Crowding Hens Doesn t Harm Egg Production
Kansas State University housing experiment shows production fell only 1 percent under crowded conditions. One and one fourth square feet per hen produced higher income per square foot, despite slightly higher mortality. The study used 648 birds in a small pen and 1 036 in a larger pen with natural ventilation and basic feeding systems. Plans for the building were available from the Extension Office at Erie.
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Erie
Kansas State University
Gale Mullen
Homemaking Program Expands In Kansas 1960 Year
The Kansas home economics extension program has shifted from household arts to management. In 1960 extension agents planned over 1,700 meetings drawing more than 66,000 attendees. Urban Kansas families in the program grew from 41,000 to 80,000 over five years, with 167,000 families participating in 1960.
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Manhattan
Kansas Home Economics Extension Program
Margaret Koenig
Kansas State University
Kansas
Higher turkey production seen in 1961 says Kansas State expert
Kansas State University Extension poultry specialist M. E. Jackson says the 1961 turkey season should be profitable for producers who plan carefully. He notes growing interest, expected more poults hatched, and emphasizes equipment, financing, and management.
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Manhattan
M. E. Jackson
Kansas State University
Kansas
Turkey
Jackson
Daniels Herd Tops DHIA in Neosho County November
In November the Delbert Daniels Holstein herd led the Neosho Valley Herd Improvement Association with 31 cows averaging 1322 pounds milk and 46 pounds butterfat. Leo Fickel's Holsteins ranked second at 900 pounds milk and 38 butterfat, while R W Hudson's Jerseys were fifth at 671 pounds milk and 35 butterfat among thirteen tested herds in Neosho County and nearby Crawford County.
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Erie
Delbert Daniels
Neosho Valley
Neosho County
Association
Neosho
Crawford
Tree Seedlings Available For Windbreaks This Spring
Extension office announces tree seedling orders for windbreaks with evergreens at seven cents and deciduous shrubs and trees at five cents each. Minimum order is 50 per species, shipment begins in March depending on weather. County agent Gale Mullen says a well-maintained windbreak reduces winter discomfort and fuel costs for farms.
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Gale Mullen
Mullen
Dairymen Join Local Association Membership
Counties KK W Brant Fariton and Semrad Brothers Thayer join the association. Dairymen seeking testing program information should contact Mullen at the Extension office.
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KK. W. Brant
Fariton
Semrad Brothers
Thayer
Mullen
Residue Practices Cut Soil Erosion in Nebraska and Kansas Tests
Crop residues should stay on the soil surface in fall and as late as possible in spring. A Nebraska test found stubble mulching reduced water erosion by 85 percent from 12,630 to 1,492 pounds per acre. Kansas State University wind erosion studies showed a similar 87 percent reduction when using 2,000 pounds per acre residue versus 250 pounds per acre.
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Nebraska
Kansas State University
State tests show 53 percent correct weight in 1951 survey
Fieldmen tested 498 packaged groceries in Neosho County finding 293 properly labeled. Twenty one percent over 20 percent were overweights and 23 percent were underweight. Small scales in the county were 99 percent accurate and 176 scales passed.
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State Board of Agriculture
Weights and Measures Division
Neosho County
J. Fred True
W. M. Kinnison
Upturn Seen In Swine Production
Kansas State University economist predicts a record quick turnaround in hog production with a 1961 rise after a one year decline. Ten corn belt states plan a four percent increase in spring farrowings. 1960 pork production falls four percent, with higher prices averaging about 15 dollars per hundredweight for the year.
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Manhattan
Kansas State University
R. L. Coppersmith
K-State
Coppersmith
Freeze Cranberries For Future Uses
A tip to save time for holiday dinners by preparing cranberry sauce in advance. Cook cranberries, puree if desired, sweeten, pack in a round paper carton for freezing, then push out sliced servings as needed. Freeze at zero degrees to keep for many weeks.
Livestock program success hinges on four key phases
A concise guide stresses good breeding, feeding, management and marketing for profit. It warns not to neglect any phase and emphasizes strong overall management to maximize returns.
