Valuable agricultural advice for Cheyenne County farmers
University of Nebraska poultry experts recommend three routes to obtain breeding males for spring flocks. Choose between buying hatching eggs and raising cockerels, buying cockerels from neighboring breeders, or raising from the same mating, with careful selection to avoid transmitting faults. Also note sweet clover seeding rates and forest fire prevention via public education campaigns.
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University of Nebraska, Agricultural College
Nebraska
Nebraska Farmers Prefer White Bloom Sweet Clover Findings
More than 100 reports from Nebraska farmers show about 85 percent favor white blossom sweet clover. Some prefer yellow blossom for shorter, less vigorous growth and better reseeding when closely pastured. White blossom yields more leaves and roots. Hubam annual variety suits heat and soil building, with potential when seeded with small grain, though total growth may be limited in Nebraska.
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University of Agricultural College
Nebraska
Groundhog Day Origins Tied to German Beliefs
Detroit News traces Groundhog Day origins to German superstition about the badger and notes the shift of the weather prophet idea to the groundhog. It recounts Pope Gelasius and Pope Innocent VIII on Candlemass customs and the pagan festival Februaria linked to Ceres and Prosperpine, explaining the transition to Virgin Mary observances.
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Mississippi River
Gelasius
Innocent VIII
Ceres
Prosperpine
Pluto
Holy Fathers
Detroit News
Bake Sale and More at Greenlees With Legion Auxiliary
American Legion Auxiliary sponsors a bake sale and other foods at Greenlees on Saturday March 31 starting at 2 p m. The event invites community members to support the auxiliary activities.
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Greenlees
American Legion Auxiliary
Wyomore Girl Dies Sudden After Faint at School
Bernice Dearing, 14, daughter of Mr and Mrs James A Dearing of Wy more, fainted at Wymore high school at 10 15 AM last Tuesday and died at 2 15 PM from heart trouble. She complained of sickness during class, collapsed on the way to a room, was aided by classmates and teachers, and died at home two hours after the faint. The family, longstanding in Wy more, had suffered prior heartbreak with the loss of an adopted son.
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Bernice
James A. Dearing
Wymore
Wymore High School
Eleanor Swanson
E. M. Short
Nebraska City
State Journal
Boy Dies After Fall From Barn Loft In Cozad Nebraska
Frank Ralph Gardner, 16, son of the late Frank Gardner, was born July 20, 1906 in Beatrice Nebraska. He died Saturday afternoon March 3 nine miles north of Cozad at his grandparents farm from a fall from the hay loft which broke his neck and left leg. He left the house about one o clock to play with his dog and was found by his grandfather beneath the barn with life extinct.
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Frank Ralph Gardner
Frank Gardner
Beatrice
Nebraska
Cozad
Ben Gardner
Gardner Farm
Ralph
B. F. Gardner
Pocket Gophers Troublesome Pests Hit Irrigation Areas
Pocket gophers damage crops and canal banks on reclamation projects causing washouts and farmer losses. The Biological Survey of USDA reports success in Dona Ana County New Mexico with losses of about 60 000 dollars yearly eliminated at 3500 dollars to farmers. Field operations spread to Elephant Butte project in New Mexico and Texas. Idaho treatment covered 140 miles of canal banks and 79 000 acres of private lands across eleven counties.
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Biological Survey
United States Department of Agriculture
Dona Ana
New Mexico
Elephant Butte
Texas
Idaho
Do Orchard Cover Crops Raise Frost Hazard
Growers claim cover crops in California citrus groves raise frost risk, but Weather Bureau and USDA observations show little impact on air temperature a few feet above ground. If frost damage increases, cause likely lies in site elevation differences or the crop’s physiological effects on trees.
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California
Weather Bureau
United States Department of Agriculture
Nebraska Crop Report Highlights Falling Reserves and Uncertain Wheat
Nebraska March crop report shows grain reserves well below riverage as feeding increases. Corn on farms 62,016,000 bushels, 34 percent of last year’s crop. hog and cattle feeding up sharply, wheat prospects uncertain, oats and barley reserves low, and cash rents dipping slightly.
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Nebraska
Division of Crop and Livestock Estimates
Nebraska Department of Agriculture
Musk rat hides lower prices at fur sale
Prices for muskrat hides fell at a New York fur sale drawing 350 to 450 buyers. Northern musk rats led the decline with Alaska skins 40 percent under prior value and other northern varieties about 30 percent lower while southern muskrats averaged 25 percent under. The sale showed musk rats dominant in commercial fur use and highlighted the Biological Survey's role in wildlife protection and industry studies as U S fur markets remain among the world's largest.
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Biological Survey
United States Department of Agriculture
New York
United States
Printing of Good Quality at The Telegraph
In need of quality printing visit The Telegraph. Saxophone instruction offered as a free perk with all Larson's Music purchases.
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Telegraph
Larson
Stor
Reed-Norval law praised at Lincoln Legion post
Perry Reed state senator from Hamilton county received a royal welcome when he spoke at a Legion post meeting praising the American Legion for backing the Reed-Norval language bill. William Mettlen of Doughlas county resigns from the state Legion executive committee. The department states it remains neutral on the measure and will print 10,000 pamphlets on Respect to the Flag for Nebraska schools.
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Perry Reed
Hamilton County
Legion Post
American Legion
William Mettlen
Doughlas County
State Legion Executive Committee
The
Nebraska
American language bill proposes renaming English in U S texts
A resolution backed by the American Legion seeks to declare American as the nation’s official and common language. It would replace English in federal acts and regulations for naturalization and official use. Introduced by Rep. W. J. McCormick of Montana and sent to the house judiciary committee.
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United States
American Legion
Nebraka
W. J. McCormick
Montana
House Judiciary Comittee
Nebraska American Legion Neutral On State Bonus Question
The Nebraska department of the American Legion maintains a neutral stand on a state bonus. A statement issued by department officers allows posts to act as they please, while reaffirming support for national adjusted compensation and noting that a state grant would be a bonus or gift.
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American Legion
Department of Nebraska
J. Ed. C. Fisher
Nebraska
Department of Nebrasa
Wedding Notice And Editor Faces A Fiery Farewell
The humorous quatrain mocks a small town editor who prints a wedding notice then a cascade of notices including obituaries and poetry, but errs on the head. The feud ends with readers canceling ads and subscriptions as the town laments a roasted fate.
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Arkansaw Thomas
Twins Born To Twin Mothers In Cheyenne Birthday Birth
In Cheyenne on February 17 two baby boys were born within an hour and forty minutes of each other. Their mothers are twin sisters formerly Misses Bessie and Jessie Doherty married to twin brothers at a December 3 1919 double wedding. The births occurred in the Alta Vista addition in a cottage. Fathers are farmers north of Burns. A genealogist is asked to determine the precise twin relationship.
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Cheyenne
G. M. Mason
C. G. Mason
Alta Vista
Bessie
Jessie Doherty
Burns
Tribune
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