Two Farm Meetings Are Features Here
Two meetings for area farmers are set in Chanute. An egg meeting on the Memorial Building third floor at 8 p.m. will cover the new state egg law, egg handling, grades, and market issues with speakers Bill Seaton and Russel Knoop. A Kan sas Farm Bureau district meeting follows Wednesday evening at 7 p.m. in the Methodist Church basement with E. E. Stockebrand and Clarence Rupp outlining commodity programs and county plans.
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Chanute
Memorial Building
Bill Seaton
Kansas State College
Manhattan
Russel Knoop
Kansas City
Glen Kaufman
Farm Service
Kansas Farm Bureau
Methodist Church
Kansas
Jim Sheridan
Farm Bureau
E. E. Stockebrand
Kansas Farm Bureau Commodity Department
Clarence Rupp
Rupp
Stockebrand
Storage Loans Extended for Wilson County Farmers
Wilson County farmers needing more grain storage and drying gear under CCC price supports can obtain loans through the ASC office or local banks through June 30, 1956. Eligible lenders include owner operators tenants landlords and producer partnerships. Structure loans cover up to 80 percent of costs with a four year repayment term starting one year after the loan and 4 percent interest. Mechanical dryers air circulators ventilators tunnels and fans loans cover 75 percent of delivered and assembled costs.
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Fredonia Wilson County
Commodity Credit Corporation
Walter Bradford
Wilson County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
ASC
County Fair Judges Named
ERIE Official judges for Neosho County fair August 30 to September 2 are listed with departments and affiliations. Beef cattle swine and sheep judged by Wendell A. Moyer Kansas State College Manhattan dairy by Morris Ewing Kansas State College Manhattan crops by Floyd Davidson Mound Valley Experiment Station poultry and rabbits by Roy Neher Oswego open class foods and clothing by Clayre Platziaff Cherokee County home demonstration agent 4 H clothing Irene Rawlinge Allen County home demonstration agent 4 H foods Fave Vice Lahette County home demonstration agent Juanita Billington Johnson Crawford County home demonstration agent
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Erie
Neosho County
Wendell A. Moyer
Kansas State College
Manhattan
Morris Ewing
Floyd Davidson
Mound Valley Experiment Station
Roy Neher
Oswego
Clayre Platziaff
Cherokee County
Vetch Seeding Plan Outlined
Erie agricultural guidance outlines inoculated vetch seeding with small grain. Morley stresses inoculation steps and seeding rates of 15 pounds vetch with 40 pounds rye or wheat, or one bushel oats or barley, to ensure soil health and moisture.
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Erie
Mahlon Morley
Hybrid Corn Gain in State Sets Record Across Kansas
The 1955 Kansas corn crop shows 95 percent planted with hybrid seed, up from 93 percent in 1954. Hybrid acreage totals 1,798,000 of 1,893,000 acres, with the national hybrid planting at 89.2 percent, rising from 87.4 percent in 1954.
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Topeka
Kansas
U.S. Agricultural Marketing Service
Kansas State Board of Agriculture
United States
Wool Growers Advised Of Market Benefits
Fredonia officials urge Wil son County wool growers to maximize 1955 wool prices to qualify for the new incentive program. Payments equal a fixed percentage of each grower’s net sales, set to bring the average price to 2 cents per pound above the 1955 incentive price of 62 cents. The higher the sale price, the larger the individual payment.
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Fredonia
Wilson County
Walter Bradford
County Agricultural and Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Wool prices set to lift average producer returns this year
The 1954 clip price at 53.2 cents per pound, plus sales returns and wool incentive payments due next summer, should raise the average producer's reapings for the year compared with 1953.
High Wheat Quality in 1955 Crop Shown in Tests
Kansas reports wheat with above average protein and a record test weight for 1955. Data from 4,367 carloads shows 61.2 pounds per bushel and 12.4 percent protein, exceeding the 1948 54 average and closely matching the 1952 peak.
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Topeka
Kansas
U.S. Agricultural Marketing Service
Kansas State Board of Agriculture
Kansas and
Missouri Grain Inspection Departments
Million Baby Chicks Down 6 Percent in JuneKansas Hatcheries
Kansas commercial hatcheries produced about 1 million baby chicks in June, down six percent from last year and 26 percent below the five year average. January through June output totaled 17,940,000 chicks, 32 percent below 1954's first six months and 40 percent under the 1949-53 average. Prices on June 1 ranged from 14.50 per 100 for heavy and light breeds to 28 for hybrids. Nationwide hatcheries hatched 11 percent more chicks in June than a year earlier.
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Topeka
Kansas
U.S. Agricultural Marketing Service
Kansas State Board of Agriculture
Youth Exchange Blanks Available at Neosho Office
Neosho County Agricultural Extension offers ERIE application forms for International Farm Youth Exchange delegates. Rural youths ages 20 to 30 may apply for one of three program phases with international partners. Summer runs June to September, Fall August to December, Winter October to April. Applications are due October 1 in the state club department at Kansas State College Manhattan.
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Erie
International Farm Youth Exchange
Neosho County
United States
State Club Department
Kansas State College
Manhattan
Soil Program Advances With 32000 Feet Of Terraces Now Ready
ERIF farmers and landowners cooperated with the Soil Conservation District and Agricultural Conservation Program to stake over 32000 feet of terraces this past week. Terraces were staked for multiple farms near Thayer Chanute Parsons and Erie while drainage ditches and waterways were planned and built. With small grain harvest complete the period is ideal for earth-moving erosion control work.
