Conservation Reserve info for 1960 farm program in Kansas
Farmers in the Fredonia area and Wilson County can obtain full details about the 1960 Conservation Reserve of the Soil Bank after mid August at the county ASC office. The program limits include eligibility changes, basic per acre rates, offer and acceptance steps, and priority based on lowest rate offered.
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Fredonia
Kansas
Wilson County
Soil Bank
County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Office
ASC
Leon Choate
Wilson Dairy Class Winners at Wilson County Fair
Keith Huston of Kansas State University judged the dairy cattle at the Wilson County Fair August 9 to 12. Winners included Carolyn Wing in Holstein heifers and Joan Starbuck in Milking Shorthorn divisions. The Milking Shorthorn herd of Roy Starbuck was noted as a top eastern Kansas herd.
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Fredonia
Wilson County Fair
Keith Huston
Kansas State University
Carolyn Wing
Joe Wycoff
Guernsey
Barbara Crabb
Ayrshire
Jimmy White
Kelly Starbuck
Leann Turner
Jersey
Richard Wiggans
Joan Starbuck
Steve Ayers
Diane Turner
Mark Wing
Brian Morton
Steven White
Edwin White
John, Davne
Ralph Shue
Larry Callarman
Maxine Wiltse
Donald Shue
Wayne Howell
Gary Crabb
Jerry Harding
Tom Ayers
Joan
June Starbuck
Roy Starbucks
Kansas
FFA
Soil Saving Stamp Sale To Be Soon In Rapid City
The Soil Conservation Service announces a 4 cent soil conservation stamp with a special Rapid City cancellation. First day covers can be mailed to the Rapid City Postmaster with a return envelope and remittance. sale starts August 27 in local post offices after August 26 issuance at the Soil Conservation Society of America meeting.
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Rapid City
Erie
Soil Conservation
Charles P. McKinnie
Soil Conservation Service
Soil Conservation Society of America
McKinnie
Wilson County Fair Booths Are Excellent
Booth display results at the Wilson County fair August 9 12 feature nine HDU booths and ten 4-H booths. Champion 4-H booth was the conservation booth by Good Luck 4-H Club with Lucky Horseshoe taking reserve honors. Units judged include Chetopa Sunbean Urban Merino Rainbow Thornburg and others. Special awards came from the Wilson County Soil Conservation District REA KGE and Home Economics Advisory Committee. judges were Ada Keeney Mary Ann Smith and Mr Tinkler.
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Fredonia
Wilson County
Lucky Horseshoe
Chetopa Sunbean
Merino Rainbow
Thornburg
Good Workers
Pleasant Valley Rockets
High Prairie Pioneers
Happy Hustlers
Home Builders
Lucky Beginners
Buffalo Boosters
Vilas Vikings
Friendly Folk
Friendly Farm
Blue Valley
Farmdale
Sunny Stone
Wilson County Soil Conservation District
REA
KGE
Home Economics Advisory Committee
Ada Keeney
Mary Ann Smith
Tinkler
Pio-lak yeast supplement boosts livestock gains
Market note notes that Pio lak yeast supplement adds essential minerals and vitamins for livestock and poultry. It claims four yeast types improve digestion of grain and roughage, supporting faster growth and better health, with a caution that while it costs to use, skipping it costs more.
Wilson County Wool Payments Reported in August
Wilson County Wool Payments show totals of 6289.23 dollars in 1958 wool program payments as of August 10. Leon Choate, chair of the County ASC, noted payments began after July 1 with April 30 application deadline.
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Fredonia
Wilson County
Leon Choate
County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Wheat Prop Requirements Are Relaxed
Wheat price support for 1959 crop wheat is relaxed to add lightweight wheat as Sample grade on low weight. No wheat testing below 40 pounds per bushel will qualify. Light-weight wheat faces discounts of four to six cents per pound below 51 pounds per bushel, added to other discounts, expanding eligibility to farmers and stabilizing markets.
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Fredonia
Wilson Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County Office
Leon Choate
ASC
Payne's Pig Wilson Tops at Wilson County Fair
At the Wilson County Fair Buffalo Boosters 4H member Max Payne showed the champion Berkshire barrow. Reserve champion was Norman Eisele with a Hampshire. Frank Wilson of Maurer-Neverpacking Co spoke as field rep. Other blue ribbon pigs included Timmins-Duroc, Spaht-Yorkshire, Forsythe-crossbred, Cline Berkshire gilt, and additional exhibitors such as Cline Smith and Forsythe family among others.
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Fredonia
Wilson County Fair
Berkshire
Barrow
Max Payne
Buffalo Boosters
Hampshire
Norman Eisele
Frank Wilson
Maurer-Neverpacking Company
Arkansas City
Charles Timmons
Duroc Barrow
Dale Spaht
Yorkshire Barrow
Steve Forsythe
Larry Cline
Four Players Named in Local Roster
The snippet lists Bonner, Bill Brown, Butcher, and Leland Shire as members of a local sports roster, hinting at a team lineup or season entry.
