Record signup in 1968 feed grain program reported
Wilson county office reports a nationwide 1,497,724 farms signed for the feed grain program with 34,360,000 acres diverted from corn and grain sorghum. Kansas totals show 92,028 feed grain signups and 2,572,207 diverted acres, plus 110,084 wheat farms with 10,471,135 acres signed for the wheat program and one cotton farm enrolled. Wilson county specifics include 921 wheat farms and 709 feed grain farms signing to divert 16,463 acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredonia
Wilson County
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Kansas
Dairy Breeds Show Set At Neosho County Fairgrounds
Shorthorn Swiss Show Shorthorn Swiss Show will be held Saturday at the Neosho county fairgrounds in Erie. Entries are expected from breeders in an eight county area with fair champions of both breeds on view. Francis Lackrone of Illinois will judge placements. 4-H Future Farmer of America and breeder judging are part of the event. Southeast Kansas FFA members are eligible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thayer
Neosho County
Erie
Roy
Francis Lackrone
Illinois
Farmer of America
Kansas
FFA
Field Day At O'Bryan Ranch Slated For May Eleven
The annual O'Bryan Ranch field day will be held May 11 starting at 8 a.m. with Glen Newcomber in charge. The event seven miles west of Hiattville on highway K39 features livestock type demonstrations, judging experience, and hands on showing and fitting demos for cattle hogs and horses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiattville
O'Bryan Ranch
Glen Newcomber
Bourbon County
FFA
Hampshire
Mary Jo Koons
Kansas State Board of Agriculture
Topeka
Miles McKee
Kansas State University
Shelby S. Kahrs
Herford Assn
Kansas City
Harold Boucher
Tom Wiley
Hampshire Swine Registry
Peoria, Ill
Powell at Miami hospital tests as Powell remains under care
Adam Clayton Powell is in seclusion at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami awaiting tests for a minor prostate ailment. Hospital administrator Charles Nordwall lists his condition as satisfactory and says the period will reveal what occurs next.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami, Fla
Adam Clayton Powell
Miami
Jackson Memorial Hospital
Powell
Charles Nordwall
Nordwall
Wool Pay Formula Set for 1967 Market Year
Wilson county ASCS chairman William Huser announces wool payments for 1967 at 65.8 percent of grower returns and mohair at 86.8 percent. The rates aim to lift national wool price to 66 cents per pound, with 1966 payouts at 24.8 percent. Lamb payments rise to $1.05 per hundredweight for shorn and adjusted for unshorn lambs. Deductions for promotional activities apply.
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Fredonia
William Huser
Wilson County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Moair
Huser
Wilson County
ASCS
Food and Agriculture Act
Speech Experience In Civic Talks In St Louis
St Louis AP reports high school students in St Louis county give talks before school civic and community groups to promote tuberculosis awareness. Over three years 82 students delivered 162 talks to more than 5000 listeners as part of a voluntary speakers bureau for the TB Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
St. Louis County
Tuberculosis and Health Society
TB Society
Milk Price Increases Approved For Federal Orders
USDA final decision sets 1969 pricing for several federal milk orders with a 20 cent rise in Class I differentials and a base formula of 1.33 per hundredweight through April 1969. Florida orders await separate action after April hearings. prices for Massachusetts Rhode Island New Hampshire New York New Jersey Connecticut and Delaware Valley orders fixed at specified levels.
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Dallas
Tex
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Florida
USDA
Consumer and Marketing Service
Michigan
Cincinnati
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
New York-New Jersey
Connecticut
Delaware Valley
Southern
Illinois
Central Illinois
Higher eggs seen as hatch down then up
Kansas State University Extension economist M. E. Jackson forecasts higher egg prices in mid year due to a 12 percent drop in egg type chick hatch January to June 1968. He notes later hatch could rise 8 percent, potentially lowering prices again, as larger producers return while small flocks shrink.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan
Kansas State University Extension
M. E. Jackson
Jackson
Seeeee
Seed Growers Must Apply for Field Inspections
Kansas farmers planning to grow certified wheat oats barley rye sweetclover and smooth brome must file field inspection applications with the Kansas Crop Improvement Association by May 15. Applications are available from county Extension offices or KCIA at 148 Waters Hall Kansas State University Manhattan KS 66502. Inspections begin late May or early June. seed must be isolated pure of other varieties and free of weeds. Certified seed offers high germination and purity and can command a premium to cover costs. The ECIA provides blue and analysis tags but does not sell seed.
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Manhattan
Kansas
Kansas Crop Improvement Assn
Howard D. Wilkins
KCIA
Association
Waters Hall
Kansas State University
Wilkins
ECIA
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