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Did We Take a Picfure of Your Farm! No, '4
ORD, 'NEBRASKA 'JUNE 30, 1959
'lee's Park Farms
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Reel Under Hail
Heavy Rains, Hail
lnflicis 40 Per Cent
Damages to Wheat
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Ijeavy hail, cbu led with a threc
inch rain, severe& danlaled far111
crops in thc Lee's Park area threc
~riilcs southwest of Ai-cadia, Thursday.
Farmers re orted wheat damage
as high as 461pcr cent In addition
corn, along Lee creek which,
tlrains the arca, w$s flooded.
Farmers made no es!~niate of
corn damagc. Most bellevcd the
crop might rccoker if not complete^
ly covered by mud. Corn is about
five inches high.
The storni run~bled over Lee's
park about 11 a.m. Thr area was
blanketed by heavy, black, clouds
lnost of the day.
Mrs. Don .Murray, a far111 wife,
said thc raln reached three and
onc-fourth inche~ on the Alurray
farm.
Hail Five lnches D.eep
Hail strifiped leaves froni trecs
then slood four to five inches deep
on the lawn, shc ~ajd.
The Muriays lost, 18 small pigs
quartered ill houses in a small
canlon. The deluge rollcd down
can On) the hog ' Farme~s and the experimental plot . . . it looks good now and farmers hope it yill ifay'tl;ql way,
houses, tien streamed ~ts M -. ~ vast Y
the AIurray front door.
A $on, Kent hlulray, managed to
sa\e three of the animals. ~xperimenial' PI01 Indicates Ground Ir Wet 30 inches bown
I The AIulrdy corn crop suffered
I partia! da~qage, hlr~. blurray said. Dr,land fields, op the 3laq nard 1 oats and barle}. A Lertllrrcr tcst Knudscl) saki it bas happened at
The cro yas pro\ected by a ds kc
Schudel far111 south cf the Uarker is also iuldcl\taq t!ie uni~cyai'ly's ,North pfatte sta-
I bu~lt fol?owlng a slm~lar storm selschool.
are nct to a dcutli of 30 I Core Drill Tests Itlon. A :-
' era1 )ears ago.
i,pclies: L After tlie lecture Uell Knudscn, "Lot Can, Oappen" "
Most of the Lee's yark \\heat
That pleasant neus, alld the fact as>i>tcint ;i rouomist, pulled out a
loas occilrred as heads \\ere shat.
that soinc plants will send roots 17 corc drill t%cn \rent to drilling Pres6d for an answer as to whgt
, tcrcd .by bail. John \Vhite said
ieet deep are i\?o of the intcrest- Knudsen sank the drill tuo and the cxpcri~nqnt'~l plot proled, job11
t there was no wind with the storm.
ilie tid-blts of information secured a half fect before he struck dry Furler said lt pa$ "to0 cnr;fy."
1 Wheat Is Shattered by25 farmers E'rjday.
clay. lie told farniers it wasn't un- Fjpgerin a,< lush stand pf oats
Farmers gathered at thc Schudel usual for plants to send doun roots Fulrer but a lot 31% cah liappe~~ It 100ks bc&cefi aod now nqv
I lie exh~blted se~cral \+lieat 1a)out shortly after one o'clock 15 feet \+here the ground is \set
heads taken fro111 rat aged fields. Friday to hear a air of uni~ersity clear dorm.
and bar\ est."
Only a few kernels remained on pssistant agroaonktr lecture about "The plant will send roots do\rn "\Vc hope nothipg hgppens,"
) e?cb stalk. \Vhltc ,said \\heat
until they encounter thc dry la~er said the fa~~iieh a> f tliey l$it the
1 F' This is the tourth in a series of aerlal views of Valley County farms faken by the duir. If you can identify your farm; and call at th;!
an experi~nental plot. .
fields irere Lttcred \rlth shattereti
betu ecn surface and swl~ surface
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Tlie plot is located oil the SC~LI-
plot to buu up ,tile toad in ears.
Q~ir,fybu will be given free an 8x10 picture.
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del Ian& The uni\ersity is conduct- moisture," he said. "If tbcrc's,?~ Fpurtccn agficultural training
T c banks of Lee's creek bore ing tests for al;lo\~t 30 \arictics of dry layer the roots keep going \cts \rere anion$ the group.
evidence of the deluge. ' Bridges
1% ere iled high' \tith debris. Vrgdcrgrou
t 1 u as caked in an 01 ei-lay of
/ dcpp !iud.
Mink Are Thrivinv
liowe\er thcy hale lilade sonic
m0riey.
Low Quality Wheal AIr. and Mrs. George Cetak are
C~rn Flvvded
still maintaining a mlnk far111 and
The skins are sent to Ncw York
1 Corn fields along the creek ruf- are still enjoy,il~g the hobbj. At
for sale. . .
~a hes,$urplus: Miller fcred the worst floodlng hIost the present tlnie they bait. 138 ----ucre
hea~ify mudded ih. Some young which will be sold in the I Round Park 4-H Club Meets
Secretary of -~~ricu~ture Ezra \+ere still co\ercd with thrce to
'I'alt Benaon has announced that lour inches of water, Fridaq.
