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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1967
Page
7
Wilson County officials report USDA targets a one billion bushel U.S. soybean crop in 1967. Farmers should add 3 to 5 million acres and adopt better tillage to reach the goal. 1966 output is forecast at 929 million bushels with 37 million harvested acres. Prices expected above 1966 support level.
Erie Neosho county farmers exceeded 1966 Soil Conservation Service goals in three areas. Farm ponds 60 built 25 above goal Grassed waterways 142 acres 67 above goal Terraces 370,029 feet 70,000 above goal The SCS provided cost sharing and 1,391 planning and application services 443 requests were referred for layout and checking. Roy Davis leads the expanded Emporia area after C E Crews retired.
Kansas State University Extension expert James J. Nightwonger explains winter pruning benefits for large shade trees. Remove dead or diseased branches and crossing limbs, avoid stubs, and seal wounds. For extensive work or large trees hire a professional arborist. refer to extension circular 370 Modern Pruning Methods for details.
The Neosho County Extension Council executive board met January 5 at the Silver Grill in Chanute. Members include Ron R. Poor as chairman and other officers. The council supports extension agents Jim Carlson and Fred DeLano in education for farmers and homemakers with a large youth program through 4 H clubs. Over 350 youth members are in 4 H clubs and more than 450 women participate in extension homemaker units.
Kansas State University farm management economist John Coolidge outlines key dates for farmers to file estimated 1966 federal and state income taxes. The Jan 16 deadline applies to estimates if paying by Apr 17, with Feb 15 as a fallback for those not filing.
Congress planned moves to add a 50 cent per bushel payment for wheat exported in the 1967 crop year. With exports around 800 million bushels, the proposal would cost about 400 million dollars. Proponents include Great Plains lawmakers and National Farmers Union President Tony T. DeChant.
Mrs. Sadie Howard, widowed for over 30 years since Sam died, celebrates her 100th birthday in Howardstown Kentucky and jokes that Sam would wonder where she is and perhaps think she has died and gone to that other place.
Hog producers in Neosho County host a meeting January 19 at the Erie courthouse to discuss a state plan to improve hog carcass quality and promote pork products. The session opens at 6 45 p.m. with a meal and includes a panel on herd management and health for all local hog producers, preceding a January 26 Kansas pork producers meeting in Hutchinson.
Wilson County Agricultural Extension Council announces seedlings for windbreak shelterbelt woodlot fence post erosion control wildlife shelter farm pond or Christmas tree planting. Available species include American plum cotoneaster fragrant sumac honeysuckle lilac multiflora rose tamarix Nanking cherry black walnut bur oak Chinese elm cottonwood green ash hackberry honey locust Osage orange red bud Russian olive Russian mulberry silver maple Austrian pine ponderosa pine Scotch pine white pine eastern red cedar Rocky Mountain juniper spruce walnuts and pecans. Prices are five dollars per hundred except nuts. Scots, Austrian and white pine are three dollars per hundred on orders of one thousand or more each. Orders must be for 50 trees or multiples of 50 per species. Minimum for stratified nuts is one hundred of each species.
Ronald Martin pulled his car to the highway shoulder to fix a flat. A large blackboard displayed the message Yes we do have a flat tire guiding passing motorists to the situation.
Chanute Tribune reports brief items from across Kansas dated Tuesday January 10 1967. Notes local happenings and regional notices syndicated to the Chanute paper.
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