Annual Cornhusker Alumni Roundup May 24 26 in Lincoln
Chancellor Burnett urges Nebraska alumni to attend the annual Cornhusker roundup in Lincoln May 24 25 and 26. Ivy day ceremonies include opening rites ivy planting crowning the May queen and Mortar board activities. Alumni day features class breakfasts parades reunions and a sports program at the agricultural college campus.
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E. A. Burnett
The
State University
Nebraska
Lincoln
Agricultural College
Seventh Corps
Nebraska Dairy Output Rises Steadily With 1927 Peak
Nebraska dairy statistics show 1927 butter production at 95,004,518 pounds a rise from 1918 levels. Ice cream output reached 2,543,000 gallons and American cheese 1,074,000 pounds, with cottage cheese and other dairy products also produced. Estimated 613,000 milk cows and heifers suggest factory products and farm-made dairy sales returned over 50 dollars per cow in 1927.
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Nebraska
W. Howard Forsyth
State
Federal Division of Agricultural Statistics
Neufchatel
Copperas cures yellow tint in grass and trees
Nebraska experiment station reports yellowing in grass and trees stems from iron deficiency in soil. Copperas solution restores green color in grass with one third pound per five gallons, covering 15 feet square. trees respond with one to two gallons of solution. Weaker for strawberries and flowering plants. Copperas sold at local drug stores. The Farms Dairy advertises 3 color ice cream bricks. Telephone 324.
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Nebraska Experiment Station
Lincoln
Committee probes campaign expenses highlights anti Hoover editor
Harry N Price publisher of Politics testified to a senate committee that his Washington weekly loses about 500 dollars weekly. The paper opposes Herbert Hoover in the presidential race and is funded by F J Hale of New York. Price said Politics supports favorite son candidates and has lately been friendly to Governor Al Smith while he, a Republican, argues Hoover is not a good Republican or American.
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Senate
Harry N Price
Washington
Politics
Herbert C. Hoover
Price
F. J. Hale
New York
Hoover
al Smith
Commerce Secretary
Swine Sanitation System Boosts Profits Across Midwest
A report to the U S Department of Agriculture details the swine sanitation system, developed in Illinois and spread through the central west. Dr J E Gibson notes reduced losses from hog diseases, with Purdue extension and federal veterinarians touring Indiana. A Rush County breeder reports four years of benefits from demonstrations and lectures.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Central West
Department
J. E. Gibson
Indiana
Purdue University
Rush County
Ind
Indiana swine sanitation boosts hog production and health
Dr. Gibson notes a leap in pig output from about 3 to 7 pigs per sow as hogs reach 200 pounds at seven months. About 6000 Indiana farmers have attended related lectures. 325 swine growers in 16 counties follow the sanitation system to reduce hog cholera, with inspectors urging immunization. Last week Potter school closed, graduating 14 students, a new intrapublic record.
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Indiana
Bureau of Animal Husbandry
Potter
Potter School
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Children’s Derby
the Farms Dairy
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Sidney Ice & Storage Co
Coats
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