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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1963
Page
5
Bill Dickson a Neosho County farm agent notes hay quality drives meat and milk costs. A Washington State College trial found alfalfa hay cut before bloom yields 75 percent more milk for cows than when cut in full bloom, with early cut hay worth 35 per ton versus 20 per ton at bloom.
Wilson County Agent Dan Pherigo notes early nitrogen application saves planting and cultivation time. Broadcast 80 to 120 pounds per acre for corn and grain sorghum, with higher rates irrigated. Soils should be tested for phosphorus and potassium, starter phosphate can lift yields, and potash boosts corn and sorghum yields. Conditioning hay speeds drying and preserves leaves. consider haylage with moisture near 55 percent in a tight silo.
The text notes applying eight to ten pounds per acre of actual zinc equivalent as a benefit. It adds that liberal barnyard manure applications are effective in correcting zinc deficiencies in crops.
The Kansas Recreation Workshop at Rock Springs Ranch near Junction City runs four days for professional and nonprofessional recreation workers. District Extension agents provide details for adults interested in youth and adult group recreation. Dick Tomkinson of Kansas State University chairs the committee with Rev. Steve Cloud vice-chairman. pre registrations due by May.
Half a million acres of field bindweed remain to be destroyed in Kansas. Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station research offers practical methods and patient diligence to wipe out this costly weed.
Neosho County reports shattercane a weed in river bottoms and uplands. The weed crossbreeds with sorghums, thrives like corn and sorghum, and seed can persist 2 to 20 years in soil. Control methods include hand work and crop rotation. Eptam shows profit in several 1962 trials at about $10.50 per acre.
Farmers in Kansas are urged to consider sudan grass for summer pasture says Bill Dickson, Neosho County farm agent. Greenleaf, areae, Piper varieties are recommended with 20 23 pounds seed per acre. Do not graze until 18 24 inches tall to avoid Prussic acid poisoning. certified seed is advised to prevent sorghum contamination.
Grain sorghum growers across Kansas Texas and Oklahoma reported five to ten percent head loss with some reaching twenty percent due to a smut disease called powdery smut. The disease causes witches broom heads and can persist in soil while spores spread by wind seed and equipment. Research by Dr. E D Hansing aims to determine seed transmission and resistant hybrids with KS 652 showing strong resistance and good yield with additional disease resistance.
FREDONIA announces that on farm stored 1961 crop soybeans under reseal will not be extended beyond May 31. Leon Choate says strong demand keeps soybean prices above loan levels, offering producers a chance to redeem loans and market soybeans at higher prices. The market shows prices around $2.35 to $2.50 per bushel in recent months.
County agent Bill Dickson says dairy feeding should rely on high quality roughage to cut grain use. He notes that early cut alfalfa yields higher protein and TDN, while later harvest lowers nutrients and milk output per acre.
Wilson County calendar lists events from county agent Dan L. Pherigo. April 16 health committee meeting at 9 a.m. in courthouse basement, April 17 4-H photo training at REA Building 7 30 p.m., April 18 leader training on furniture care at courthouse basement 1 30 p.m., April 19 HRU clothing meeting, April 20 4-H livestock judging at Stryker Ranch 9 a.m.
Ice covered Antarctica remains a waterless land with annual precipitation near four inches, only slightly more than Death Valley. The brief note contrasts extreme aridity with desert baselines and highlights the continent's unusual dryness.
Encouragement to boost soybean production raises market use and income as prices rise. By late January over 10.3 million bushels of 1961 crop soybeans remained in price support loans, including 274 770 bushels in Kansas.
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