Four-County Area Leads 1955 Wheat Yields in Southeast Kansas
A U S Agricultural Marketing Service report shows Woodson County at 324 bushels per acre topping four county yields. Allen Neosho and Wilson follow with 30.8 27.7 and 27 bushels per acre. Total Kansas production reaches 128 385 000 bushels with 8 559 000 harvested acres.
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Kansas
U. S. Agricultural Marketing Service
Kansas Mees Ee
Doatga
Sarticullusc
Woodson
Allen County
Neosho
Wilson
Allen
Thomas
Rawlins
Doniphan
Brown County
Douglas County
Sumner County
Reno
Barton
McPherson
Haskell
Pawnee
Ford
Rush
Sumner
Grain Meeting Draws Interest at Kansas State College
The grain conference for elevator operators millers and warehousemen at Kansas State College Manhattan is split into two identical sessions January 23 to 25 and January 26 to 28. About 150 participants are planned per session with priority given to early registrants. The event aims to teach identification of wheat varieties to gauge quality amid 20 varieties affected by the federal price support program. Ernest L. Mader chairs the meeting.
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Erie
Kansas State College
Manhattan
Mahlon Morley
Ernest L. Mader
Several Farm Meetings Scheduled in Wilson
Wilson County farmers have a slate of meetings announced by county agricultural agent Lester Griffith. Events include the Annual Soil Conservation meeting in Neodesha on January 13, a rodent and coyote control school on January 17, a county machinery adjustment school on January 24, the Wilson County Artificial Breeding Association annual meeting on January 27, and the annual crops and insect control school on February 3.
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Fredonia
Wilson County
Lester Griffith
Farm Bureau Plans Meeting at South Mound
Neosho County Farm Bureau schedules a meeting with speaker ERIE Joe Smerchck Kansas Farm Bureau secretary treasurer at South Mound on Jan 30 8 p.m. The event led by Kenneth Devore Lincoln Township member and county board plans a later Feb 6 covered dish meeting with details to follow.
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Erie
Joe Smerchck
Kansas Farm Bureau
Neosho
Farm Bureau
Harry Kennedy
Walton Dodge
Dewey McCoy
T. E. Simmons
Riley Baldwin
Lynn Erickson
R. J. Magner
Neal McCoy
Drought Loan Facts for Farmers in Designated Counties
Emergency loans are available to eligible farmers in Neosho and neighboring counties as drought relief areas for the year. Applicants must show production loss from drought or disaster, lack credit from other lenders, and have prospects for success with the loan. Loans cover seeds, fertilizer, feeds, equipment, livestock and essential farm costs, with 3 percent interest. Information and forms are at Farm Administration offices in Erie, Iola, and Fredonia.
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ERIEF
H. Z. House
Farmers Home Administration
Neosho
Department of Agricultural
Washington, D.C
House
Erie
Iola
Fredonia
High Herds Listed In Twin Valley Dairy Herd
In December high producing herds in the Twin Valley Dairy Herd Improvement Association were owned by W. R. Stewart and Paul Timmons. Agricultural agent Lester Griffith of Wilson County announced. Other top cows were owned by John Wishall Willis Rutter Dr H J Davies Roy Prilliman and Timmons referencing The Tribune’s At Your Service classified column.
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Fredonia
Twin Valley Dairy Herd Improvement Association
W. R. Stewart
Paul Timmons
Lester Griffith
Wilson County
John Wishall
Willis Rutter
H. J. Davies
Roy Prilliman
Timmons
Titus to Speak At Neodesha Soil Meeting
Neodesha Wilson County soil conservation meeting names Titus of Beech Aircraft Wichita as main speaker. Event Friday at Neodesha gymnasium begins 6 30 p m with banks sponsors and Bankers Award announcements. Dinner by First Methodist Church women and reports plus entertainment planned. Titus is former Kansas Chamber president and Kansas commission member.
