Trace Minerals Study Shapes Kansas Dairying
James E. Knox summarizes 52 years of research at the Mound Valley Experiment Station on trace minerals for dairy cattle in Southeast Kansas. The study compares bone meal and local feeds with salt supplements, noting production and health at 450 to 500 pounds butterfat per 305 days. A bulletin detailing plans and results is available through county agents or the station.
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Mound Valley
Mound Valley Experiment Station
Kansas
Kaw Valley
O'Bryan Ranch Field Day Features National Livestock Leaders
The O'Bryan Ranch near HIATTVILLE hosts a May 12 field day with demonstrations discussions and judging for stockmen and families. Speakers include Don Chittenden American Polled Hereford Association secretary Rollie Pemberton Hampshire Swine Registry Board secretary Cliff Aubel and Wendell Moyer Kansas State College R. B. Elling National Livestock and Meat Board Chicago. A judging school precedes the contest with prizes for 4 H FFA and adults.
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Cliff Aubel
Wendell Moyer
Kansas State College
R. B. Elling
National Livestock and Meat Board
Chicago
Former Kansas extension chief named director at Kansas State College
Dr Harold E. Jones returns to the state as director of the Kansas Extension Service at Kansas State College effective June 1. A former Future Farmers of America and 4-H member, Jones excelled in crops judging, livestock judging, and dairy judging at Fort Hays and Salina meets during his high school and early college years.
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K-State
Jones
Foundation
Purdue
Kansas Extension Service
Minnesota
Manhattan
Future Farmers of America
Kansas
Harold E. Jones
Kansas State College
FFA
Concordia High School
Fort Hays
Salina
Man Raised in Allen Named Kansas Agricultural Estimates Assistant
TOPEKA Dr John W Wilson of Washington DC will be the first assistant in the Kansas Agricultural Estimates office H L Collins statistician in charge announced this week Wilson who grew up on an Allen County farm has worked with the Crop Reporting Service of the USDA since 1935 and has served on the Crop Reporting Outlook and Situation Boards in Washington He has traveled to every state on crop reporting assignments with USDA
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Topeka
John W. Wilson
Washington, D.C
Kansas Agricultural Estimates Office
H. L. Collins
Wilson
J. FE. Pallesen
Ohio
Allen County
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Outlook and
Washington
USDA
Farm Show Success and Insect Trouble in 1956
The 1956 Spring Farm Show is praised as the biggest yet with many Southeast Kansas attendees and five prize winners. Reports note damage to alfalfa from the spotted alfalfa aphid spreading northward near Chanute, worsened by dry spells. green bugs and wheat mites appear in some fields. Rain and warm weather are urged to curb pests. A weekly tip for 4-H members urges updating project enrollment with the local leader or County Extension Office before June 1.
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Kansas
Chanute
Soybeans Best For This Area In Kansas
Agricultural agent Lester Griffith notes soybeans suit eastern Kansas best and endure wet weather better than corn. Varieties include Clark Perry Chief Gibson Wabash Hongkong and S 100 with maturity ranging from about 127 to 135 days. Clark is earlier Perry later Hongkong and S 100 late and oil contents average 21.3 to 21.5 percent across Clark Perry Wabash.
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Kansas
Lester Griffith
Wilson County
Clark
Perry
Chief
Gibson
Hongkong
Man
Wabash
Annual Feeders Day Planned at Manhattan
The 43rd annual Livestock Feeders Day will be held at Kansas State College on Saturday starting at 9 30 a m with inspection of college livestock. Association president Fred Winzeler of Lamont will preside at the afternoon session where Dean A D Weber will speak and awards will be presented to performers.
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Manhattan
Kansas State College
Fred Winzeler
Lamont
Association
A. D. Weber
Poultry profits and cage laying debate for farmers
The Spring Farm Show featured trained chicken acts sponsored by Larro Feed Division of General Mills. Keller Breland trains animals for these acts, with up to 40 acts nationwide in summer. Poultry income is a reliable yearly supplement, and breeders are urged to raise high producing hens to fill houses. Cage layer operations are rising in the south and may spread north, while diversified farming remains advised for mid western states.
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Larro Feed
General Mills
Keller Breland
Little Rock
Arkansas
Mid-Western States
Women guests at Kansas Cow Belles event highlight dinner
A Kansas Cow Belles program features talks on deferred calf and creep feeding, livestock feeding and grazing experiments. Women will join a Dutch treat dinner at the Gillet Hotel at 6 30 p m Friday. Marjorie Rouse of Technical University Sydney will discuss Home Economics in Australia. The event closes with a Block and Bridle Club banquet at 6 30 p m Saturday for students, parents, visiting stockmen and their wives.
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Kansas
Field Day Planned At Mound Valley
MOUND VALLEY The annual spring field day at the Mound Valley experiment station will be held on May 25. Several Kansas State College staff from Manhattan including Dr Glen Beck new director of agricultural experiment stations plan to attend. All interested persons are invited.
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Mound Valley
Mound Valley Experiment Station
Kansas State College
Manhattan
Glen Beck
Agricultural Experiment Stations
Older adults face longer illnesses but fewer short ones
The report notes that older people experience more chronic, long lasting illnesses while younger individuals incur more short term illnesses. It highlights differences in health patterns across age groups and implications for care and prevention strategies.
Macksville banker J T Smith dies of heart attack
J T Smith 62 president of the Farmers and Merchants State Bank of Macksville died last night while working in his garage. Officials report death appeared to be from a heart attack.
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Macksville, Kas
J.T. Smith
Farmers and Merchants State Bank of
Macksville
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Massey Harris
Ralph Bouse
Col
Art Cole
Ist National Thayer
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Matcolm
Allen
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Charate, Kansas
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Chanute Sales
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Terminix
the ‘Setardey Evening Post
Chanute Lumber Co
Debolt Insurance Agency
West Main
Krone
Insuran
Lincoln
Ce Agency
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Hiattville, Ks
the Farmers of
Southeast
Chanute Production Credit Association
Arthur Solomon
Sec'v.Treas
P.O. Box
Chanute, Kansas
N. Highland
Mid-America
North Santa Fe
Chultz
Ebur Schultz
Schultz & Judy
Am. Society Farm Managers & Appraisers
U. S
Nathan Mintz
Ralph T. Cox
New York
Humboldt, Kansas
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G. E. Donovan, Jr
N. Highland Chanute, Kansas
Hampshire
Rodney Robertson
P. A. Robertson
R. R
Thayer, Kansas
Danny Fickel
Mrs
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Earlton, Kansas
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