davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Smyrna times., 1955-07-28
Money From Your Trees

Interest in tree farming = the
growing of timber as crop is
gaining throughout the country,
says Bruce Frazier, Farm Planner
with the Soil Conservation Office
in Dover. Thirty-six states now
have active tree farm programs.
which have added more than
three and a half million acres of
woodland last year.
Behind this increasing fervor
for foresting lies the basic stimu-
liant of good markets. Unless the
farmer can sell his saw logs, his
fence posts, and his Christmas
trees, he has little incentive to in
vestigate woodlot management.
For geographical reasons, there
isn't always a local market for
timber, yet the overall market
outlook is bright.
There are some Az million
small" landowners in the nation
today. They hold 81 percent of
the country's forest land, and each
year sell 700 million dollars worth
of saw logs, pulp wood, posts,
turpentine, Christmas trees, maple
syrup, and other forest products.
The landowner who has never
sold timber might begin by dis
cussing his problem with train
ed forester, one of some $4,000 in
the country. The forester can
cruise (inspect) the timber and de-
termine steps needed for sound
management. On most woodlands
the immediate needs are thinning
for more growing room" of de-
sirable species, cutting of mature
trees, and keeping fire out of the
woods.
The Department of Agriculture
and the States are working in a
number of ways to provide in
creased aid on forestry matters
for small woodland owners. The
Department cooperates with the
state agricultural colleges in for
estry extension work. The Soil
Conservation Service encourages
tree planting and other forest re-
storation and improvement work,
and good forest management.
Farm forestry was given boost
by the Agriculture Conservation
Program. The Department of
Agriculture cooperates with State
Forestry Departments in pro-
gram for the production and dis
tribution of trees at low cost for
woodland and shelter-belt plant
ing.
Smyrna times., 1955-07-28
.lEAEh.A llE-E:g!
news
NEWS OF INTEREST TO FARMERS AND FARM FAM
lilies OF KENT COUNTY
with aluminium paint.

with aluminium paint.
Clinton Collins has been sprink.
ling the roofs of his chicken hous.
es with water on very hot days
Evaporation of the water has re.
duced temperatures inside the
house several degrees.
Emory Williamson of Green
wood removes A. x g. sections OF
cement asbestos board in the real
of his chicken house. He has
doors every "a feet in both front
and rear walls for cross ventila-
ton. The middle section of wall
between doors is removed during
hot weather for additional floor
to-roof ventilation. He also has
double doors at the end of the
house, an 18" drop board under
the caves in the rear wall, and
white roll roovng on the roof.
Mrs. Shockley has shade to help
keep her chickens cool. Fred
Martin has ventilation openings
along the peak of his gable roof
house plus windows on all four
sides.
All the growers have increased
the amount of water space by fill
ing part of the feeders with wat
er. Some of them are using dim
all-night lights, or turning on
bright lights at 200 am. to en-
courage their chickens to eat dur
ing the cool of the night.
Feed dealers who are interested
in nominating their best growers
for. the month of July should send
his or her name in now to their
county agent.
Smyrna times., 1955-07-28
Best Broiler Growers Named

Delaware's "Broiler Producers
of the Month" nominated for June
are as follows: Mrs. Eta Shock
ley, Townsend; Fred j. Wiebel
Hartly; Fred Martin, Harrington
Edna A. Joseph, Greenwood; EN-
ory Williamson, Greenwood; Clin-
ton Collins, Laurel; William ],
Hopkins, Laurel; and Norman
Long, Frankford.
These fiocks averaged 3.24 lbs.
weight at 10 weeks 1 day of age.
Feed conversion averaged 2.84, a
difference of 40 points. Average
size of the above f1ocks was 12,-
600 birds, minimum requirement
for the "Club" is 5,000); and NOR
tality was 296.
Hot weather and it's effect on
broilers was the favorite topic of
conversation as the county agents
and Extension poultrymen made
their visits to obtain management
practices this month. "Cross vent
ilation and an insulated aluminium
roof are the most important items
in keeping chickens comfortable
during hot weather" according to
William Hopkins. you can US
ually tell which poultry houses
were built during the summer be-
cause they have better ventilation
facilities" In his new house, he
has an 18" wide hinged board
along the rear wall near the floor
in addition to the conventional
one near the roof. This, plus front
and rear doors opposite every
stove, allows plenty of cross vent
ilation during hot weather. In
another house, he had some NOR
tality in the pens with block
roof, but didn't lose any birds
where the roof had been sprayed
Smyrna times., 1955-07-28

signs, and use proper headlights
and tail lights at night. When
ever possible. keep of the high
ways at night with farm machin-
cry.
Smyrna times., 1955-07-28

