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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1918
Page
6
Extension News Service explains waste from threshing machines arises when speeds are wrong or the cylinder, separating, or blast are misadjusted. Overcrowding, misleveling, and grain returned through the tailings elevator add to losses. Preventive measures are outlined in Farmers Bulletin 691, The Efficient Operation of Threshing Machines.
The Department of Dairy Husbandry at the University of Nebraska notes that average U S milk intake is under half a pint daily. It urges raising to a quart daily for those under twenty one, and to a pint for others. It suggests older adults and convalescents could often double their intake.
Extension Service junior groups across Nebraska will raise 50 000 pounds of pork and 750 000 pounds of chicken this year with 5 000 plus members. Chicken raisers average over 30 sons each and many reach 150 to 200. total chicken value exceeds 150 000 dollars. Pig raisers average two pigs per person. pigs valued at 16 cents a pound total 120 000 dollars. Meat production campaigns boosted overall state 4-H meat output to about 300 000 dollars.
Sheridan county potato growers form a corporation to buy sell and manufacture potato products with 30000 capital stock. Plans include a Gordon starch plant with 1500 bushels daily capacity, a 15000 bushel daily grading plant, and grading plants at all shipping points to ensure top quality Sheridan county potatoes shipped.
Yankee Robinson's 3 ring Wild Animal Circus comes to Sidney on Tuesday July 29. The program boasts lions from Capt Irving, bears, leopards, pumas, mountain lions, dancing horses, trained pigs, trained doves, and a grand concert by a 35 piece band. Parking and street parade planned daily. note on destructive grasshoppers and crop loss estimates.
The text notes that many weeds propagate by seeds produced in large numbers along roadsides and in waste places. It argues that cutting weeds before seeds mature prevents germination and avoids much trouble, but asserts few farmers practice this progressive method.
An agricultural agent O Eu organized a countywide effort to eradicate prairie dogs by converting an auction to remove the pests. Jull formed districts with captains overseeing cleanup and urged neighboring counties to cooperate to stop re invasion and protect farms.
A wry exchange about secrecy before marriage ends with humor as a young woman delays telling her fiancé she has not left an earlier arrangement, reflecting social norms on engagement and discretion.
A brief dialogue contrasts ancestral claims with historical deportations, reflecting tensions over heritage. The exchange challenges belief in lineage, noting that earlier settlers faced no deportations, prompting scrutiny of descendant assertions.
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