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Sixty-Fourth Year No. 34
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Moro, Oregon Friday. June 27, 1952
T h ese
T h in g s
We
N ote
Field Day At
Crop Estimates Give
Station Is July 2,
Oregon Big W heat
Fertilizer Tested
Yield; Countv Good
County Official Paper
T w o Boys Drowned
In John Day River;
By the end of June it is often
possible to estimate the wheat
crop with a fair degree of accur­
acy. Estimates are being |mnde
and most of them are very op­
timistic.
By Giles L- French
Frank Scherrer and Clarence
The federal estimators as of
Kirby had worked -at putting
Bread costs more, one cent
Easiness
Men
Have
June first reported that Oregon
up the ’ hay
on
the Carl
for each pound. May w^ again,
would have a larger crop than
Scherrer place on the- John Day
call attention to the low cd»t of
in 1951 with a total of winter Desire To Go Places
river. They wanted to go fishing
the food in It. The wheat in
wheat
at
25,312,000
bushels.
This
and Carl Scherrer said it was al­
bread costs three cents.
is
based
on
a
winter
wheat
crop
right,
he would go cook supper,
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on 904,000 acres and a yield of On fo u rth W eekend for it was evening.
Be thankful for the lazy man.
28 bushels. The average acreage
The uige to Cake a little lay-off
The hoys took a
truck and
The way of the ambitious is t
in the 1941-50 period was 713,- on the Fourth of July is spread- drove off. When they did not
made easier by him.
000 and the yield was 26.2 .bu­ ing in Sherman county and ‘t
come Carl -went up the Tlver,
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shels. In 1951 the . ..
acreage _ was
. now seems likely that the only found the truck and one straw
One of the oddest things is
753,000 and the yield was 29.5. acttvlly t0
found on that day hat in the river.
that “America First” should
Spring wheat eettmakes are later. wl„
on the highways where
Search availed nothing from
have become an epithet.
As for Sherman county the tong strings of speeding cars the Friday evening when the
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above seems a little optimistic. will be going by in a hurry 4o boys disappeared until Monday
The writer has been having
There is some very fine wheat, get to some place where it la when the Kirby boy’s body was
a cold for a part of this week.
Smut Dlocusoloa Duo
especially on the- better lands, warmer, cooler, shadier, sunnier; found a mile down stream on u
The usual condolences have been
his together with the usual ad­
Something will hg said about The dry weather of April and where there are more people, little bar. Tuesday a little be
vice, most all of which has been
smut which Is aJMcting the El­ more particuiarily May did re- fewer people, better fishing, no fore noon the body of Frank
heeded. Only one thing seems
mar wheat. Elmar is only half duce the probable yield on lands fishing, stronger beer, less beer. Scherrer was discovered floating
Most of the business houses tai in the river a mile artfl a half
to be new about the whole battle
smiut resistant, that is. resistant in the average and below aver
age class and the total county the towns will be closed and the below the place where the nine
and that is the tendency to call I K E ’S SON G E T S O R D E R S
la F a rt Kaos, K y ., M a ja r J aha
to but half the ’ kinds of smut.
this a “summer cold”.
If that bower, son of Gen. Dw ight D . Elsenhower, Is shown packing hlo luggage
Tbe annual cropping experi­ yield will probably not be the court house and other public foot bank had caved off and a
offices will be closed, including hat was found.
be a term of bedittlement we ob­ w ith the assistance of his w ife, ss their ) oungsters look an. M a jo r Kls«a> ment, started at the request of best of the decade.
ject. This is a real cold, with hower has received his orders to lesva for the F a r East com mand. The the wheat league, shows up
Sherman county has but little the liquor
stores, because the Friends arid relatives, police
children are Dw ight David 11, 3 years old; B a rb a ra Ann, t ; and Boon«,
snuffles, sore muscles, sore held
spring
wheat
this
year
as
seed-
governor
haB
proclaimed Satur- and neighbors had searched for
poorly
s
^
far
and
»
the
part
to
M rs. Elsenhower, 5 months old. The general v M te d the m ajo r
I throat, meanness, fever and all at F o by
which wts Applied the heavier ing conditions last fail were gen day July 5 a holiday as well as dayg a djver had can‘le from Port.
rt Knox In the spring,
Friday July 4
,and
the deep hoies
“ the .trimmings. Any attempt to
doses of fertiliser may produce eraHy acceptable.
make it better or worse because
The larger part of the county
There axe no local celebrations, neth
fatal
viry
little.
of the time of year finds us in Midco Lists Filled
13, graduated
Elmar wheat has been seeded Is sown to Elmar or to some of *n f#ct' lbere #re 00 celebrations Clarence Kirby,
opposition. It is Just a cold.
