Kansas Group Sees Serious Fuel Shortage for Wheat Harvest
Topeka hearings show fuel supplies for Kansas wheat harvest likely to run short. Governor Docking advisers weigh voluntary speed limits and higher thermostat settings, with June 14 meeting set to hear from independents and jobbers.
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Topeka, Kan
Governor’s Advisory Council On Energy
Robert Docking
Kansas National Guard
Army Reserve
Kansas
Wheat belt—Farmland Industries, Inc
Skelly Oil Co
R. L. Math
The Liberated Gardener Stand-Up Plotting and Horticulture
A writer details a stand-up gardening philosophy with walls and raised beds that allow cultivation without bending. From a 50 foot wall strawberry patch to cantaloupes trained along rock walls and semi shade begonias, the piece reflects on aging, indolence, and inventive garden design to minimize stooping.
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Taylor
Local ASCS To Aid Farmers In Conserving Fuel
The U S Department of Agriculture asks farmers to report shortages to local Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service offices and use fuel conserving methods. A weekly farm fuel report to Secretary Butz is prepared, with problems routed to the Office of Oil and Gas for voluntary allocation. Public hearing on the allocation program is set for June 11 to 13 in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Department of Agriculture
USCA
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
ASCS
Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Earl L. Butz
Office of Oil and Gas
OOQG
U. S. Department of the Interior
William E. Simon
USDA
Treasury Department
High Water Cuts Sand Bass Harvest For Texoma Event
Lake Texoma Association president Wilbert Wiggs says high water slowed a traditional spring sand bass harvest but expects adequate supply for the Sand Bass Festival fish fry June 10 to 16 drawing about 25 000 people. Straub's One-Stop in Madill will accept sand bass for cleaning and storage and serves as the festival check in station. Anglers set record fishing license totals in Oklahoma but hunting licenses declined from 1971, with overall sport spending around 1 1/2 million dollars for hunting and 1 8 million for fishing.
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Madill
Lake Texoma Association
Wilbert Wiggs
Wiggs
Lake Texoma
Straub
Straub’s
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation
Interior Department
Fish and Wildlife Service
Oklahoma
Department
Milk-Feed Ratio Drops to Eight-Year Low
The milk feed price ratio fell to 1.37 as of May 15, the lowest since August 1965, with April at 1.51 and May 1972 at 1.69. Economists note the ratio reflects feed costs versus milk prices and signals dairy financial health amidst rising feed costs.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
USDA
Oklahoma angler sets blue catfish record at Red River
Charles McGee of Hastings shattered the Oklahoma state blue catfish record with a 50 pound 4 ounce catch from the Red River in Colton County on April 23. The 834 inch fish measured and 27 inch around, using Zebco gear 20 pound line and red worm bait. Previous 37 pound record by Glenn Meade of Del City stood since September 1969.
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Oklahoma City
Charles McGee
Oklahoma
Red River
Colton County
McGee
del City
Glenn Meade
Hastings
Zebco
Rural Lines Aecounts Story Of REA Start
The Rural Electrification Administration recalls rural America’s early 1930s push for power. A 1960s brochure notes how joining a co op cost $5 and how some farmers stretched funds or moved houses to gain lines. The program evolved from 1935 toward near universal rural electrification.
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Washington
America
Public Hearing on Conservation Planned in Pontotoc County
Pontotoc County Conservation District schedules a 1 30 p m public hearing at 105 N Center to review long range resource conservation. B M Stephens chairman invites all county residents to attend as directors and soil personnel update programs for conservation and environmental protection.
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The
Pontotoc County
Conservation District
N. Center
B. M. Stephens
Stonewall Day Set With Picnic at Sportman Club
The 18th annual Stonewall Day will be Sunday at Stonewall Sportsman Club Lake. Residents and neighbors are invited to bring a picnic lunch and join the festivities. Dinner is at 1 p.m. Drinks will be served. W. C. Elliott chairs the event.
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Stonewall
Stonewall Sportsman Club
W. C. Elliott
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Robert J. Robel
Kansas State University
Robe
Eson
Kansas City
Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Co
Matheson
al Kamas
Wichita
Kansas Department of Economic Development
Kamas
Charles Ross
Topeka
Kansas Rural Electric Cooperatives, _ Inc
Erally
Harold Wills
Hutchinson
Far- Mar Co
Skelly
Leo Burke
Kinsley Farmer
Dairyman
Western Wheat Fields
R. A. Carlson
el Dorado, Kan
Canada
el Dorado
Vincent Moore
Moore
Eer
Advisory Council
Attorney General’s Office
Islature
Atty
Vern Miller
Shipe
Angus
Fittstown
Blue Cat
Williamsburg County
REA
Roosevelt
Congress
Luis L. Grandes
Rural Electric Co-Op
Grandes
Georgia
Electric Co-Op
Co-Op
Kentucky
Vanoss
Downtown
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