Dust Bowl to Soil Conservation Service remembered in Kansas
Neosho County conservationist Henry Lockett marks Soil Stewardship Week May 4 11 and recalls Dust Bowl days. Former congressman Frank Carlson recalls 1934 red dirt in Washington and 1935 creation of the Soil Conservation Service, praising Kansas leadership and district organization in conservation.
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Kansas
Henry Lockett
Neosho County
Frank Carlson
House
Washington
Ohio
Frank
Oklahoma
Congress
The
Soil Conservation Service
Department of Agriculture
Concordia
Great Plains
Carlson
Cliff Hope
Garden City
Dust Bowl
SCS
Grafting Demonstration Set by County Extension Office
Neosho County Extension Service and Gerald Bratton will host a public grafting demonstration Monday at 1 p.m. near Erie focusing on pecan grafts. George Fager will host. attendees will learn plant care, pest prevention, and transplant hardening amid prep for soybean planting and tomato transplants with guidance on varieties and seeding rates.
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Neosho County
Gerald Bratton
Area Extension Forester
Erie
George Fager
Beans and Peanut Butter Top Protein Bargains
The Agriculture Department reports dry beans and peanut butter offer the most protein per unit cost, with 12 cents of dry beans and 16 cents of peanut butter yielding 20 grams each. Bacon proves least efficient at 78 cents for the same 20 grams, while the note also emphasizes peanut butter providing about one third of a 20 year old man's daily protein.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Food and Home Notes
Department
Agricultural Research Service
Grain loan compromise would have paid its own way
USDA analysts say raising 1975 grain loan rates to 2.00 for wheat and 1.50 for corn would have boosted 1975 loan outlays to about 139 million dollars but would likely be repaid in the following year. They argue the higher costs would clash with Ford’s veto of the farm bill. The House planned to vote next week on an override.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
Agriculture Department
Agriculture
Earl L. Butz
House
Three Shaf quintuplets treated for ailments
In Chicago three of the four surviving Shaf quintuplets were ill with respiratory problems after birth on February 9. Derek improved yet remained in critical care with pneumonia and received intravenous feeding and antibiotics at Children's Memorial after near-fatal episodes. Adam stayed hospitalized in stable condition, Tiffany was released from Resurrection Hospital, and all are children of Vance and Cheryl Shaf of Morton Grove.
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Chicago
API
Derek
Resurrection Hospital
Children’s Memorial Hospital
Adam
Tiffany
Vance
Cheryl Shaf
Morton Grove
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N. Rutter
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Chanute, Kansas
Humboldt
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