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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1959
Page
5
A May 20 cutoff applies to excess wheat under the 1959 acreage allotment. Farmers may dispose of excess wheat by delivery to the Secretary of Agriculture or storage on farm. those who do so may gain history credit for diverted acres and the allotment, but penalties apply if stored wheat is sold.
ERIE May 3 11 Soil Stewardship Week runs May 3 11 as farmers churches soil conservation districts schools and urban groups emphasize soil as a God given resource. Work Unit Conservationist C P McKinnie notes the eight day observance started on Rural Life Sunday and urges ministers to contact the Erie Soil Conservation office for material.
A new uniform farm definition for acreage allotment and Soil Bank programs takes effect this year per Jim Norris of Neosho County ASCS. A farm includes adjoining or nearby lands under the same ownership operated by one person, plus additional nearby lands under different ownership operated by the same person if near, equally productive, and part of the farm for two years. Tracts under different ownership are not combined.
Fort Hays branch tests show wintering steer calves gain more with wheat than sorghum. Over two years, a diet of Ellis sorge silage with rolled wheat and alfalfa hay produced 27 percent faster gains than rolled sorghum. Costs per pound favored wheat, though sorghum was preferred and palatability was lower with wheat alone.
Wilson County home demonstration units report broad program activity with 23 units and about 85 participants in seven home sewing groups. Sessions cover sewing techniques, nutrition, mental health, furnishings, crafts, and clothing. health goals include 50 percent member examinations.
The article lists projects by Lafontaine Homebuilders Harmony Echo and Chetopa Sunbeams in Altoona. Prairie Hustlers Friendly Folk Farmdale and Better Business Builders contribute to cancer dressings mailbox painting flowers for churches donations of blankets and church support through 4 H clubs and local groups.
Erie county agent Gale Mullen warns that cleaning grain storage facilities now prevents weight and value loss in the 1959 wheat crop. Under FDA rules any wheat with over 1 percent weevil holes is livestock feed, not human food. He notes weevils are in feed bins and storage areas and will move into July stored wheat. removing waste grain and sealing cracks with insecticides like malathion or methoxychlor is essential.
The Chanute Tribune advises preparing pest sprays by mixing one pint of 57 percent premium malathion emulsion with three gallons of water for malathion. For TDE or methoxychlor spray use one quart of 25 percent emulsifiable methoxychlor or three-fourths pounds of 50 percent wettable powder in three gallons of water. Also notes a pie crust tip of brushing with egg white and sugar before finishing baking.
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