Store '58 Wheat Storage Docs Favor Farmers
Kansas State extension grain marketing specialist Norman V. Whitehair says based on July Kansas City wheat futures, storing this year’s wheat pays farmers as futures sit about 27 cents under the loan rate. He notes possible harvest prices near $1.35 to $1.55 and that storage space shortages may ease nationwide. If conditions remain dry, national support could stay around $1.78 per bushel with local elevator net loans around $1.62 to $1.82. parity adjustments may lift these by a few cents.
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Manhattan
Kansas City
Norman V. Whitehair
Kansas State College
Whitehair
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Oat Crop Best Used as Hay or Silage Says Agent
Erie Neosho County is advised to use the oat crop as hay or silage. County agent Gale Mullen notes silage yields per acre exceed grain when grain yields are average or high, a trend amplified by poor grain prospects this year. If grain forms, harvest in the milk stage for silo use. speed is needed as the silage window is brief. If heat prevents grain fill, treat oats as grass silage with preservative.
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Erie
Neosho County
Gale Mullen
Neosho Farms Complete Eight Miles Of Terraces
Sixteen landowners in Neosho County Soil Conservation District completed about 8 miles of terraces 1 mile of diversion ditch and 424 rods of open drains in May. Farmers listed include Johnnie Thornton R V Fickel Carl Santner Alice Burress Joe Arthur Wayne Ellis Max Roberts Harry Stateville Albert Lydick Harry Smith Earl Heminger Howard Brant Kenneth Casper Norbert Brogan Mrs Mabel Ann Shepard and A M Shepard with plan assistance requested on one 160 acre farm and a 280 acre conservation plan for Ralph Bud Marsh.
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Neosho County
Joe Arthur
Erie
Wayne Ellis
Chanute
Max Roberts
Harry Stateville
Parsons
Albert Lydick
Stark
Harry Smith
Earl Heminger
Howard Brant
Earlton
Kenneth Casper
Norbert Brogan
St. Paul
Mabel Ann Shepard
A. M. Shepard
Ralph
Bud
Food Industry Climbs to 75 Billion in 1957
The Kansas Farm Bureau reports total consumer food expenditures rose from 16 billion in 1939 to 75 billion in 1957. Americans now spend about 25 percent of after tax income on food, with improved quality, variety and conveniences.
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Fredonia
Kansas Farm Bureau
Project Leaders Meet For Sewing Training
In Erie at Erie High School May 27 and 28 twelve 4 H clothing project leaders from seven Neosho County clubs gathered for sewing training. Emphasis will prepare girls in sewing projects to use sewing machines, said Mrs Marjorie Price home economics agent.
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Erie
Neosho County
Erie High School
Marjorie Price
Insect Hatch Warns Neosho Farmers Faces Grasshoppers
Neosho County agriculture reports light insect pressure but warns growers to monitor for grasshopper hatches in fence rows and low, covered areas. County Agent Gale Mullen advises early treatment with Aldrin Dieldrin Heptachlor Toxaphene or Chlordane and notes waiting periods for hay crops. He also cites chinch bugs in sorghum near small grains and suggests a four rod barrier between fields. Dieldrin recommended for heavy infestations. concentrate spray at plant bases. Armyworms and variegated cutworms are present in alfalfa and barley fields. monitor green-up and apply Aldrin or Toxaphene as needed.
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Neosho County
Gale Mullen
Mullen
Wheat Quotas Meeting Topic
Erie County ASC to discuss marketing quotas and acreage allotments for the 1959 wheat crop at 8:00 pm in Erie. June 10 remarks by County Agent Gale Mullen outline referendum rules, voting eligibility, and the quota program tied to the June 20 election. Ralph Willson covers allotments and price supports. Jackson Hole reference appears as unrelated geography.
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Erie
ASC
Gale Mullen
Mullen
Ralph Willson
Erie and Vicinity Referendum on Farm Policy Urged
National Farmers Union pushes a heavy yes vote in the 38 state June 20 wheat production quotas referendum. Observers say turnout will signal farm policy sentiment. rejection could mean surplus disaster and lower farm buying power, while quotas affect parity based supports and wheat prices.
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Washington
National Farmers Union
The
Farmers Union
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Weekend Guests and Memorial Day in Erie and Nearby Towns
Social notes detail visitors and travels across Erie Pittsburg Kansas City Bartlesville Great Bend Chanute Ulysses Webb City and Webb City. Notables include Byrd H Clark Rose Mills Earl Rosebush Roscoe Pierce and Helen Pierce with family ties to Kansas City Pittsburg Bartlesville and Erie. A Farm Bureau meeting with potluck is announced and New Mexico governor Charles Bent is noted for a 1847 Taos massacre.
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Rose Mills
Pittsburg
Mark Mills
Kansas City
Clyde Clark
Kevin
Independence
Earl Rosebush
Iola
Erie
Virginia Pierce
Bennie Pierce
Bartlesville
Roscoe Pierce
Helen Pierce
Martha
Melvin Yarnell
Eric
Blackwell
Okla
Melvin Floyd
Ulysses
Verne Craven
Charley Malson
Great Bend
Ed Malson
Chanute
Robert Marshall
Oliver Craig
Second Street
Marshall
Korea
F. B. Carpenter
Board of Directors
OES
New Mexico
Charles Bent
Taos
Farm machinery costs and buying decisions for Kansas farms
Kansas farmers face high ownership costs as mechanization grows. Fixed and variable expenses like depreciation and fuel must be weighed against hiring a custom operator. A self propelled combine for 250 acres costs about 1 009 versus 4 per acre by custom work. Cultivation and spraying with 2 4 D is advised for weed control.
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Kansas
Acreage Idled for Crop Payments Totals 815 Million
The government idles 000 acres of 350 million available in exchange for payments totaling about 815 million dollars. Payments by crop include 282 million for corn 105 million for wheat 270 million for cotton 12 million for rice and 26 million for tobacco.
Moscow prints 10000 Russian Bible copies from US mats
About 10,000 Russian Bibles were printed last year in Moscow using mats supplied by the American Bible Society.
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Moscow
American Bible Society
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