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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1963
Page
5
Erie report outlines numerous garden insecticides including Ratenane Methoxychlor Malathion Diazinon and Kelthane with specific days required between application and harvest. It notes safety steps avoid inhalation or ingestion read labels and keep products away from children and animals.
Fredonia reports from Hays station show a five month grazing season May 1 to Oct 1 may be better than six months. Yearling steers on 600 pounds gained only 8 pounds in October with 1.5 pounds cottonseed meal. without it they lost 8 to 10 pounds. Moderate stocking keeps grass vigorous and reduces supplemental roughage needs in low rainfall years.
ERIE reports that cows freshening in fall and early winter generally yield higher records than those freshening in summer. With careful summer feeding and management, cows can match year round production. Emphasize ample grain for high producers, supplement hay or silo, use best pasture at night, ensure constant fresh water and shade, control flies, and avoid delays in adjustments to maintain milk as the main income source.
A new storage system using high vinyl plastic bags filled with grain could revolutionize storage and even shield grain stocks from nuclear fallout. Industry tests show a 23 000 bushel bag weighs about 600 pounds with a 100 foot circumference and costs roughly five cents per bushel. The bags endure weather and rodent attacks and can be kept underground by hollowing a storage area.
Dan Pherigo county agent outlines several methods to reduce mud in feeding lots. For slopes of three percent or more, shape the surface and fill low areas. On flatter sites grade and dig drains to channel surface water, using earth to build ridges. Concrete feeding floors are the best permanent fix near feeders, with extra surfacing or a second eight foot slab for extremely flat sites.
ERIE The county agricultural agent says the major issue in farm water supplies is purity. Shallow wells and cisterns easily contaminate from surface water. Boiling water for five minutes remains the surest method of purification, with chlorine and laundry bleach solutions as practical disinfectants.
Erie farmers warn that red spider mites and bagworms attack evergreens. Bill Dickson advises early scouting on cedars and junipers, noting tiny webs or a paper-tinged spray reveals mites. Control uses malathion or toxaphene mixtures with weekly sprays, and timing is crucial before bagworm bags form.
High speed electric machines replace DHIA supervisors for monthly farm cow data. DHIA visits gather milk, feed, breeding, weights, pasture, and labor data. ISU lab processes it into monthly cow records with milk, butterfat, days in milk, dry period, and value analyses. A 305 day lactation record and cow-specific feed guidance are generated, plus herd notes on breeding and drying off timelines.
County agent Dan Pherigo says efficient farm product marketing benefits both producer and consumer. Reducing marketing costs can raise farmer prices and lower grocery costs. Recent months show 60 percent of retail food value added by marketing agencies, while 40 percent of the grocery dollar goes to farmers for raw products. Labor for marketing services shapes grocery costs as shoppers buy not only food but meat cutters, mill workers, drivers, and other services.
In Hindman Kentucky the Alice Lloyd College student body announced plans to build a new dormitory and an addition to the library themselves before the 1963 fall term. The college sits at Pippa Passes in the eastern Kentucky mountains.
The Chanute Tribune notes hog gains rise in hot months when hogs are cooled with fine mist spray systems or shade. It cautions against high water use and advises selecting a fine mist nozzle to reduce drains on water systems. Keeping hogs cool helps them fatten efficiently.
Kansas wheat producers seeking 1963 crop loans must obtain official protein and sedimentation test certificates. Test results influence premiums or discounts. maximum combined premium is 24 cents, with top price for grain scoring 65+ in sedimentation and 17.5+ protein. Discounts can reach 13 cents.
Erie county agent Bill Dickson cautions against using sprayers that held weed killers like 2 4 D for insecticides or fungicides as residue can stay in sprayers indefinitely. He outlines fungicide timing, coverage, dust vs spray methods, and notes on fixed copper sulfur captan and other compounds with their plant safety and harvest implications.
Quality wheat with sedimentation 21 or below and protein 94 or below were options for settlement last year under the Commodity Credit Corporation. This year the option is eliminated and all warehousemen will settle lean wheat the same way.
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