Feldhouse Unve rsy Delaware demonstrates
which the of water
Irrigation potatoes well lima
be during Farm Field Day August
Agricultural Experiment ubaton the Georgetown
Fiedhouse will rgate this experimental potato
available soil reaches the field
holding capacity Telling exactly when to irrigae potatoes i'm
portan to many Delaware farme
Smyrna times., 1955-07-28

Research With Field Crops
Featured At Farm Field Day
Research with field crops of
many types will be shown August
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1955-01-17
Checkups Ordered
For Flying Boxcars
In Alaska Exercise

GREENVILLE, S. c., R-Spe-
cial periodic engine inspections Of
all Air Force Clio Flying Box
cars now participating in the AL
aska training exercise Snowbird
have been ordered by Maj. Gen.
Chester E. McCarty.
Gen McCarty, commander of
the 18th Air Force with head
quarters at nearby Donaldson Air
Force Base, said yesterday he is
calling for the inspections "as an
added safety measure" because
four recent incidents during the
exercise involving C-119s. The
18th has 80 Flying Boxcars in AL
aska.
In the four instances, pilots sue
ceeded in parachuting their air.
borne infantry troops during the
emergencies. Two men were killed
in one crash.
AT Edmonton, Alberta, the Air
Force said eight Flying Boxcars
grounded there yesterday for en-
CINE checks, are ready to fly but
are being held up because of bad
weather. The rest Of the planes in
the exercise have gone to Elmen-
dorf Air Base, Anchorage, while
three others still are to arrive.
Gen. McCarty is enrOute to AL
aska to make a personal inspec-
ton of the situation. His order
was released by Brig. Gen. Hoyt
l.. Prindle, chief Of staff of the
18TH Prindle said the inspections
will require about four hours per
aircraft and will not interfere ser
iously with the Alaskan operation.
Gen. McCarty also has ordered
a reduction in loads being carried
by the twin-engine transports to
provide a greater margin Of safe
ty during single engine opera
ton" in the event of additional
engine failures or malfunctions.
The exercise involves the air
movement of more than 5000 air
borne infantry with combat
equipment.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1955-01-17
Territorial
Treasury Has
S. Million Surplus

JUNEAU, R-Alaska's legisla-
ture will find more than five
million dollars surplus in the ter
ritorial treasury when it convenes
here Jan. "a.
It will be the second straight
session at which the legislators
have found a substantial surplus
in the coffers-a rare condition
among the nations lawmaking
bodies.
The Board Of Budget reported
Friday that the surplus is expect
&c to be $5,447, 300 on April l.
It listed the figure in a budget
statement in which it cautioned
that if requests of all territorial
departments and agencies are met
for the biennium, the treasury
would drop close to five million
into the red.
The board emphasized that
budget requests run more than
10 million dollars over anticipated
revenues and that the legislature
will have to do some sharp pairing
to get the budget in balance.
The territorial income tax is the
main factor in the healthy treas
ury condition. The board estimat-
ed it, will produce Is million dol
lars in the next two years out of a
total Of 1854 million Of expected
total revenues.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1955-01-17
None Of M'Carthy's
Communists
Found Disloyal

WASHINGTON, R-Sen. DIN
D. Johnston DISC says the State
Department has found none Of 80
employees once named by Sen.
Mccarthy to be a Communist or
"disloyal to our government"
The report on investigations
prompted by McCarthy's 1850
charges should clear up this
matter for all time," Johnston
said.
The South Carolina senator said
he asked the State Department
for information as starting point
in review of possible subversion
in the government. He heads the
Senate Post Office and Civil Ser
vice Committee and plans a full
investigation Of the Eisenhower
Administrations security pro-
gram.
Along with some other Demo-
Gratis, Johnston has questioned
whether administration statistics
on firingS under the program have
presented true picture of risks
in government jobs.
Johnston said in a statement he
dug up names of some 80 State
Department employees against
whom the Wisconsin senator INC
Carthy) had made charges" The
cases figured in a controversial
investigation by a Senate group
headed by former Sen. Tydings
D-Md) in 1850.
The Tydings subcommittee re-
ported the charges were false and
accused Mccarthy Of a hoax Nc
Carthy retorted the investigation
amounted to a 'whiteWaSh."
The State Departments reply
to his request for a summary of
the cases "verifies" the Tydings
conclusions, Johnston said.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1955-01-17
Newspapers We're
Never More Vital

