Annual Spring Field Day Set for Columbus May 21
Agricultural research in southeast Kansas will be spotlighted at the Columbus Experiment Field Spring Field Day, May 21. A noon lunch at Center Star School precedes a 1 p.m. field tour and presentations by six researchers, including Dr. Floyd Smith and Dr. Elmer Heyne, on topics from profitable wheat to soybeans.
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Columbus
Kansas
Columbus Experiment Field
Verlin H. Peterson
Kansas State University
Indi
Cates
Center Star School
C. Peaks Wilson
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station
Manhattan
Floyd W. Smith
Kstate Agronomy Department
Elmer G. Heyne
Roscoe Ellis Jr
Laurel E. Anderson
Peterson
E. A. Cleavinger
Extension Agronomist
Jerry D. Thompson
Cherokee County Agricultural Extension Agent
Roscoe
Rates For Post-Emergent Weed Control In Corn
Er ie-2 4 D is the common herbicide for post emergent broadleaf weed control in corn. Recommended rates 4 lb acre ester or 2 lb acre amino salt with at least 10 gal water. Timing critical. tasseling time avoided. Lorox offers broad and grassy weed control as pre or post emergent. when used post emergent weeds must be under eight inches and corn 12 to 15 inches tall. 2,4-D also used in sorghum but overuse injures crop.
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Erie
Bill Dickson
Neosho County
Neosho Farm Tour Friday in Neosho County
Dick Roberts of Kansas State Extension horticul turist will discuss new varieties soil fertility weed and disease control at two Neosho County fruit and vegetable truck farm meetings. The first stop is the E J Stitt farm two miles south west of the K47 US169 junction north of Thayer. The second is at Cecil Arnett Farm at 1 p.m. three miles east 142 north and 34 east of Chanute. Growers are urged to attend either stop to ask Roberts fruit and vegetable questions.
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Erie
Dick Roberts
Neosho County
Bill Dickson
E. J. Stitt
Thayer
Cecil Arnett
Chanute
Dickson
Roberts
Hoe as city substitute to fight bindweed suggested
Neosho County weed supervisor Orval Wood says a hoe is a good substitute for field cultivators to kill bindweed around trees shrubs and ornamentals. hoe every 10 days early on then every two weeks. cut off all plants each time and continue yearly fallow and cultivation to reduce the stand 85 to 90 percent over several years.
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ST. Paul
Orval Wood
Neosho County
Complete Civic School graduates listed in Wilson County
Thirty three people from Wilson County completed a six lesson course on community development on May 5. The program, based on materials from the U S Chamber of Commerce and Kansas State University centers, covered growth dynamics, planning, urban renewal, financing, and leadership.
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Fredonia
Wilson County
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Center For Community Planning Services
Kansas State University
G. E. Worley
C. 0. Howard
Alberta Gentry
Buford Coss
Lowell Shire
Burris Lurber
George Remsburg
P. W. Stephens
Art Howell
Pat Neuenschwander
Irene Clary
Rita Relph
George Clinesmith
Leroy Collins
W. F. Hansen
Ernest Wilson
Allan Blaker
John Linn
Leland Brindle
W. A. Burns
Phil Moon
Howard Sell
Robert Hill
Ron R. Poor
Dan Pherigo
Jessie Lee Henderson
Art Miller
Warren Stover
George Davis
Red Recob
Marilynn Schaus
Glenn Beal
John Deer
Wheat program signup opens. diversion and loans offered
Farmers may qualify for price support loans or purchases at a $1.30 per bushel national average if their wheat acreage fits their farm allotment. Signup runs through May 15 with steps including staying within 1964 allotments, diverting 11.11 percent, and conserving diverted land. Eligible growers receive diversion payments, price supports, and certificates redeemable for domestic and export marketing. Payments begin after July 1.
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Erie
Gram
Glenn Neely
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County Committee
ASCS
U.S
Commodity Credit Corporation
ASC
Area Farms Plan Large Reservoirs
Neosho County's area farms plan multiple stockwater reservoirs. Construction at the Raymond Ort on farm will create about 13 to 15 surface acres of water storage. Funded by Agricultural Conservation Program cost-share, the projects aim to supply water during drought, act as detention dams, and offer recreation.
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ERIE
Raymond Orton
Stark R. 1
Neosho Ascs
Agricultural Conservation Program
A. H. Spieker
Neosho County
SCS
Vyrl Fogel
Eric R. 1
Fred Beachner
St. Paul
L. A. Fox
Walnut
Tulip origins and spread from Turkish gardens to Holland
The word tulip comes from a Turkish word for turban. Early Turkish gardeners hybridized wild species. The spring flower was introduced to Holland via Austria in the latter part of the 16th century.
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Holland
Austria
Soybean Supports Are $2.25 in 1964
Freddy, Leon Cheete chair of the county ASCS committee announces 1964 soybean price supports at a national average of 2.25 dollars per bushel, same as 1963. The program mirrors 1963 with details on premiums discounts and quality adjustments to be announced later.
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Fredonia
Leon Cheete
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County Committee
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Honegger
Arbor Acre
S. Malcolm
Potter's Hatchery
Pete
Ae Ay
ACME
Potter's
S. Makc
Egypt
Pyramids
Mama
Mary Bloodhart
Garden City
Don Baxter
Ottawa
Christopher Wilson
Wilson
Jeep
Wagoneer
Kaiser Jeep Corporation
EEF’ Wagoneer
Hawley Motor Co
W. Main
Chanute, Ka
GREA
Channel
Clark
Fiumboldt Elevator Mills
The
Chanute Tribune
David L. McCune
Chanute Ins. Boaré
City OF Chanute Electric System
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