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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (June 16, 1960)
The test weight of wheat can be increased slightly by combining early and handling it carefully. As a general rule, figure that the test weight will drop about a quarter of a pound per bushel each day after it has ripened Generally this won't be too important but it can mean the difference be tween No. 1 and No. 2 grades in some years. Shatter and cutterbar losses rise the most rap idly when harvest is de layed. Normally you can expect to lose about 12 pounds per acre for each day that combining is delayed after it reaches 25% moisture. You'll need approxi mately five cubic feet of air per bushel of grain stored at 20% moisture to assure proper drying. Normally you won't want to store more than six feet of high moisture grain at a time to be sure it will dry properly. The supplemental heater shown here provides drying insurance in case the weather becomes un usually muggy. HOT WEATHER Weakens Birds Terramycln* Poultry Formula fights disease1 in the bird... and in the drinking water Economical. One level tea spoonful makes.two gallons of potent protection that helps ward off disease set backs due to Terramycin* susceptible organisms. Or if they are sick, just double the dose. A teaspoon ful makes a gallon of potent treatment for fighting bac terial diseases. At your retailer's now. • Brand of oxytatracychna 11 H Mr. Miller (left) discusses the ailoantagcs of Firestone truck tires with Firestone Denier, F.d Claycomh 'From Red River to the border 60,000 miles a year Firestones proved themselves to me!" says A. S. Miller, Scott City, Kansas. “We ran our own truck tire tests using Firestone and another brand. We ran the same road, same load, same miles. The other tires wore out fast while the Firestones looked like new. Firestone is always on top with improvements and the service I get from Ed Clay comb, my dealer, keeps me mighty happy, too!” Like A. S. Miller, you'll find Firestone truck tires deliver extra service at no extra cost! • FIRESTONE RUBBER-X, the longest wear ing rubber ever used in Firestone truck tires, greatly prolongs tread life. • FIRESTONE SHOCK-FORTIFIED CORD gives you built-in stamina for top impact resistance under roughest hauling conditions. • FIRESTONE TRANSPORT TIRE: designed and built to give you maximum mileage at minimum cost in general farm hauling • FIRESTONE ALI. TRACTION TIRE: im proved road mileage leader with top traction for feed lota, soft, fields and lanes. • FIRESTONE SUPER ALL TRACTION TIRE: heavy duty, wide, extra deep tread for trac tion on highways or in mud or snow. Extra service at no extra cawt- that’s the Firestone story over and over again! See your Firestone Dealer or Store at>out the complete line of Firestone farm tractor and implement tires, too. And remember, Fin: stone’s FREE NEW TRACTOR TIRE LOANER SERVICE kee|is your equipment working during retreads Hnd repairs. SAVE AND BE SURE wtlh fHttttnm hit on all wh —hi TRACTOR TRIXJI CAR AM AM Traction < kompm AH Go Um Non Sid' < Hampion* G«*d« Grip* TrtKMon* < Mi—plow* CONVENIENT TERMS BETTER RUBBER FROM START TO FINISH Copyright J 960, The Tire atone Tire 4r Kubber Company