Farm Beauty Plans Offer by Architect
Mahlon Morley announces a new circular from Kansas State College through the Osage County extension office. Charles E Parks authored the guide with illustrations and a 21 question landscape checklist. The document covers plan on paper before work, selection of evergreens and deciduous plants, and features for north east south and west entrances.
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Erie
Hatton
Mahlon Morley
Neosho County
Charles E. Parks
Parks
Neosho County Farm Bureau Awards Prizes and Dues
The board approved awarding 25 dollars to the county 4-H for fair prizes and sent 6.56 dollars of Pennies for Friendship to the state office for Country Women of the World. Riley Baldwin was absent. C. H. Culbertson presided. The July 1 report shows 60 new members, total 656. Milton Dorris tendered resignation as Erie township director due to new Humboldt employment.
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Erie
Neosho County
Milton Dorris
Erie Township
Humboldt
Allen County
Lower Market Prices Expected for Cows
Agricultural economists at Kansas State College anticipate lower prices for all grades of slaughter cows through the rest of summer and into fall. Prices typically peak late April to early May and then fall to a low in October and November. If the pattern holds, utility cows may average 10 to 11 dollars per hundredweight by late August.
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Frei
NIA
Kansas State College
Lester Griffith
Wilson County
Farm Safety Week Promotes 4 H Safety Exhibits and Surveys
Erie national Farm Safety Week starts July 24 offering 4-H members a chance to prepare exhibits distribute safety literature and conduct hazard surveys in the community. 4-Hers work individually and as clubs with focus on highway and farm machinery safety first aid and fire prevention. County and state awards honor outstanding safety education and community improvement.
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Erie
Talmage Engies
Legumes Pay After Harvest Across Midwest Farms
Midwestern farmers are advised to sow legumes or legume grass crops after grain harvest to boost profits. Six weeks of frost free weather after harvest and band seeding with phosphate potash fertilizer plus lime improve seedling growth, weed control, and soil fertility for strong yields.
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Chicago
Middle West
Beef Grading Demonstration Near Humboldt Planned
A beef grading demonstration will be held at the Works Brothers farm near Humboldt starting at 10 a.m. Thursday. Gale Mullen and Wendell Moyer will lead the event with Dr. M. W. Osburn present to answer disease and insect control questions.
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Iola
Works Brothers
Humboldt
Gale Mullen
Allen County
Works Bros
Wendell Moyer
M. W. Osburn
Farmers urged to grow strong gluten wheat in Kansas
Kansas Wheat Improvement Association and Kansas State College urge growers to plant high gluten wheat for milling and baking. Ponca is recommended for Southeast Kansas with Pawnee Triumph and Wichita as medium varieties. Weak gluten types Red Chief Blue Jacket Rank King Red Jacket and Kan Queen should not be planted.
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Kansas
Kansas Wheat Improvement Association
Kansas State College
Ponca
Pawnee
Triumph
Wichita
Wool Growers Vote On Deductions For Marketing Program
Wool growers in Neosho and Woodson Counties will vote on deductions from wool payments to fund the wool marketing development program. ASC leaders Bennett Haddan and Walter Bradford announced the referendum with eligibility based on ownership of sheep six months old for at least 30 days since January 1. Ballots set levy at one cent per pound on wool and five cents per 100 pounds live weight on lamb and yearling payments, with results due around September 1.
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Neosho
Woodson
ASC
Bennett Haddan
Neosho County
Walter Bradford
Wilson County
Lightning deaths in livestock misread as direct strikes
A Des Moines report from the American Foundation for Animal Health warns that lightning as a cause of livestock deaths is not always evident. Poisoning or disease can kill overnight, so veterinarians should diagnose mysterious deaths. bitten by evidence, the animal should be checked for signs of lightning as well as disease or poison.
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Des Moines
American Foundation For Animal Health
Foundation
Neosho Cows Record High Butterfat Marks
Neosho Valley Dairy Herd Improvement Association cites ERIE R. V. Fickel and R. J. Chanute as owners of a Holstein cow finishing a DHIA record of 561 pounds of butterfat and 11. (text incomplete)
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Erie
R. V. Fickel
R. J. Chanute
Neosho Valley Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Neosho Valley DHIA Records High Milk Output
Mahlon Morley praises a strong DHIA record as the Neosho Valley DHIA tests 23 dairy herds. In June Ivan Green led with 11 Guernsey cows averaging 40.5 pounds butterfat, Raymond Schoenhofer followed with 17 cows at 36.3 pounds.
