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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1955
Page
6
The 1954 Census of Agriculture preliminary report tallies 1 560 cattle and calves on 1 759 farms in Neosho County, totaling 42 637 head up from 31 350 in 1950. Whole milk sales exceed 20 million pounds, while horses and mules drop to 413 farms. hogs and sheep also decline and poultry stays around 168 768 birds.
Neosho County establishes 1955 wheat support for No 1 hard Erie at 2.18 per bushel based on parity as of July 1, 1945. The national average backing the county rate is 2.08, two cents above April's minimum. Eligibility requires adherence to 1955 acreage allotments and a county wheat marketing card. supports run as loans and purchase agreements from harvest to January 1, 1956 with loans maturing March 31, 1956.
IRIE The 4 H Home Economics judging school held here recently was attended by approximately 0 club members mothers and leaders Mrs Marguerite Granneman Home Demonstration Agent prepared 12 judging classes Correct place settings school lunch menu guest towel hems tea towel hems slip seam school dress hems gathering sewing on pockets wash cloths four sifting biscuits and cupcakes It was a busy afternoon but those in attendance felt that it was very educational Another judging school was announced for Tuesday Aug 16 At this school scores will be tallied and reasons will be given on several classes.
Joan Starbuck of Thayer shown with Rennuh Mermaid third in the senior yearling heifer class at the Milking Shorthorn district show in Independence. Roy Starbuck won first in the junior yearling class with Starbuck’s Betsy and third in the ball call class with Starbuck’s Deere Dallas. The Milking Shorthorn Journal notes the Starbuck family as a new entrant in the breed.
Neosho County farmers face May 25 1955 deadline to meet 1955 wheat acreage allotments. Excess wheat over 15 acres incurs a $1.13 per bushel penalty, based on 45 percent of the $2.51 May parity price. Those in compliance receive marketing cards. excess acreage must be penalized or stored before cards are issued.
Neosho County 4-H members are urged to apply for the Kansas Who's Who 4-H Club. Applicants must be at least 15 with three years of club work and junior leadership in the past two years. Applications are due September 24 at the state club department office. Points are earned through projects, exhibits, demonstrations, judging, events, and leadership roles.
On July 15 Kansas farmers received an average of 22.9 cents per dozen for eggs. The mid-July price fell 3.5 cents from mid-June but stayed 1.9 cents above July 1954. Graded eggs averaged 25 cents while ungraded sold at 21.5 cents. farm chickens averaged 14.5 cents per pound, up 0.5 cent from a month earlier.
Kansas farmers raised an estimated 16,144,000 young chickens in 1955, down 20 percent from 1954 and 34 percent below the 1944-53 average. The record high for Kansas was 387,477,000 in 1946, with the downturn linked to unfavorable chicken egg and feed price relations.
Farmers report on June 1 that 98 percent of young chickens came from hatcheries, same as recent years. US farm raised chickens total 524,449,000, down 15 percent from last year, with declines across all regions. commercial broilers not included in farm raised estimates.
The 1955 Kansas lamb crop is estimated at 338000 head, up from 333000 in 1954, and near the 10 year average of 340000. The rise comes from more lambs saved per 100 ewes despite a slight drop in breeding ewes. The U S lamb crop for 1955 totals 20092000 head, one percent below 1954.
The Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service increase covers about 75 percent of shaping filling or grading waterways. The new rate applies to waterways shaped after July 25 1955. Farmers must obtain prior ASC approval. ample funds available for any farm in the county.
Neosho County 4-Hers planning to attend Kansas State College Manhattan will receive a welcome from the Collegiate 4-H Club. The former 4-H group now at K State plans a mixer during freshman orientation week. The club, the campus’s largest service and social group, meets twice monthly and organizes dances picnics and seasonal parties. Service projects include campus improvements a Rock Springs Ranch work day weekly radio programs and the Who's Whoot yearbook publication.
The Kansas farmer price index fell four percent to 233 percent of the 1910-14 average for the month ending July 15, with declines across most crops and livestock. Milk rose seasonably. all crop index dropped 12 points and livestock index 8 points while U.S. prices slid two percent to 237 percent of the 1910-14 average, down three percent from the previous year.
Walnut Rebekah Lodge met with Flo Hart and Florine House to read two petitions for membership and reinstatement. Next meeting set for August 11. Rainbow Girls hosted a sack lunch picnic and swimming at Chanute. Methodist Loyal class welcomed Mrs Bill Ester of Marshalltown with a lesson on The Miracles from the Bible. An ice cream social was planned for August 13 with 12 members and one guest present. Local families shared recent visits and dinners with relatives in Overland Park, Inglewood, Califf, and Jetmore.
Neosho County Farm Bureau members heard details of August township policy meetings led by Jim Sheridan. Elections were announced and county president Riley Baldwin presided as district women’s chairwoman Mrs Ray Dellinger attended. Host townships and dates were listed: Tioga Danville Aug 22, Grant Big Creek Aug 23, Mission Walnut Aug 24, Erie Centerville Aug 25, Lahore Lincoln Aug 29, Chetopa Shiloh Aug 30.
A lengthy social note lists visits and guests across multiple households. The chain includes Ed Carson and Cha nute relatives, Van Leeuwen family members from Plainville Chicago and Kansas City, J S Whitteberry party to Blue Mound, Caldwell Davis Jr and A J Bradley kin, Lulu Daley in Pittsburg, Houdashelt and Moll families visiting Iola, and others from Parsons Shawnee and Alexander, La. engagements feature dinners and trips to the West Coast Oregon and Army service for Joe Stephan, with kinship ties to Misener, Sowers, Titmus, Kensinger and Marnell households.
Global briefs report Etna in Sicily easing after weeks of activity with lava stopped above nearby towns. In Dacca East Pakistan about 2200 people are homeless as floodwaters rise across seven of fourteen districts with no deaths yet. In Vienna Matyas Rakosi aligns publicly with Soviet peace push to Tito. Tokyo notes flirtatious bathers sit with coffee in a café scene.
Police mandate modest attire for local sandwich shops as owners report business impact from the new presentation. In Rome, five cardinals attended the funeral of Giuseppina Pacelli aged 88, sister of Pope Pius XI, at St Theresa church in a quiet ceremony. In Malaya the standard tin weight load remains defined as 133 1 3 pounds.
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