Panel Discussion On Livestock Here August 2
A livestock panel discussion will be held at the Chanute National Guard Armory August 27 at 7 45 p m. The event, sponsored by the Bank of Commerce and Kansas City Livestock Market Boosters Organization, will cover numbers trends prices and outlook with a Q A session. Panelists include Ray Davis Ed Bachman Harold Hagan Carl Mantegna and George C Dudley with other members to be announced. This is the first Chanute meeting after prior sessions in Humboldt.
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Chanute National
Ray Davis
Witherspoon Commission Co
Ed Bachman
Cassidy Commission Co
Harold Hagan
Wilson and Co
Carl Mantegna
Producers and Texas Livestock Marketing Association
George C. Dudley
First National Bank of Kansas City
Four-State
George Dudley
Humboldt
Chanute
Kansas City
P. H. Stephens
Farm Credit Bank of Wichita
Stephens
Neosho County Scale Tests Report Low Accuracy
State officials checked 3580 grocery items in Neosho County finding only 1 percent correct in weight. Twenty three percent were over by weight and 26 percent under. Overall similar county and state results show many scales lacking accuracy and several weights condemned.
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Topeka
State Board of Agriculture
Weights and Measures
Neosho County
Fred True
W. M. Kinnison
Farm Safety Show at Erie highlights tractor dangers
The Neosho County Fair at Erie hosts a Kansas Farm Bureau tractor safety demonstration on August 23, 1958 at 2 p.m. Sponsored by the Neosho County Implement Dealers and the Neosho County Farm Bureau, the event aims to show how 21 tractor deaths in 1957 could have been prevented. The program features a demonstration tractor turned over to illustrate tipping risks and covers hitching to the rear axle, lack of PTO shield, getting stuck, lighting, and tipping dangers.
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Erie
Kansas Farm Bureau
Neosho County
Acreage Credit In Wheat Quota
Farmers following 1959 wheat acreage allotments earn credit toward future quotas based on diverted acreage and base acreage rules. Exceeding allotments yields only the 1959 allotment credit unless excess wheat is stored or delivered, affecting future compliance and penalties.
Starbuck Aims High With Milking Shorthorns
Thayer Roy Starbuck trains Milking Shorthorns to produce efficient long lived cows. He argues the breed’s milk output and ruggedness offer economical advantages over other cattle, with some herds averaging 25 pounds per day. Starbuck’s goal is cows optimized for production and health.
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Thayer
Roy Starbuck
Starbuck
Cheese stock dips near 1953 lows in Government holding
Washington AP report shows government cheese stocks in mid August at about 17 million pounds, the lowest since early 1953, with donations to welfare and other groups accounting for the decline. Soybean stocks looming over price support may face disposal challenges if foreign markets do not expand.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Starbuck Dairy Herd Tops DHIA Averages Over Six Months
Starbuck dairy records show rising monthly milk outputs and fat tests from January to June with the herd placing high in several months. The data lists January through June figures for milk pounds butterfat content and average tests, noting a first place finish in April May and June and a tie for second in March.
Farmers May Grow 30 Acres Wheat for Feed Without Quotas
Farmers in the feed wheat program may plant up to 30 acres for feed or other use without marketing quotas. For future allotments, such a farm would get credit only for the 1959 farm allotment as production history.
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Fredonia
Charles C. Ropp
Wilson Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County Committee
Secretary of Agriculture
Nation's Crude Oil Output Decreases
The Oil and Gas Journal reports a weekly drop of 1,650 barrels per day in crude oil and lease condensate output ending August 1. The weekly average fell to 6,883,425 barrels, reducing year to date production to 1,478,157,600 barrels from 1,677,330,039 a year earlier. Kansas output rose by 6,875 barrels to 329,75 daily.
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Tulsa
Okla
Oil and Gas Journal
Kansas
Grant for Mulvane Public Health Project
Washington AP reports the Public Health Service awarded Mulvane Kansas a grant of 60000 dollars toward a 204250 dollar project. The funding supports local health work and community services as announced yesterday.
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Washington
The
Public Health Service
Mulvane
Kan
Livestock meeting to discuss trends and outlook
Chanute hosts a livestock panel on Wednesday August 27 at 7 45 PM at the National Guard Armory on Highway 169. Kansas City area reps will discuss cattle numbers prices and marketing issues with a Q and A session to follow.
Labor Blames Business Groups For Bill's Death
AFL-CIO leaders meeting in Forest Park blamed NAM and the Chamber of Commerce for defeating a Senate labor bill in the House breaking a last chance for it this session. They warned management groups would push stronger curbs on unions next year while Sen Irving Ives echoed the charge of misled lawmakers.
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Forest Park, Pa
House of Representatives
Afl-Cio
National Assn. of Manufacturers and
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Labor Federation
Labor
Irving M. Ives
Senate
House
Ives
NAM
Chamber of Commerce
American Retail Federation
Teamsters Union
United Mine Workers
Milton C. Lightner
Lightner
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers
Teamster
Jimmy Hoffa
David Me
Unions Split Over Defeat of Measure
Donald of the Steelworkers Union and Joseph Beirne of the Communications Workers Union blamed business groups for helping defeat the measure. Joseph Curran, Maritime Union president, said he was glad the bill died calling it a hodgepodge.
Netherlands Antilles Official Language Note
In the Netherlands Antilles in the West Indies the official language is Dutch. But only a few people speak any language other than English.
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Netherlands Antilles
West Indies
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Gene Berghaus
Starbuck’s Aim
Aubrey W. Bostwick
Mgr
N. Highland
Chapman Feed Service
E. Main
BABY
New Hampshire
Potter's Hatchery
Malcolm
Chanute Sales Pavilion
Chanute Sales
Neal McCoy
John
National Guard
Highway 169
Gorton
REP
the Bank OF
Charate, Kansas
F.d.lc
Bill
Farm Credit
Co-operative Credit Association
Arthur Solomon
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Main St
Chanute Tribune
MR. Gasoline
Mid-America Petroleum Co
North Santa Fe
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