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Mahlon Morley
Neosho Valley
DHIA
Ivan Green
Guernsey
Raymond Schoenhofer
Blough Family Gatherings Include Several Relatives
Mrs. A. M. Blough and family of Havana hosted and were joined by Mr. and Mrs. Gene Blough and their family, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Blough and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Blough and son John, and Fred Blough. Mrs. Lucy McGinnis and her daughters Lucille and Ruth Kincade of Princeton spent several days with A. M. Blough and his wife.
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A. M. Blough
Gene Blough
Havana
Leonard Blough
Richard Blough
John
Fred Blough
Lucy McGinnis
Lucille
Ruth Kincade
Princeton
McGinnis
Blough
Artificial Breeding Conference Attended by Kansas Technicians
Clifford Culbertson of Neosho County Artificial Breeding Association and A M Ayers of Wilson County attended a district technician conference in Iola Monday. The meeting is one of seven statewide sessions by the Artificial Breeding Service Unit for 71 county cooperators. Officials reviewed program advances and the progress of the Kansas dairy improvement effort.
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Clifford Culbertson
Neosho County
Community Visits Span Cities Across States
Shaw David Hoffman and daughter from Tulsa visited relatives here. Gerald Bennett and son from Topeka visited LeRoy Hole and Rickey. Will Hamm visited Kentucky relatives. Everett Strange and Charles Gearhart families joined T. C. Monninger and Tommy in Moline. Owen Swiler visited Oswego relatives. Rollie Blough family from Walkerton Indiana spent time with A. M. Blough relatives. Donald Tallman family visited Glen Tallman as the Blough reunion in Chanute drew attendees.
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Walkerton
Ind
A. M. Blough
Donald Tallman
Glen Tallman
Chanute
Altoona News Notes on Local Visitors and Health
Guy Daniels returns from Wichita veterans hospital after several days of treatment and plans major surgery soon. Several residents attend a Christian church camp near Thayer. Mrs. H R Gentry and Janet Pyle visit Fredonia. Charles McCandless travels from Burton to his home. WSCS meeting hosted by Mrs. LeRoy Watson at Fellowship Hall. Ethelbert Hall of Jurasl Fredonia visits her parents in town. Nellie Barnhill visits John Barnhill's family in Sycamore. Doris Wall visits her daughter in Sterling Idaho. Buffville Grange WWC members meet at a local home.
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Altoona
Guy Daniels
Wichita
Veterans’ Hospital
Susan
Nettie Scott
Joan Starbuck
Nina Koch
Lois Lynn Borland
Rose Gamble
Dale Neds
Christian Church
Thayer
H. R. Gentry
Janet Pyle
Fredonia
Charles McCandless
Burton
LeRoy Watson
WSCS
Fellowship Hall
Ethelbert Hall
Jur Asl
Bert Bowie
Nellie Barnhill
Sycamore
John Barnhill
Doris Wall
Roland Sherbenou
Sterling Idaho
WWC
Buffvile Grange
Local Social News and District Notices
Mrs. Alta Aldridge hosts a covered dish dinner and business meeting led by Mrs. Herbert Elliott. Attendees include Dean Cranor Wendell Lour and Kenneth Jarred at Ft Carson training camp. News notes include births in Neodesha and pre enrollment at Kansas State College.
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Alta Aldridge
Herbert Elliott
Dean Cranor
Wendell Lour
Kenneth Jarred
Ft. Carson
Colo
T. A. Streets
Tulsa
Lee Bradford
Wilson County Hospital
Neodesha
Joe Morton
Scott
Fredonia
Richard Streets
Bob Nelson
Kansas State College
Manhattan
Alia Aldridge
Lynne
Independence
Topeka Bell Ringer Fined One Dollar for Peace Disturbance
Carl Bjorkman, a Topeka accountant and bell collector, was fined $1 in police court for disturbing the peace due to a 640 pound bell in his yard that rings twice hourly via an electric clock. A new neighbor complained, while more than 100 neighbors supported the bell.
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Topeka
Carl Bjorkman
Bjorkman
Wheat Crop In Kansas Seen At 128 Million Bushels
Kansas crop officials estimate the 1955 wheat harvest on July 1 at 128,282,000 bushels with an average yield of 14 bushels per acre on 9,136,000 harvested acres. Eastern counties report 40 to 50 bushels per acre while south central areas average 2 to 5. Corn is forecast at 56,141,000 bushels from 1,811,000 acres. Sorghum seedings reach a record 5,529,000 acres.
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Topeka
Kansas
U.S. Agricultural Marketing Service
Kansas State Board of Agriculture
Long Island Village Enacts Cat Curfew
Westbury New York imposes a cat curfew to prevent nocturnal noise and unrest. A $25 fine is set for owners of offending cats or dogs, matching the dog leash rules already in place.
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Westbury
N. Y
Long Island
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