Elm Spraying Time Near for Control of Beetles
Elm trees should be sprayed in late winter or early spring to combat elm bark beetles spreading Dutch Elm Disease in southeast Kansas. Do not store elm wood. burn dead limbs and spray healthy trees with DDT using hydraulic sprayers or mist blowers. Continuous beetle control via eliminating elm wood and spraying healthy trees is advised, with cautions on mite rise and choosing proven methods over popular cures.
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Erie
Bill Dickson
Kansas
Hugh Thompson
Dickson
Good Management Of Swine To Fight Disease
Erie area guidance stresses prevention over treatment for swine illness. Key steps include closed breeding herds, selecting disease-free stock, blood testing for brucellosis and leptospirosis, vaccination schedules, proper gestation housing, vigilant farrowing, nail trimming, iron supplementation, vaccination for hog cholera and erysipelas, sanitation and parasite control, routine worming, lice and mange prevention, and careful sourcing of feeder pigs with vaccination and health certificates.
It Is True Prompting Prompt for Year Round Service
The message invites readers to visit and experience year round efficient service. It promises prompt attention and personal care as the establishment offers to serve customers today.
Treat Seed For Profits Treat Seed For Profits
Erie county agricultural agent Bill Dickson reports treating cereal seed with fungicides boosts germination and stand by up to 20 percent, with costs ranging two to 20 cents per acre. Seed should be cleaned first, as protection against smuts and seedling diseases, using listed fungicides and proper dosages.
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Erie
Bill Dickson
Ceresan
Protein and Phosphorus Critical Cow Ration
Erie based notes from County Agricultural Agent Bill Dickson identify protein and phosphorus as core dietary needs for steers and dry cows wintering on low quality roughage. Vitamin A trace minerals and calcium may be necessary. protein comes from legume hay or concentrates while phosphorus and calcium can be supplied via bone meal and ground limestone mixed with salt.
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Erie
Bill Dickson
New Instruments Help Kill Trees
County agent Bill Dickson explains tree jabbers or tree injectors that deliver measured doses of 24-D or 2-4-5T into large trees. By jabbing at 2 to 4 inch intervals, trees die gradually, reducing sun scald or wind damage to remaining nuts. The devices, costing about $30, are sold by orchard supply houses.
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Erie
Bill Dickson
Dickson
Vitamin A Guidelines for Cattle Diets
Guidelines note daily Vitamin A needs for beef cows and calves. Dehydrated alfalfa meal provides about 40,000 units per half-pound, while beef cows require 16,000 units and wintering calves about 4,000 units per day. Adjust feeding based on forage quality to ensure adequacy.
Topdress Wheat Soon In Dormant Period
The Chanute Tribune notes farmers should topdress wheat with nitrogen as late in dormancy as conditions allow in Kansas. Apply about 40 pounds per acre if no soil test indicates otherwise, aiming total nitrogen per acre to match soil guidance.
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Kansas
Many Factors Guide Winter Feed for Beef Cows
FREDONIA The proper winter feed level for a beef cow depends on many factors including age condition climate feeds and calving time relative to spring grass. For fall calving cows higher winter feeds are needed for milk and rebreeding. spring calvers should gain and maintain weight with specific targets for calves heifers and mature cows.
