Conservation program links sportsmen and farmers in Kansas
Lawrence E Brennan chair Kansas Agricultural State Committee notes wildlife benefits from Agricultural Conservation Program farms. Special food and cover plots aid hunting. vegetative cover, shallow water areas, ponds and fencing support wildlife. By 1967 Kansas farmers built 3132 ponds with ACP help and total ponds exceed 84000, slowing runoff, reducing erosion, storing water and aiding ducks and other wildlife.
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Manhattan
Kansas
Lawrence E. Brennan
Kansas Agricultural State Committee
Brennan
Rates on Storage Are Unchanged
On farm storage rates for grain under no seal price support loans for 1968 69 remain the same as 1967 68. Corn wheat and barley get 1 095 per 100 bushels for 1967 crops, 1 004 for 1966 and prior. oats 821 per 100 bushels for 1967, 73 for 1966 and prior. Rates include handling and warehousing charges with separate loading fees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredonia
William Huser
Wilson County
ASC
Tree and Shrub Delivery Starts for Kansas Landowners
Kansas landowners plan conservation plantings this spring with the first tree and shrub deliveries slated soon. More than 1,700 landowners have ordered over half a million plantings and about 3,500 orders are expected for 1.75 million plantings. Orders run through mid May at county Extension offices. Weather across the state is generally favorable for plantings this spring.
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Manhattan
Kansas
Gene Grey
Kansas State University
Grey
Value of 190000 in Kansas sheep industry described
The Kansas sheep industry nets about 190000 yearly at 50 cents per head for 380000 sheep. About a hundred custom shearers work statewide with some producers shearing their own stock. Kansas State University runs an annual shearer school in Hutchinson on April 22–24 led by 1963 champion Bob Welsh. Wool sales bring roughly a third of income with over 3.5 million pounds valued at about 1.5 million dollars last year. An experienced shearer can manage 100 to 125 sheep in a ten hour day.
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Manhattan
Kansas
W. E. McAdams
Kansas State University
KSU
Hutchinson
Bob Welsh
Mt. Vernon
Ohio
Feast on K-State Campus To Honor Youth Delegates
The March 31 Kansas 4H International Feast at Kansas State University honors IFYE delegates and Sunflower State 4-Hers involved in international programs. Six 1967 IFYE alumni and 40 Teen Caravan participants will be guests, with 1968 Kansas IFYE and Teen Manhattan members listed. The event, hosted by Kansas Farm Bureau and Kansas 4-H Foundation, includes panels by 1967 delegates on agriculture and family life abroad.
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Manhattan
Kansas
International Farm
IFYE
Sara Bently
Shields
Argentina
Linda Nairn
Pawnee Rock
Germany
John Nagel
Valley Center
India
James Plager
Kinsley
Rita Lilak
Wilson
Netherlands
Patti Lampe
Hanover
Sweden
Ray Connell
Dorado
Nancy Baldwin
Galva
Steve Greenhaw
Canton
Cadwell
Carol Odgers
IFYF
Kansas Farm Bureau
Kansas 4-H Foundation
KSU
Friends of Ifye Kansas Ifye Alumni Assn
Walnut and Community Notes From Walnut Public Library
Walnut public library board met at the library. members Bertha Smith Ruth Bowles Anna Shively Fern Bohlander Margaret Foster and Viola Carson attended. February checkouts totaled 23 and new books arrived. Sunflower Club met at Ora Plum residence with 10 members served refreshments. Several families traveled for funerals and visits including McDaniel family to Sharon and Medicine Lodge and Zur Buchin family to Ottawa.
