid Census Figures
The 1964 U.S. Census of Agriculture shows 3,157,864 farms and ranches, down from 3,710,503 in 1959, with larger units expanding and average farm size rising from 302.8 to 351.5 acres. Total cropland declined, commodity value rose, and non agricultural income supported farm families, though rising costs narrowed net income.
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U.S
Northeast
Midwest
Northern Plains
Farm Storage Loan Program aids Nebraska farmers
The Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service administers the Farm Storage Facility and Mobile Drier Loan Program to finance on farm storage and drying equipment. Loans cover up to 85 percent of out-of-pocket costs for storage and up to 95 percent for drying, with a five year term at four percent interest. Nebraska ranks second to Texas in loan volumes, and loans exclude remodeling and must be approved by local ASC county committees.
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The
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
ASCS
Nebraska
Texas
Commodity Credit Corporation
ASC
Cheyenne Co
Record Cold Snap in Snag Yukon Sets Canada Limit
National Geographic notes a historic temperature plunge in Snag Yukon where the reading dropped to 81 degrees below zero. It marks the coldest temperature ever recorded in Canada, signaling an extreme Arctic event for the region.
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Snag
Yukon
National Geographic
Canada
Teaching English to Navajos in structural method
Rough Rock Arizona AP reports a new structural linguistic approach to teaching English as a second language will be used across the Navajo Reservation by 1968. Dr William J Benham, assistant area director for education, says pattern drills will teach English phrases like The boy hits the ball and variations such as The girl hits the car, noting Navajo is not structurally like European languages.
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Rough Rock
Ariz
Bureau of Indian Affairs
William J. Benham
Benham
Bee venom may shield against lethal radiation doses
An Ohio State agriculture specialist reports bee sting venom could protect humans from high radiation. In tests, about eighty percent of mice injected with bee venom survived heavy radiation, while all mice in the control group died.
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Ohio State
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Turkey
Turkey States
England
France
Italy
Russia
Bernie Camp
Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation
By Lawrence Thompson
Nebr
Farm Bureau Federation
United States Department of Agriculture
Mississippi
Illinois
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Missouri
Oliver
Iem
Tee Sbor
Sidney
Sunol
Allis Chalmers Bean
Massey Harris
Massey Ferguson
Minneapolis Morine
Allis Chalmers
Ford
New Idea
Victor H. Brunkhardt
Jim Martin
Sidney National Bank
Lehmkuh Ranch
Lodgepole
Fred Quinn
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!