Little Melodeon Carried Kansas Frontier Memories
Julia Snyder, later Mrs. Bertrand Rockwell, rode from Philadelphia to Fort Riley with her family in the 1850s to help settle early Kansas. The little melodeon she brought traveled with them and now rests in the Ft. Riley Museum, a gift from her five daughters after her death in 1947 at age 97. The piece symbolizes frontier life amid army posts and Quantrill era dangers.
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Junction City Daily Union
Associated Press
Junction City
Kas
Kansas
Midwest
Julia Snyder
Ft. Riley
Philadelphia
Indiana
George Snyder
David Scott
Bertrand Rockwell
Rockwell
Kansas City
Ft. Riley Museum
Rome
Italy
Katharine Rockwell Crosby
Woodside
Calif
Lafayette
Ind
Crawfordsville
Snyder
Scott
Raw
Frontier Post
Leavenworth
Mount Oread
University of Kansas
Kaw River
Topeka
Kansas Avenue
Quantrill
Ogden
David
Union Pacific
Ft. Leavenworth
Episcopal Church
Julia
Te Tribune
New Church of the ‘Covenant
Gulf
Rockwells
United States
Stone Ladies Reading Club
Olmstead family letters fuel hope for RB-47 crew release
Elder Olmstead said he wired Nikita Khrushchev on December 3 and contacted the Russian embassy in Washington for a visa and credentials the same day. He and Captain John R. McKone of Topeka, Kansas, have been held by the Russians since their jet bomber went down July 1 over the Barents Sea. He hopes a visit may occur as a diplomatic gesture to the new Kennedy administration, though he has no official basis for such hope.
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Olmstead
Khrushchev
Washington
John R. McKone
Topeka
Kan
Barents Sea
Kennedy
Canada Christmas travel deaths fall short of forecast
A Canadian Press tally shows 39 people died in Christmas weekend highway crashes in Canada from Friday 6 p.m. to Monday midnight, 13 fewer than the 52 predicted by the Canadian Highway Safety Council. Etna erupts but poses no imminent danger to nearby farms. Pravda reports the USSR will aid construction of a dam and 200000 kilowatt station on Ghana's Volta River.
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Toronto
Canada
Canadian Highway Safety Council
Catania
Sicily
Mt. Etna
Etna
Moscow
Soviet Union
Ghana
Volta
Pravda
Soviet aid extended under cooperation pact in Africa
A Soviet press dispatch from Moscow notes continued aid to Ghana under the cooperation and technical assistance agreement signed last summer. It recalls a $40 million loan to President Nkrumah and leaves unclear how much will fund Volta projects. The piece also discusses Kennedy seeking a response to Gromyko’s bid to improve U.S. ties. Poland joins calls for resuming the Indochina armistice talks over Laotian unrest. South Korea retires 1,534 officers in a nationwide force reduction plan with two-year severance salaries.
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Munist Party
Accra
Kwame Nkrumah
Pravda
Volta
Precautions Listed In Urea Rations
Non-protein nitrogens have a practical feeding level in ruminants with a 262 percent protein equivalent value. Urea utilization is better in cattle than sheep. Precautions include limiting urea to no more than one third of total protein, one percent of dry matter, three percent of protein concentrate, and five percent of protein supplement. Thorough mixing is essential to prevent lumping, and no single feeding should exceed safe limits for any animal.
Winter ventilation for livestock shelters emphasized
Winter ventilation is essential to prevent moisture build up and odors while ensuring animals receive clean air. Poor ventilation first shows as moisture and foul odor inside the shelter.
Father Asks Khrushchev for Visit to Son in Moscow
The father of imprisoned Air Force F r Captain F Bruce Olmstead said he has asked Soviet Premier Nikita S Khrushchev for permission to visit his son in Moscow. J Blaine Olmstead said Monday night that a Russian embassy
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Elmira
N. Y
Air Force
F. Bruce Olmstead
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Moscow
J. Blaine Olmstead
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