Mid-Winter Rural Youth Institute Set in Lexington
More than 200 Nebraska Rural Youth members from across the state are expected for the Annual Mid-Winter Rural Youth Institute in Lexington February 5 and 6. Highlights include tours of cattle yard operations steam plant panels on education for young adults and workshops on hosting weddings delinquency prevention and practical pointers. Speakers include Charles Carlson Beverly Shepherdson and James S. Chubb with sessions on exchanges Spain Israel and hosting roles.
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Lexington
Nebraska
Franklin E. Eldridge
University of Nebraska College of Agriculture
John Orr
4-H
University of Nebraska
Charles Carlson
Beverly Shepherdson
Nebraska International Farm Youth Exchange
Spain
Israel
Institut
James S. Chubb
Trinity Methodist Church
Grand Island
Agricultural Extension Service
Lincoln and North Platte Hold Sheep Shearing Schools
Two sheep shearing schools will be held in Nebraska in March. The sessions at Lincoln March 7-8 and North Platte March 10-11 offer hands on instruction and equipment information. Ed Warner of Chicago assists Ted Doane. applications via County Extension Agent.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Ted Doane
Nebraska College of Agriculture
The
North Platte Fairgrounds
Doane
Ed Warner
Chicago
Extension Animal Husbandman
Department of Animal Husbandry
College of Agriculture
Nebr
Wheat Forecast Sees 5th Largest Crop This Year
National estimates from Cheyenne County show winter wheat seedings for 1959 at 444 million acres, nearly unchanged from 1958 and well below average. The 1960 winter wheat crop is forecast at 926 million bushels, only slightly above 1959 and the fifth largest on record, assuming normal weather and limited pest damage.
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Cheyenne County
Whole Farms Drive Conservation Reserve Usage Surplus Check
Ray Davis reports two of every three acres in the Conservation Reserve on whole farms. In 1959, 14.8 million acres were shifted from crop production to conservation uses across farms with all cropland enrolled. Remaining nonallotment crops totaled 116 million acres.
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Ray Davis
County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Land Shaping Begins Under Dryland Areas
University of Nebraska Box Butte Experiment Station scientists explore land shaping under dryland conditions after harvesting a 155 acre wheat field. The project aims to reduce runoff and concentrate rainfall on level areas improving water use and storage with support from agricultural engineers at Lincoln.
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Alliance
University of Nebraska
Box Butte Experiment Station
Paul Ehlers
Ehlers
College of Agriculture
Lincoln
Have Something to Sell or Trade Wantads
Classified note inviting readers to place ads for selling or trading items through the Telegraph want ads.
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THE
Telegraph
Birthday Tribute For Mr Vernon News Johnson
Neighbors gathered at the Johnson home on Tuesday evening to honor J. C. Johnson on his birthday. The event featured card games and cake and ice cream as friends and relatives joined in the celebration.
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Mr. Vernon News Johnson
J. C. Johnson
Johnson Lome
Warren Johnson
Wendell Johnson
Jack Wendll
Clarence Evans
R. D. Heizer
Dan Rowan
C. H. Hammond
Mulches Cut Erosion in Corn Yields Unchanged
USDA researchers report mulch culture in cornfields in southern areas reduces erosion and runoff with corn yields about the same as conventional tillage. Charles Fenster of the University of Nebraska notes potential implications for central Nebraska, including Box Butte Experiment Station.
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Alliance — Mulehes
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Nebraska
Charles Fenster
University of Nebraska
Box Butte
USDA
M I Club Holds Meeting at Sidney Home
The M I Club gathered at Mrs. Lloyd McAfee's Sidney home on Thursday afternoon. The session opened with group singing and a poem by Eileen Erlewine. Members answered roll call with ambitions for the year. A brief business meeting followed by recreation led by Marilee Rowan ended with a delicious lunch.
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Frank Klentz
M I
Lloyd McAfee
Sidney
Eileen Erlewine
Marilee Rowan
McAfee
Mulched plots show steady corn yields across three years
A three year average corn yield of 77 bushels per acre was achieved with all tests, with best year over 100 bushels per acre under certain fertilizer treatments. Mulches added slight gains of about two bushels per acre, and yields were stable across fertilization levels on rye and vetch cover soil.
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