Neosho Grain Yield Third High in Area
Neosho County ranked third in two Southeast Kansas wheat production categories with an estimated 28.2 bushels per acre and total production of 1,153,400 bushels. Labette led with 1,293,000 bushels, followed by Cherokee at 1,166,400. County averages and district results were released by the U.S. AMS and Kansas Board of Agriculture.
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Neosho County
Kansas
U.S. Agricultural Marketing Service
Kansas State Board of Agriculture
Allen
Woodson
Neosho
Labette
Cherokee
Wilson County
Butler
Osage County
Shawnee County
Shawnee
Atchison, Brown, Jefferson
Doniphan
Thomas County
Barton County
Allen to Join Wildlife Planting Program
IOLA The Allen County soil conservation district inks a memorandum with the Kansas Forestry Fish and Game Commission for a cooperative wildlife planting program. Farmers receive planting stock via the district for windbreaks fences gully and field plantings with wildlife emphasis. Apply to local conservationist. spring 1956 plantings require immediate action. 1957 plantings also accepted.
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IOLA
Allen County Soil Conservation District
Kansas Forestry, Fish and Game Commission
Jimmy Stone High In Judging Event
Fredonia 4 H livestock judging contest held at Byron Porter Willis Kidd and Dr. Davis farms. High individual score went to Jimmy Stone of the High Prairie Pioneers. Team winners were Good Luck 4 H Club Jack Fulgrum Mike Fulgrum Jeanean Beemer. High Prairie Pioneers second. Happy Hustlers third. Contest run by Lester Griffith and Wayne Coltrain.
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Fredonia
Byron Porter
Willis Kidd
Dr. Davis Farms
Jimmy Stone
High Prairie Pioneers
Wayne Porter
Jack and
Mike Fulgrum
Jeanean Beemer
Fred Eisele
Max Payne
Ivan Loomis
Darlene Monday
Leona Latta
Jack
Happy Hustlers
Eam
Lester Griffith
Wayne Coltrain
Neodesha High School
Crop forecasts for Kansas corn sorghum and hay
The 1955 Kansas corn crop is forecast at 42,464,000 bushels from 1,811,000 acres at 24 bushels per acre. Sorghum grain is projected at 59,200,000 bushels from 3,700,000 harvested. Hay production reaches 3,462,000 tons, with drought reducing later alfalfa cuttings.
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Topeka
U.S. Agricultural Marketing Service
Kansas State Board of Agriculture
Jalfalfa
Control Urged on Mastitis
New York dairy experts urge strict mastitis controls citing four years of tested measures in an eastern state. Before steps, milk losses averaged 300 dollars per farm. with controls, milk per cow rose 30 to 40 dollars yearly. Mastitis affects about one fourth of the nation s 221 million cattle and antibiotics with long_tip ped fold_up tubes aid treatment.
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New York
N.Y
Soil Program Should Strive For Top Yields
CHICAGO The Middle West Soil Improvement Committee urges a soil building program focused on achieving maximum production capacity at the lowest cost per bushel. Agronomist M B Russell notes the need to know soil history, perform tests, and assess drought, erosion, and drainage issues to guide fertilizer use and crop rotation for optimal yields.
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Chicago
Middle West
Russell
Fredonia Sets Stage For 4-H Style Revue
Fredonia hosts the Wilson County 4-H Style Revue in the high school auditorium at 7 pm Wednesday. The event features garments made by 4-H girls as clothing projects and a tea served by the Urban home demonstration unit.
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Fredonia
Wilson County
Lester Griffith
Urban Home Demonstration Unit
Wool Men to Ballot On Market Program
Wilson County wool growers receive ballots to vote on a market program that would deduct one cent per pound from 1955 clips to fund advertising and sales promotion if two thirds approve. Deductions may extend to 1956 57 58 wool and mohair payments.
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Fredonia
Wilson County
ASC
Walter Bradford
Pinkeye warning for live stock hits Des Moines
The American Foundation of Animal Health warns farmers that pinkeye is highly infectious and can spread rapidly among cattle. Causes include mechanical irritation, pollen, vitamin A deficiency, and flies. Infected animals show watery discharge, squinting, and red swollen membranes. isolate and seek veterinary care to prevent herd spread.
