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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1955
Page
8
A survey by the U S Agriculture Service and Kansas Board of Agriculture shows Wichita, Pawnee and Commanche leading 62 percent of 1955 wheat acreage. Wichita tops at 25 percent, with Pawnee 24.2 and Commanche 12.7.
The Middle West Soil Improvement Committee cites Purdue extension dairyman G. A. Williams that surplus summer grass can be made into silage to feed cows during pasture shortages or winters. Steps: cut before maturity, seal containers airtight, and pack grass tightly to keep air out. Silage is high in protein and carotene, with fertilizer and soil care boosting grass yields.
Kansas farmers received 29.1 cents per dozen for eggs at mid May, down 2.1 cents from mid April but 2.7 cents above a year ago. This marks the third straight month of declines from the February peak of 36.4 cents, per the Agricultural Marketing Service and Kansas State Board of Agriculture.
Kansas eggs to carry grade labels AA A or B and sizes large medium or small. The labeling aims to remove guesswork for buyers under the Kansas Egg Law effective July 1. Extension specialist Gertrude Allen notes cartons will show both quality and size.
Erie reports a national milk output of 1231 billion pounds in 1953 with Kansas State College projecting similar totals for the current year. Farmers are milking about 1 percent fewer cows but higher yields per cow through better breeding and feeding. Milk peaks in June, ensuring ample supply for consumers and easing government purchases.
Erie farmers face renewed wheat sanitation rules to qualify for 1955 price support loans or delivery under price purchase agreements. The standards require less than two dent pellets per pint and less than two percent visibly insect damaged kernels by weight.
The Middle West Soil Improvement Committee cites Russell Brower of Purdue University that good legume pastures can yield $75 to $125 per acre from lamb and wool sales. Brower says high quality pastures reduce feeding costs and boost profits, with fat lambs on pasture selling near top market prices. Tests in Minnesota and Ohio support his view, showing faster gains and lower costs with legume-based feeds and alfalfa supplements. Proper pasture management and balanced soil nutrients are key to higher yields and meat quality.
Wichita mission resident Jack McNees and El Dorado’s Gary Gibson head the gubernatorial slate as Federalists and Nationalists nominate rival winners. The fields include Q B Low Salina lieutenant governor David Pointer Wichita secretary of state Gary Fadely Topeka treasurer Dean Befan Pittsburg attorney general Jim Ransom Wichita state printer Bill Berg Wichita commissioner of insurance and Larry Landwehr Garden City lieutenant governor Ken Kreutziger Wichita Larry Sutherland Leroy David Laing Wichita Larry Smith St Paul Dave Hanna Newton Gene White Overland Park among others.
Around four million seasonal fluctuations occur each year in the number of U.S. people at work or seeking work, reflecting typical cyclical labor market patterns and adjustments in employment counts.
The National Wool Act payments for 1955 may be assigned to banks, trust companies, or marketing agencies with the aim to lift growers' average return to 62 cents per pound. The program covers wool and Mohair, plus wool on lambs and yearlings slaughtered, with strict assignment rules and required producer-assignee agreement.
The 1955 KU graduating class totals 1,520 graduates from 40 states and 23 countries the broadest geographic spread in school history. About 1,200 students marched to Memorial Stadium for commencement led by Chancellor Franklin D Murphy.
Humboldt Baptist Daily Vacation Bible School closed with an 8 p.m. Friday commencement at the church. Mrs. Ed Johnson led the program and the staff included teachers across multiple departments. Attendance averaged 70 as memory work, Bible quizzes, handwork displays, and social hour refreshments were featured.
Gov. Fred Hall and Lester Mc Coy urged preservation of free speech and thought as the most effective means to maintain human freedom in brief remarks during a board of regents event.
Kansas farmers received 2.20 per bushel for wheat at mid May according to the U S department. The mid May average price was three cents above a month earlier and 20 cents above May 1954. Kansas price compares with U S 2 13 and West North Central 2 19.
Enid Oklahoma reports only 479 cars of wheat received during the 1955 harvest. The wheat center, with the nation’s third largest storage capacity, faces empty elevators and a predicted crop around 33 million bushels, averaging seven bushels per acre, the worst in state history.
The Providence Hospital School of Nursing held its commencement on May 30 with Mrs. Kaufman in attendance and daughter Lucille receiving a nursing degree. A DeWitt family reunion hosted by Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Barnard drew relatives from Hartford Connecticut to Kansas and Oklahoma. Also noted are visiting families from Montana and Illinois and PTA workshop attendance in Pittsburg.
Arnold Clum of Pittsburg State College arrives for his summer vacation as Mueller remains hospitalized in Kansas City.
Tokyo based Kyodo News Agency reports a Diet committee began investigating the alleged resale of a sunken and refloated destroyer for about a hundred times its salvage cost. The destroyer Nashi, sunk off southern Kyushu in July 1945, was sold to Fuji Iron and Steel for 3,640,000 yen and after refloating resold to the Defense Board for 388,000,000 yen.
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