Submitted by: agcomm,  Thu Dec  4 10:39:01 1997


                      News and Information
                        December 4, 1997
                                
                                
Prevent A Fiery Christmas Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 
New Range Plant Book Available From NDSU . . . . . . . . . . . .5 
Dakota Data #194: Seat Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 
Prairie Fare: Concocting Memories  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 
Plains Folk:  "Sod Shanty" Gets Around . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 
Parent Line:  The First Celebration 
Without That Special Someone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 
Hortiscope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 
The Market Advisor: Rail Problems Worse Than Usual . . . . . . 17