\tinter.
Hoi~~icl Park 4-II CIU~ niet at the
They ha\e abgut 60
tlic referendum on whate ~narkctold
males (hollli of Leader Mary Ellcjl Bon-
1 The ~Zrcadia State ~ a~ik and Max
iiig quotas for the 1956 crop \+ill
and feulales. So far, Blrs. Cetak 1 ne June 24. The girls nlade bul-
I Wall, (both ~nfe hall Insurance), says thcy ha\e pretty fajr luck. l
be held on June 25, 1359. 'reported an influx of claims.
letin boards and the bogs display-
Only a few hale died. Cool \rca-
In making' the an~yiu~?c,incn!, I , $lost \rere lor 40 per cell1 dam-
/ ed bird houses. The birthdays of
ther is milch bettcr than hot \tea-
Ucn?;on said,
Johl~ lIruby, Larry Slicppcrd, and
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/ age,, both said.
.'LTnder prcscnf law, defeat of Llsted as ha\ing damaged fields
thcr.
1 Beverly Sheppcrd ~vcre cclebratcd.
The farrii is on the hill south\vcst I
marketing quotas \roul?',', 16caii '&ere Delbert Drake, Jqhn Wh~tc,
Other mc~nbers present were: Conuhcat
prlcc suppurts for the 1956 Shorty Dean, Dou Kam~nskj, Bcsof
Orcl. Sc\cral cages' are 'empty nie Jean Pesck, Karcn Sheppcrd
' sic >furray, Ed\{ art1 Ilerclial, Jess
at prcbent, Nrs. Cet,k sab
crup at 50 per cent of parity to coand
Elrasor 1Iruby. Guests were:
Jlar\cl, Loren Gabriel, Hay Jlc-
The raising of mini is u:i exact- Mr. and Mrs. E'. q. Pesck, Mr. and
opcr~(i~ig pro~lucers. There \vp~~ld
, Donald.
ly a monc3y makinu proposit&m for
probably be little compliance will]
Mrs. Joe 1Iruby and hlr. and Airs.
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the Cetaks, but a hobby.
Cia;)-ton Slicppcrd. -
acreage all~t~iiehts, ho\re\cr,, witB - - - - - -
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/ Send siiled winter garments
price suppcrrt incentih es at, this
leiel. On the other hand, ap$Lg- 1 Farm Prospect$
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Better
I to us n,?w, have them'cleqned
\ a1 of niarkcting quotas \\ill n~i!$ti Farm price and incorilc pro-
:I c~l~ti~l:~i~ti~>~l of prescnt )) 1uUd4. ' .- .: -
and 1110th-proafed before stor-
/ sperts ha~c impro~ cd si~lce last
tion curbs along uith price sup fall This is in spite of thc fact ing thetn away. Clean clothes
port for the 135G crop, at put: lek$ that the farm parit2 ratio dropped
than the leiel to be annoi~nc d to 86, its loncst po~nt since March, bettqr, wepr, lgngerl
prior to the referendum." . , ) 194i, during the lnonth epdilig
Whether it's a bite or
For all practical purposes, t11c
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Deccmbcr 15, 1954.
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banquet, you come out on
p~icc, support law treats all iilic'at People should codsunle mqrc top when you eat hero.
dike. But all nhcqt is not alike, fqrni products thjs )car, and keep Top quality, top prepara-
.lhe ctiffelv~~i kinds, rangiii$ 'fr?$ prices higher, for l\to reasons. , tion, top service-all at AD AMEN'S
dy I:~IIU lo fecd \vheats, c~n~iiiarld (1) Industrial production is increas
\bidely differiug pl ices in"t1ie eitii- ! ing. This is puttirig more money
kel; ~ e there t 1s o111~~011,e +i~pport
~ual)ty bry Cleaning
into the band$ of consumers. (2)
price for all \-arie!iea. . ', I~onaumers are buji!ig niore food and Pressing.
I Acreage restrictions apply to 'ill 1 and other commod~tles.
* . Cash . Welniak and the River Vallev far111 . . . no enfhusiasm for close corn ~lanfins. 1 rc heat. s.eard!ess of t4 PC roi aradc.
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/ DUI i~l!i \\'fieat has be& short, coy.
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mand~ng higI1 lildrhct pjice~; 111 .I -READ TliE QUIZ \VANT ADS.