the
other
club
wheats
and
alt
lhat
seern
to
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attracting
peo
frpm
lhe
eighth
grade
last month
at the rate of 38, 44, 61, 72 and
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are smutty. How much smut
They do not want to go any a^d p ranjj scherrer, 16, was in
For October Show
thus
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90
pounds
on
October
17,
McGrannery, James P. Attor­
ex­ will reduce the yield will never P,ace» merely to get away from high school.
ney General, has’the adntfnistra-
periment and dropping the date be known. There ««re reports of where theY are EverY Indication
tion scandals well bottled up And Sale
of
seeding part. Early seeding high percentage ‘ of smut that ls tbat they will do JuM that. Frank Hcherrer
I and in no danger to the coming
can
usually be done at a lower will certainly reduce the yield Drive carefully,
Entries for the MJdco Pure
Frank Leonard Scherrer was
| campaign. Well done, McGran
However,
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rate but individual preference and also the quality.
horn June 10, 1936 at Helena,
I nery, not honest nor American *bred Hereford show and sale
there
were
such
reports
last
FARALYHIH
BOARDS
MEET
have reached 51, according to - The
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Sherman County Fa usually rules.
■ but good politics.
Members of the Infantile Par Montana and had lived the great-
The nursery, where many of year, and weH authenticated, but
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who preparation» were furthered at a
the
yield
was
good
nevertheleas.
alysri
T g ’an'liation to T ShZrman w V T f r^ h m a n ^ in \
Doctors who are trying to find “ n t()wn Thursday.
meet inn of th» bnard ThnreHou the qew
• <n wheats . have
. been devei-
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an infallible method of telling
He ateo
that th« entries meetln« of the board Thursday oped will be sho#n again to-
Assuming that the
‘ average county met ‘ Monday at the Moro
when persons are drunk are are weJl distributed over the night and will probably go into gether with an explanation of for Sherman county is 2,600,000 hotel with Gene Malekl state di- gquad capable at drawlng. Fun.
wU,
Mon.
material thinkers
The percent- territory usually covered by the a short recess while members what experiments are being bushels it seems reasonable to rector and talked about wha era,
assume that the 1952 crop will should tie done before the next day June 3Q
from the Mofo
age of alcohol has nothing to do Mle’ coming from Wasco, ' Sher of. th* ^ r d harvest their res- started there. .
equal that or perhaps exceed It campaign in J«nuary.
Present Comnninlty church wlth Rey w
with it as any observer would *Part’ G11,iarn. Morrow, Crook in P«',ive cr°P®¿-«
Graoo (r o o Poor
by a «light margin. There will were Mr and Mrs. Paul May, w Oearhart
,n ch
foliowed
know who wasn’t a scientist.
O y ^ n and Klickitat county in
Already hired is Mac Barbour,
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ashington.
who has provided the rodeo side • Grass crops and alfalfa will be certainly be a greater difference Carrel Bennett, Mr _ and Mrs. by lnterment in the local ceme
There is evidence > to show
There
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change üf lJ\e
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possible crop in case between good land and poor Dewey Thompson, Edgar Alley, tery.
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that the c-omine presidential'cam- iB’ entries before the deadline lators *«ow the quality of the forage becomes of major im$x>r- land than has been the case for Mrs. Anita jrifooper and Vernon
Survivors «re his pfcKWS, Mr
palgn will T ^ o n e In which the a" d 11 18 expected this year that ^ ¡ ¡ j " f c X
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,No,na<i’ ,he sofne years.
Flatt, county chairman.
and Mrs. Carl Scherrer, two sis­
people oppose the government 'J"' numl* r wl" Xrow instead of f c
r e
e
p
i n
g
alfalfa. Is In a .tatlon
ters, Margaret and Mts. June
and will result either in defeat decrease Enough are available a
^ rne<1' reputation for p|Ot.
j
Shelley, both of Mbro, a step­
of the entrenched bureacracy or
the- llst-up to 50, about
° Ul ° f
ChUtM ln . Visitors expected for the field
brother, George Geiger of Hele­
na, -Montana and a . step-sister,
of the idea of popular govern- the number considered most de go2r
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. ^ y ar® ^ I p h Besse and D. D.
airable. The sale will be held at
There wlw he horse races and Hill of the state college stations, CONDENSED REPORT OF PRO- fee Shop, $15.75
Mrs. Katherine Wooderson, Moro
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Moro October 19 and 20 thia yoar about six of them each of the Robert O. Fletcher, of the crop CHRDING« OF JUNE 4, i#M DEMOSS PARK
and a grandfather, Leonhart
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‘program days if history repeats improvement association a n d
OF * COUNTY (XJURT
Pacific Power ft Light Co., Scherrer of Helena, Montana.
