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Improving A Harsh Climate, Clayton K. Yeutter

Clayton K. Yeutter, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Papers

America's livestock industries currently are facing a harsh climate. I refer not just to the weather problems that lowered feedstuffs production this year -- though the weather has certainly been bad enough. We started the year with drought in the Southwest that hit grain sorghum production and a good bit of feed wheat. Then the heavy rains delayed corn planting -- and the long, hot dry spell struck those late-planted crops and nearly finished some of them. Now we have had problems with early frost.

A Sense Of Pride, Clayton K. Yeutter

Clayton K. Yeutter, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Papers

It gives me great pleasure to be here this morning, and to congratulate you in person for the outstanding work that your Committees have done in the past 5 years. You have helped American farmers achieve remarkable economic progress. You have helped make a resounding success of the shift to a market-oriented farm policy. That success is bringing major benefits to American farmers, to American rural life, to consumers and taxpayers across the country and to people all over the world who are seeking better diets and a more rewarding existence.

Agricultural Policy In The Years Ahead, Clayton K. Yeutter

Clayton K. Yeutter, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Papers

The whole basis for U.S. agricultural policy is changing.

Agricultural policy in the years just behind us has been dominated by the technological revolution in agriculture. Beginning with the late 1920's, new technology that had a tremendous impact on productivity and employment began to enter farming. The gasoline tractor and hybrid corn were just a couple of the new developments that helped move farming out of the horsepowered era and into the nuclear ago.

Cost Of Operating Tractors In Nebraska, 1961, T. S. Thorfinnson, A. W. Epp

Department of Agricultural Economics: Faculty Publications

The last study on tractor power and cost of operation on Nebraska farms was published in 1939. Since then so many changes have been made in size of farms, farm machinery, and tractor design and efficiency that current information is needed to bring cost estimates up to date for farmers, county agents, research workers, and many agencies indirectly interested in agriculture. This study was to obtain information on cost and performance of the kinds and sizes of tractors in most general use in Nebraska. Of importance also were the number of hours of use per tractor and the kinds of …

Nebraska's Extension Program In State And Local Public Finance, Everett E. Peterson

Department of Agricultural Economics: Faculty Publications

The problems and policy choices in state and local government finance were the main topics discussed in the major public affairs extension program of the University of Nebraska in 1961-62. The program was entitled: "Let's Talk About Nebraska Taxes." This educational activity for the citizens of the state was planned, prepared, and presented by the extension staff in agricultural economics under the leadership of the public affairs specialist. The general purpose of the program was to meet the need and desire for objective information on this important public issue as expressed by farm and nonfarm people throughout the state.

Farm Organization And Pasture Management Followed By Nebraska-Forage-Livestock Cooperators 1939-1940, Denver David Gray

Department of Agricultural Economics: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Following the extreme drought of 1934, the Nebraska Pasture Contest was organized to collect information, improve grasslands, and disseminate information on pasture management. Elvin Frolik and A. W. Peterson devised questionnaires administered by county agents. Data was entered on IBM punch cards, mechanically sorted, tabulated, and printed. This study deals with the farm management phase.

Land Transfers In Twelve Counties In Nebraska, 1928-1933, L. F. Garey

Historical Research Bulletins of the Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station

The land transfers in twelve counties in Nebraska for the period 1928 to 1933 have been studied and the findings are submitted in this bulletin. The data on which the study is based were obtained from records in the office of the Register of Deeds in each county and from other sources and include transfers which occurred during the period indicated. The counties included in the study are Boone, Cass, Cuming, Dakota, Dawes, Frontier, Gage, Hamilton, Harlan, Lancaster, Nuckolls, and Valley.

Union Stock Yards Tour For Students Of The Nebraska College Of Agriculture, Union Stock Yards Company

Nebraskiana Publications

Greetings to the Students of the University of the State of Nebraska C. of A.: The Itinerary

South Omaha Live Stock Market is THIRD LARGEST CATTLE MARKET / SECOND LARGEST HOG MARKET / SECOND LARGEST SHEEP MARKET / LARGEST FEEDER MARKET / LARGEST RANGE HORSE MARKET

Total Receipts of Live Stock for Year 1916, 7,749,518 head.

Value of Live Stock sold at South Omaha during 1915, more than $194,000,000.00

How the South Omaha Market Ranked in 1916

Creameries And Dairying In Nebraska: What Has Been Done And What May Be Done (1883), J. T. Allan

Department of Agricultural Economics: News, Announcements, and Information

The question with every farmer is, how to make the most from his land. Grain growing by itself will not do it, but grain, stock and dairying will. While crops of corn, oats, rye and millet are growing, the cows are turning the grass of the prairie into butter, calves and hogs. The butter brings cash monthly; the calves and hogs convert the grain into beef and pork. The demand for butter, cheese and condensed milk is increasing faster than the supply, and the market at our western doors, where good articles will always bring the highest prices, will take …