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,-. lcrioi &heat h ~ pllccl s up the silr
Wclnialr Farm Boarlr Gravel Piis, Farm ~onds and 40,000 ~rees
Ca.11 IVclnipk, otrncr and oper- raist but I kzep bqvsting his \lag;$ lello\rs in Ioi,~ and illi~i~is I fcck lhcsc bdsic disfercnccs s1i0~1lc .I
ator of the Hiber Valley fa1 111 pic. ) right alolig pl'cttj sbrlj fur thciii. - Yaruiiog'bc recognired ia our farm progran
turccl t\ro ~ecIts ago in the Quir, Built Reputation thc~e
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is a trcc lokina farrilrr. 1 Cash his rclatiolls with
lIe.estirn:~tes his fa1111 has 40,000 hired rncn hale I~iJlt Pi111 a
groijing trccs. lie plantccl an- I talion in the vallej. . -
othc~ 3,000 11101 e this ) car. A1non: I "I.i~~il in ti~ncs \vlic~l it was
tte l~ttcr is a plu~ii orch.ird locat- ' to gct 11ii;i I'\c alivays had
ed in back of Cash's farnl honle. /coali!ig to the far111 asking for 1
"It \+as tlie pluni orcliri~d that , u-ork. Occe one 1pa1i offere~l to
Ict me identify the picture in the , u-ork for half \rhat I was currently '
neuspspcr," Crts!~ said, "lhat and i pajiilg niy regular Inen. I gakg 1
a ncy door we installed on one him a couple of dajs \vor!-i at rcbarn
I gular yay. It just didn't sees rigl,;
Mr. \~el;iiafr's far 111 ope1 atiou is ; to take .adbanlago of thc fellow,
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~ide and lalied. Iie farills 475 I Cash sad.
acre> iu luo Iocatioqs.
If? l~as 250 acrcs 111 pastule, 100 1 Cash likes valicy I lie
acres' prairie hay, 75 acres in 1 was borii near Eiy~~a j6 y$ars
(or11 ,a$ the bslandc iq alfalfa.
and, esccpt for trip?, has nc\q
kcen away.
: Farm Is Itrigated
The. far111 i:, irrigated. One Iiunlie
and his \ti14 Flurencc niarl.
cired 'acl'es are i~rizated by the
age the big layout. ., ?.licq. brc~e olie \
cort'~ Loup ditch. Thrce ~lrigadaughter,
Lorlla, whv attc~lcls
tlon ~clls \set doi)r\ qqgther
school jr Ord. *
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The far111 has 240 head of high 1 "We do pritty \r.ell with , our
gradc cattle frqln rt.gisteled Angus / operation here," Cash copclutlcd,
and \Chitefdce bull$.' Casb annual- "and so~iieti~iics \\l~cn I \\atcli tllvbe /
ly nl~rkets about 250 head
/ I ~iionth 1Ie.s ,ne\er --.. askc? .:for
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Thd fara! also bodst5 140 head
of 1il1nps;iue hogs.
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is real \\orkl" I lbw.
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Make this a great day in your life;;;,Corne take 7
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TM o 'otbcr angles in Cash's farm
oycr,tion ale un~~sual, lie is currenty$
selling grakcl to faruler cubtpiricl
s. ~$nd he mqnngcs to kecp
.the ,f-i~nily table supplied ~tlth pan
fish trorii thl cc sll~ill far in ' povds.
' Th,e'gl.ai cl sale is a new field
Ca-.!l 'estin~ates the ' fa1 nt can produce
enaugh g19~el to ~iieet the
16~91.' de1113nJ5 for 15 j eal s.
&n early supIiper, i~lstJh
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tfon can. save you ~lloucy
&I- all :Uryant heating
cqi~ipnlcnt: There is a
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Epme see'il?e glamorous Yyu.11 icaily be plor:ed uhin ,?u iet alook you eithsr ~an't,~et ?t all, qr ha\$ to P ~ ' Y
Look" Ctr()>lcr qt thg price Windlor t4g of Dcllxe,y-J! thi~ slefk, jm~v~rful,neY,
It's SO much esjrd cour>c. + for, you . in get q~st all. ,othc~_ of Chr);lcr's ~?a,kes. &ngg famous ,ofr
I. I ; ,I ' that's a goi ,. . in0toris.b lclr ) ou think, and inrIuJcr $0 . size, mnlfort and 'p~rfo~loaace '
-' switihing to: chiyslei by mbch, ,nore thq[i otbtr cars in its price c!a,s! SO. see us soon;.ao,p't ;-ou? ~oi'll find .our
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' -. .'i&e't;,'r of thou~3n~~! You get as stnndrkd eyyipment a uholil easy terisr'rn&e this brillirnt new Chryrler
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(I a - . -, multitude of exciting new +i\e features that Windm a !'~d{urdl" for . your . budget !
plrlarly pincc. This )ear ?iie prociutid
a 1%5 po~uld crapplc.
Ca\h feels the gener.11 fa11n outlook
is eo~cl. I
"~~ini ire plentiful so far," he
said, "and it looks llkc the local
tatti-? niarhets are up about SOi'c.
IVlth mole nioisti~re this' sun;!iler
ve s:louId m~ke out all right
He's tried cbse pla~~ting of hy-
I brid co~ns, but isn't ~niich ellthused.
"A10st . of the niacb~le~ y lie
ha\&~I ivi~16 ~a~~lli~~nd' lopl~d on the cl?:h! ' I S L ~ U"feel I ~ of ttie load!" rvad hugging ~trbillty! -
- oa the road! As high as 360 Lp if slutch d~i\ii!g of a 5 .
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