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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1961
Page
4
Erie County ASC Chairman Jim Norris announced that January 31 is the closing date to obtain price support on most 1960 crops including barley, grain sorghum, oats, soybeans and wheat in Neosho County. Loan rates vary by grade with specifics for barley grain sorghum oats soybeans and wheat and discounts apply for lower grades and quality factors.
Ten Coffeyville businessmen join a regional effort to modernize agriculture in southeast Kansas. The group plans a three year program to boost dairy and beef herds using pasture and forage crops, with a non profit corporate structure and initial funding goals of 20000 dollars annually.
Altoona youth Fred Eisele, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Eisele, will be honored by the State Board of Agriculture in Topeka for his role on the Kansas State University poultry judging team which won first at the Chicago Livestock Exposition. He is a senior at Kansas State University and was active in 4 H in high school. Eisele also earned an invitation to a four month Argentina trip with the International Farm Youth Exchange program, the first Wilson County youth to receive this chance. Speakers will discuss wheat and livestock farming, farm machinery, marketing, dairying, and a centennial Kansas statehood musical tribute.
Erie hosts the Neosho County Crop and Livestock School Friday at the Erie American Legion Hall starting 9 30. Gale Mullen notes strong turnout while Extension Crops Specialist Gene Cleavinger and Extension Livestock Specialist Wendell Moyer cover fertilizer ideas feed quality and ruminant nutrition. A free noon dinner is provided by V C Chemical Company of Chanute.
Kent, a new soybean variety, to be released in spring for seed increase. Tested in Kansas since 1954, Kent averaged 337 bushels per acre versus 32.9 for Clark and 29.0 for 100 varieties. Kent resists downy mildew and frog eye leaf spot, matures later, and yields about four bushels more than Clark. Kent suits Kansas south of the Kaw river and will also release in Delaware Maryland Indiana and Illinois.
Kansas State University horticulture professor R W Campbell says dwarf apple trees are a major recent development in Kansas orchards. Dwarfs yield earlier, save space, and are easier to spray prune and harvest. Standard varieties include Jonathan Winesap Red Delicious and Golden Delicious. A Wichita orchardist planted 2200 dwarfs last spring and more are planned.
The Kansas 4H program describes per acre improvements and new varieties developed by cooperative university and Agricultural Research Service stations. Demonstrations cover home economics and agriculture with talks, musical games, and model meetings as part of monthly club activities. The event includes a March 11 gathering at Altamont with two-member teams and separate dates to be announced.
County agent Gale Mullen identifies Minhafer, Mo 9-205 and Andrew as top spring oat varieties based on 1960 Thayer tests yielding 77, 68 and 67 bushels per acre respectively. Newly released Macon Tonka and Nehawka show strong yields. seed is scarce in the area.
A Kansas study on school lunch participation surveyed 2,380 pupils across 58 schools. Findings show high participation in the lunch program with notable trends in acceptance and engagement among students.
First on the 1961 events list for Neosho County 4H club members is County Club Day on February 25 at Erie High School. Gale Mullen, county agent, invites the public to attend demonstrations talks and one act plays.
Major meat packers will remove the term ready to eat from labels on undercooked hams and add cook before eating. Labels will also include time and temperature instructions. Fully cooked hams will use the term fully cooked only when plant processed to standard.
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