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Fredonia
Dan Pherigo
Pherigo
Richard Hrdlicka to speak at Neosho County soil meeting
Richard F. Hrdlicka a Newton attorney will headline the Neosho County Soil Conservation District annual meeting February 8 at Erie High School The speech covers youth and American citizenship A district supervisor will be elected Four farmers will receive Kansas Bankers Award for soil conservation plus poster and Goodyear awards Supper is free in Erie High School multi purpose room all landowners cooperators invited by Charles P McKinnie of the SCS office in Erie
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Erie
Richard F. Hrdlicka
Newton
Neosho County Soil Conservation District
Charles P. McKinnie
SCS
Hrdlicka
McKinnie
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Paris
United States
Friends University
Wichita
Washburn University Law School
U.S
Harvey County
Junior Chamber of Commerce
YMCA
Santa Fe District
Boy Scouts
Newton Kiwanis Club
Neosho County
Kansas Bankers Award
Forrest W. Newell
George and Donald Duff
Harold Wright
George C. White
Robert W. Smith
Bill Dickson
Nancy Womeldorff
Goodyear
K. C. VanCleave
Neosho County Bankers Assn
Erie High School
Peach Curl A Problem in Peach Trees Described
Erie county agricultural agent Bill Dickson explains peach leaf curl symptoms including curled and swollen leaves that turn yellow then fall. He warns repeated attacks weaken trees and may kill them, and recommends preventive winter spraying with Bordeaux Ferbam or Elgetol and spring sprays before buds swell to protect all tree parts.
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Erie
Bill Dickson
Soil Test Suggested For Soil Bank Land
Erie Neosho County farmers with land exiting the soil bank should test soil fertility says Bill Dickson the county agricultural agent Lands out of production longer may be less fertile than regularly cultivated land Do not guess soil test urges farmers to determine fertilizer and lime needs Test results guide treatment to return land to productive levels Heavy nitrogen may be required for fields with grass cover returning to crops Soybeans may need less nitrogen depending on crop choice
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Erie
Neosho County
Bill Dickson
Dickson
Agronomist Cleavinger Receives National Award
Kansas State University agronomist E. A. Cleavinger received the National Limestone Institute distinguished service award at the Washington banquet, honoring his work on soil lime in southeast Kansas. His 1925 Columbus field trial showed a $30 lime investment yielding $458, and over the past two decades his district spread 5,749,157 tons of lime across 21 counties, with Cherokee and Crawford each over 500,000 tons and Allen and Anderson each over 400,000 tons in 1941 1962.
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Manhattan
A_ Kansas State University agronomist
National Limestone Institute
E. A. Cleavinger
Kansas
Congress
George D. Aiken
Vermont
Cleavinger
Washington
Columbus Experiment Field
State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Office
Cherokee
Crawford
Allen
Anderson County
First chemical process: heating wood to charcoal
The earliest chemical discovery likely was heating wood to turn it into charcoal. Charcoal fuel burns without flame or smoke and delivers about twice the heating power of wood.
Improper Use of Antibiotics Can Backfire for Livestock
Erie experts warn improper antibiotic use harms livestock. Bill Dickson urges veterinary guidance to avoid antibiotic sensitivity and loss of beneficial gut flora. He notes antibiotics can boost calf growth when fed correctly, with aureomycin or tetramycin at 50 to 100 mg daily in milk and 30 g per ton in starter rations.
Two Area Holsteins In Top Production
Leo F. Fickel of Earl ton owns two registered Holstein cows that set top production marks per the Holstein-Friesian Assn of America. Reservoir Hilda Smoky Burke produced 19,650 pounds milk 736 pounds butterfat and 1,611 pounds solids-not-fat over a 305 day test at Kansas State University. Reservoir Peggy Smoky Royal yielded 17,040 pounds milk 711 pounds butterfat and 1,482 pounds solids-not-fat in the same period. The 305-day outputs exceed the average cow's 7,211 pounds milk and 270 pounds butterfat. Solids-not-fat are now being recorded alongside milk and butterfat.
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Hilda Smoky Burke
Peggy Smoky Royal
Kansas State University
Pumps For Removing Liquid Manure From Underground Tanks
County agent Dan Pherigo notes multiple pump types can remove liquid manure from underground storage tanks. Best practice is to remove bedding first, though some chopper-equipped pumps handle trash with less clogging. Common options include augers diaphram non clogging centrifugal and vacuum pumps. An auger 16 feet long 4 inches runs at about 1600 rpm with a 1 hp motor moves ~50 gpm. A 16 foot 6 inch auger at about 1200 rpm with a 2 hp motor moves ~150 gpm. Some pumps are waste specific offering longer, smoother service but cost more.
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Fredonia
Dan Pherigo
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