CHICAGO, Rl-The president
of the Newspaper Advertising Ex-
ecutives Assn. said today news
papers were never more vital,
never more necessary, nor news
paper advertising more important
to the economy of the nation"
In a prepared address, Donald
NJ. Bernard, vice president and
advertising director of the Wash
ington D.CD Post & Times-Her-
aid, made the statement at the
opening of the associations an
nua1 convent on.
More than 700 United States
and Canadian newspaper adver-
Using executives are attending the
convention, which closes Jan. 49,
Bernard predicted a good year
in 1855 for newspapers and an
nounced a new tie-up with the
advertising council. He said the
NAEA will present the council
with an amazing and dramatic
package Of newspaper cooperation
that will place our media where
1t belongs-way out in front"
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1955-01-17
Eisenhower Recommends Sl,2OO,OOO
To Start Work on New Post Office
And Court House for Nome
BY Frank w. vaille

WASHINGTON, tR-Alaska' s
share in the federal budget for
the year starting July /, as pro-
posed to Congress today by Presi-
dent Eisenhower, is nearly IA mil
lion dollars less than was recon-
mended a year ago, apparently
reflecting administration efforts
toward balancing spending with
income.
In programs specifically ear
marked for Alaska, the President
asked S32,163,998 for expenditure
during the 12-month period. This
compares with earmarked re-
quests of $45, 788, 500 in the budget
he sent Congress for the year
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1955-01-17
Little America In Antarctic Wins
Tug of War With Other Ice Field

victor in the collision but it was
hurt. Part of it was broken off,
apparently right through the mid
die of Little America Camp No. 4,
set up in 1947 with its cargo of
airplanes, tents, food, oil and
toothpaste.
The opposing jaw of ice lost
entirely. 1t fell with a tremendous
splash into the cold Ross Sea.
It's death destroyed the old Bay
of Whales. 1t death also spelled
the inevitable death some day Of
Little America itself.
This is the story in the reports
from Little America by Walter
Sullivan, New York Times cores
pondent aboard the US. Navy ice
breaker Atka The Atka has just
Continued ON Page Two)
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1955-01-17
G. w. Skinner Estate
Appraised at $3,9OO,433

SEATTLE, R-The estate Of
Gilbert w. Skinner, Medina, for
mer president of the Alaska
Steamship Co., was appraised at
$3,9O0,433 in an inventory filed
Saturday with County Clerk Nor
man r. Riddell
Skinner died October ii, 1858.
The estate was left in trust,
one-half to the widow, Leonore,
and one-sixth each to a son, D. E.
Skinner, Hunts Point, and two
daughters, Mrs. Sally Skinner
Behnke, Medina, and Nancy Car
oline Skinner, Seattle.
The bulk of the estate was COM
posed of 1899 shares of Alaska
Steamship Co. stock, valued at
$685. 1896.
SINNERS son has succeeded
him as company president.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1955-01-17
Eisenhower Sends
Congress Budget
For S62,4OS,OOO,OOO

WASHINGTON, R-President
Eisenhower today sent to Con-
gress $62, 4O8, OO0,0 900 budget for
the year beginning July /. 1t con-
templates billion dollar drop in
spending from this year, a billion
dollar rise in receipts and a deficit
of $2,4O0,O0O,O0O.
In a message, Eisenhower told
Congress his budget was designed
to guard "an insecure peace" and
progressively increase our pros
perity and enhance our welfare. :"
In fiscal year 1856, beginning
July l, Eisenhower said, the gov
eminent should:
Spend $62, 4O8, 900, 900, compared
with 63,5OO,000,O00 estimated for
the current 1855 fiscal year and
S67, 800, 100000 in fiscal 1854,
which ended last June 80.
Collect go billion dollars, COM
pared with SO billions estimated
for the current fiscal year. and
$64,7OO, 100000 in fiscal 1854.
Run a deficit of $2,400,0OO, 900
compared with his red ink fore
cast of $4,000, 100000 for the cur
rent fiscal year and $500, 0O0,0 900
the year before.
The President recommended
corporation and excise tax rates
scheduled 10 decline in April be
maintained at present levels for
year.
He said major national security
programs would cost $40, 458, 0OO,-
900 next year, virtually the same
as a new and lower security
spending estimate Of $40,644, OOO,-
600 for this year. The figure was
$46,522, 100000 in fiscal 1854.
Army and Navy spending pro-
grams would be virtually I'M
changed next fiscal year. But the
Air Force was scheduled for near
ly half a billion dollars more in
fiscal 1856 than this year.
At S15,6OO,0 100000 it would
spend 6 to 7 billions more than
either of the other services. This
is a peacetime record for Air
Force spending. Atomic energy
OUTLAWS, budgeted at billion dol
lars in fiscal 1856, were almost
unchanged from this year.
L l. - -
million dollar increase in foreign
military aid OUTLAWS next year, to
S3,675, 100000.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1955-01-17
Sharp Tokyo Earthquake
Adds Realism to Radio

