Feed Grain Program Changes are Listed in Neosho County
Changes to the 1961 feed grain program include lowered eligibility hurdles for soybean price support by maintaining average conserving and idle land. Pasturing rules now allow barley, rye, and winter oats on diverted land. producers on multiple farms can qualify on one farm without reducing others, with base limits preserved.
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Erie
Neosho County
Gale Mullen
Mullen
Norris
Do it Yourself Terrace Possible
An inexpensive garden terrace may be built on a do it yourself plan. Materials include old paving brick rough backed stone treated wood blocks and concrete blocks. Drainage below the surface is essential with crushed rock or coarse gravel plus fine sand that is well tamped for an even finished surface.
New Baby Needs Iron Rich Foods
The article explains that a newborn relies on liver iron for the first five to six months and then requires iron rich foods. It lists egg yolk, cereals, sieved meats, peas, beans, and prunes, noting cereals often include iron salts. If fed only milk the first year, a baby may become anemic and pale due to low hemoglobin.
Bulk Tank Milk Increase Seen
The dairy division survey shows growth in bulk tank milk adoption from January 1960 to January 1961. Grade A tank producers rose from 1,730 to 2,023, with direct expansion at 1,420 and ice bank at 596. Most Grade A milk is picked up every other day. Two processors now receive bulk tank milk from 93 producers.
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State Board of Agriculture Survey
Care Leads to Profits For Livestock Farmers
A guide urges farmers to boost profits through careful cattle and hog management. It promotes routine spraying and warming with safe products to maximize returns on investments and labor.
Bee Colony Inspections Offered in Neosho County
Neosho County beekeepers may have their colonies inspected in the next two months, with J Hunsicker of Fort Scott designated inspector. The visits will check for American Foulbrood and other diseases, and inspectors will offer advice. Interested beekeepers can leave names at the Erie extension office or contact Hunsicker directly.
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Erie
Neosho County
Gale Mullen
Hunsicker
Fort Scott
Mullen
May Food Items Highlighted By Kansas State Expert
Kansas State University Foods for May Meals list spotlights fresh vegetables led by asparagus cabbage new potatoes lettuce spinach and new green onions with rhubarb strawberries and pine apples among fruits. Mildred Walker notes May is peak season and prices ease as supply grows while quality remains high. Tender young chickens and turkey are featured for May meat bays with broilers expected to arrive in greater volume this month.
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Manhattan
Kansas State University
Mildred Walker
Weather shift boosts prices on canned peaches and dairy
An 8 percent price rise is seen over last year for plentiful foods including canned freestone peaches and milk and dairy products. The adjustment follows broader market trends in food costs as households seek staples.
Installing Tile Made Simpler for Homeowners
Modern adhesives ease ceramic tile work for homeowners. Tiles may be set on smooth plaster or gypsum wallboard after sealing the wallboard. Use adhesive labeled Commercial Standard 181 52 and ensure tiles are firmly set and grouted.
Shorthorn Spring Show Set in Fredonia
The Southeast Kansas District Milking Shorthorn Spring Show will be held May 13 at the fair grounds in Fredonia. About 45 dairy cattle from the area are entered. Ezra Wolf of Quinter will judge. he is a longtime breeder and former American Milking Shorthorn Society president. A junior FFA and 4-H judging contest with a trophy and an adult contest will accompany the event, with trophies and ribbons awarded. Local businesses sponsor the show and judging contests.
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Fredonia
Kansas
Ezra Wolf
Quinter
American Milking Shorthorn Society
FFA
Kansas Stockmen Award Program At K State
About 20 Kansas stockmen will receive plaques and certificates at the 48th Livestock Feeders’ day on May 6 at Kansas State University Manhattan. Wendell A. Moyer says 1980 records show entry into the beef production contest with stocker feeder creep feeding and deferred steer feeding classes. Recognition also honors cattlemen who handle heifers on the deferred feeding program.
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Kansas
Kansas State University
Manhattan
Wendell A. Moyer
K-State
Home ownership patterns in Kansas across eight counties
A study of housing for the aged in eight southeast and eight southwest Kansas counties finds 68.8 percent of the population own homes. Among heads of households in open country, 83 percent have some form of real estate ownership with 90 percent of landowners owning a farm. some also own nearby acreage or a town house.
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Kansas
Southwest
Queens Buried At St Peter's Cathedral
Three royal figures Christina of Sweden Charlotte of Corpus and Clementia the mother of Bonnie Prince Charlie are interred at St Peter's Cathedral marking a notable burial site.
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St. Peter's Cathedral
Christina of Sweden
Charlotte of Corpus
Clementia
Bonnie Prince Charlie
Wet Weather Aids Farm Soil Planning
Wet weather in Erie slows field work but spurs conservation planning. The Soil Conservation Service lists completed plans by October and revisions across Chanute Walnut Lavonburg Stark and nearby areas with terraces stockwater ponds and other practices on nine farms. Mapping proceeds for Neosho County Big Creek watershed detention dam sites with A G Palmer leading and assistants in Erie Humboldt and nearby towns.