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ERIF
Soil Conservation District
Charles P. McKinnie
SCS
Clarence Wehling
Thayer
Forest Chickadonz
Earlton
R.C. Russell
Parsons
Sigel Lesan
Chanute
Ancel Samiple
Walnut
Roy Nowell
Ralph Edwards
Henry Fager
Byrd Clark
George Simmons
William A. Fisher
Fred Brungardt
Galesburg
Verne Moore
Eric
Harold Neises
Herman Bonine
Vears
Russell Heady & Son
Andy Hines
Eri
Roy G. Braden
Albert L. Lydick
St. Paul
R. D. Long Farm
Delbert Jeans
McKinnie
Delegates Named To 4 H Leader Camp
Florence Roberts of Ever Ready 4 H Club and Lou Reinhardt of Best Ye Club will represent Neosho County at the 10th annual State Leadership Camp at Rock Springs Ranch on August 16. Selection by the county 4 H council executive committee cited 4 H leadership work and project records. Travel expenses will be covered by Wickard Mull Seed Company of Chanute. Talmage Eagles, county club agent, will accompany them.
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Erie Florence Roberts
Lou Reinhardt
Neosho County
Rock Springs Ranch
Wickard & Mull Seed Company of
Chanute
Talmage Eagles
Money Still Available For ACP Practices
ERIE The Neosho County conservation office has ample funds to support ACP practices on a cost share basis through year end. County agricultural agent Mahlon Morley lists approved options including terracing waterways seeding lime legume and grass seeding reseeding pastures pasture clearing and ponds.
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Erie
Neosho County
Brucellosis Control Program Expands Nationwide
Fredonia reports progress as the national brucellosis control program gains momentum. Since last October blood tests rose 121 percent, vets cooperating surged thirtyfold, calf hood vaccinations doubled in six months, and 8000 additional herds were certified. About 5 million cattle are now covered under a recommended eradication plan. Farmers not yet in the program are urged to consult veterinarians or county agents.
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Fredonia
Lester Griffith
Wilson County
Kansas State College
Griffith
Experts Discuss Grades At Livestock School
Twenty five local farmers attended a beef cattle grading school at the Works Brothers farm northwest of Tola last Thursday. Gale Mullen Allen County agricultural agent and Wendell Moyer livestock extension specialist of Kansas State College Manhattan conducted the event. The session focused on placing steers from the Works herd into the market grades for feeder cattle.
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Iola
Works Brothers
Tola
Gale Mullen
Allen County
Wendell Moyer
Kansas State College
Manhattan
Works
Beef feeding programs highlighted at local extension school
After the demonstration Moyer outlined beef feeding programs suited to the area and cattle types for the plan. A question and answer period led by Moyer and veterinarians Dr. Osburn and Dr. Sterling closed the morning school.
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Moyer
M. W. Osburn
J. E. Sterling
Wilson County 4-Hers Prepare for County Fair
Wilson County 4 H club members look forward to the annual club fair in City Park, August 24 to 26. They will exhibit and judge project work, participate in demonstrations, and take part in the Share the Fun talent show.
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Fredonia Four-H Club
Wilson County
City Park
Armistice Commission HQ move shuns Saigon in truce talks
Three nation Armistice Control Commission rejects Ngo Dinh Diem proposal to base headquarters far from Saigon. Indian Canadian Polish Commission plans to move next month, with Hanoi as its original base since August. Local fire in Copenhagen submarine engine room traps crew. cause undetermined. Dunayevsky, famed Russian composer of The Bridegrooms and Arctic Passions, dies at 54. Nationalist Chinese government comments on Geneva talks with United States and Red China see no grounds for...
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Three Nation Armistice Control Commission
Ngo Dinh Diem
Hanoi
North Viet Nam
Taipei
Formosa
Geneva
United States
Red China
Marshall presses Britain for self government in Singapore
Singapore Chief Minister David Marshall urged the British government to grant immediate self rule for the crown colony. The Legislative Assembly would not meet until Aug. 2 unless Governor Sir Robert Black responds to demands for wider powers. In Seoul, Gen. Isaac D. White arrived to establish new HQs for the Far East U K Army on the eve of the Korean armistice anniversary.
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Singapore
David Marshall
Legislative Assembly
Marshall
Robert Black
Seoul
Isaac D. White
Far East
U K
White
U. N
Lyman L. Lemnitzer
Guards to summer camp at Camp McCoy Wisconsin
Movement of the 35th Infantry Division to summer field training at Camp McCoy Wisconsin is underway. Advance elements of the Missouri and Kansas National Guard will depart this week with the bulk entraining next Saturday. It will take 18 special trains and 19 highway convoys to move about 8,000 officers and men of the Santa Fe Division to the encampment.
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Kansas City
35Th Infantry
Camp McCoy
Wis
Missouri and
Kansas National Guard
Missouri
Kansas
Santa Fe
Bids Placed for 125 Desks by Kansas House
Low bid comes from Thacher Inc. of Topeka at 14463 dollars for 125 desks. Crane and Co. of Topeka submits a higher bid of 16000 dollars as the sole female domestic bidder among multiple contenders.
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Topeka
Kansas House of Representatives
Thacher
United States
Inc
Crane & Co
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