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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1952
Page
11
A farm welder is becoming standard gear for quick repairs reducing downtime and boosting profits. Farmers use welders to build portable equipment like inclined plane conveyors and reels for extending electric service to distant cribs, cutting labor costs per bushel and increasing production.
The Soil Conservation Service annual 1951 fiscal year report highlights rapid soil and water conservation progress over two decades and urges continued effort for total conservation. It notes 128,502 farmers formed plans on 36,259,299 acres, reaching 883,348 plans covering 246,740,009 acres by June 30, 1951, with about 2,400 districts under state laws and a total 64 million dollars spent, including 52 million for operations, seven million for flood control, and one and a half million for research.
Nine thousand dollar gift funds a harvest by 36 mechanical cotton pickers on a 140 acre Arizona Boys Ranch. The machines valued at over half a million dollars produced about 200 bales in a day, with fuel donated by Arizona Queen Creek Farm Bureau members to aid the project.
Extension service labs and county agents run soil clinics in Missouri to diagnose ailments and prescribe treatments. Soil tests guide farmers on plant foods and management to restore run down fields and raise crop yields.
Government notice indicates pricing charts and official forms are available. The Telegraph lists requirements and the date for availability, guiding readers to obtain the necessary documents.
In Savannah Georgia forty years after Juliette Gordon Low started the first Girl Scout troop with 12 girls the movement has grown to over a million and a half members. The organization remains focused on developing healthy alert citizens as shown by contrasting pioneer camping with modern practices.
A notice from The Telegraph describes requesting the free booklet Do You Work For Yourself from the Social Security Office Scottsbluff Nebraska and the Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue in Sidney for those whose occupation may be excluded. It explains aspects of identity and employment verification tied to a local blaze where an oil heater spilled oil, the fire confined to the building, and mentions mailing a postcard to obtain the booklet.
A fire at the Ready Mix Concrete Company building beside the Burlington railroad track caused about $600 in damages around 9 o clock Thursday. Sidney Volunteer Firemen reported the incident and responded to the blaze.
Pioneered by Benjamin Franklin the mutual insurance idea has two centuries of history. With a mutual fire or casualty policy you become a part owner of the company alongside neighbors who avoid losses. Lower losses mean savings on insurance costs shared by owners. Check us for full facts.
Weather last week boosted Nebraska wheat hopes with 98 percent reported in top shape by Nebraska Grain Improvement Association secretary J C Swinbank. Widespread snow, three quarters of an inch in the south Panhandle, aided ground moisture. Experts predict near perfect conditions and a record harvested winter wheat acreage, barring weather issues, as seeding and moisture support a strong spring start. Potatoes for seed reportedly ample.
Marketing of fat cattle has picked up somewhat due to decreasing corn supply. About 20 percent of counties report a short supply of corn, 75 percent report an ample supply, with very few reporting a surplus.
Advertises custom letterhead design services at THE TELEGRAPH, offering color options and personalized branding for clients seeking a fresh corporate or personal stationery appearance.
Time To Kill Prairie Dogs discusses methods to control prairie dogs in Cheyenne County. Cheyenne County Agent Ivan Liljegren notes many sightings and promotes poison bait options available locally or via the county extension office. Extension entomologist O S Bare notes dosing per burrow and cautions on bait distribution on firm ground near mounds.
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