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Erie
Charles P. McKinnie
The
Soil Conservation Service
Frank D. Hotchkiss
Marie Stipp
William D. Guy
Vera Johnson
Chanute
George R. Defenbaugh
Walnut
Charles L. Olson
Lavonburg
Hazel Nelson
Vernon Yoho
Stark
Howard Yarnell
Neosho County
Big Creek
A. G. Palmer
SCS
Kenneth Lock
Carmen Cooley
Gerald Clay
Humboldt
Dairy Month Celebrates Silver Anniversary in 1961
Erie reports the 1961 June Dairy Month marks its Silver Anniversary. The event highlights dairy foods and promotes dairy industry. A dairy princess contest is planned at county, district, and state levels for girls aged 16 to 24 with dairy or farm backgrounds.
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Erie
John DeMott
Neosho County
America
Pittsburg
Social Life Notes From Thayer Community
Thayer society records many visits and family news. Mr and Mrs Charles Stiles bought the Orville Killian property with Killian moving to Erie. Killian will work at Heaton Mfg Co. Betty Jane John born April 19 in Chanute hospital. Patricia Dianne John born April 20. Various visits include Chanute and Tulsa, Pawhuska, Neodesha, Parsons, Wichita, Chanute, and Kansas City.
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Davis
Lois McFarland
Orpha Beckcom
Tulsa
Jimmy Albright
Pawhuska
Belva Toomey
Neodesha
Effie Tuttle
Johnny
Delmer Woolery
Larry
Mac Crow
Lawrence McCoy
Chanute
Chester Perkins
Bartlesville
James John
Jr Raida
Bob Sellars
Paola
Lena Black
Kenneth Richards
Altoona
Orville Holtzman
Donald Baker
George Alan
Carl Studebaker
Glenn Thornton
Alan
Terrie
Ronnie
Jim Hannon
Wade
Justin
Laura Anne
Laura Ann
E. K. Bishop
Kansas City
Cleo Stafford
Eugene
Burlington
Hattie Sharples
Sam Baughman
Earl Richards
Thayer
Jerry Neeley
Case Implement Co
Walter Goodsman
Joplin
Joe Powers
Betty
Perthenia Lindsay
Marie Ballard
Billy Degenhart
Garden City
Cal Graham
Bert Jorden
Jordens
Jesse Johnston
Bill Brewer
Contest seeks Dairy Princess contender in southeast Kansas
A winner from eight southeast Kansas counties will advance to the state Dairy Princess contest in Hutchinson on September 15. Girls interested in entering may contact DeMott at Neosho Valley Creamery in Erie or the County Agricultural Extension office for information.
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Kansas
Hutchinson
DeMott
Neosho ‘Valley
Erie
Pulitzer Prizes Awarded to Amarillo Globe Times for Public Service
The Amarillo Globe Times won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize gold medal for public service, the first Texas newspaper to receive the award in 45 years of Pulitzers. The prize was among 15 announced Monday for various journalism categories.
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NEW York
Amarillo Globe-Times
Texas
Pulitzer Prizes Tap Tad Moses and Harper Lee
Tad Moses, 39, a New York television writer, wins the Pulitzer Prize for drama for To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, who is 35 and claimed fiction. Globe-Times public service award credited to editor Thomas Hazzard Thompson for a campaign causing a law enforcement shakeup and reform slate election.
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Tad Moses
New York
Harper Lee
Globe-Times
Thomas Hazzard Thompson
Galena Youth Star Farmer named in Kansas
Ronald Gene Mercer 17 of near Galena is named Star Farmer of Kansas at the Future Farmers of America state meeting in Manhattan. He has 240 farmed acres and a net worth of 9638 after four years in vocational agriculture. Award winners include James Zoonitzer Horton Lawrence Erpelding Jr Atchison Roger Thorn Wellsville Armin Nelson McPherson Larry Gilliland Hepler Roy Sauzek Wellington Dwayne Dietz WaKeeney Neill Walker McPherson and the Simpson rural high school FFA for farm safety.
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Manhattan
Kan
Star Farmer of
Kansas
Ronald Gene Mercer
Galena
Mercer
Future Farmers of America
FFA Foundation
James Zoonitzer
Horton
Lawrence H. Erpelding Jr
Atchison
Roger A. Thorn
Wellsville
Armin Nelson
McPherson
Larry Wayne Gilliland
Hepler
Roy Sauzek
Wellington
Dwayne Eugene Dietz
WaKeeney
Neill R. Walker
Simpson Rural High School
FFA
Tribune Carrier Rate Puzzle Solved for 3 Cents a Week
The Tribune reaffirms a carrier price of three cents weekly guidance, outlining delivery terms and payment details for subscribers and carriers.
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the Tribune
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Jim Norris
County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Pfister
Humbo Eae
Leon Aes
OOS Eensome
Assim
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Dannen
Highland
Neosho
Artificial Breeding Association
Ralph Baldwin
AB Or Erie
Fred and
Jerry Beachner
St. Paul
Fred Hall
Charles Merrill
Galesburg
George and
Donald Duff
Parsons
Mr. Farmer
Bennett Creamery Company
Bennett's Ice Cream
Forest Park
N. Grant
Chanute Sales Report
W. F. Steers
W. F. Heifer Calves
F. L. Holden
H. R. Krokstrom
Lola
Potter's Hatchery
E. Main
Chanute Tribune
Galena Youth Star Farmer
Holman Construction
Cliff Holmen
Clyde Stoniey
Clark Soybean
TTT
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