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Des Moines
American Foundation of Animal Health
Foundation
Purdue Study Links Flies to Lower Dairy Milk
Purdue University research finds cows bothered by flies produce up to 30 pounds less milk daily than unaffected herdmates, highlighting economic impact for dairy farms.
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Purdue University
Richardsons Elected To National Aberdeen Angus Group
Mr and Mrs Forest Richardson of Chanute have been elected to membership in the American Aberdeen Angus Breeders Association at Chicago. They were among 46 Kansas breeders elected during the past month, according to association secretary Frank Richards.
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Forest Richardson
Chanute
Chicago
Frank Richards
Richardsons
Kansas
Terraces Staked in Allen County Dozens of Miles Built
IOLA Farmers with the Soil Conservation Service staked 10.25 miles of terraces and built 5.13 miles in July. Fred S. Kruger reports SCS work unit conservationist. An application for farm conservation on 426 acres came from Robert Barnett of Humboldt.
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IOLA
Soil Conservation Service
Fred S. Kruger
SCS
Robert Barnett
Humboldt
Erie Saddle Club holds lively summer meeting at park
Erie Saddle Club members met at the old fair grounds with about thirty present and three new members joining. Earl Rice presides and Roger Kensinger serves as secretary as the club, active since weekly meetings on Thursdays and Sundays, plans a basement floor painting project at the Federated church Wednesday evening.
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Erie Saddle Club
Fair Grounds
Parsons and
Chanute
Earl Rice
Roger Kensinger
Erie Club
Erie, Federated Church
Community Notes and Visitor Visits Highlight Erie Social
County Clerk and Mrs Wendell Bowyer and children spent Sunday at Glen Elder with the Dee Johns family. Miss Mary Johnson of North Butler street broke a hip last Friday and was taken to Mercy Hospital Parsons. Colleen Roxann Kitchen, born Aug 9, is the daughter of Bill and unnamed Kitchen. Bill served on the high school faculty locally. The Rev J M Torrence and wife returned from a two week Arkansas trip including a youth camp. Jack Hines visited from Colorado. Joe Lowe, now of California, returns to Erie for relatives. Charles Whitworth and Loch Whitworth of Wichita visit Wes Willis and family. Francis Shirley and Lillian Brain of Topeka. Mrs C J Hurst of Stark and Emmet Bolze of Chanute visit Earl Rice family in Erie.
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Wendell Bowyer
Glen Elder
Dee Johns
Mary Johnson
Butler Street
Mercy Hospital
Parsons
Bill Kitchen
Colleen Roxann
Kitchen
J. M. Torrence
Arkansas
Jack Hines
Colorado
Joe Lowe
California
Joe
James A. Lowe
Charles Whitworth
Wichita
Wes Whitworth
W. F. Willis
Francis Shirley
Lillian Brain
Topeka
C. J. Hurst
Stark
Emmet Bolze
Chanute
Erie
Earl Rice
Dirt Threatens Tractor Engines and Auto Exports Rise
Dirt is the tractor’s chief enemy causing engine wear. Japan’s auto exports for the first half of 1955 totaled 1,222,948 dollars, an 80 percent increase from the previous year.
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Japan
Humboldt Baptist Youth Wins Attendance Contest
Humboldt Baptist Youth led the Sunday night observance with 49 church youths versus 48 adults. Rev. Robert Wheatley presided over a Bible Quiz, with Zella Headley directing singing and Norma Jean Brinkman accompanying. A film titled Bible on the Table closed the program.
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Baptist
Robert Wheatley
Zella Headley
Norma Jean Brinkman
Verla Jean Hoke
Garden plots on rail rights of way yield $1 million yearly
Hundreds of gardens along British railway rights of way cover about a sixteenth of an acre each and produce roughly one million dollars in produce annually. The note accompanies a church service announcement from The Tribune.
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British Railways
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