A writer with a fictitious name
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Itself. The supply of local horses George Penrose of the Union Pa- TERM
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$0.95;
Ranch ft Home Store, Cl«retire Kirby
sent a letter to the Oregonian
P n r fln n /1
is flowing and there will be the cific
Claims against all- funds pre- $29.40 J
istern Ore­
Ore- l O n l a Fid d n e r m a i l
usual _ ones from outside the
ln which he berated eastern
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Women are invited to come sen ted and allowed.
gon and Idaho festival queens
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Kirby
was
County „ Treasurer’s monthly judges
and
either n»ke the field trip
ju d g e s * & Clerks
vierKS, $340 26 West
west u^<,e<>rK.e Clarence
28 193g
,n The
and their method of election and L O U Iltian S M e e t
almost as well known
financial
statenWnt
showing
all
coast
e
with
the
men
or
stay
at
the
sta­
Printing A Binding Co., OaUle*» and had moved to Moro
wound up saying that the Rose ~
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local horse men.
Festival princesses were undoub
On Monday, June 23, 19 ladies There will be dances and mu- tion house and look at the flow fund balances as of May 31, 1952 $5.80
three years ago when his father
tedly superior in every way. It of the Sherman county club of sic at the grounds; there will be ers while awaiting the return of presented, approved and filed. EMERGENCY:
became P. P. & L. manager here.
the
trucks.
Refreshments
will
be
County
Clerk
presents
court
Sherman
County
Fair As8'n. Surviving are his parents, My.
was a sort of silly letter and be Portland, by invitation of Miss livestock of all kinds and pavil-
AJ
with monthly statement showing $isnn nn
, •
ilonged in the wastepaper basket, E-lda Russel,* president
of the ion exhibits to delight the fern- servea
all General Road Fund budget DISTRICT ATTORNEY: $27.00 and Mrs. Lawrence Kirby, a
‘either at home or In the paper Louise Home, gathered at the
inine contingent.
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brother, Leonard and a sister,
balances
as of May 31, 1952, GOVERNMENT TRAPPER:
[office.
The Rose Festival prln- home for an inside picnic lunch. The selection of a queen and a
ing counties Xo advertise the
Orleans
of Moro and a sist&r,
statement approved and filed.
$58.33
’cesses are very nice appearing The Home furnished
coffee, pair of princesses has been de- fair.
Mrs. | Albert Stepper, White
County
Road
Foreman
pre
COUNTY
PRINTING:
$21.32
[girls Indeed and so are the young cream and sugar.
Two of the cided atjd the girls have been 'Many improvements have been
Salmon, Wash. Funeral services
report of gas consumption MISCELLANEOUS:
ladies chosen as queens at public girls attended at tables and outfitted with riding pants and made at the grounds including gents
during month of May, approved
state Tax Cormn., $19.94; First " / ’L
28’
-festivals and fairs ail over the showed the group over the build- shirts and hats to make them the removal of the poultry house and filed
National Bank, $204.20; National *
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nd. In our parts we mtay choose ings and grounds.
fit the popular idea of a county to make room for more carnival
Fair, Board member appears Hospital Aaa’n., $8.00; State In- !her7 * .
lth lm*rrnenl
em because they can ride a
a beautiful birthday
cake and fair rodeo queen. This week end paraphenalla, the construction
before
court
and
asks
for
funds
dustrial
Accident
Comm.,
$12.18
,
r ,
fcorse and not because they can ice cream was served in honor they are expected to attend the of a concrete wall to bolster the
virgii West of Blalock flew
talk about a rosé.
That is our of the birthdays of Mrs. Zetta Sisters Rodeo, the first of several track, the Improvement to some for improvement of fairgrounds. ROAD FUND
Clerk instructed to Issue warrant WAGES:
the Plane from which the body
rivilege—and Portlands. Anyone Carter and Mrs. Efiie Burkes.
visits they will make to adjoin- of the barns,
in
sum
of
$1500.00
from
emer-
Frank
Bazzel,
$358.87:“
E.
Me-
Kirby was discovered
ith the time and Inclination to
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gency fund.
