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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1959
Page
2
Numerous lawns show brown spots due to weather and disease concerns. Extension experts urge gentle fertilization with nitrogen and iron if needed, avoid excessive raking, and ensure even application to prevent burn. The note also lists upcoming meetings on small grain certification and tree value, with broader pest and crop guidance for Cheyenne County.
The piece argues horses rank low among intelligent animals, noting even pigs outrank them. It traces thoroughbred origins to Darley Arabian Godolphin Barb and Byerly Turk, describing traits as fast yet thin-skinned and finicky. It contrasts modern praise with ancient Incitatus who served Caligula as priest and consul.
Nebraska certified seed growers must apply for field inspection by May 29 for wheat oats barley rye bromegrass wheatgrass sweet clover and first crop alfalfa. Applications may be made with local county agents or the Nebraska Crop Improvement Association College of Agriculture Lincoln.
Beet sugar crop planting for 1959 in Nebraska finished weeks earlier than 1954. Contracts cover 64,131 acres with stands aided by sun and moisture. Scottsbluff Gering Bayard and Mitchell districts nearly done. Grand Island near completion. Sheridan and Dawes counties to finish early this week. Growers report good moisture and ample irrigation water.
Growers report crops three weeks ahead of last two years with seed beds in very good condition and strong moisture. American Crystal Sugar Company says 6,370 contracted acres are seeded and germination at 90 percent, while Great Western notes 50 percent stand across 16,195 acres in Scottsbluff Morrill Box Butte and Garden Counties. Mechanical thinning to begin, aided by widespread chemical weed control.
Extension veterinarian E. Crosby Howe of the University of Nebraska says hardware disease stems from swallowed foreign bodies and cannot spread between animals, emphasizing sound herd management as the key to prevention.
Nearly 74 acres of every 100 acres in the conservation reserve phase through 1960 are planted to grass. The trend shows a sustained shift from crop production to forage cover as part of soil conservation programs.
May 13 recognition dinner for Professor P A Downs at Student Union Lincoln May 16 annual reunion of Alumni Association of Nebraska 4 H Club Congress trip winners College of Agriculture Lincoln May 16 Jersey Parish Show Creete May 16 SCS Training Meeting Scotts Bluff Experiment Station Mitchell May 20 Ag Union Picnic for All College People College of Agriculture Lincoln May 20 deadline for certification applications on various seeds May 20 Pioneer Livestock Shippers Recognition Omaha May 22 23 Junior Leader Conference Camp Jefferson Fairbury May 26 Sandhills Cattle Association annual convention ONeill June 12 Beef Cattle Improvement Conference New Crawford School and Fort Robinson Beef Cattle Research Station June 1 4 National Holstein Convention Omaha June 5 7 Western Regional Rural Youth Conference Wahoo June 9 Wye Braska Fat Lamb Show Scottsbluff June 9 12 4 H Club Week College of Agriculture Lincoln Beautiful NEW 3 bedroom homes Full basement with bath Located in Country Club Heights Complete built in electric kitchen Excellent financing arrangements Call 2010 before 5 30 p m
Midwestern farmers adopt a wheel track planting method on freshly plowed ground without harrowing or disking. Extension agronomist M. D. Weldon says the approach saves considerable time, labor, fuel and machinery costs.
Thirty six students and teachers from District 61 and District 32 rural schools visited The Telegraph plant on Friday afternoon. They were accompanied by their teachers Mrs Henry Fulcher Verdell Lessman and Arland Tan geman.
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