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Walnut
Walnut Public Library Board
Mmes Bertha Smith
Ruth Bowles
Anna Shively
Fern Bohlander
Margaret Foster
Viola Carson
Mildred Peters
Sunflower Club
Ora Plum
Elmer McDaniel
Don McDaniel
Sharon
John McDaniel
Elmer
Medicine Lodge
John Zur Buchin
John Shirman
McCune
Harry Kennedy
Ottawa
Minnie Matteson
Ralph Wilson
Kansas City
Nancy
K. U. Medical Center
Inglewood
Calif
Lyle Carson
Thomas Welch
Bordentown
N.J
Ben Reissig
Verna Bruentes
Earl Miller
Fort Worth
Tex
Joe Smith
V. A. Smith
Rita
Dodge City
Joe Low
Jim
St.Paul
Mike Fox
L. A. Fox
St. Paul
John Mengarelli
Margaret Davidson
Yakima
Wash
Bill Daling
Wichita
Mengarelli
J. O’brien
Tulsa Air
Neosho County Soil Conservation District holds regular meeting
Neosho County Soil Conservation District supervisors met Wednesday night with Walter Poor as chairman Cha nute Fred Beachner new vice chairman St Paul Clair Trabue Galesburg Lou Reinhardt treasurer and Eric Roy Davis area conservationist from the Soil Conservation Service Emporia a visitor. They discussed Resource Conservation and Development project possibilities in southeast Kansas. The district reported 23 owners assisted 101 planning services and 22 ACP referrals. Eighteen thousand four hundred and twenty four feet of terraces and one pond were staked. Conservation plans were approved for Jay and Bob O'Brien Henry J. Siemer Robert E. McGuire Bertha Anderson Ralph B. Taylor Thayer and Wilbur Hines. Tilness could not attend. Thelma McKinnie was district clerk with James Beech Henry Lockett and C P McKinnie present.
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ERIE
Neosho County
Ewe Purchase Orders Due Under Kansas Livestock Plan
The Kansas quality ewe procurement committee of the Kansas Livestock Assn informs buyers that yearling ewes this year should weigh around 90 pounds by May and may cost more than 22 dollars per head. Orders must be placed by April 13 with deliveries expected the week of April 14 to 20. contact county Extension offices or Ahlschwede at Weber Hall KS U Manhattan 66502 for details.
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ERIF
Kansas Quality Ewe
Kansas Livestock Assn
Texas
Kansas
Ahlschwede
Weber Hall
KSU
Manhattan
Christy Marie Holding Born During Snow Storm
Mr and Mrs Harold Holding of Topeka welcome baby daughter Christie Marie after a four hour snow storm. Grandparents listed include J O Brien and Al Holding with great grandparents William Deling. Harolyn Smith, daughter of Harold and Mrs. Smith of Erie, graduated from Mercy School of Professional Nursing at Fort Scott.
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Harold Holding
Topeka
Christie Marie
Lana
J. O’brien
St. Paul
al Holding
Wanut
William Deling
George Schoenhofer
W. F. O’brien
Lloyd Guy
Clyde Cook
Stark
Harolyn Smith
Harold Smith
Erie
Mercy School of Professional Nursing
Fort Scott
Lloyd Sands
Scientists urge rotation to combat corn rootworm resistance
Kansas extension entomologist Dell E. Gates reports the western corn rootworm has developed resistance to aldrin and heptachlor after years of heavy use. To control the pest, farmers should rotate out of corn, plant alternative crops, or use planting time chemicals such as Buxten phorate Thimet diazinon or parathion at recommended Kansas State rates.
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Manhattan
Kansas
Dell E. Gates
Kansas State University
Gates
Ksiete Extension
Loan Request Time Short for 1967 Crops in Wilson County
Wilson County ASCS chairman William Huser urges producers to request 1967 crop loans for wheat barley oats by March end at the county office. Final loan maturity dates vary with crop. April 30 for wheat barley oats and July 31 for corn grain sorghum and soybeans. If not placed under loan, crops may be sold to CCC with notice before maturity. Extensions available for reseal on farms or in warehouses. Automatic extensions apply for older stored crops.
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Fredonia
ASCS
William Huser
Wilson County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Commodity Credit Corporation
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Ralph B. Taylor
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Wilbur Hines
Tilness
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South Mound
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James Beech
Henry Lockett
C. P. McKinnie
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