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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1962
Page
5
The Neosho County Soil Conservation District published 1961 figures show 964 active conservation plans on 178,394 acres, leaving 161,734 acres needing planning. Waterways, terraces, and diversions totals and ACP cost sharing are detailed alongside district meetings, bank awards, and watershed progress.
Roger E Regnier Kansas State University outlines Regional 4 H Days with farm land classings and dates across Kansas. The schedule lists acreage by land class from Class II to Class VII and emphasizes cultivation suitability, erosion, and grazing limits for the event running February to April in multiple cities including Garden City Emporia Pratt El Dorado Dighton and Manhattan.
Chanute hosts a Poultry Jamboree at the National Guard Armory with an egg show. Entries must be 12 eggs from the exhibitor’s own flock weighing 24 ounces or more, with prizes per dozen and a grand champion award. Judging by State Board of Agriculture officials, auction proceeds go to the producer, and a chicken barbecue and exhibits follow.
Erie report explains how feed grain farmers qualify for price supports on 1962 crops. Eligibility hinges on voluntary programs with specific 20 percent or more reductions from 1959-60 averages and base-ownership limits for corn, sorghum, barley, oats, and rye. Malting barley exceptions apply.
The Neosho County Artificial Breeders Association annual meeting begins at 10 30 a m tomorrow in the American Legion Hall Erie speakers include Ralph Bonewitz of Kansas State University Extension and Raymond Schoenhofer discussing dairy cattle management and breeding problems A free lunch will be served at noon all interested in dairying invited.
Erie high school hosted a 4-H Junior Leader Recreation workshop with more than a hundred participants from Neosho Wilson Crawford and Cherokee counties. Kansas State University specialist Cecil Eyestone presented ideas for club recreation programs and networking for 4-H youths.
Swine producers in Kansas will hold an SPF accreditation association meeting at Kansas State University on February 3. Dr. M W Osburn, KSU extension veterinarian, says a statewide SPF group would help maintain disease free swine herds, develop breeding herds with superior economic performance, and provide an accreditation system for health and performance standards in SPF swine.
Robert Gadberry a Wichita banker will speak at the Neosho County Soil Conservation District annual meeting in Chanute at the Armory February 8 at 6 30 p m The event includes a free supper and recognizes five local farmers with the Bankers Award for soil conservation efforts awarded by the Kansas Bankers Association
ERIE Neosho County farmers are reminded by Bill Dickson county farm agent that orders are being taken for trees and shrubs through Kansas State University extension. The program funds windbreaks shelterbelts reforestation wildlife habitat and erosion control with walnuts are pecans available in limited supply at 2 per hundred. Deciduous trees and shrubs cost five cents per item in 40 lots and evergreens seven cents each in 50 lots. Neosho County residents ordered 17 000 trees and shrubs last year through the forestry project.
Erie will host a 1962 feed grain program and 1962 agriculture conservation practices discussion in Erie High School Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Ralph Wilson ASC office manager C P McKinnie work unit conservationist and Bill Dickson county agent will cover various phases of the program.
Reservoir Vanity Duster Burke 4294347, a six year old Holstein owned by Leo F. Fickel of Earlton, produced 15060 pounds of milk and 522 pounds of butterfat in 299 days. Kansas State University supervised the weighing as part of the national Holstein herd testing program.
Grain program payments received by farmers on diverted acres are income when received. Both the advance and final payments count as self employment income to the producer. If a non participating land owner receives a share as rent, the payments are additional rent, not self employment income.
If horses lack condition they should be checked for internal parasites. The test analyzes fecal samples for parasite eggs under a microscope. A high egg count suggests many parasites in the intestinal tract affecting overall health and should be eliminated.
Chanute Tribune reports on knapweed as a noxious weed with concerns raised by local farmers and city officials. Article outlines identification efforts, control recommendations, and the impact on crops and pasture lands in the area.
The Tribune reports cold wet weather linked to swine influenza outbreaks and urges dry warm pens, clean water, and good bedding to prevent respiratory illness in pigs. It also notes Russian knapweed infestation in Neosho County and recommends cultivation and sodium chlorate for eradication.
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