Nebraska At Work and War Efforts Highlight State
Nebraska leads in physician wartime service and gears up for the second draft as Provost Marshal Captain Anderson praises county boards. Oil and potash development spreads across Dawes Sioux Cherry Scottsbluff Banner Pawnee Webster counties while beets price rises to 10 per ton boost western Nebraska prosperity. Publicity chief plans a statewide "Nebraska at Work" film tour to educate and foster state pride, with Arnold Martin Jins advancing Nebraska at the National Dry Farming Congress and eyeing a larger prize cup for Kansas City next fall. Build a home. We will loan you the money.
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Nebraska
Anderson
Department of Publicity
Commercial Chibs
Boards of Education
Conservation and Welfare Commission
Te. Condra
Arnold Martin Jins
Kansas City
Congress
Martin
Neville
State House
Experimental Farms Aim to Teach Profit in Hog Raising
Extension News Service explains that experimental farms in Nebraska focus on education rather than profit. Hog trials show varying results, with Lincoln county’s 17,000 hogs potentially adding 93,500 dollars in profit if fattened like a successful North Platte lot. The work aims to show farmers how to avoid losses and maximize returns.
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Lincoln County
North Platte
Sunday Dinner Guests and Local Visits Highlight S entries
The page lists social visits and local happenings in SEXTORP and nearby areas. Families such as Millie and Carlson, Jolson, Johnson, Eckert, Nelson, Scheele, and Brott are noted for dinners, hosting, and Monday visits. Potatoes bought by the Prince brothers are mentioned alongside telephone pole work and travel to Cheyenne for Mrs Nelson.
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Ner
Gon Eckert
Mro
Lewis Brott
Pete Nelson
Prince Bros
Steiner
Win Scheele
Carl Carlson
The
Independent
Nebraska to Run State School Garden Army Across State
The federal government places garden work under the Agricultural Extension Service of the University of Nebraska. The extension director becomes director of the United States School Garden Army of Nebraska. Thousands of registered students will enlist, receiving the USoS G insignia. Towns lacking garden programs should contact University Farm Lincoln Neb.
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Agricultural Extension Service
University of Nebraska
United States School Garden Army of Nebraska
United States
Extension Service
University Farm
Lincoln
Neb
Grow Soy Beans as Protein Rich Home Crop
The Nebraska Experiment Station recommends growing soy beans for protein rich food. They surpass other vegetables in protein, can substitute for lean meat, and yield up to three times wheat protein. Plant between May 20 and June 5 in rows 34 inches apart, with 2 inch spacing. western areas may differ. Four cultivations and one hoeing typical. Soy bean flour serves as a wheat flour substitute. A forthcoming bulletin will detail merits and cultivation.
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Nebraska Experiment Station
Nebraska
Farmers Bulletin Promotes Half Acre Garden Plan
A new USDA bulletin 937 says a half acre, properly cared for, yields enough vegetables for a family through summer and for canning and drying for winter. It details planting, cultivation, and harvesting of all vegetables and can be obtained from the Agricultural Extension Service at the University farm in Lincoln Nebraska.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Extension Service
University Arm
Lincoln
Neb
Sprays and How to Make Then
Extension bulletin from the University Farm Lincoln Nebraska explains how to poison insects harming vegetables. It lists easily mixed sprays using drugstore ingredients and suggests these sprays can save the garden.
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New Extension Bulletin
Agricultural Extension Service
University Farm
Lincoln
Neb
Repair Your Old Sacks For Food Workers Amid War Demand
The extension service director urges re pairing and reuse of bags as war demands shrink bag supplies. Food workers are told to place orders for grain bags immediately through normal channels. One British order requests 160000000 sacks for sand bays.
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Extension Service
Remembered Diagnosis
A nine year old Sophie complains of pain and illness. The doctor downplays it as growing pains. A few days later a family friend asks about her health and she quips she is better but still growing.
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Sophie
Sophia
Miserable Subbubs Seeks Doctor Across the Train Route
A quip from the Boston Transcript about a character named Subbubs who jokes of quick consumption. He says he feels miserable, needs a doctor, and must bolt breakfast and nod to catch a train, implying a fast pace and rapid life in the city.
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Boston Transcript
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