TOKYO, pa sharp earth
quake jolted Tokyo today. No
damage, was reported, although
concrete buildings swayed for 80
seconds.
The tremor added remarkable
realism to a radio program.
"And then came a big, jolly
earthquake" said voice on the
US. Army's Far East network.
At the word earthquake" listen
ers in the Tokyo and Yokohama
areas felt Japan's strongest tenn
blor in months.
Mrs. Lynn Rowan Of Kansas
City, who was playing a tape re
cording of remarks by a school
teacher who experienced Japan's
disastrous 1923 earthquake, said:
''The earthquake was right on
cue. Believe me, I almost dropped
my teeth
Mrs. Rowan said it was her
biggest surprise in radio.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1955-01-17
BY Alton L. Blakes1ee

Associated Press Science Reporter
NEW YORK, R-Famous Little
America in frozen Antactica has
won titanic icy tug-of-war-just
as Rear Adm. Richard E. Byrd
thought it would
1t has survived huge collision
Of two mammoth moving jaws of
ice, each backed by the power of
billions of tons of ice..
The jaws came together, wres-
tied and fought One or both had
to yield and float at sea as dying
iceberg.
One of the jaws is field of ice
known as Little America. Little
America is not land at all. 1t is
just dot on giant moving hunk
of shelf of ice.
The Little America jaw was
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1955-01-17
First Kitimat Aluminium
Bound for Hong Kong

VANCOUVER, B. c., R-The
first cargo Of aluminium ingots to
arrive here from Kitimat, BIC,
was unloaded from the Island
Prince Saturday.
The shipment consists of 246,OOO
pounds of ingots bound or Hong
Kong.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1955-01-17

by Congress.
In addition, the territory will
share in defense and other gov
eminent programs for which the
requested appropriations are not
detailed.
The President recommended
two new projects in the territory.
He asked $1,200,000 to start work
on a new post office and court
house at Nome and 100000 to
begin the Nenana- Fairbanks high
way.
Preliminary planning also will
begin for a replacement hospital
at Kotzebue under the Public
Health Services Indian Health
Facilities Program. No specific
sum was earmarked for this work.
The President asked five mil
lion for the Alaska Public Works
program, for which another mil
lion also is available from previ-
Gus appropriations. A similar five
million request last year was in
creased to 912 million by Con-
gress. The new request contem-
plates issuance of contracts for
five utility projects, four new
schools and two other public
buildings.
For operation and maintenance
Of the Alaska Communications
System, the President proposed
$5,269,000. This compares with
$4,235,OO0 voted by Congress last
year. Another 1851 900 is avail
able from previous appropria-
tons.
The communications program
emissions expanded semiautomat-
ic tape relay facilities at Anchor
age and Fairbanks toll buildings,
installation of equipment to per-
NIT automatic dialing at the Ju-
neau and Ketchikan toll centerS,
equipment for new radio build
ings at Bethel and Kotzebue, and
hiring Of some "a new civilian
employees to keep pace with in
creased commercial traffic.
The overall request for Alaska
road construction totals $780,
900 as against an appropriation
last year Of $4,000, 900. In addition
to a start on the Nenana-
Fairbanks highway, it calls for
continued work on the Taylor,
Denali and Sterling Highways,
asphalting rs miles of the Rich
ardson Highway, extension Of
access roads to New Homestead
and industrial areas and improve
ment of existing roads
Another 312 million was asked
for road operation and mainte-
nance.
Other specific Alaska requests:
Agriculture research service,
100000; disease and sanitation in
vestigations and control, SLIPS
900; funds contributed for i'm
provement of roads, bridges and
trails, $4,000; receipts from
sale of timber, ETC., on school
land, $500; and of Alaska town
lots, $4,000; reclamation investi-
cations, 100000; management
and investigation of fish and
wildlife resources go per cent OF
fur sale receipts), $785,648; adj
ministration of Pribilof Islands
$50 per cent Of fur sale receipts)
$1,827 600; care of governors of
flee, $96,650; care of Alaska's in
sane, $4,000; and operation and
maintenance of Eklutna project,
$236,O0O
Some of these items, of which
timber receipts are one example,
are mere bookkeeping transac-
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1955-02-15

