Agronomy Day Set At Mound Valley
Agronomy Day at the Mound Valley branch experiment station on September 2 features talks by Kansas State University researchers. topics include beef production soil fertility corn silage sorghum and soybeans with guidance on cool season grasses weed control and soybean yields.
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Mound Valley
Mound Valley Branch Experiment Station
Kansas
Floyd W. Smith
Agricultural Experiment Station
Parsons Experimental Farm
Roscoe Ellis Jr
Fred F. Boren
Oliver Russ
Kansas State University
Carl Overley
KSU
Clyde E. Wassom
Verlin Peterson
Columbus
Food processors create thousands of new products yearly
An Agriculture Department study shows food processors introduce 5,000 to 6,000 new products or variations annually. Only about one third are accepted by grocers and roughly 500 survive the first year. Many successful items feature added services that cut household prep time.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Nation's Dairy Herd Drops 3 Percent in June
The June dairy herd totaled 15,566,000 head, 3 percent below last year and about 45 percent under the 1945 peak of 27,770,000. Milk output this year nears the 77.6 billion pounds reached in the first half of 1964, while per cow production rose to 701 pounds in July from 678 a year ago.
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Agriculture Department
Pecan Trees Need Water and Weevil Control
Kansas State University extension specialists urge pecan owners to water seedlings and young trees in sandy soil. They warn of August to September pecan weevils and recommend traps and spraying with 6 pounds of 50 percent DDT per 100 gallons, plus a follow up spray two weeks later to also tackle webworms.
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Manhattan
Kansas State University
C. R. Roberts
Dell E. Gates
Kansas
Gates
Roberts
Top price hits 320 in Kansas swine sale
A purebred Duroc boar sold for 320 at the Kansas Swine Improvement Assn sale ending the Kansas State University swine testing station summer test. Clarence Schindweiler of Madison South Carolina bought the top animal from Frank Alexander Corn ing.
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Manhattan
Kansas Swine Improvement Assn
Clarence Schindweiler
Madison
S. C
Frank Alexander
Corning
Kansas State University
Rural power financing sparks farm group clash in Washington
In Washington a split emerges over rural power funding with the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association urging private credit sources for part of future loans while the Farmers Union opposes any shift from government financing. The dispute centers on costs to farmers and consumers.
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Washington
The
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
Rural Electrification Administration
Congress
National Farmers Union
NRECA
Clyde T. Ellis
Farmers Union
Loose Bins Raise Fumigant Costs for Farmers
Kansas farmers face higher fumigation costs due to loosely built wood bins allowing gas escape. Experts like Dan Pherigo urge full dosages, noting small grain in average bins requires higher per thousand bushels doses. Wheat should be fumigated within six weeks post harvest unless protectants are used and monthly inspections advised.
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Fredonia
Kansas
Dan Pherigo
Wilson County
Deer Field Oil Corp to Withdraw From Kansas
Notice of intent to withdraw filed under Kansas law. Deer Field Oil Corporation a New York firm plans to cease doing business in Kansas after publication of the notice. Fred H. Martin vice president signs for the corporation.
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Chanute Tribune
Deerfield Oil Corporation
New York
Kansas
Fred H. Martin
Mosaic Wheat Mosaic Disease Threat Prompts Community Action
Kansas State University plant pathologist Claude L. King warns volunteer wheat and weedy grasses in wheat stubble can trigger streak mosaic in the 1966 crop aided by rains. He urges killing volunteers three weeks before planting and in adjoining fields a week prior, plus undercutting stubble to prevent erosion. Varieties Bison Scout Triumph show medium resistance while Comanche Concho have some resistance.
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Manhattan
Claude L. King
Kansas State University Extension
Kansas
King
Frank G. Bieberly
K-State
Bison
Scout
Triumph
Fickel Herd Records High Milk Yields in Earlton
Leo Fickel's Holstein herd in Earlton shows top production with cows Reservoir Nancy Royal 21 100 pounds of milk 857 pounds butterfat and 1 843 SNF in 364 days and other cows delivering strong outputs including 18 610 pounds milk and 732 pounds butterfat in 341 days.
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Leo Fickel
Earlton
Holstein-Friesian Assn
America
Nancy Royal
Rita
Don Lad
Hilda Smoky Burke
Peggy Smoky Royal
Patricia Romeo
Velora Burke Lad
Four generations implicated in department store theft in Tennessee
In Chattanooga a four generations shoplifting case involved an elderly woman, her daughter, granddaughter, and great granddaughter. The granddaughter was fined in city court.
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Chattanooga, Tenn
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E. A. Cleavinger
Extension Agronomist
BUD Audiss Bulk Agent
Mid-America Petroleum Co., Inc
North Santa Fe
Pane Guenld
Humboldt
Humboldt, Kansas
Leo T. Winneke Jr
Leavenworth
Kan
Winneke
Winnekes
Gooch
Juniata Farm
Charles Casper Sr
Junction City
Neill Walker
McPherson
Koelsch & Sons
Paola
Fred Meek
KSIA
Loren Thiele
Norton
Hampshire
Chanute
P.O. Box
H. R. Krokstrom
Chanute, Kansas
Martin Baugher
David L. Mecuns
Professiona Blog
Chanute Ins
Boaré
Chuck Trenary
W. Main
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