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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1953
Page
3
Electric power crib systems move ear corn efficiently on farms, with 88 percent of farms connected to power lines. A new conveyor elevator and inclined plane elevator automate loading from bins to wagons, reducing effort and back strain, while enabling transfer to shellers or grinders.
R D Currin and his father of Hendersonville North Carolina solved their post decay problem by building a rectangular tank lined with galvanized solder joints and soaking peeled cedar posts in a pentachlorophenol solution. They peel up to 100 posts daily, treating posts for five to twenty years at a cost of about five percent tax rate.
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In Livingston New Jersey a former iron mine named Iron Mountain houses atomic storage vaults built from 1950. The facility guards records for East River Savings Bank and about 50 other clients, with 28 ton vault doors, reinforced concrete walls, barred windows, and armed guards.
Cattaraugus New York—Berger, a 30 year old teacher, runs drivers training in Cattaraugus and Randolph high schools. Since a 1949 fatal crash, he has trained 300 adults and students with only one serious accident among them. He warns teens to slow down and avoid dangerous games like Chicken, noting the higher fatality rate for youths.
Creston area in Iowa is described as the heart of the bluegrass region. USDA records show Iowa produced 65 percent more Kentucky bluegrass than the next three top states over 1943–1951, though Iowa slid to second in 1951 with 531000 bushels while South Dakota led with 973000. Kentucky yielded 199000 bushels.
Output of manufactured textile products and clothing nearly tripled in this country from 1900 to 1940, reflecting rapid industrial growth and expanding domestic demand for fabrics and apparel. The statistic highlights broad gains across spinning, weaving, and garment sectors.
At the Nebraska fertilizer dealers conference at the University of Nebraska, Prof. C. J. Chapman of Wisconsin warns that Nebraska risks soil fertility depletion faster than restoration. He notes Wisconsin depletes potash more quickly and urges immediate use of fertilizer and lime, while Nebraska is comparatively better balanced. WI experts stress sulfur needs for alfalfa, and statewide winter wheat fertilizer trials since 1948 are discussed.
Ammonium sulfate, 20.5 to 21 percent nitrogen, is a practical option when higher nitrogen fertilizers are unavailable. University tests show benefits for corn, small grains, and brome grass. Dr. M D Welden notes it acidifies soil on acidic grounds, suggesting lime to keep soil sweet for 10 to 15 years. though pricier per pound of nitrogen, annual cost adds only a dollar or two per acre.
Two Indian workers on a Union Pacific extra gang were badly injured when they missed their train at Dix. Jerry Chischilly and Harry Thomas were aboard a work train halted on a siding as another train passed. They pursued it on foot as their train began to move, and about a half mile east of Dix both fell from the roadbed into the draw under the railroad bridge.
Union Pacific Railroad will lay more than ten miles of new double track west of Rawlins Wyoming this spring and summer. The project announced by UP aims to improve rail capacity and service on the line, with construction expected to proceed through the warm months ahead.
A. E. Stoddard, president, announced a new UP track route swinging south of the present line. The change reduces distance by .71, lowers maximum grade from 82 to .75 percent and curvature from 3 degrees to 1 degree. Omaha engineers say the alignment will speed train moves and boost efficiency. Grading starts near the Rawlins yard with Morrison-Knudsen to perform earthwork and UP workers to lay the track.
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