Delegates Named To State Round-Up At KSU Manhattan
Neosho County sends ten 4-H members and two extension staff to the State Round-Up at Kansas State University Manhattan June 2 6 Governor Docking President McCain and Dean Weber will join the program Rock Springs Ranch hosts over 1300 attendees Talks workshops and career guidance planned The county reports a strict ten member quota so not all clubs can be represented The event features leadership training and youth development activities Gale Mullen and Mrs Marjorie Price oversee selections and test plots show feed trial results for steers involving dehydrated grain sorghum pellets silage and soybean meal with promising results and continued testing
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Erie
Neosho County
Kansas State University
Manhattan
Gale Mullen
Marjorie Price
Mullen
Tom Thurman
Leonard Leadstrom
Bill Frederick
Gary Malson
Harold Barnhart
Judy Bower
Jeanie Brazil
Carol Ferguson
Gloria Noakes
Mary Lee John
George Docking
James A. McCain
Dean Arthur D. Weber
KSU
Rock Springs Ranch
Junction City
Feeding Test Results at Kansas Station on Calf Gain
A Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station feeding test in Manhattan found no gain difference between calves fed dehydrated pellets and those fed silage from whole grain sorghum plants. Over 100 days one group gained 1.35 pounds per head daily and the other 1.36 pounds. calves weighed previously.
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Erie
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station
Manhattan
Cankerworm Damage Threatens Elm Trees in County
County agent Gale Mullen warns that cankerworms are defoliating elm trees and may weaken or kill them if infestations recur over years. Webworms also cause damage. DDT is advised at two pounds of 50 percent powder or two quarts of 25 percent liquid per 100 gallons, applied with a sprayer reaching tree canopies.
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Erie
Gale Mullen
Spray Controls Johnson Grass
County agent Gale Mullen advises spraying Johnson grass when it reaches 12 to 18 inches tall using dalapon at 20 pounds per acre for large areas. Two applications of 10 pounds per acre 15 to 30 days apart may yield better results. For small patches mix one pound dalapon in five gallons of water and spray thoroughly.
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Gale Mullen
Mullen
Lang To Be Speaker Here In Chanute
Dr. Laurence H. Lang II extension specialist in family life will speak on How to Grow Old Gracefully at Hutton School Chanute Thursday at 2 p.m. Lang, Kansas State University staff member and national family life leader, was appointed by Gov Docking to help plan the 1960 White House Conference on Children and Youth.
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Laurence H. Lang II
Chanute
Hutton School
Lang
Kansas State University
Gov Docking
White House
New York City
Neosho County
Ralph Reinhardt
Farm family income sources and spending in 1958
Gladys Myers of Kansas State University reports from 281 farm management families that the average four members spent 3692 dollars on family living in 1958, about 310 dollars per month.
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Manhattan
Kansas
Gladys Myers
Kansas State University
Farm family finances and sheep breeding trends reported
The report details average savings and life insurance with social security deductions, farm income and off farm earnings, and year by year net farm income from 1938 to 1948. It groups families by ages of oldest child with listed cash outlays, notes heavier coarser fleece grading by some groups, and compares four ram breeds on western ewes showing no consistent differences in lambing, weaning, or carcass grades over seven years. It also notes Southdown and Shropshire lambs tend to be lighter at birth than Suffolk or Hampshire progeny.
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Farm Management Association
Hampshire
Suffolk
Shropshire
Southdown
Lamb Types Are Compared At Feeders Day Program
Kansas State University hosted a study on ewe and ram breeds for commercial lamb production. Fine wool Rambouillet ewes lamb earlier by about three weeks than northwestern crossbred and whiteface crossbred ewes, leading to earlier market weights. The report notes consistent differences in lambing and weaning percentages birth weights carcass grades and rate of gain among the types.
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Manhattan
Kansas State University
Carl Menzies
J. D. Wheat
R. E. John
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