High Freight Rates Block Hay Shipments In Nebraska
State and federal agriculture statistics report 600 tons of alfalfa hay cannot be shipped from Cozad to Kansas City due to freight at 5.20 per ton while the farm average price is 5.80. Baling and hauling push costs higher, making shipments unprofitable. meanwhile potatoes and cobblers move with different freight outcomes. The note calls for equality in returns among basic industries for national prosperity.
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Kearney
E. M. Gorum
Cozad
Federal Division of Agricultural Statistics
Conad
Kansas City
Nebraska
Gorum
Chicago
State Department of Statistics Service
Norfolk Sanitary District Progress on Northfork Drainage
Trustees announced the Northfork river drainage project will finish by June 30 1933 after 14 years. Work straightens the river for about 10 miles to reduce spring floods and includes a new quarter mile channel and a bridge on Norfolk avenue.
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Norfolk
Norfolk Sanitary District
Elkholm
Norfolk Avenue
State Highway Department
Congress
Nebraska Licenses Rise as Drivers Grow
Nebraska reports a rise in licensed drivers from 595,757 to 614,995 in the past year. Mrs. Mable G. Tracy of the motor vehicle registration bureau notes about three drivers for every two cars, with 417,62 motor vehicles registered statewide.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Mable G. Tracy
Motor Vehicle Registration Bureau
State Highway Department
McCook Daily Gazette Offers Barley Wheat Cats or Corn Subscriptions
The McCook Daily Gazette offers annual subscriptions for $3 in exchange for eight bushels of No 2 wheat eleven bushels of No 2 corn fifteen bushels of cats or fifteen bushels of barley.
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McCook Daily Gazette
Ak-SarBen Trade Name Adopted by Nebraska Apple Growers
Fruit growers in the southeastern Nebraska region met at Falls City and adopted Ak-SarBen as the trade name for all apples produced. The mark will appear on fruit shipped to markets in other states and foreign countries.
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Falls City
State game funds from auction of confiscated firearms
The Forestation and Parks Commission funded $376.85 from selling 40 shotguns and rifles seized for state game law violations. Fifty mail bids and about 200 people attended the auction. Commission Secretary Frank O Connell said the guns sold for $7 to $31 each.
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State Game Forestation and Parks Commission
Commission
Frank O'Connell
Concrete Slab Pouring Near Falls City Nears Completion
W D Douglas state engineer said concrete slabs for 2.1 miles of Highway 78 south of Falls City are finished and the road will open soon. About five days of shoulder work remain and several days of tests before final state acceptance.
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Falls City
W. D. Douglas
Nebraska farm bureaus face county by county vote decision
W H Sroxan of the Nebraska extension service said 16 counties had remonstrances late for the November ballot and 12 more had insufficient remonstrances. In five counties remonstrances may be overruled by favorable petitions. Eight counties have unsettled questions and in three others taxpayers will likely vote to continue county bureaus.
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Nebraska
W. H. Sroxan
Nebraska Agricultural Extension Service
Nebraska Lard Drive Targets Housewives and Bakers
Nebraska launches a lard promotion led by W J Loefiel to boost demand for lard as a superior shortening and fat. Households will receive lard based recipes while white rats will be used to compare the nutritional value of Nebraska grown hog lard against substitutes.
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Nebraska
W. J. Loefiel
Looffs
Ak-Sar-Ben Live Stock Show Opens With 2 Million Value
Ak-Sar-Ben's fifth annual Live Stock Show Horse Show and Rodeo runs seven days starting October 29 in Omaha. W H Schellberg says the combined event will attract prize stock show horses sheep swine and allied exhibits valued at over two million dollars, signaling record entries and attendance.
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Ak-Sar-Ben
W. H. Schellberg
Omaha
Apple crop forecast for southeastern Nebraska tightens
A. E. Anderson, state and federal statistician, estimates the strictly commercial apple crop in southeastern Nebraska may not exceed 40 000 barrels this year. Last year larger growers sold 106 000 barrels and smaller growers about 10 000 more. The current estimate of com-
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Nebraska
A. E. Anderson
Com
COW FAMILY MAKES HIGH RECORD MARK
Two New York Holstein cows bred by E. J. Chaffee and owned by James Stark set state records on ten months test and three milkings. Oblong Valley Kokee Sadie Boon produced 20 297 pounds milk and 662 8 pounds fat, ranking third in the U S that year. Her half sister Oblong Valley Kokee Inka Ladoga produced 20 684 pounds milk and 691 8 pounds fat, ranking first in the state and second all time. Stark’s herd averaged 15 569 pounds milk and 521 pounds fat across 23 cows.
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By & J
United States
Stark
New York
Culling Proves Profit Boost in Sumney Herd Case
Indiana farmers explain how removing one low producer can raise herd earnings. Three cows totaling 800 pounds fat sold for near the price of one high producer. The resulting cow yields 430 pounds fat annually with $56.10 feed, versus $121 for the three cows, saving $64.90. Extra surplus milk and a future calf value add to the gain.
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Leonard Sumney
Samuel Frazee
Allen County
Indiana Farmer's Guide
Inheritance Factors Experiments At Minnesota Station
The Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station at Waseca will study inheritance factors in dual purpose cattle. Dr. Andrew Boss and Supt. Robert Hodgson will oversee pedigrees of milking Short horns to select high producing females for a foundation herd. Farmers show growing interest due to high beef prices and dairy market conditions. The aim is to improve transmission of beef and milk traits to offspring.
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Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station
Doctor Boss
Guarding Against Bloating in Pasture Cow Management
A dairy farmer reports preventing bloat by feeding hay before turning cows to alfalfa pasture. Cows are kept off pasture when dew is wet, and initially graze only a few hours daily after a full hay meal. The practice emphasizes gradual access and dew avoidance to protect herd health.
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Cain
Longleaf Pine Growth Boosted by Fire Prevention Study
Foresters studied two plots of longleaf pine in North Carolina over 13 years. One plot was burned annually, the other left unburned. Fire protected trees grew 19 percent faster in height, 9 percent faster in diameter, and 22 percent faster in volume.
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North Carolina
Summer Style Keeps Cool And Confident
In the heat of summer, fashion tips urge staying stylish while feeling comfortable. Lightweight fabrics and breathable outfits help maintain a polished look without sacrificing comfort.
Equality Before the Law Jury Quip
A courtroom exchange clips show a bailiff summoning Mrs. O Noodle to jury duty. She refuses claiming parity with Mrs. Umuddle on the grand jury and claiming she is just as good.
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O’noodle
Foolish Question in Banter Between Cleveland Couple
A light exchange shows Christine teasingly asking if a kiss is forthcoming from Cleveland, who jokes about waiting for a streetcar. The moment captures playful chemistry and urban dating banter.
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Cleveland
Christine
Would Help Out Suitor Er L Er Am
London humor piece presents a bargain proposal where the father agrees to a suitor’s prompt, humorous request. The suitor asks for the daughter’s hand and the father signals acceptance with a jokey reply about a pocketed engagement.
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London Humorist
Patient seeks doctor after druggist advice
A patient recounts going to a druggist who offered little help and was directed to a physician. The exchange captures a wartime era style from Everybody's Weekly in London.
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Everybody'’s Weekly
London
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National Biscuit Company
Uneeda
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