Farm Corner county pair among 60 grain marketing trip
A report from the 4 H Grain Marketing Program trip to Chicago details rail travel times and winter weather, notes on the Board of Trade soybean activity, and a critique of three newspaper stories viewed as harmful to agriculture. It quotes 4 H members, discusses farmers public relations, and contrasts rural and urban perspectives on farming issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivan Liljecren
Chicago
Windy
Board of Trade
O. Agriculture
Oklahoma
Ased Star
Crop Improvement Days Begin in Scottsbluff Nebraska
The two day Crop Improvement Days opens in Scottsbluff Western Nebraska with speakers from Wyoming and California. Charles Allen will discuss It Pays Al Hoffman will talk on Safflower Past Present Future. O J Webster outlines sorghum breeding trends and developments. William Kehr covers alfalfa research. The event closes Tuesday noon with Ray Siert presiding and Arnold Peterson speaking at luncheon on Farming In The Newest State.
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US_ Department of Agriculture
William Kehr
US Department of Agriculture
Nebraska Crop Improvement Association
Ray Siert
Millard
Arnold Peterson
Meredith Wow
Omaha
Swine Repopulation Conference Scheduled
LINCOLN The Nebraska College of Agriculture will host a Swine Repopulation Conference Feb 3-5 for area veterinarians. Dr E Crosby Howe says the transition to applied use of disease-free pigs has moved quickly and the event will cover all aspects to help vets advise clients. Registration is $20, send requests to the University of Nebraska. Scottsbluff hosts Crop Improvement Days Jan 25-26 by the Nebraska Crop Improvement Association.
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Lincoln
Nebraska College of Agriculture
University Extension Division
University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Scottsbluff
Nebraska Crop Improvement Association
Tractor Accident Toll Surges Since 1952
The National Safety Council reports the fatality rate per 100000 farm tractors rose from 1 to over 27 since 1952 with about 43000 non fatal tractor accidents annually and total costs exceeding 100 million dollars each year.
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The
National Safety Council
Council
Edison Man Takes First In Milling Contest
Edison, Nebraska. Dr Mues of Edison wins first in the 1959 Nebraska Milling and Baking Contest with a Bison wheat entry. Rolland Roberts of Bayard earns runner up, with Harsh Barrey, Lynn Wallen, and Howard Reimers among the top five. The event, part of Crop Improvement Days, honors milling and baking quality, judged on protein yield ash absorption mixing leaf texture and appearance.
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Edison
Scottsbluff
Dr. Mues
Nebraska
Rolland Roberts
Bayard
Mucs
Furnas County
Chadron Milling Co
Roberts
Stephan Harsh
Barrey
Lynn A. Wallen
McCook
Howard Reimers
Dalton
FFA
Nebraska Grain Improvement Association
Farmers Told Cottonwood Warp Can Be Avoided
GRAND ISLAND. Extension forester Joe Range says warping in cottonwood lumber is not universal. Skip leaning trees logs, discard upper-face quarters, avoid small logs, trim fuzzy boards, and treat tension wood known to form on leaning trunks to reduce warping and fuzziness.
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Grand Island
Joe Range
College of Agriculture District
Richmond uses color coded trash barrels to boost use
In Richmond Virginia the city tests subliminal motivation by painting trash barrels pink blue and yellow to increase public use of recycling and trash receptacles, contrasting with the old green barrels. The idea appears in a Telegraph Want Ads style note.
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Richmond,,va
Grain Grading Schools Slated in Nebraska this March
Two grain grading schools will be held in Nebraska in March. One at the North Platte Experiment Station March 34-15 and another at the College of Agriculture Lincoln March 17-18. James R Enx of the US Department of Agriculture will lead the instruction with practice on grading corn wheat and grain sorghum. Sponsored by the Nebraska Grain Improvement Association with cooperation from Nebraska Grain and Feed Dealers Association University of Nebraska area grain exchanges and the USDA Grain Branch.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
North P’ate
College of Agriculture
James R En.x
US Department of Agriculture
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater
Oklo
Nebraska Grain Improvement Association
Nebraska Grain and Feed Dealers Association
The
University of Nebraska
Omaha, Lincoln
Grand Island
US Department of Agriculture Grain Branch
Omaha
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Sidney
Alaska
Panhandle
England
United States
North Carolina
Texas
Inced
Charles Allen
Wyoming Crop Improvement Assn
University of Wyoming At
Laramie
Allen
Sua Ue Ptt
Rly
Gace i
Paul Matter
University Nebraska
Cooperaion
Howard Johnson
Gooch Mining & Elevator Company
Everett E Peterson
LS_ Department of Agriculture
Cheyenne County
Cheyenne County Fairgrounds
O. C. Kreymborg
L. F. Kreymborg
P. O. Box
North Platte
Tenth Avenue
Clarkson
M. A. Johnson
Emerald
Pete Rapp
Telegraph
Foland
Farm Machinery
Forrest
Fritz Brauer
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Memorial Hospital
Germany
U. S
Lancaster County
Nebr
Mr. Brauer
FDIC
American National Bank
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