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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1966
Page
5
Kansas State University extension plant pathologist Claude L. King reports seed treatment with fungicides raises wheat stands by about 10 percent even with high germination seed. Research shows 20 percent stand increases and at least one bushel per acre yield gain, delivering about $20 return per dollar spent.
Guidance for farmers to prepare now for tax season. It covers gasoline tax refunds, Social Security tax on hired labor, government payments, final ASCS payments, drought related livestock sales, and reporting rules.
Kansas State University economists will host a series of Agricultural Outlook meetings in 83 counties over the next three weeks. An Erie session will be held August 31 in the courthouse meeting room at 8 p.m. featuring Bill Guy and Quentin Banks. Topics include crops and livestock expectations and price outlooks, with focus on wheat corn soybeans milk and feed grains.
Kansas will assess future water sufficiency through a survey by the Kansas Water Resources Board. The board mailed questionnaires Aug 19 to over 3 300 Kansas companies to gather 1965 industrial water use data. Results will feed a broader study on overall water needs for planning.
Kansas State University foresters report spring planting at Milford and Wilson reservoirs includes over 250 000 trees and 200 acres of grass with 1 500 000 trees distributed and nuts stratified. Survival varies with method. about 40 percent bare-root survival at Milford and mixed success around Wilson.
Kansas farms benefited from the Agricultural Conservation Program in the year ending June 30 with 21,773 farms improved representing about 10 percent of the state’s farmland. National ACP participation reached about one million farms with investments of roughly 14 million dollars in Kansas and half from ACP cost sharing. Total U S ACP investments cross the nation approach half a billion dollars. Kansas practices included seeding land to pasture 56562 acres stockwater reservoirs 2102 acres permanent sod waterways 9859 acres terraces 292267 acres land leveling 22499 acres stubble mulching 194947 acres. The 1966 program year is underway with farmers already arranging for cost sharing to expand soil water woodland and wildlife conservation.
A September referendum will decide approval of a new agreement to finance advertising and market development for wool and lambs. Participants would authorize deductions up to 1 cent per pound on shorn wool and 7 cents per hundredweight on unshorn lambs to fund ASPC programs.
Gov. William H. Avery praised rising activity at the Agriculture Hall of Fame near Bonner Springs after a Sunday visit. He noted displays are arriving so fast they are running out of room at the museum.
A state and county donate land and state they will not seek public funds. No financial support will be provided from public sources. The action emphasizes public ownership without fiscal backing.
The Vikings flourished from the 9th to 11th century as explorers and colonizers and sea-roving warriors. They pushed westward to Iceland and Greenland, where Eric the Red established the first colony about 986.
Chanute Tribune reports on local bands and school activities in the Chanute area. Detailing performances at summer activities and community showcases, with focus on students, teachers, and event dates.
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