‘ Pheraon, $278.25; Frank Bayer, ani1
W1,bnr. first saw the
critical of some young ladies
Court is presented with agree $286.33; Jerry Morehouse,
$260.-
** y°un< ochefrer floating
-ho. tor .ny r« so n were chosen C o u n f v Agent Tells About Range Management Comp, How to
ln the water. Mlany had helped
ment
re:
retroactive
date
of
so
19;
Ora
Workman,
$259.34;
Claud
j rule over a fete day isn t wor-
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In the search, putting In long
cial security for county employes. Bayer, $272.32; Lloyd Goason,
y of much consideration from
hours patrolling the stream on
Sprinkle; Consistency of Cows and Other Agricultural Matters
Date of July 1, 1951 set bnd agree $268.39; First
National Bank, L
ne persons.
ment sent in *to social security $198.80; State Tax Comm., $22.21;
1 sides. Sheriff Norman Fields
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ent value.'Those grades will l>e board.
The northwest section of the are noticed.
Public Employees Retirement. w^L_,n cbar8 e /° f ,he search.
Now there is a contest to find American Society of Range Man
The drown Ings occurred on
Colorado experiment station re­ based largely on proportion of No further matters at issue $15.85 *
e prettiest girl in the whole agemenh« is Sponsoring a 4-H ports that the présent type inter­ lean to fat, and at the same time
the Gilliam
side jjf the river and
court
adjourned.
REPAIRS:
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ide world. We wonder if when camp for eastern Oregon boys. mediate cattle produce more beef a perfectly finished animal to
those going to the
(’(AIMS
PRBHKNTRD
AGAIN-
Interstate
Tractor
ft
Equip.
many
e social history of the times is The camp will' be held in the and at less cost than the small insure good quality pork.
scene traveled a^toss Cotton­
ritten such stuff doesn’t rate a Umatilla national forest near type steers. Small type steers, ac­ The Oregon State college ani­ HT HHKRMAN (XJUNTY, ORB- Co./ $1417.52; Howard Cooper wood to get to the" river. Others
GON
GENERAL
AND
ROAD
Corp.,
$283.65;
Clem
A.
Welk,
A
4
hole chapter.
And certainly Lehmann Springs, from August cording to Colorado, went dead mal husbandry department (de­ FUND« FOR MAY, 19St APPRO- $98.10; Hartley’s Garage. $7.32
down to McDonalds ferry.
aders will think it very funny. 4th to 9th. Various classes will to the same degree of fatness as sires to bring their list of pure­
VHD JUNE 4 TEWM OF THE Pratt Motor Co., $16.00, Auto the Merritt ranch, and crossed
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4 Electric Supply Co.. $1.65;’ Arstill the ¿iver and drove up as far
be held for the boys attending the intermediate type steers bred breeders of sheep, swine
COUNTY COURT
Now the colleges have taken with ’ considerable emphasis on weighing about 150 lbs less. It is and cattle up to date. Lists were GENERAL FUND:
Monroe Pontiac, $26.54
“ ?hey
Id. The ¿ohn Day is
p rodeo. We’ll bet some silly grass species gnd range manage­ pointed out that cost of produc­ compiled in July 1949, and these SHERIFF’S OFFICE:
GAS ft OIL-
higher this June th$n normal
liege would^ like a course in ment. All 4-H boys are eligible tion of cattle, on a head basis, at present are out of date. Sher­ Simmons Carbon "Co., Inc.,
Union Co., $342.50; ßtahdard
cannot J * torded' readily.
mjbllng If asked.
but need to be fourteen years of therefore the large type cattle man county fanners raising re­ $4.06; Norman Fields, $60.00
Oil Co., $14.85
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age or over. Anyone interested should prove the most profitable gistered stock, who desire to be CLERK'S OFFICE:
10 PERCENT OF CHIIJJREN
TIKI'S ft TUBES:
This is the time when we in this camp should contact the with everything else equal.
placed on the list of purebred
Moro Postmaster, $10.00; West
Sunset Motor Co., $82.47
MAKE ADVANCEMENT
ally feel sorry for the nation- county ag e n ts ¡office.
Experiments conducted at New breeders should drop a card to Coast Printing ft Binding Co., GENERAL, SUPPLIES:
committees of political parties,
Farmers operating sprinkler Mexico station, show that a cows the county agent’s office, indi­ 173.50
Fruehauf Trailer Co., $1.88,
Of the 172 children (average
e staff is supposed to remain systems should check spray pat­ future can be forecast with rea­ cating the breed type being pro­ ASSESSOR’S OFFICE:
The Dalles Iron Works, $6.36; attendance) who went to The
utral between candidates—the terns to insure equal water dis­ sonable accuracy by the kind of duced.
