District Soil Stubble Mulch Contest Set for Alliance
Alliance hosts the 1959 District VII Soil And Stubble Mulch Judging Contest on October 7 with 4-H FFA and adults from Sheridan Cherry Garden Deuel Cheyenne Morris Box Butte Dawes Sioux Scotts Bluff Kimball and Banner counties. Registration starts 8:30 a.m. at Alliance High School with judging at 9:30. Lunch served at noon. Five divisions include land and stubble mulch judging for 4-H FFA adult men women and trained professionals.
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Box Butte County
Alliance
ANFFA
4-H
Sheridan
Cherry
Garden
Deuel
Cheyenne
Morris
Box Butte
Dawes
Sioux
Scotts Bluff
Kimball
Banner
Extension Service
Soil Conservation Service
FFA
Alliance Chamber of Commerce
Box Butte Experiment Station
Pthe
Alliance Senior High School
Vocational Agriculure
Jt. High
Alliance Chambér of, “Commerce
Dheirey
Farm Fire Destroys Farm Property and U S Losses Highlight
Farm fires last year caused 152 million dollars in property losses and 3100 deaths nationwide. The National Board of Fire Underwriters urges daily risk checks, safe storage of combustibles, and practical farm safety gear like hoses pumps ladders and pails to reduce fire hazards across isolated rural sites.
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National Aid of Fire Underwriters
National Board of Fire Underwriters
U.S. Fire Incidents Reach 846000 In 1958
About 846,097 fires occurred in U S communities with 2,500 plus population in 1958. Residential fires totaled 299,861, other building fires 114,717, grass or brush fires 241,846, and other fires 189,670, based on 2,513 fire chiefs reports. Every 37 seconds a city fire breaks out, threatening property and lives.
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U. S
United States
Profit Outlook From Livestock Now Appears Both Good & Bad
Lincoln reports an extension service forecast, Everett E. Peterson notes cattle ranchers and feeders should see solid profits through 1960 while hog prices stay depressed for 16 months. Lamb feeding offers better returns. feed supplies remain ample and meat demand should rise in 1959 60 with improving business activity after the steel strike ends.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Everett E. Peterson
the Raneau of Necrae
Peterson
Record U S fire losses hit 1958 peak at 1.056 billion
Fire losses in the United States reached a record 1.056 billion dollars in 1958, up 33 million from 1957's 1.023 billion. The 1938 figure stood at 258.48 million dollars, showing long term rise.
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U. S
Funnies Farmer Speaker Highlighted at Wheat Show
The Agriculture Department outlines revised basic annual payment rates for new land in soil bank 1960. The change, signed by President Eisenhower, could aid drought area farmers. Application deadline shifted from September 39 to October 9 for establishing basic payments.
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Washington
Th Agriculture Department
Eisenhower
Farmers to apply for conservation reserve contracts
Farmers have until Oct 16 to apply for conservation reserve contracts under a new law. Payments will be based on land productivity and agricultural value, with a basic rate not exceeding 20 percent of land value. The department expects the 1959 rate formula to attract farmers, especially in the Great Plains wheat region.
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Department
Great Plans
Telegraph Wantads Offer Buy Sell Trade Ads
Classifieds invite readers to place want ads for selling items or trading goods, offering a quick way to reach local buyers and sellers through the Telegraph.
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Nebraska Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts
Frank Harris
S.C.S
Charles Fenster
Extension Agronomist
Harold Gilman
Charley Fenster
Ed Sauber
Scottsbluff
Iral
U.S
Benson
Ezra Taft Benson
Moscow
Timiayasev Academy of Sciences
He's
Foland
Sidney
Trinidad Bean & Elevator Go
Sterling, Colo
Tucker
Furman Schaffert
Nebr
Laree
Meras
Marvin Tucker & Sons
Mullen
Furman Hereford Ranch
Marsland
WM. T. Schaffert & Sons
Dalton
Frances Furman
Pat Tucker
Charles Corkie
Corn Belt
Alliance Livestock Commission Co. Alliance, Nebr
Baker’s Tire Service
General Tire
Nebraska Motor Carriers’ Association
South 13Th Street
Pacific Intermountain Express
Merchants Transfer & Storage
Ogalla“La
Truck Line van & Storage, Inc
L. E. Whitlock Truck Service Inc
Western Nebraska Express
Coop
Farmers Union CO OP
Illinois
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