Feed dealers urge storage as key to 1959-60 farming plan
Cheyenne County ASC chairman Johnson stresses on farm storage as vital to participate in price-support, noting loans up to 80 percent of storage costs at 4 percent for five years. He cites benefits of on farm cribs and bins for corn oats barley and sorghum, with unfolding 1959-60 grain outlook and higher carryover to 68 million tons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Cheyenne County
ASC Committee
Ejness
Nebraska
Cattle Numbers to Rise in Sixty
The Department of Agriculture reports next year will see a substantial rise in total cattle on hand led by steers and beef heifers for slaughter. Slaughter potential in 1960 exceeds 1959, with the ultimate price effect uncertain and gradual changes expected barring severe drought.
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Department of Agriculture
Cheyenne County
ASC
Farmers Offered Gas Tax Refund
Lincoln farmers may save 120 percent on fuel costs by filing before Sept 30 for a three cent per gallon federal gas tax refund. University of Nebraska extension economist Ted Nelson notes many eligible did not claim last year and fuel used in custom farm machines qualifies even if not directly purchased. Forms 2240 are available from County Extension Agents or the Omaha IRS District Director.
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Lincoln
Ted Nelson
University of Nebraska
Internal Revenue Service
Nelson
District Director of Internal Revenue
Omaha
Nebr
NU agronomists warn against lawn seed mixes
University of Nebraska agronomists caution that seed packets often mislead buyers. A Iowa survey found only one in seven brands exceeded minimum Kentucky bluegrass, and one in four met the fine-leaved grass goal.
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NU Agronomists
Lincoln
University of Nebraska Agronomists
Iowa Seed Laboratory
Marketing Expenses Raise Price Of Bread
A U S Department of Agriculture study finds bread price rises over ten years stem from higher marketing costs. Wheat and ingredient costs fell slightly from 1948 to 1958 while marketing expenses rose 5.8 cents, making the net loaf increase 5.4 cents.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Ag College Arranges September Field Days
Two forenoon field days will be held at the Agronomy Farm, College of Agriculture, Lincoln. A Sorghum Field Day is set for Monday, Sept. 14 at 9:30 a.m. at the Agronomy Farm, 70th and Adams Streets. The Corn Field Day follows on Sept. 21 at 9:30 a.m. at 48th and Leighton Streets.
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Lincoln
College of Agriculture
70Th
Adams Sts
48Th
Leighton Sts
Wool Raisers File Referendum Votes At ASC Office
Wool growers vote in September on continuing the lamb and wool promotional program funded by deductions from incentive payments. Ballots reach producers by mail and at the county ASC office with a secret ballot box for in person votes. Eligible voters include individuals or entities owning sheep six months of age or older since Jan 1, 1959.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ASC
James C. Johnson
ASC Committee
Radio in Wheat Fields Speeds Custom Harvesting
Custom wheat harvester Earl Estill of Carrier Oklahoma adopts a two way radio system to dispatch trucks and crew across Kansas Nebraska and South Dakota this summer. The 100 watt transistors on 43 10 meg cycles with a 40 mile range connect the pickup trailers and harvesters enabling faster cutting and meal coordination. Estill’s nine combines and seven man crew move from Carrier into Kansas then Nebraska by July and South Dakota by late July with potential expansion to Montana. The radios guide where to bring loads determine elevator capacity and moisture content and even relay dinner orders to Judy at the cook trailer.
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Earl Estill
Carrier
Okla
Great Plains
Allis- Chalmers
Judy
Federal Communications Commission
Estill
Kansas
Nebraska
South Dakota
Montana
Canadian
mid-America
Judy Estill
Daddy
Big Silver
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EW Production
ALLS
Valley
Valley Mfg. Co
Che Sitiney
Ag College
Robert E. Roselle
TRU
Illinois
Sidney
America
University of Missouri
Nebraska Motor Carriers’ Association
South 13Th Street
Pacific Intermountain Express
Merchants Transfer & Storage
Ogallala Truck Line van & Storage, Inc
L. E. Whitlock Truck Service Inc
Western Nebraska Express
Daister
Alliance Livestock Commission Co. Alliance, Nebr
Farmer’s Union
Co-Op Gas & Oil
allTlén
Butler Storn
Farmers Feed
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