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Bonner
Bill Brown
Butcher
Leland Shire
Landrace Swine Added to Kansas State Fair Judging
Landrace swine were added to judging at the 1959 Kansas State Fair with a $628 prize for landrace winners funded by the State Landrace Association and the State Fair. The swine department total offerings rose to $7,808 from $7,019 the previous year, while cash prizes for market barrows increased. The American Landrace Association will award plaques to grand champion boar and sow winners. Kansas is among 24 states with a Landrace association.
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Hutchinson
Virgil Miller
State Landrace Association
American Landrace Association
Kansas
Erie area residents visit relatives over weekend
Erie and vicinity notices list multiple travels and visits. Merle Smith family toured Topeka to see relatives, Jerry Smith returned with parents from short trip. Leelen Houck and family moved into Independence, while Lt Col Gene Craven and family visited relatives near Erie with Craven stationed at Fort Holabird. Several other families, including Knetzers, Robinsons, Streeters, Hines, Weirs, Amos, Schoenhofer, and Snodgrass, are noted for weekend visits or stays with local kin and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle Smith
Jan
Topeka
Smith
Don McAlister
Jerry Smith
Leelen
Houck
Independence
Shepard
Main
Clarkson Construction Co
Gene Craven
Craven
Verne Craven
Verne
Colonel Craven
Fort Holabird
Baltimore
Marvin Knetzer
Mark
Kansas City
Keith Knetzer
Wayland Harvey
Earl Robinson
Pam
Alan
Grand Lake Area
John Streeter
Wichita
Jim Fleming
Street
Erie
James Streeter
Jack Hines
Louis Hines
Fort Worth
Dallas
Ralph Dale
Excelsior Springs
William C. Weir
Clifford Amos
Olathe
E. W. Amos
Eric
John Schoenhofer
St. Paul
Local notices and social items from Chanute Tribune
Fragments report birthdays pigeons and visitors in Yelmately Melvern and nearby areas. Towns mentioned include Chanute Kansas City Lyndon Topeka and Claremore with births snakebite injuries and a temporary rural carrier appointment in the local post office.
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Clarence Yockey
Ted Kyle
Bert Shackelton
Claremore
Okla
Display lot at Harryman Motor and Implement Co launches**
Fort Scott reporting a display lot at Harryman Motor and Implement Co became a launching pad yesterday morning for approximately.
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Fort Scott
Harryman Motor and Implement Co
Approxi
Golf mishap at Independence injures player Troutman
John Troutman, patient at Mercy Hospital, suffered a slight fracture above the left eye after a stray golf ball struck him as he stepped from behind a tree at Independence Country Club. In Parsons, residents face nearly 10 percent higher taxes next year from city, school district, and county levies, with potential rise if a state ad valorem tax is applied.
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Independence
John Troutman
Mercy Hospital
Independence Country Club
Troutman
Henry
Parsons
Parsons School District
Labette County
Local Drugist Charles Evans-Lombe Dies After Long Illness
Charles Warner Evans-Lombe aged 68 long time Coffeyville druggist died of a heart ailment Monday at Coffeyville Memorial Hospital after four years of ill health. He worked from 1923 until his retirement in the mid era.
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Coffeyville
Charles Warner Evans-Lombe
Coffeyville Memorial Hospital
Ping Pong Ball Tragedy Claims Toddlers Life
In Bellmawr New Jersey two year old Larry Weisenbach died after a ping pong ball became stuck in his throat. Fire rescue workers removed the object with forceps and physicians attempted heart massage for nearly two hours before pronouncing him dead at West Jersey Hospital in Camden.
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Bellmawr
N.J
Larry Weisenbach
West Jersey Hospital
Camden
Snake Bites Girl Patrol Speeds Serum
A Kansas town reports a girl bitten by a venomous snake and authorities rush serum to her. Medical officials say the treatment aims to prevent serious harm as the patient undergoes observation.
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Joyce Arb
Melvern
Kan
Kansas Highway Patrol
Lyndon
Joyce
Eldon Arb
Daniel Bailey
Topeka
Patrol
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Ralph F. Chapman
Wilson County Wool Payments
Payne
Pig Wilson
Erie & Vicinity
Susan Snodgrass
Mrs. Kirby Snodgrass
Frank
Evans-Lombe
Chanute Tribune
Columbia
Harvey Steele
Clarence Richardson
Walker Beard
Nancy Heitman
Chanute Sales
Chanute, Kansas
Neal McCoy
Tot
Humboldt Co-Op
L. P. Gas
the Home OF Quality Service
Humboldt, Kansas
A. Y. McDonald Pumps & Water Systems
Singer & Sons
Savonburg
Lette
Wlr
Dee and
the Answee
Your, Farmers Co-Op
Eae Alt Mn
Ee Habrey
Bostwick Man
TEC
Larro SureGrow
Potter's Hatchery
Malcolm
Moo
Srush
Mid-America Petroleum Co., Inc
North Santa Fe
Farm Credit
Arthur Solomon
Mgr
Chanute
Ass'n
W. Main St
Daren
E. Main
John Gorton
Henry Payne
Tof Federalideros 7 Insurance CO
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