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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1955
Page
9
A Wheat marketing quota referendum meeting is set for 8 p m Friday in the Neosho County Courthouse with Bennett A Haddan as chair. The event will cover current quota provisions, price support implications, and voting logistics for all commercial wheat farmers in eligible counties.
ERIE Lime proves cost effective for improving crop yields in Southeast Kansas soils says Extension Agonomist A Cleavinger. Tests at Columbus experimental field show lime accounts for 70 percent of alfalfa yields and boosts wheat oats corn flax soybeans and alfalfa when used with other nutrients.
A USDA cooperative study tests a calf scoring system on 40 dairy herds to evaluate use for selecting herd replacements. More than 7,500 heifers have been scored. calves are rated by age, mammary gland size, and shape to yield a 1 to 9 score, with 5 average. Early results show cows with higher milk and butterfat tend to earn higher scores.
Erie reports reveal bagworms hatch two weeks early and are damaging many trees in the northern half of Kansas. County agricultural agent Mahlon Morley urges immediate spraying to control the infestation.
Erie county agricultural agent Mahlon Morley released recommendations tied to the new egg grading law effective July 1. He urges frequent egg gathering, cooling to 40 to 60 degrees, proper nesting, dry litter, and vaccination to prevent diseases like Newcastle and bronchitis to maintain high egg quality.
In Kansas State College trials at Manhattan yeast fed to choice quality steers did not increase gain or feed digestion versus a yeast-free ration. Forty steers were tested with weekly yeast suspensions delivering three billion cells per animal.
Kansas State College tests show corncobs can serve as the sole roughage for cattle with proper supplements. Gains were lower than with sorghum silage or prairie hay but cheaper, at about 14.75 dollars per hundredweight with soybean meal milo and vitamin A versus 15.56 with prairie hay. The National Education Association cites 30 square feet per elementary pupil and 25 square feet per high school student for adequate classrooms.
Floyd E. Davidson tells about 200 area farmers at the spring field day that fertilizer costs rose less than other inputs since 1942 while returns on small grains and alfalfa reach about three dollars per dollar spent. Corn shows strong response to nitrogen in a wet spring.
Walter Brafford, ASC chairman in Wilson County, urges farmers to obtain new marketing cards before selling this year's wheat. Cards from 1954 are invalid. only wheat within the farm allotment may be marketed penalty-free. If buyers lack valid cards, a 1.13 dollar per bushel penalty applies. Farmers can pick up cards at the ASC office or have them mailed on written agreement.
Des Moines Iowa A skin disease resembling mange but unresponsive to mange treatment is reported by the American Foundation for Livestock Health as parakeratos. It affects pigs from eight weeks to four months, with possible onset as early as six weeks and as late as six months. Affected animals may lose weight and vigor.
Lawton Circle of the Ladies of the GAR met at Mrs. Wanda Hack home Monday afternoon to observe Flag Day Father’s Day and Memorial Day. Mrs. Nora DeWitt led the program and read a poem The Granite Soldier by Frances Frost. Mrs. Kathryn DeWitt Barber of Enid Okla read Our Flag by James Metcalf and Miss Mae Wilson spoke on Father’s Day origins. A July luncheon is planned at Community park cabin with Mrs. Mary Pettit assisting. Seventeen members and two children attended.
Kansas City writer HAL Boyle chronicles Mama Boyle selling the large 10 room white house that served as a family center for 34 years. The piece intertwines memories with humor as family ties, a rattlesnake jar incident, a calf named Sugar, and the barn's pull on the matriarch are recalled before she finally leaves the home.
List of families from Wesley Arkansas Shawnee Oklahoma Elsmore Humboldt Springfield Missouri and other towns visiting relatives and guests over the weekend. Includes mentions of Bus Brown Wilma Graham Lonnie Brown John Raish Bertha Raish Jesse Splane and William Feeney among others.
Ten people killed in eastern Algeria and three in Morocco as anti French actions continue. Sir Edmund Hillary to lead New Zealand Antarctic expedition next year. Fifteen American Catholic missionaries remain in Chinese prisons. Belgium moves to cut state aid to Catholic schools. West Germany expects to send a delegation to the Big Four summit.
Foreign Minister Heinrich von Brentano said in Geneva the Bonn delegation would stand by for consultation if powers seek input on issues affecting Germany. He noted preparations for possible leadership in July.
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