Old Fertilization Letter Suggests Durable Soil Tips
A 75 year old letter from Charles W. Dabney Jr. advises Surry County farmers on lime from ashes, using wood mold, and building complex manure. The March 31 1886 communication to J C Cooper emphasizes deep soil breaking and careful manure placement to improve corn crops and add rot ten vegetation matter and chemicals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Dabney, Jr
North Carolina Experiment Station
Surry County
J. C. Cooper, Esq
Dobson, N. C
Marketing Problem For The Dairy Industry
U S Department of Agriculture Dairy Research and Marketing Advisory Committee urged urgent research at its Washington meeting. Priority areas include bulk tank milk quality measurement, bulk handling effects on quality, cans versus bulk, rapid pesticide residue screening, and expanded studies on mastitis pathogens diagnostics immunization treatments and disease spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Dairy Research and Marketing Advisory Committee
Washington
All Metal Trailer Burns Brush and Trash Safely
An all metal trailer serves as a portable brush and trash burner. The unit features an old pickup bed mounted on steel channel chasers and wagon wheels. A front axle pivots on a fifth wheel welded to a U shaped bolster supporting the trailer bed.
Custer Loses Another Game to the Indians
Tulsa report says Jack Custer described an Indian gunman robbing his service Staton of $30. The item notes a periodic statement about the American Book Sellers Assn adding 200 books to the White House library every four years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
Custer
Jack Custer
Safflower Seed Availability and Higher 1961 Prices
Seed sources list safflower planting seed available at multiple regional outlets led by PVO GM mill in Sidney. 1961 contract floor price raised from 67 to 70 dollars per ton delivered Sidney, with encouraged higher acreage and added staff Neil Vance as safflower field service aide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PVOGM
Safflower Mill
Sidney
Pvo-Gm
Magowan Grain Co
Gordon
Kimball County Grain Co-Op
Atwood
Sidney Mill
American Heart Association
China
Neil Vance
Ken Woodward
Karnik and Miller Back SB 362 On School Land Sales
Allen Karnik and Fr. Alvin Miller of the Cheyenne County School Land Leaseholders' Association testified in Lincoln for SB 362 to allow sale of school lands in western Nebraska as leases expire or on lessee request. They argued long term planning and potential revenue gains while noting lessees face costs to raise funds. Opponents include the Nebraska State Education Association and Sidney school officials. The leaseholders meet tonight at the courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Karnik
Alvin Miller
Sidney
Cheyenne County
Frank Nelson
Nebraska State Education Association
Cheyenne County Leaseholders’ Association
Cheyenne County election set for Soil and Water Board
Weekend moisture improved soils in Cheyenne County with .78 inch rain and wet snow, aiding winter wheat and dry ranges. An election for three Board of Supervisors will be held March 21 at the Sidney Extension Office. Candidates include Helfrich, Herboldsheimer, Mathewson, Nelson, Spearow, and Sprenger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Cheyenne County Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors
Cheyenne County Extension Office
Postpacfice
Sidney
Charles Helfrich
Bennie Herboldsheimer
Wendell Mathewson
Virgil Nelson
Robert Spearow
Keith Sprenger
Cheyenne County Extends Brucellosis Testing and staff changes
Brucellosis testing continues in Cheyenne County with state veterinarian staff aiding the wind up. Hember plans to visit to assist local veterinarians as Cheyenne becomes a Modified Certified Brucellosis Free Area. Chuck Stonecipher departs as assistant county agent for Curtis based duties as he becomes County Agent in Frontier. Insect outlook notes dry conditions limiting grasshopper egg development. cutworms may appear in small grains. Local guidance invites crop and lawn care questions at the county agent's office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Homiber
Cheyenne County
Hember
Couch Hotel
Chuck Stonecipher
Oklahoma A & M
Chuck
Frontier
Jerry Bell
Extension Club notes with May 2 birthday plans
Mary Ten Marry Ten Extension Club met at Mrs Alva Cox home with eight members and two presiding officers Mrs Gene Lienemann and Mrs Laurence Mammon. They discussed a May 2 Memorial Rest Home birthday party and guests joining as members.
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Mary Ten Marry Ten Extension Club
Alva Cox Bey
Eght
Gene Lienemann
Laurence Mammon
Cox
Lenhart Schobert
Memorial Rest Home
Tee Ly Son “Abead
Sch Dert
W. N
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Farrigan Farm
Jose
Karnik
Miller Air
By Ivan Liljegren
Soil and Water Conservation District Office
Potter State Bank
Potter
First State
Bank
Lodgerole
Dalton
Gleston Clucer
Identificaon
Mabe
Amerigan National Bank
FDIC
America
Clart
Farmers Union Co-Op Gas & Oil
Illinois
Farmers Co-Op Grain CO
East
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