Good Idaho Weather Lifts 1948 Crop Outlook
Idaho's September weather boosted crop prospects by two percent per the Bureau of Agricultural Economics. Forecasts call for larger harvests of potatoes, hay, oats, and fall lettuce, with prune and peach crops lagging forecasts. Delayed frosts increased potato yields to about 250 bushels per acre, totaling 37.5 million bushels statewide, while alfalfa yields approach the high end of records and dry beans run slightly above earlier expectations.
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Boise
Idaho
Bureau of Agricultural Comies
Bureau
News Of The Day In Rhyme From The Post
A rhymed roundup notes a missing hunter in the Bitter Roots, harsh campaign words by Tom Dewey, a thunderstorm scene, and Berlin’s schmoos arrival. Utah liquor sales stir debate as voters weigh Prohibition with Price and Helper spotlighted. The speaker signs off from Price and Helper before closing.
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Tom Dewey
Old Berlin
POST
Utah
Man
Price
Don
Spud Unit Plans Saturday Meeting on Breeding Idaho Potatoes
Idaho's potato industry coordinating committee will meet Saturday in Idaho Falls to discuss a joint plant breeding program with the U S Department of Agriculture and the University of Idaho to develop disease resistant Russet varieties and seek federal aid. Senator Dworshak plans to attend as the group also considers programs to combat root knot nematode causing losses to growers.
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Boise
Idaho
Potato Industry Coordinating Committee
Idaho Falls
Lee H. Wagner
Wagner
U. S. Department of Agriculture Bureau of Plant Industry
University of Idaho Experiment Station
Henry D. Dworshak
Ida
Chicago hospital offers fathers’ prenatal classes
Chicago Lying-in Hospital runs fathers classes to help husbands cope with pregnancy changes and learn baby care for later.
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Chicago
Perkins adds two year course in salesmanship at school
Watertown Massachusetts Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for the Blind expands its high school program adding a two year salesmanship course alongside existing commercial piano tuning and piano teaching offerings.
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Watertown
Mass
Perkins Institution
Massachusetts School For the Blind
Fewer Turkeys This Year In Idaho
Idaho turkey production for Thanksgiving is estimated at 200 000 hens and toms with a potential 225 000, a 17 percent drop from 1947. Agriculture inspector Gil bert Watson cites high feed costs as the main cause and predicts wholesale prices around 54 to 55 cents a pound for hens, with lower Tom prices, as Idaho rebuilds its turkey industry.
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Boise
Idaho
Gilbert Watson
Agriculture Department
Watson
Idaho narrows Mexican worker imports for sugar beet harvest
Idaho State Employment Service Director S D Hays says sufficient Mexican nationals are already in Idaho to harvest the sugar beet crop and no further imports will be allowed. Mexican consul Pesqueira in Portland confirms the government order and notes wage concerns for workers. About 700 Mexican nationals are currently employed on Idaho farms.
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Boise
S. D. Hays
Idaho
Hays
Portland
Ore
I. A. Pesqueira
U. S. Employment Service
Denver
Pesqueira
Portland police set road blocks to curb drunken driving
Police Chief John M. Mulkern used road blocks Saturday night to inspect operators licenses and watch for liquor evidence. First night produced five arrested drivers in Portland, Maine.
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Portland
John M. Mulkern
Bingham Spud Crop Over Par
BLACKFOOT The potato crop in Bingham county is over par this year with unusual stands reported by farmers. Roy Johnson on the J. J. Conway place near Blackfoot shows a near perfect russet crop grown in sandy loam with irrigation yielding more than 250 sacks per acre.
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Blackfoot
Bingham County
Roy Johnson
J. J. Conway
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