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Neodesha
Cliff Titus
Beech Aircraft Corporation
Wichita
Wilson County Soil Conservation Meeting
Ie. A. Small
Soil ‘District
Board of Supervisors
Wilson County
Soil Conservation District
First Methodist Church
Titus
Kansas Chamber of Commerce
Kansas Commission On Federal-State Relations
December Egg Prices Reach Peak Since 1954
Topeka reports mid December egg price averages at 38.1 cents per dozen, the highest since February 1954. Kansas all chicken price stands at 14.6 cents per pound, with farm chickens at 13.5 cents per pound, unchanged from November and up from December 1954.
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Topeka
Kansas
U.S. Agricultural Marketing Service
Kansas State Board of Agriculture
Grasshopper Troubles Forecast for Kansas
Erie Kansas is among 16 states where grasshopper infestation on grass lands is expected in 1956. Preliminary surveys indicate the threat may be more than three times that of 1955, with Missouri Nebraska Oklahoma and Colorado also in the affected area.
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Erie
Kansas
Mahlon Morley
Missouri
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Colorado
Soil Bank Plan Seen Cheaper Than $1 Billion Tag
Washington officials say Eisenhower soil bank aims to boost farmers by channeling about a billion dollars into cash and commodities this year. The plan would idle land and offset costs from price supports, potentially saving at least 800 million dollars in new government funds if effective.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Agriculture Department
Department
Congress
Soil Bank
Farm Products Demand at Peak at 1955 convention
Kansas farm credit official P H Stephens told the American National Cattlemen's Association in New Orleans that farm product demand is at a peak and will keep expanding. Agriculture Secretary Benson was set to address the 59th annual convention. Stephens argued saving production costs, not just raising output, boosts farm prices and consumer spending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Kansas Farm Credit
American National Cattlemen's Assn
P. H. Stephens
Farm Credit Disttrict
Wichita
Benson
Stephens
Agriculture Faces Profits Threat From Excess Capacity
Pand and Stephens warned that agriculture is trapped in rapid excess production capacity that will outrun population growth for at least 20 years. J. C. Holberth of Bettendorf, Texas, a cattle feeder, said shifting demand for heifer weight is confusing and unjustified for a market as stable as beef.
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Stephens
J. C. Holberth
Bettendorf
December Wheat Price Gains Slightly in Kansas
Topeka reports December wheat average at 1.98 per bushel, up from 1.97 in mid-November and down from 2.19 in mid-December 1954. Kansas level runs three cents above the national average but three cents below the West North Central region.
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Topeka
Kansas
U.S. Agricultural Marketing Service
Kansas State Board of Agriculture
U.S
West North Central
Modern Plans Boost Yields
The Middle West Soil Improvement committee reports a Minnesota demonstration shows modern corn methods can raise yields by 64 bushels per acre and raise net returns by 55 dollars per acre over 30 year old practices. The study on the Walter and Paul Wenzel farm near Red Wing used Mindrid No. 508 hybrid with fungicide, contour planting, and multiple fertilizations.
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Chicago
Middle West Soil Improvement Committee
Minnesota
Walter and Paul Wenzel
Red Wing
Minn
Arnold Wiebusch
Goodhue County
G. J. Kunan
University of Minnesota Soils and Agronomy
Corn stalks and labor compare modern and old methods
University of Minnesota staff Harold Jones and Edwin Jensen estimate that modern corn farming requires 7 man hours and 514 hours of tractor time per acre. Under old methods the labor would be 26 hours and 53 hours of horse time.
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Harold Jones
Edwin Jensen
University of Minnesota
Four H Groups Plan Meetings in Neosho County
In Neosho County four H clubs plan meetings. Marion Showalter leads Bob White Flyers with Mrs Oral Smith as woman leader. Wide Awake and Danville Can Do schedule Jan 24 at Wayne Brant home for joint planning.
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Erie
Neosho County
Talmage L. Engles
Marion Showalter
Lahore Township
Bob White Flyers
Oral Smith
South Mound
Wide Awake
Danville
Technician Trained Insemination Expert Returns Home
Fredonia Altoona resident Nunnenkamp recently trained in artificial insemination of dairy cattle in Manhattan. He works for Wilson County Artificial Breeding Association assisting technician A. M. Ayers.
