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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1963
Page
5
Wilson County livestock meeting featured a panel of southeast Kansas producers. They urged tailoring the program to the farm, keeping simple records, sticking with a plan, sharing ideas at meetings, and coordinating with a lending agency for long term debt.
County agent Dan Pherigo urges winter treatment to prevent Dutch Elm disease by eradicating elm bark beetles before spring growth. Protect high value elms with dormant DDT spray before Feb 15, then methoxychlor after. follow specific mixing and application guidance for hydraulic sprayers or mist blowers to cover large trees.
Erie county agricultural agent Bill Dickson warns winter cold and light loads increase engine wear. Farmers should use shutters or curtains to keep engines at optimal temperature, noting a 60 hour test found cylinder wear much higher at 40 degrees F than at 180 degrees.
Dan Pherigo, Wilson County farm agent, notes cannibalism in chickens stems from many factors including crowding and lice. Preventives include debeaking birds to specified limits or using a beak trimming machine, and maintaining cylinder temperatures to avoid condensation. The district program will feature sheep and wool producers discussing fuel use, temperatures, and economic impacts at the National Guard Armory.
Farmers in Neosho County learn steps to form Rural Water Districts with FHA support covering up to 90 percent of construction costs. Members pay about 150 to 200 dollars to join and receive water piped to farms, with districts already operating in Thayer and development in Stark and Kimball areas.
HDU members travel to Manhattan with Shelby Wells to attend the Kansas Home Demonstration Council annual meeting January 29 30. Attendees include Mrs Ralph Reinhardt Mrs William Dickson Mrs Don Sailors Erie Mrs Iva Thurman Galesburg and Mabel Battershell Chanute with university led classes a leadership dinner and keynote addresses.
The Neosho Valley Dairy Herd Improvement Assn and Neosho County Artificial Breeding Assn will hold a joint meeting February 5 in Erie at the courthouse. The 12:30 session will elect a new board and officers, followed by Kansas State Extension dairyman Ralph Bonewitz discussing loose housing stalls underfeeding cows pelleted rations and herd improvement issues.
Farmers and other business operators must obtain an employer identification number for wages subject to social security tax. File Form 1099 by February 28 if $600 or more was paid for rent, wages, leases or commissions. Kansas also requires reporting. A seven percent investment tax credit applies to machinery and equipment placed in use in 1962, reducing 1962 tax liability. see the 1963 Farmer's Tax Guide at county Extension offices.
Neosho County 4 H project leaders in foods and nutrition are reminded of a training session on February 7 at 7 30 P M at the Erie Christian Church. Materials will be distributed and demonstrations judging and fair exhibits explained.
Erie County swine producers are urged by county farm agent Bill Dickson to enter the Southeast Kansas Swine and Carcass Show in Pittsburg on March 13. Hog entrants deliver animals to Hull and Dillon Packing Plant by March 1 for slaughter and display. public viewing on March 13. Extension office contact provided.
County ASC committees announce 1963 feed grain program meetings for farmers at Wilson County courthouse Fredonia at 7 30 p m and in Neosho County at Erie High School room American Legion Hall Neosho with sessions to cover benefits provisions and signup requirements for landlords and tenants.
Ground breaking ceremonies marked the start of an operations and checkout building at Cape Canaveral, the first of 40 facilities for NASA manned moon program testing. The site will handle preflight testing of the Gemini two man craft and the three man Apollo moonship.
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