Ada Weekly News, The (Newspaper) - August 25, 1966, Ada, Oklahoma THE PAPER WITH BIGGEST READING BUY IN OKLAHOMA By Mail in Pontotoc And Adjoining Counties Single Copy 10 Cents Only Per Year Combined With The Ada YEAR ADA OKLAHOMA THURSDAY AUGUST 8 PAGES NO 16 Gunshot Wound To Youth Sunday Afternoon A young county man died The County Agent's office no president Dr Robert other colleges will be able to j day afternoon of a gunshot the county j wound after conducting Sunday and offer morning services at the Hickory D Agents Office Changed Now Extension Center longer exists Kamm in commenting on the However to be more correct new service said This move me new kinds of programs fullest ad- 1 er before offered to Oklahoma said the wound was fho Tin made DV tile Of Re- I only tne tine no longer exists It as changed lUs now the Oklahoma State Qf capabilities county Extension ed University Extension Center lf j now will be abie to Wayne 13 son of A new sign has been erected the county extension agents available programs from the Mr Mrs Paul Heuatt south outside the County Agent's of- their staffs We are looking for- 1 colleges of Arts and Sciences was through the fice calling attention to the ward to University Ex- Business Engineering and a 22 calibre i new title County agents off ices tension Centers quickly cation Each of these colleges Clyde Casady dairyman and his dog Lady are about to revolutionize the cattle is on a motorcycle and Lady obviously goes along with her master literally At first MECHANICAL COW PONY ered the only way to herd cattle to ride in but she's a brave dog and soon waived the safety device and now does a balancing act She does earn her with Clyde behind the herd and helps her pal the cycle bring em in WEEKLY Photo by Don Cook industry Casady has Clyde built Lady a basket keep though She rides out Last Rites Mrs Vern Maskery Fittstown has killed more E than 60 armadillos near E her farm residence Re- E cently late one evening she had occasion to shoot another one that had been scratching around the house E Since it was late she E left it where it had fallen E deciding to carry it off the next morning E But examining the dead animal the following day E Mrs Maskery discovered E strange things had red during the night E A wide deep trench had E been dug around the E corpse and dirt had been E heaped around it like a 5 grave E Other armadillos during the night had apparently E crept up silently and at- tempted to bury their E dead Mrs Maskery said g Makes Stride I In Agriculture Hog Prices Will Be Decreasing By OVID A MARTIN AP Farm Writer WASHINGTON AP agriculture department ed today that lower hog expected during the remainder j of the year still will most producers a margin of profit Continued on Page Four WASHINGTON AP The Agriculture Department says scientists in 29 foreign countries have been making substantial contributions to U.S agriculture j in recent years Their discoveries range from new uses for U.S soybeans and extraction of useful substances of exotic plants to saving lions of feet of timber from the pestilent bark beetle the ment said Financed by foreign currencies earned from the sale abroad of U.S surplus agricultural com- this research as of last March involved about j million A total of 775 grants for search have been made to institutions of every continent except North America Japanese experiments showed American soybeans produced a oy sauce equal in quality to that made from Japanese beans Italian scientists found four germicides capable of ling bacterial infection of U.S cattle hides during shipment abroad British scientists have ered nontoxic chemicals to pre- vent rancidity in foods They also found a new rust protective coating for iron and steel that could lead to decreased costs better products and increased use of agricultural oils Big New Lakes Are Being Constructed Two large reservoirs are currently under construction in southeast Oklahoma The largest and the one nearest completion is me sprawling Broken Bow impoundment on Mountain Fork The other is the Pine Creek Reservoir on Little River Construction on the Broken Bow Reservoir began in ber 1961 The lake will begin filling in late and the over- all dam and reservoir when completed will represent a cost of The Broken Bow Reservoir will supply water flood control and hydro-electric power Recreational facilities will also be developed The dam site is on beautiful Mountain Fork River nine miles northeast of Broken Bow just above Beavers Bend The dam is a rolled impervious earth and structure It is feet long rising 225 feet above the stream bed Power installations feature two 50.000 kilowatt generators The power intake structure on the Jeft abutment of the dam is connected to the powerhouse by a tunnel A special dam is constructed four miles stream from the powerhouse to prevent violent changes in water levels due to rapidly fluctuating power discharges The reservoir will have a capacity of acre feet The lake will cover surface acres at the top of the power pool Both Broken Bow and Pine Creek are designed and super- vised by the Tulsa District U S Army Corps of Engineers Pine Creek is on Little River about eight miles north of Valiant It will also provide flood control recreational facilities Continued on Page Four Soybeans Could Be Big Crop For Oklahomans in all counties are now being designated in this manner as part of the new Oklahoma Extension Service county agent John Netherton said Oklahoma State University combined all of its Extension activities into one tive unit a year ago and named the new unit University Netherton explains Dr J C Evans was appointed to this expanded service and given the title Dean of OSU Extension ing the front door of our has had Extension programs for homa State University many years and each is Attorney Gordon OLIU 10 All of the major agricultural ing the Extension dean said son said the time o acath was