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Fredonia
Allen Nunnenkamp
Altoona
Manhattan
Nunnenkamp
Wilson County
Seeds Move Slowly in 1955 Era Erie Farm Movement
The 1955 movement of alfalfa red clover alsike clover les pedera timothy and Sudan grass seed was slower than 1954 and the 1949-53 average. About 88 percent of alfalfa seed had been sold by November 15, compared with 77 percent in 1954.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Eastern Colorado drought dubbed powder keg for dust storms
Denver report says much of eastern Colorado faces extreme dryness with winds capable of lifting dust into storms. State legislators visiting for the General Assembly meeting described the region as a powder keg. Farmers and ranchers among them warned of escalating drought effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colorado
General Assembly
Advertising is Your Guide to Safe Buying
A compact consumer guide explains how to evaluate ads for safety and value. It highlights checking seller credibility, reading product details, and verifying warranties. Readers are advised to compare offers and avoid high pressure tactics.
Thayer Field Variety Test Results Reported
State experiment field near here released figures from crop variety tests. Per acre yields in bushels for wheat oats barley winter oats forage sorghums and soybeans are listed with specific varieties and yields such as Cimarron 39.1 bushels, Forekedeer 44.9, Atlas 23.2 bushels and 5.8 tons per acre, Box 276 bushels 4.3 tons per acre, Sudan grass varieties yielding 1955 tons per acre, Lahoma 3.27 and Greenleaf 3.09.
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Thayer
Here
Sudan
Atlas
WheatVield
Turkey
Ponca
Pawnee
Wichita
Triumph
Kiowa
Oreteeee
Concho
Tnone
Nemaha
Andrew
Creeees
Eee Roo
Clintland
Nee
Minland
Thayer Av
Colyebus
Chiet
Uae
Dorman
Wabash
Perry
Hongkong
Lee
Eeees
Mnone
Clark
Seene
Reno
Dicktoo
Kearney
Redian
Redbine
Martin
Tee
Midland
Weee
Westland
Plainsman
Unclear Sports Stats Minute Blink
The fragment lists player scores or times including Piper 3.08 and Sweet 3.72 with 2.66 as a partial line, followed by Tift 2.48 and Wheeler 1.98, but lacks context to identify the event, team, or date.
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Piper
Sweet
Tift
Wheeler
Glenn Martin Estate Valued at Over 14 Million Dollars
Glenn L Martin aviation pioneer who died December 4 left an estate of more than 14 million dollars, the largest in Orphans Court here. Inventories show 14.29 million plus Maryland real estate. He left 2 million to the University of Maryland for the Minna Martin Aeronautical Research Foundation and 119,500 to individuals, including 50,000 for his sister Della Martin of San Gabriel California.
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Baltimore
Glenn L. Martin
Martin
Maryland Eastern Shore
University of Maryland
Martin Aeronautical Research Foundation
Della Martin
San Gabrial
Calif
Strike Hits Airline Slamming Western Air Lines
Los Angeles based P Western Air Lines, serving 12 states and Canada, was shut down today by a strike of 850 baggage handlers and office workers demanding higher wages. A second paragraph notes that the northeast supplies about half of the nation’s lamb and mutton, though only a quarter of the population lives there.
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LOS Angeles P—Western Air Lines
States
Canada
United States
POT TER'S quality chicks fuel Southeast Kan poultry
Thirty years after a family arrival in Chanute in a Model T they launched one of the region's gas pioneer hatcheries. They now greet a new year with conviction that poultry remains a major diversified farming element and offer POT TER'S stock as the basis for profitable poultry income at reasonable prices.
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Chanute
Southeast
Kangas
Potter's
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the Tribune
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Gene Christian
Mar
Cliff, Titus
Chanute Sales
Grasshopper
Chapman
E. Main St
Ray
the Farmers of
Chanute Production Credit Association
Arthur Solomon
Sec'v. Treas
P.O. Box
Chanute, Kansas
Ebla Schultz
Ltn
Dudy
Schultz
Judy
F.D.I.C
First National Bank
Thayer Field
Ati
Marco
Arkansas
State Departments of Agriculture
Marco Mills, Inc
Joplin, Mo
Marco Eee
Glenn Martin
Fotter
Hatchery
Phore
M.F.A
Farmers’ Exchange
N. Highland
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