Cheyenne County Fair dates set with Ak-Sar-Ben cash awards
The Cheyenne County Fair runs August 6 to 9 with a July 30 pre fair day. Ak-Sar-Ben offers open beef and arts and crafts cash awards totaling about 350 dollars. About 400 4-H youths will exhibit and 150 head of livestock are expected.
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Cheyenne County
Lincoln
Mary Scott
Scottsbluff
Frank Benesh
Alliance
de Estalls
Sidney
Sidney Resi- Lilj Regren Dents
Ak-Sar-Ben
Cheyenne County Fair Board
Nebraska sheepmen urged to buy rams now for better selection
Nebraska sheep growers are urged to purchase rams now to secure a better selection and earlier bred ewes. University of Nebraska Extension’s Morris Hemstrom notes demand for good rams often exceeds supply, recommending August purchases for January lambs and stressing traits like meatiness, weight, maturity, twinning, and wool production to improve replacement ewes and market lambs.
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Nebraska
University of Nebraska Extension Animal Husbandman
Morris Hemstrom
Farm calendar events list from Nebraska and committee note
July 28 area range judgingBridgeport July 29 Guernsey Parish Show Crete July 30 31 swine conference North Platte August 1 Sheep Day Ram Sale Lincoln August 4 Dairy Show Blair August 4 Stubble Mulch Tillage Demonstration Alma August 5 Elwood August 4 8 Fremont 4 H Fair The first concrete effort to change Hawai as a state introduced in Congress in 1937
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Bridgeport
Guernsey
District I
Crete
North Platte Experiment Station
District II
Waterloo
District HI
Wayne
Nebraska State Fairgrounds
Lincoln
Blair
Alma
Elwood
Fremont
Hawai
Congress
Hog Price Outlook For 1959 From Nebraska Expert
University of Nebraska economist Orris J. Anderson warns 1959 hog prices likely fall 20 percent from current quotes in October and November with no sharp year end rebound seen. He cites 1958 strong prices and favorable hog corn ratios that could boost production, projecting about 95 million hogs produced this year.
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University of Nebraska
Orris J. Anderson
Extension Agricultural Economist
Richmond Petersburg Turnpike Authority Sets Speed Limits
The Richmond Petersburg Turnpike Authority declares minimum and maximum speeds of 40 and 60 miles per hour on its 35 mile toll road. The road connects with U.S. 1 north of Richmond and south of Petersburg and passes through Richmond city.
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Richmond, Va
Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike Authority
Richmond
Petersburg
Four Farm Hazards Top List In National Study
The National Safety Council reports four main farm accident killers: machinery from 1949 to 1953 causing about 4000 deaths and injuring many more, drownings mainly among children from uncovered wells and unsupervised water, firearms causing around 1600 deaths across ages, and falls totaling nearly 1400 deaths on farms.
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National Safety Council
Maynard Coe
Council
Robber Threatens Store Owner in San Diego Hold-Up
In San Diego a food store robber pressed a revolver into proprietor Edward Blackard's stomach and warned him not to move or risk being shot in a bold daylight heist.
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Denver
Rabbit Doe
San Diego
Calif
Edward Blackard
Curtis School Appeals to City and Farm for Nebraska Students
Curtis School of Agriculture at Curtis Nebraska supervised by the University of Nebraska aims to meet a regional educational need. Superintendent H D Douthit notes a 25 year leadership with a 22 member faculty. About 275 to 300 students from 30 counties enroll yearly. The school offers agriculture, homemaking, commercial and college prep, with dormitories and a 2 to 12 teacher student ratio. Three Cheyenne County students attended UNSA last year. A 1926 note recalls Cannon Ball Baker setting a transcontinental truck record.
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University of Nebraska
High School of Agriculture At
Curtis
Nebraska
H D. Douthit
Douthit
School of Agriculture At
Cheyenne County
UNSA
Larry Crabb
Francis
Stanley Jorgensen
Lemon tree grown by airport worker in Dauphin
An 18 inch lemon tree has been cultivated by Bill Taylor an employee at the airport building in Dauphin Manitoba Canada Leon leaves on the tree are noted as slightly larger than typical leaves
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Bill Taylor
Dauphin
Manitoba
Canada
Band Seeding Recommended For Legumes
University of Nebraska extension agronomist Mark D. Weldon promotes band fertilization and seeding for legumes. Band seeding lowers seed rates, reduces failure risk, and concentrates growth above fertilizer for rapid establishment. Legume-grass mixes can be summer seeded after wheat harvest or on fallow land. grain drills can be converted to band seeding with quick payback.
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Lincoln
University of Nebraska Extension Agronomist
Mark D. Weldon
Weldon
Hot Biscuit Causes Kitchen Fire Alarm in Ogden
A burnt biscuit left in the oven triggered an alarm at the Don Durant residence in Ogden Utah. Firefighters found only a charred biscuit and no active fire after investigation.
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Ogden
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Panhandle
Play It Safe
Kenneth Ludwick
Ft. Lupton
Colo
U.S. 85
DeLavel
Austin & Austin
Greeley - Ft. Collins
Tate
P & N Steel CO
Newman Investment Co
E. G
Cannon Ball” Baker
New York
San Francisco
FEU
Ged
Early Alliance Livestock Commission CO. Alliance
Foland
Forrest
Parts & Labor
Tearhorn
Dearborn Aire
Farmers Union
Illinois
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