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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1960
Page
7
Kansas State University extension warns the next six months will stress egg supplies in Kansas. Producers should focus on marketing and quality to secure demand, while buyers seek efficient plants and better prices. The industry must unite to set directions and reconcile producer and buyer needs.
Gladys Myers of Kansas State University summarizes figures from 300 Kansas farm families. Expenditures reflect attitudes values and self discipline, highlighting how budgeting mirrors goals and planning in rural households.
Farmers may obtain 1959 crop corn price support via nonrecourse loans or government purchase agreements. Eligible corn must be No 3 grade or better. In Wilson County support rate is 1.15 dollars per bushel with warehouse loans open through May 31 1960.
No 4 grade corn due to test weight only is eligible for loan. Must be adequately stored on farm or in a warehouse or elevator. Farm stored car corn may have up to 16 percent moisture. shelled or warehouse stored corn up to 14 percent. Loans and purchase agreements mature July 31, 1960, with redemption possible any time before then.
Fly time is near and routine surgical procedures should be completed promptly. Dehorn, castrate, dock and vaccinate to prevent wound contamination by parasitic fly larvae. Pine tar Smear 62 or EQ 335 on wounds relieves distress from blow flies and pays for itself.
To gain an earlier garden start you can pre-sprout seeds. Soak beans squash and melons between blotters at room temperature until they begin to sprout then plant. This method speeds emergence giving a week or ten days advantage over direct planting from packets.
The guideline says to sell a cow when her last calf’s weaning weight drops below her lifetime average. The next calf will be lighter at weaning. Emphasizes keeping accurate birth dates and weaning weights to determine which cows or replacement heifers to retain.
Agronomy notes a nationwide need to seed native grasses beyond soil bank programs for pastures, stabilization, drought and erosion control. Research in Manhattan shows March and April plantings yield best stands, with fall plantings poorer and May plantings often failing.
Kansas State University extension plant pathologist Claude L. King reports seed treatment for sorghum reduces disease and insect damage, yielding an average 12 bushels per acre gain across 85 plots from 1955 to 1959. Some counties showed larger increases, with notable 31, 50, 20 and 15 ton differentials in treated versus untreated seed.
The guidance notes that seed treatment can boost stands and yields while protecting against smut and seed-eating insects. It recommends wettable powders of dieldrin or aldrin or heptachlor at one ounce per 100 pounds of seed and suggests captan or thiram as fungicides, with treated seed clearly marked on the seed bag.
The Olathe City Commission named L. A. Bud Billings mayor to replace J. Lee Laptad who resigned under fire. Laptad left after facing ouster action and admitted buying a surplus government truck from the Civil Defense unit for 45 dollars.
Local page features notices and briefs from Chanute reflecting community events. May 24 1960 wrap includes civic items, social notices, and short reports from Chanute and surrounding area.
Billings, 40, a Tepublican, was elected Johnson County sheriff in 19 and served two terms.
Ft. Knox baseball team beat Kentucky State Reformatory inmates 11 to 10 in Lagrange Kentucky, then found about 200 dollars in cash, seven wrist watches, and several pairs of GI shoes missing from their locker room which had been padlocked. Deputy Warden Porter Lady doubted the lock's effectiveness.
NaBar Hereforde of Chanute was named to membership in the American Hereford Association. The AHA is the world’s largest purebred registry organization with headquarters in Kansas City Missouri.
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