Clair Balzer, $13.60
J. K. Mo Kean Co., $15.49; Service Dalles for Red Cross swimming
'ionly group of individuals who tribution. One common cause for calf she produces as a heifer. Grain storage losses due to in­ COURTHOUSE
Motor Co., $43.60; Montgomery lessons 14 were able to qualify
poor distribution is rapid "rota­ Ten years record at this station sects can best be prevented by
re.
Pacific Telephone ft Telegraph Ward, $54.00; Smith Auto Parts, for beginners awards. Thev were
tion of the spinkler heads. Rota­ indicates-that three year-old heif­ cleaning bins before they are re­ Co.. $53.30; Pacific Power ft $10.00
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John McCall, Davjd Reid, Ever­
The style among national mag- tion should be kept to one revolu ers that produce light weight filled. Walls and floors of wood Light Co., $25.55; Ranch ft INStHANCE:
ett Klrkelle, Patsy Allen, Dean­
Adjustments first calves, later produce below bins, and the door frames of steel Home Store, $1.00; Superior Sal-
W. T. Balsiger, $55.08
ines seems to be to point to tion per minute.
na Martin, Peggy Reckman, Dar­
On the bins should be treated with resi­ es ft Distributing Co., $91.39; City MISCELLANEOUS:
zidence of higher prices one can be made on the heads to reg­ average weight calves.
lene Gochnauer, Diana Arstill,
other hand, heifers that produce due «prays such as DDT, TDE, of Moro, $1.75; J. K. McKean Co.,
State Industrial Accident Com- Marie Hattrup, Frances Wyn-
?k and to threatening depres- ulate the speed.
Laying hens naturally moult heavy calves as three year olds Corodalne, or Athoxooore, or a $0.92
mission $86.10; Pacific Telephone coop,
Vincent
Jon the next.
Bellonl, Lynn
once
a year, but high producing will continue to raise calves of Combination of these materials COUNTY COURTr
ft Telepgraph Co., $6.60; City of Rathbum. Loran Byrd and Bob
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Donald Mkrtin, $24.00; C. A. Moro, $1.75; Pacific Power ft Byrd.
White folks used to make fun hens will - continue on laying above average weight at weaning If rats establish a beach-head,
they can usually be cleaned out Tom, $4.19; Hotel Mbro Coffee Light Co., $1.48; West Coast
Four were able to qualify
the Indian because the young through the summer and will time.
Uiyted States department of ag­ with fumigants, traps, or the new Shop, $8.95 — -
Printing ft Binding Co., $10.70 for intermediate awards.
They
len of the tribe used to return not moult until September or
BRIDGES ft CULVERTS:
were Nina Beishee, Barbara Blay-
their blankets and teepees October. I«ow producing hens will riculture is proposing a change drug called. “WARFARIN”. Huge JUSTICE COURT:
Armeo Drainage ft Metal Pro- lock, Larry Easter and Louis
fter receiving a white man's moult in June, July or August. in federal grades of Sonner hogs. losses occur each „ year due to •Pacific Telephone ft Telegraph
Farm ers Co., $17.10; West Coast Printing ducts, $754.22; Moro Lumber ft Miller.
liege education. It is not done Early moulters are slow moulters This new grade standard, if insects and rodents.
Fuel Co., $221.17
Three qualified as swimmers
fcuch anymore; not since the and out of production for a much adopted will recognize changes ln can save money and insure their ft Binding Co., $2.80
. RETIREMENT: $11.89
Gene Knott, Bill Smith and Gerw
Irhite man found out that the longer period. These early moul­ demand for pork produced and grain as satisfactory for human CIRCUIT COURT:
lian used pretty good Judg- ters should be culled out from also provide a better - basis for consumption by taking satisfac­ Jurors, $258.68; Bailiff, $5.00; SPECIAL ROAD TAX 195I I »11 Cantrall, who took the boy scout
Reporter, $38.20; Hotel Moro Cot-
E. C. Gerber, $2569.45
test
the laying flock as soon as tney market prices for hogs of dlffer- tory sanitation precautions.
?nt.
There will be much about
fertiliser trials, sone pertinent
notes on sm ut and
persis­
tence, a dem onstrator Mbout an­
nual cropping at the field day
on the Moro experiment station
next Wednesday, July 2.
Farmers this year have been
doing more fertilization of wheat
and tests of 20, 40 and 60 pounds
of actual nitrogen as applied to
Elmar wheat will hi shown. The
rains may have come at unfor
tunate times to s^ze fertiliser
the Best chance to Increase the
crop. Anyway that has bean
true as to the new grasses which
have done very poorly because
of d rjr April and May. The na­
tive grasses look good, however.
Bodies Recovered
County Fair Gets
New Improvement
For ’52 Show
Cofintv Gives F air $1500 Boost