could go for the shelter of the porch
steps. There he remained for long
time. At first he wondered why SO many
birds had attacked him. Then he re-
membered his promise he had made
well. I guess it served me right
exclaimed Kitty Cat "And I'll just bet
won't ever forget my promise again.
Whew! What fright they gave mel"
Of course, Kitty Cat didn't forget his
promise again, and once again his gar
den was peaceful place, where birds
of all kinds came to eat and to nest
and sing their songs.
:, Goodbye foI now. boys ond girls.
AUNT SALLY
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1955-02-15
Further Adventures
OF Kitty Cat

KITTY CAT grew and grew until he
was a huge black cat with soft shiny
fur and a plume of tail. He was a
very clean cat and washed his face
and paws each time after he ate, and
several times in between meals too.
Perhaps that is why his black coat
looked like velvet.
AS cats go, Kitty Cat was a very
nice cat, too. He kept the mice out of
the basement of his masters house
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1955-02-15

nothing to do a lot of the time, and
that is how he got into trouble one
spring day.
When Kitty Cat was only a tiny kit
ten, he had wandered into the forest
one day and became lost When robin
told him that he would show him the
way home if he would promise never to
chase birds or try to catch them, Kitty
Cat was only too glad to make the
promise.
For long time, Kitty Cat remem-
bered the promise, and his garden
was haven for birds of all kinds But
as Kitty Cat grew older, the memory
of that frightening time in the forest
grew DINNER, until one day, he forgot
it completely, and so he forgot his
promise, too.
Kitty Cat awoke that day feeling
little dull and bored with life. After
his breakfast of cream and cereal, and
he. had washed, Kitty Cat looked around
and wondered what he was going to
do with himself that day. There were
no more mice In the basement and
the day didn't look very promising TO
Kitty Cat.
He went to the door and mewed to
be let outside. Once in the sun, he
stretched and stretched. Then he sharp
ened his claws ON the trunk of a tree.
Now. what shall / do?" asked Kitty
Cat. He looked all around. 1t was then
he saw the nest In the branches of the
big shade tree.
His promise forgotten in twinkling.
Kitty Cat very carefully started to
climb the tree. He had reached the
nest and was reaching a paw into if,
when he felt sharp peck on his back.
Startled he looked up and saw flock
of birds swarming toward him. Then
he felt another sharp jab on his back
and a peck on his tender nose.
Then it seemed to Kitty Cat that he
was being almost smothered with birds.
They were all over him, pecking and
Tapping at him with their wings. And
the noise they made was worse than
anything Kitty Cat had ever heard.
and bewiIdered, Kitty Cat
sried to get away, but he couldn't.
Mewing piteously, he lost his grip on
he limb of the tree and fell to the
ground, with the birds still pecking
and Tapping him.
When he reached the ground with a
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1955-02-15

SO faithfully, that
no nous e even
ventured near the
b a S e m e n t any,
more. But with no
mice to c a tic h.
Kitty Cat had
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1955-02-15
,Chocolit' Cake

Calculating is always simple for me,
I have a "choclit' family
It doesn't matter what kind / make,
AS long as it's good old "choclit''
cake!
Marguerite LaMarche,
Silver Bow County
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1955-02-15
Story and Play Tine
Deor Boys and Girls:

Do you sometimes make careless prom
ises that are hard TO keep? And DO you
remember the story of Kitty Cat and the
promise he made? Well. this IS the story
of Kitty Cot dffeT he grew up ana wnqt
bonpened TO him when he broke his prom
Use. Perhups, after reading the story you
viii be more careful about mokino rash
promises.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1955-02-15

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NEW M0ON-Spaciou and mod
ern throughout Large Thermopane
windows at corner of living room.
Full overhang circles che house.