Sweet Clover Pasture and Hay Management Tips
Farmers should graze sweet clover to six to ten inches, using up to four or five head per acre to control growth. Rotate pasture between sweet clover and permanent pasture, and cut second year hay before it becomes coarse, leaving live buds. A high cut and special sickle bar aid high cutting. get Farmers' Bulletin 820 from county extension or Lincoln Agricultural College.
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University of Nebraska Agricultural College
Agricultural College At
Lincoln
Fertilizers Versus Legumes Boosts For Nebraska Farms
Farmers with poor fields see limited value in commercial fertilizers. University of Nebraska experiments show manure often profitable and legumes like alfalfa and clover greatly increase productivity and soil quality by adding nitrogen and improving structure. Deep roots improve water retention and reduce runoff, aiding rain absorption. The USDA Bureau of Public Roads reports surplus war tractors soon distributed from Camp Lewis and Erie Proving Grounds, with use expected by June.
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University of Nebraska Agricultural College
Lincoln
Bureau of Public Roads
United States Department of Agriculture
Camp Lewis
Washington
Erie Proving Grounds
Ohio
The Herd Tomorrow
Your herd will grow better or poorer as the years pass by. Your herd bull largely determines this matter. Poor bulls decrease production. Good purebred bulls may double or treble the future herd. The value is recognized, but small herds struggle to obtain one. Co operative bull associations are solving this problem for others. Why not for you.
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Co-Operative
Weather notes shape farming pace across regions
The Weather Bureau reports mid May warmth and moisture support farm work in central and eastern districts with good plowing, seeding, and satisfactory germination. Planting delays arise from Mississippi Valley floods and floods in Texas and Minnesota, while roads improve with lighter rains and mountain roads open in the northern Rockies.
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Weather Bureau
United States Department of Agriculture
Northwest
Mississippi Valley
Texas
Minnesota
Rockies
Buried Alive Beneath a Capitol Horse Rescue
Cecil Bishop was trapped under a horse that fell into a deep well during foundation work at the capitol site. Workers and the crowd watched as Bishop and the horse were freed. the man escaped uninjured though shaken, and the horse recovered after removal.
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Cecil Bishop
Cecil
State House
Bishop
South Nineteenth Street
Steve Caryeth
Ernest Taylor
W. J.assenmacher
Capitol Foundation
State Journal
Small Boy Dies After Posthole Accident In Nebraska
Richard Beall aged three, son of Mr and Mrs Wallace M Beall of Seattle Nebraska, suffocated after falling into a posthole. His head and shoulders wedged blocked air, leading to his death before discovery.
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Richard Beall
Wallace M. Beall
Seattle
Nebraska
Boy Breaks Leg At Slaughter House Incident
Eight year old Glenn Rima son of Mr and Mrs John Rima broke both bones in his left leg between the ankle and knee while playing with his brother at the slaughter house just west of town. A heavy iron piece slipped and fell onto his leg.
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Glenn
John Rima
Slaughter House
Lexington
Be photographed this year on your birthday
A call invites individuals to a birthday photo session at Phelps Studio this year, offering a chance to capture a personal milestone through professional photography.
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Phelps Studio
Memorial Day Address by Hon. R. P. Kepler at Potter
Hon. R. P. Kepler of Sidney delivered the Memorial Day address at the Methodist church on Potter Street Tuesday at 10 am. The audience praised it as the best such talk in Potter, urging patriotism in schools and monthly half-day civic instruction to instill national ideals in youth. American Legion Post organized the service.
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R. P. Kepler
Sidney
Potter
Kepler
American Legion Post
Legion
Potter Review
Efforts to Introduce Resistant Tomatoes in the South
The United States Department of Agriculture and state agricultural colleges are expanding wilt resistant tomatoes Mar vel Norton Columbia Arlington and Nordake to boys and girls clubs and local growers. These varieties resist Fusarium wilt though not immune and perform better where other stresses like root knot bacterial wilt or blight are controlled. Repeated testing will identify best local fits as experience shows variation by community.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Marvel
Norton
Columbia
Arlington
Nordake
Girls’ Club
Worth Protecting Starling Study From USDA Finds Benefit Insects
The Biological Survey of the USDA reports the starling is not an undesirable bird. Most of its food habits benefit or do not harm humans. It spends little time feeding on crops, though it intrudes on nests of certain birds. States vary on protection with Maine allowing killing when crops are threatened. Roosts can be disrupted but vigilance is needed to prevent reestablishment. Tanlac advertised by Bassetti's Pharmacy.
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United States
Department of Agriculture
Maine
Department
American Legion Help After tornado hits Lexington Nebraska
A Lexington tornado wrecked homes as two Legion buddies lost everything. Lanning Post 111 and the women's auxiliary organized rescue and sewing for storm victims. The piece also notes an upcoming 88th Division reunion in Fort Snelling and a Philadelphia Legion track meet on June 9 and 10.
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Lexington
Nebraska
Lanning Post No. 111
American Legion
Yost
Woman's Auxiliary
Legion Club
Fort Snelling
Minnesota
Camp Dodge
Petite Mademoselle
France
Artificial Tongue Restores Speech At Paris Surgery
A French army surgeon in Paris announces the completion of a pioneering operation. An artificial tongue has been implanted in Segt. Villa, a Verdun wounded veteran whose jaw was torn by shellfire. The patient can talk sing and whistle now.
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Paris
France
Segt
Villa
Verdun
Legion and auxiliary entertainments exempt from war tax
State veterans organizations explain admission tax rules for Legion events. Admission below ten cents is tax free while higher admissions incur a one cent tax per ten cents or fraction thereof. Exemption claims must be filed with the district revenue collector well in advance.
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Internal Revenue Collector
Omaha
American Legion
Indies’ Auxiliary
Legion
Memorial Day Observed by Legion Posts in Nebraska
In about two hundred American Legion posts across Nebraska Memorial Day was fittingly observed. Younger veterans assisted older comrades, Legion speakers were in demand, and over a hundred were placed by state headquarters. The daisy, Legion’s official flower, was almost universally worn by World War ex-service men and used in graves decoration and memorial wreaths.
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American Legion
Nebraska
Grand Army of the Republic
Legion
Vets’ Organization
Albion Memorial Hall to honor fallen soldiers
Albion plans a Memorial Hall to honor World War fallen and serve living veterans. Town donors have contributed over 10000 dollars toward a building estimated at about 20000 dollars. The auditorium will seat about a thousand with a basement later including a swimming pool baths and bowling alleys under local American Legion post charge.
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Albion
The
American Legion
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Cheyenne County
Sweet Clover Management
the American Bank
NEBR
Martin W
Gen. BE. Taylor
Sidney Creamery
Tanlac
Bassetti's
American Legion News
Department OF Nebraska
Philadelphia American Legion
Hink’s
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