Five Year Peak Reported For Farm Prices
The Agriculture Department reported farm prices rose 11.4 percent in the month ending April 15, placing the overall level about 9.84 percent above a year earlier. Gains came from record highs in fruits and vegetables while dairy products eggs and poultry fell. Parity stayed at 87 percent of the 1947 baseline, with the record high 123 percent reached in October 1946.
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Agriculture Department
Department
Eisenhower
Certifying Field Seeds Applications Due May 20
Lincoln message from Clare Porter secretary-manager of the Nebraska Crop Improvement Association urges applications for certifying seeds of wheat oats barley rye bromegrass wheat grass vetch and sweet clover by May 20. Obtain forms via the Association in care of the College of Agriculture at Lincoln or through county agents. Growers should have county agents sign the forms and new growers can get filling help from their county agent, who also maintains a list of certified seed producers in the county.
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Lincoln
Clare Porter
Nebraska Crop Improvement Association
College of Agriculture At
Porter
Speedy Cancer Test With Houseflies In Cancer Drug Trials
A U S Department report notes houseflies complete their life cycle in about two weeks. Their physiological similarity to higher animals makes them useful for rapid testing of growth inhibiting and anticancer drugs.
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U. S. Department’ of Agriculture
Soybeans Gain Ground in Nebraska Irrigation Plans
Farmers in Nebraska increasingly irrigate soybeans, seeing a promising outlook for the crop. M D Weldon, Extension agronomist at the University of Nebraska, notes that spring planting decisions favor soybeans as oats and barley sowing prove difficult.
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Nebraska
M D. Weldon
Extension Agronimist
University of Nebraska
Lucky Steppers 4-H Club Meeting Report
The Lucky Steppers 4-H club met at the home of Mrs. Floyd Miller on Friday April 18 with six members present and new member Ann Borges. Jolene Jurgens led sewing seam lessons for skirts and pattern measurements, a tracing wheel was given, and a lunch was served. The next meeting is set for May 2 at Mrs Shrngs home at p.m.
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Lucky Steppers
Floyd Miller
Ann Borges
Presbyterian
Anna C. Borges
Fred
George Frerichs
Weyerts Lutheran Church
Weyerts Church
Ann A. Borges
Gurley
Mary Bauer
Sidney
Minnie Hull
Minnie Frerichs
Anna Borges
Ada Borges
Herman Bruns
Lyman
Kansas
Jesus
J.W.C. Club
George Rivett
Ft Collins
Colo
Gertrude Ravert
Scottsbluff
Archie Ravert
Max Ravert
Elmer Westerhoff
Rivetts
Gwenda Finn
Denver
Bridgeport High School
J. Ernest Finn
Lester Bowman
Dalton
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Pioneer Memorial Hospital
Leo Messier
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Alliance
Geneva Hotelling
Circle III
St. Mary’s Altar Society
Dalton Legion Hall
Dalton Garden Club
Ben Pelster
Ed Schinzel
Goldie Bolie
Lodgepole Valley
Potter
Dix
Lodgepole
Lorenzo
Sunol
Germg
Lincoln
Mike
Aldane Builte
Fenton
Michigan
Dalton News Poppy Posters Win by Dalton Students
A Dalton Legion Auxiliary judged Poppy Posters from 4th to 7th grades. Winners receive prizes and display in the Ewing Store window. Lawrence Miller started as Central States Grain Elevators manager in Dalton. Bob Grothe assists during transition. Founders Day Beta Sigma Phi celebrated with three chapters at the Royal Room. multiple awards and a no talent show.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Dalton
Ewing
Joan Lessman
Betty Jean Weed
Grde
Katherine Réimers
Calvin Delcamp
Sheryl ‘Brestel
Deanne Aurich
Donna Jean Hartman
Judy Ann Lessman
Wayne McRoberts
Gordon Carley
Marlene Sheets
Lawrence Miller
Beta Sigma Phi
the Royal
Xi Omega Chapter
Xi Mu
Beta Theta
Beta Sigma Grace
Stanley Brestel
Time To Spray Flowered Weed Control Advice
Nebraska extension notes guide spraying 2 4 D on white flowered weeds such as shepherds purse pennycress and hoarycress in pastures and cropland. Apply 1 3 to 1 1 2 pounds per acre for annuals and 1 pound per acre for hoarycress when first flower buds appear, usually late April to early May.
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Lincoln
Cor City
Shepard
John Furrer
Extension Agronomist
Soutern
Nebraska
Ates
Questions County Agents Asked This Week May 3
County agents field questions on home orchard spraying timing and spray types. They discuss grazing after 2 4 D use, bull thistle control methods, mato blight control, cut worm spraying conditions by weather, yellowing lawn sections after winter rain, and differences in nitrogen fertilizer effectiveness.
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Marlene Miller
E. Troutman
Dalton News
Naimed
L. W. Dirks
Ross
Glenn Twarling
Ray Henke
Beverly Eddy
Xi Oméga
Wm. Dykman
Arthur Sturdley
Johnny Watchorn
Bob Grothe
Dale Flora
D.B.R. Bridge Club
Gilbert Myers
Royal Room
Mesdames
J. B. Pankau
Nat Albers
Forrest Devier
Mannie Kreader
Art Pelster
Marie Hoke
Bridgeport
Jess Allen
Voice of Our Church
Ray Graff
Dalton Presbyterian Church
H. P
Bud) Franss
Clarence Yates
Schinzel
Dalton Co-op
Howard Reimers
Reimers
Mr. Reimers
Dalton Park
Garden Club
E. E. Osborn
Bradley Ernest
Oakley Osborn
Oak Harbor
Washington
Osborn
Catherine Heaton
A. J. Jorgenson
Frank Crowley
Broadwater
Veterans Memorial Hospital
Ted Kallhoff
St. Joseph's Hospital
Clif Webster
Ed Willeke
WSCS
Gurley Methodist Church
Harold Borges
Hanna Hippen
Charlie van de Voorde
Edward Townley
Dalton High School
Anna Faye Weed
Elsie Boyer
Raymond Weed
Leslie Boyer
Dalton Motor Co
Sidney Industrial
Sidney Telegraph
Nick Pelster
Harold Warren
Leonard Pelster
Gordon Glassburn
Sor
Sidney 66 Oil CO
Joel E
Babcock
U.S
Nebraska Law Graduate
Service
Aim
Wilson
Teeg
Minneapolis-Meline
Yoga Teenie F. L
Frank) Balderson
Lincoln County
Stapleton
North Platte
Cooksley
Renge
Broken Bow Bank
Rogers Agency
Charles W. Cooksley
Arthur W. Cooksley
Mamie Powell
North
Platte
North Jeffers
Dick Dolan
Elaine R. Rogers
Bill-Christensen
Ringmen
Dale, McMichael
Supreme Court
Edward F. Carte
State Board OF Education
Raymond M. Gilmore
Niels Kammersgaard
A. A. Fenske
Wheat Belt Public Power District West Subdivision
Lee Hawkins
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