Trees in SE Kansas Offer Promising New Industries
Southeast Kansas forests near Parsons and Pittsburg have grown into a 16.5 million dollar yearly industry. Pecan and walnut sales, lumber, furniture, briquettes and by-products underpin the region’s booming forestry program after years of Kansas State University research and extension work.
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Kansas
United States
Parsons
Chanute
Independence
Pittsburg
Columbus
Chetopa
Southeastern
Frank Brewster Jr
Baxter Springs
Kansas’ Extension Foresters
Kansas Gas and Electric Co
U. S
Now Taking Tree Orders in Erie for KSU Nursery
Kansas State University extension agents in Erie begin taking orders for tree seedlings for windbreaks erosion control and Christmas plantings. Evergreens priced at 5 per hundred and all shrubs and deciduous trees at 5 per hundred with minimum orders of fifty. Nuts including 100000 pecan and 100 bushels walnut stratified for spring germination are also offered at 1 per 100 nuts.
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Erie
Kansas State University
Bill Dickson
Experiment Station Farm
Manhattan
Robinson
Giles
Kentucky
Kansas
Arthur Robinson
Glenn Beck
Chetopa Pecan Experiment Station
K-State
Jack Winter
Plan to Fight Weeds in 1964 Neosho County
Orval Wood, Neosho County noxious weed supervisor, urges early planning for a 1964 weed program. Kansas lists 11 noxious weeds, with Johnson grass and bindweed most common in the county. Eradication may use chemicals or intensive cultivation. chemicals are half price at the county weed department. All residents must control noxious weeds. Seed dispersal occurs via combines and farm equipment. machinery used in infested fields should be cleaned before moving to new fields.
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Sion Forester
Barton
Holland
Japan
Harold Gallaher
Kansas
ST. Paul
Orval Wood
Neosho County
Ohio State survey finds record milk output despite few cows
Columbus Ohio AP reports Ohio State University surveyors show the U S dairy industry produced a record 1258 billion pounds of milk while cattle numbers in American agriculture hit an all time low.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio State University Agriculture Surveyors
Swine Equipment Meeting Tonight at Armory
Fredonia locals attend a Swine Equipment School at 8:30 p.m. in the National Guard Armory hosted by the Wilson County Livestock Assn. Producers will see new gear including farrowing crates loading chutes and feed handling equipment. Planning committee members include Lewis Cline Max Pryor Gerald Scott and Dan Pherigo. Ten major manufacturers will display equipment, with some traveling over 300 miles.
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Fredonia
Wilson County Livestock Assn
National Guard
Lewis Cline
Max Pryor
Gerald Scott
Dan Pherigo
Farm and factory wages compare in early figures
United States farmers earned about $1.05 per hour for farm work while factory workers averaged roughly $2.30 per hour, illustrating a steep wage gap between sectors in the period.
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United States
Daytime Headlight Could Cut Daylight Collisions
CHICAGO AP reports a running light in the front grille may reduce head on collisions. Daytime headlights are used by vehicles in daylight, with cross country buses already adopting the practice two years ago and noting a 15 percent decrease in daylight accidents.
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Chicago
Bull Test Station Weight Gains Seen
Fredonia beef bulls at the Fredonia Bull Testing Station averaged 3.4 pounds per day over the first 56 days of feed. The 61 bulls from 28 herds in four states are tested for gain, with i ts first Kan state bull testing program. Bulls will be on feed for 140 days, sale planned March 7. Bulls were born from Sept 1962 to March 1963, mostly Jan–Feb. Over 250 visitors visited the station early in testing, with 800+ last year from seven states and four foreign countries. Owners include Don Morton, Max Deets, George A. Clark, Delmer Panskake, Dale Willson, and others.
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Fredonia
Dan Pherigo
Wilson County
Kansas
Pherigo
Oklaho
G. W. Banks
Clarkville
Texas
Max Deets
Don Morton
George A. Clark
Delmer Panscake
Dale B. Willson
Richard Stryker
Kenneth von Auker
Carlton Corbin Jr
Elmer Johnson
George Chiga
Roy Beeby
Bill Gill Jr
John Hammer
Red Plains Cattle Co
Fred Blau
Boyd Stewart
W. M. George
Fred Holder Jr
David Miller
Elton Baldwin
Merle Scooley
Joe Hunter
Byron Stout
Oscar Anderson
H. J. Davis
Wiley Fortner
C. R. Stotts
Kentucky motels report no significant Negro customers
FRANKFORT Ky AP none of 20 integrated motels and hotels in Kentucky reports a significant Negro clientele according to the state Commission on Human Rights. Managers in seven cities were contacted and most said they were satisfied with the policy of serving without regard to race.
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Frankfort
Kentucky
State Commission On Human Rights
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Deep South
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Tuscon
Ariz
Clyde Reed
Parsons Sun
Dale Conard
Labette County
Mary Glee
Conard
Kansas Nut Growers Assn
Leonard Barton
Randy Biswell
Pittsburg and Midway
Gallaher
Mrs
Dale Coward
Fatena
B&m Feed & Seed Co
E. Main
Prather
Evergreen
Hazlett and
Hazlett-Zato
Eureka
Joe Lewellen
Herefords
el Dorado
W Laneas
Kentucky Integration
ANS J
John E. Galemore
Ebur Schultz Agency
Galemore Agency” Real Estate & Insurance
N. Highland
Alan R. Macnabb
Harold W. Galemore
Yates Center Area
Piattot
Loy
Galemore
Agency
North Highland
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