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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (July 31, 1958)
Holt County Agricultural Society OFFICERS LLOYD GLEEP. Chambers PRESIDENT VERN SAGESER. Amelia VICE-PRESIDENT JAMES H. GIBSON. Chambers . SECRETARY STEVE SHAVLIK. Chambers. TREASURER DIRECTORS Lloyd Gloed Chambers Henry Wood Ev Ray Reed Chambers C. V. Robertson Chambers Georpe Rowse Chambers T E. Alderson _ Chambers Vem Sapeser Amelia Ray Hoffman Chambers * SUPERINTENDENTS Henrv Wood Livestock Mrs. Vernon Smith Flowers Mrs. I>on Hubhard Needle Art A. Neil Dawes 4-H Club Tom Lambert Farm Produce Mrs. Paul Roth Pantry' Stores RULES AND REGULATIONS 1. Exhihitors. with the exception of open class livestock, will he furnished with an exhihitor’s ticket without cost, which will let them enter their exhibits, hut which will not he good for admis sion to the grounds. 2. Exhihitors in open class livestock will he charged a nominal en try’ fee of 1.00 and issued an exhibitor’s ticket which will ad mit the exhibitor to the grounds for the day’s program. 2a. A stall fee of 90 cents per sincle stall will he charged in the open class. 3. Membership tickets are good for one year. 4. No premiums will bo awarded on anything not listed in his list. 5. All stock must he pntered on or before Monday, August 13, 1098. 6. Entries of cut flowers will be accepted for entry until Tuesday. August 19. at 9:00 a.m. No other entries can lie made after 11 a.m., same day. 7. The books mil be open for entry articles one month before the Fair, and blanks for the entries will be mailed on application to the Secretary of the Board. 8. Proofs of breeding on fall purebred animals must be furnished if required. 9. An exhibitor attempting to interfere with the judges will be promptly excluded from the competition. 10. Dilligence will be jised by officers of the Board to prevent in (Continued on page 7). -- ~ ' ' GILLETTE DAIRY INC. O Neill — Phone 498 Quality Milk Products I We guarantee your satisfaction i 9 I I i I I > « I I » J Coronado APPLIANCES j J Englander BEDDING * J Haddon Hal! FURNITURE ( < Lady Helen HOUSEWARES > I North-Central Nebraska’s | I Largest and Finest Department Store | | O’NEILL | Holt Has But One Great Plains Signer Ninety-eight, farmers in 32 Ne braska counties have signed con tracts in the new Great Plains conservation program, the state soil conservation has announced. The contracts all signed in the past six months provide for $583,713.63 i n cost-share pay ments to participating farmers on | enduring conservation practices ! such as terracing, reports H. G. Bohst, state conservationist. Contracts signed provide the i government portion of 50 to 80 percent of the cost for establish ing various practices in the 132, 822 acres of land involved. Tn the case of initial establishment of j permanent vegetative cover, the j government pays 80 per cent of i the average cost and the farmer pays the halanoe. A total of 55 counties in the [ Great Plains area of Nebraska rouehlv the western two-thirds of the slate have hern approved to participate in the nrogram, Bobst stated Five additional counties j nwv nart'oinatc hut their plans | have not been approved ns vet. > Nuekolls eoiintv led the list of contracts sinned with 14 as of Julv 1 followed by Sherman coun tv with 11. The average acreage nor contract is k17 acres Knrlv trends indicate that more i than a third of the acreage in j 'he contracts is being converted i from cropland to permanent crass. Pohst reported. Other nrnetices that arc being established include: terraces, di version terracing, ditch lining, fencing, conservation rotations, proper use of grassland, erosion control dams, water control dams, livestock water wells, tree plant ing. waterways, strip cropping, range reseeding, pasture furrow ing. and shrub control. While the Great Plains conser vation program is new, it does not replace any existing farm programs. It supplements pro grams such as the Soil Bank and the agricultural conservation pro gram. Pohst emphasized. It is another tool to accomplish a com plete soil and water conserva tion program. The responsibility for adminis tration of the program has been assigned to the soil conservation service. It is being carried out in cooperation with other federal agencies, local and state govern ments. the Great Plains agricul tural council, soil conservation districts and farm organizations. Holt county has one Great Plains contact; Brown, Rock, Boyd and Loup. none. Ivan Minshall, a Page farmer, was the first Holt man to apply for a Great Plains pact. f G & A Store A. R. TIKALSKY MEATS — GROCERIES PRODUCE Prop. PAGE — PHONE 2511 Double A Auctions ROY W. ATEN, Owner Res. Phone: Ainsworth 293 Atkinson Livestock Market Atkinson Phone 5141 DEAN FLEMING, Mgr. SALES EVERY TUESDAY Ainsworth Livestock Market Ainsworth Phone 277 ERN LARSEN, Mgr. SALES EVERY FRIDAY Horse Sales Last Saturday of Each Month All Roads Lead to Chambers Fair Week! jmtrotmtmtmttttmmtttmtamattjj | Sprague Wei! Co. j U Phono M3-J Bo'S SO® O’NEITjL j Well Drilling Well ami Windmill Repair j 3 blks. west and J 3V4 blks. north of « stoplight. J WixmutntnmttKtsttttititstiittnittt:. r—- | Hoskinson’s • • • The Store of Hotter Shoes — Dry Goods Men’s Furnishing* • • • Atkinson, Nebraska ! BEFORE YOU ATTEND The Holt Fair! L't us put your Wardrobe in Spic-nnd-Span, "Like New" condition . . . our superior cleaning service will do that for you. Ideal Cleaners Pickup & Delivery Service PIIONE 775-W O’NEIIX Farmers-Ranchers I CO-OP Phone *-*331 Chambers — Phone HO W Ewing Congratulations to the ’58 Fair! Gas — Oil — Tires — Batteries Feed — Fertilizer — Home Appliances 1 « ATTENTION I Cream Producers! I Sell Your Cream .... Directly to the Churn! RING THE HELL . . . WE DO THE REST! i HARDING CREAM i COMPANY At the 1 racks ----- O’Neill ! - i , FEED Your Hogs for Less! HARDING’S CONDENSED BUTTERMILK • » _-____ _ __.'
