Gardening Time Finds Back Yard Farmers Busy
Gardening time in western Nebraska finds townspeople and farmers planting vegetables and flowers with visions of fresh food and beauty. County Agent Ivan Liljegren notes rising inquiries, plant sales up since 1950, and irrigation improvements boosting backyard gardening. experts advise getting local advice and using bulletins on topics from pest control to lawn care.
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Nebraska
Sidney
Ivan Liljegren
Sidney Nursery
A_ seed concern
New Farm Wheat Allotment Eligible Farmers May Apply
A landowner with no wheat planted in 1956 57 and 58 may file for a 1959 winter wheat New Farm acreage allotment by July 1. Don Rapp of the Cheyenne County ASC says even without 1958 allotment the farm qualifies as new if no wheat was planted in 1958. Applications may be obtained at the ASC County Office. Factors include tillable acreage soil type farming system and the farm operator’s livelihood dependence.
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Don Rapp
Cheyenne County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Office
ASC
Rapp
Oper
Ator
Federal Reserve Bank reports Nebraska bank loan growth
Nebraska Tenth District member banks reported total loans of 427 million, about seven percent higher than a year earlier, in spring condition reports released by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. The 30 million year‑over‑year loan increase through March 4 stemmed almost entirely from ex financial growth.
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Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
Nebraska
Treasury
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Frnn Wis Donegal Road Crosses Emerald Drive
Frnn Wis Donegal Road intersects Dublin Drive and Shamrock Road crosses Emerald Drive in an Irish themed area. Sumatra is noted as a large Indonesian island with about 12 million residents, predominantly Malay and Muslim.
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Sumatra
Indonesia
Ireland
Frnn
Wis
Donegal
Dublin Drive
Shamrock Road
Emerald Drive
Certified Wheat Crown deadline nears in Lincoln
Applications for certification of wheat must be filed with the Nebraska Crop Improvement Association in Lincoln by May 20. Extensions to June 1 may apply with a late fee. Other spring grain applications are also due this week as Cheyenne County aims to keep its top county status for certified seed.
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Nebraska Crop Improvement Association
Lincoln
Cheyenne County
Allen Stikker
Darrell Bancroft
Dick Ladine
Dalton
Farmers To Help In Farm Survey In Nebraska Co Op
Several thousand Nebraska farmers will be asked to assist in the June survey of farm crops and livestock. The annual acreage and livestock count covers May 21 to June 4 with results guiding monthly 1958 production estimates. Rural carriers will help distribute forms and farmers are urged to answer accurately for reliable data. Since 1948, the American Bible Society has published 75 million copies of the Gospel in 16 languages.
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Cheyenne County
Mitchell
Nebraska
A. V. Nordquist
Nordquist
The
American Bible Society
Wheat Growers Vote In June To Set Quotas
Nebraska wheat producers will vote on June 20 to approve or reject 1959 crop quotas set by the USDA. The 1959 national acreage allotment is 55 million acres with a minimum price support of 1.81 per bushel. Penalties for over planting quotas and the eligibility for price support depend on whether quotas are approved.
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Don Rapp
ASC
Cheyenne County
Nebraska
USDA
Pocket portable bar from collapsible sake tubes
In Japan the national drink sake is dehydrated and placed in collapsible metal tubes with a splash of water to create a pocket portable bar for convenience.
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Japan
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