Ways Given to Halt Farm Loans Summer Milk Loss
Erie dairy experts say summer slump cannot be avoided but production can stay high. County agent Mahlon Morley notes heat reduces milk and appetites, so cows need constant water and shade. Night cooling and timed grazing improve intake. grasses mature and require more grain and hay. Grain-to-milk ratios suggested: one lb grain per four lbs milk for Holsteins, one lb per three for Guernseys and Jerseys.
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Erie
Mahlon Morley
Morley
Hollsteins
Guernseys
Jerseys
Stark Boy Wins Sears Roebuck Scholarship
Doug Battershell of Neosho County has won a Sears Roebuck Foundation scholarship mailed from Kansas State College. The award pays 150 and recognizes high school scholarship leadership and agricultural achievement. Battershell, active in 4-H and Future Farmers of America, plans pre veterinary studies at Kansas State College starting in September.
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STARK
Doug Battershell
Sears - Roebuck Foundation
Chicago
A. D. Weber
School of Agriculture
Kansas State College
Manhattan
Doug
Future Farmers of America Organization
Ars
School of
Veterinary Medicine
Battershell
Neosho County
Mahlon Morey
E. G. Horiie
Frie
Harold VanCleave
Yrie
Six Million Kansas Acres Are Planted in Sorghums
Washington reports that Kansas farmers planted 6,032,000 acres of sorghums, up seven percent from 1954. Across sorghum states only Missouri Indiana and North Dakota did not show increases. national acres reach 22,815,900, eight percent above the 1910 record of 21,208,000.
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Washington
Kansas
Agriculture Department
Missouri
Indiana
North Dakota
Neosho Farmers Advance In Soil Conservation Work
Neosho County farmers report progress in soil and water conservation in the first half of the year. 56 acres of grassed waterways were shaped and seeded, nine miles of terraces built, and 18 farm ponds constructed. Forty-one farmers sought District aid for plans, while 44 completed conservation plans with SCS technical guidance.
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Erie
Neosho County
Charles P. McKinnie
Soil Conservation Service
Soil Conservation Service District
SCS
McKinnie
Farm Agencies Report June Egg Prices Down
Topeka Kansas farmers received 26.4 cents per dozen for eggs at mid June per the U S Agricultural Marketing Service and the Kansas State Board of Agriculture. The mid June average price was 2.7 cents higher than a month before and 1.3 cents above a year earlier. The Kansas average egg price of 26.4 cents per dozen compares with the U S average of 33.8 cents and the West North Central States average of 27.3 cents. Chicken prices declined only slightly with the all chicken price at 16.3 cents per pound, down 0.6 cent from mid May but 3.1 cents above a year ago.
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Topeka
Kansas
U.S. Agricultural Marketing Service
Kansas State Board of Agriculture
U.S
West North Central
Neosho Agents Attend Extension Planning Conference
County agricultural agent ERIE-Mahlon Morley home demonstration agent Marguerite Grannemann and 4-H Club agent Talmage Eagles attend the Eastern Kansas District Extension Planning Conference in Topeka. The extension program for the coming year will be arranged at the meeting. they plan to return Wednesday.
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Erie
Mahlon Morley
Marguerite Grannemann
Talmage Eagles
Topeka
Eisenhower Signs Law Expanding GI Farm Loan Guaranties
The new act widens VA guaranteed GI farm loans to 60 percent up to 7500 dollars for purchases with a home, new construction on veteran owned land, and improvements. It places farm residence loans on parity with GI home loans while maintaining existing limits for unimproved farms and non realty loans. In 11 years VA has guaranteed or insured 67,760 farm loans totaling 26.786 million dollars, with 39,867 repaid in full amounting to 120.909 million.
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Eisenhower
Myron V. George
Veterans Administration
Quality Eggs To Be Topic In Chanute Meeting
An Erie area meeting on egg quality and marketing will be held on July 26 on the Memorial Building third floor in Chanute at 7 p.m. Speakers include M A Seaton Kansas State College and Russell H Knapp of a Kansas City milling company. The session, open to producers buyers and consumers, will cover all production and marketing aspects.
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Erie
Memorial Building
Chanute
Egg Law Review Includes July First Start Date
A new egg law that began on July 1 will be reviewed. Refreshments will be served after the meeting by Glen Kaufman, manager of the Farm Service Store in Chanute.
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Glen Kaufman
Farm Service
Chanute
4-H Show School Draws 30 4-H Members and Leaders
More than 30 4-H members and leaders attended a livestock fitting and showing school in Erie. County agent Talmage Eagles stressed training animals to stand and lead. John Gorton of Chanute Bank of Commerce demonstrated a sheep blocking method. Engles demonstrated fitting baby beef and sheep and preparing breeding gifts for exhibition. The piece notes farm worker acre figures from 1880 to 1960.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
4-H
John Gorton
Chanute Bank of Commerce
Engles
Woodson County Livestock Tour Set For Monday
YATES CENTER The Woodson County Livestock Tour will be held next Monday at 1 p.m. Joe Armstrong county agricultural agent said the first stop is the W. J. Pringle ranch four miles south of Yates Center on US 75. Wendell Moyer of Kansas State College Manhattan and a college animal husbandry representative will answer questions about livestock systems. The tour will showcase summer calf creep fed deferred steer sheep and hog programs.
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Yates Center
Joe Armstrong
W. J. Pringle
Pringle
Wendell Moyer
Kansas State College
Manhattan
Two Programs to Be Served. Roast Beef Sandwiches at Fulhage Farm
The schedule notes that some stops will combine two programs. The final stop around 5 p.m. will be at the Charles Fulhage farm where roast beef sandwiches will be served at a nominal charge.
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Charles Fulhage
Salt for cattle in ration timing and shipping
The article cites University of Missouri extension animal husbandry specialists on salt use in cattle feeding. Salt should be available at all times and loose granulated or compressed black salt is preferred to rock salt. Avoid withholding salt near the end of feeding or adding heavy salt just before shipping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Missouri Extension
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