programs which have been con- Evans says the new signs j Probably between lane m ducted by the Cooperative Ex- are symbolic of the quality in tension Service from the and the unity Tne agent's office during the years effort which characterize His body was found about will be continued and homa State We when his parents ened and new programs added extremely pleased to announce jed home from to time according the creation of each of the said Jantz was on to Dr 0 Burr Ross dean of versity Extension Centers in all agriculture and vice president 77 counties and we will from the Alr torce of agricultural sciences at OSU j looking forward to finishing his basic training He Extension Director Evans more and more with the a star athlete at Roff High says that each of the several of he said School two years ago He was well known in the area and spoke at various churches By JOHN D NETHERTON More farmers in eastern lahoma and in irrigated areas should consider having soybeans in their cropping program The past six years this state less than one-half of one per cent of the total U S duction Recent research at Oklahoma Slate University shows returns par acre for soybeans are above average Though out- ranked by cotton and peanuts soybeans generally return more per acre than grain sorghum on similar type soils With a yield of pounds about 23 bushels per acre person would gross about per acre This will leave a return of about per acre to land labor and capital After a charge is made for land ibor and capital a grower can expect a return of about I for overhead management and i risk County Agent John and Commissioner Dave Gray art pictured with the new sign outside tht Court Home WEEKLY Photo producers prefer not to take a Soybeans can be grown on late seed bed i essentially the same machinery ration Instead they give j nJU that a grower uses to produce grain sorghum This economic factor can be important to a farmer in long raage planning Soybeans may be planted ter harvesting small grains if moisture is adequate Many beans with their higher returns first priority and omit the small grain crop By so doing they conserve moisture and have the seed bed prepared earlier Sorghum growers should check their fields for sorghum Fertilizer Use Is On Increase Among Farmers OKLAHOMA CITY Com- fertilizer use in homa is reaching new highs Fanners ranchers ers and other fertilizer users bought more of the group every year as The tons bought and others of this group state farmers during the than any other group with 66 fiscal year is nearly i which to enrich their soil last tons more than they bought the year Yeats said they bought previous year according to tons of fertilizers m this ords compiled in the offices of group the Oklahoma State Ammonium nitrate of Agriculture headed by Lew was tne next best seller as HORSE SALE The Ada Quarter Horse Sale three miles northwest of Ada was a busy place last Friday and Saturday Here a ring man busy trying to ytt tht belt bid fer tht horse in tht arena WEEKLY Photo Meibergen Fertilizer use has gone up in Oklahoma more than 3.5 times in the past 10 years and more than 14.5 times over a period Parks A Yeats tor of the Oklahoma State De- of Seed Feed and Fertilizer Division explained i Not only is the over-all of commercial fertilizer j marketed in the state on the rise but the percentage of tual nutrients per ton of t is more than double what it was 20 years ago Yeats said Much of the fertilizer sold 20 years ago was of the or grade which meant that actual nutrients amounted to 20 per cent of the total weight It had 130.35 per cent 10 years ago and fertilizer because of an up to better than 42 demand for food Yeats last year as total i in fertilizer bought in the We have half the number 66 fiscal year added up farms and they are twice 206.202 tons big as 20 years ago yet Of the tons production per acre has :plant nutrients 53 per cent than doubled Yeats con- 35 per cent was Commercial fertilizer acid and 12 per do it all but it is a con- iwas potash factor midge Sorghum varieties blooming in late summer are especially susceptible to heavy midge damage Damage to sorghum has ready occurred in several areas throughout Oklahoma Growers should inspect crops early in Old Fiddlers Will Compete At Konawa annual Old Fiddlers Contest will be held here Friday Special feature of the 1066 affair which will be staged in the municipal park will he the Konawa High School Band un- der the direction of Jim Hayes Entertainment will begin at p.m with the contest getting under way at 3 Contestants will compete in two over GO and under 60 years of age Prizes of and will be awarded top fiddlers in each class There are no entrance fees Lions Club members will man pests They fly around the heads concession stands as they have then The female deposits the past and W Tucker will eggs on the sorghum heads again be master of early in the morning and Bailos is chairman of in the evening the 1966 committee Members The midge is a tiny insect j with him are Merrill about of an inch Burruss Robert Maples long A midge may best Newman Karl Raper and the morning to see the Continued on Page Four M Bales tons were purchased in the state The nitrogen solution group was third at 68.011 tons followed by the ammonium phosphates at tons Bulk and liquid fertilizers are being used more and more Oklahoma while purchases bagged fertilizer are on the de- cline Of the total fertilizer nage marketed in the stale last year Yeats said 43 per cent was bagged as compared to 57 per cent a year earlier bulk fertilizer made up 37 per cent compared to 27 per cent in and liquid fertilizers counted for 20 per cent of the total as compared to 16 cent the year before The future will find state farmers using more and more FAIR FURNITURE Sandra Chiles 15 Allen puts a matching vanity and desk set The plans to tht County WEEKLY Photo coat of pale gold antique on tht refinished furniture in
