State Grows More High Gluten Wheat
Kansas wheat producers increased strong gluten wheat to 33 percent of the 1956 crop, down from 16.7 percent in 1954 for strong varieties. The Kansas Wheat Improvement Association aims for 60 percent strong, 40 percent medium, and no weak gluten varieties. Local counties report varied shares of strong gluten wheat.
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Manhattan
Kansas
Kansas Wheat Improvement Association
U.S
Neosho County
Allen County
Woodson
Wilson County
Commanche
Ponca
Cheyenne
Tenmarq
Turkey
Concho
Association
Steer Feeding Is Discussed Payoff in Fattening Cattle
Kansas State College analyst R Wayne Robinson estimates full feeding steers to gain 100 pounds may pay. Using Milo at 2.85 per hundred and 18 pounds grain daily plus hay and supplement, he computes costs and potential returns from 800 to 1000 pounds by late fall, comparing to market prices and noting corn-milo price equivalence for fattening cattle.
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Erie
Milo
R. Wayne Robinson
Kansas State College
Manhattan
Robinson
Fall Liming Is Suggested by Midwest Agronomists
The Middle West Soil Improvement Committee urges Chicago area farmers to lime soils this fall for longer soil sweetening and better next spring legume stands. Soil tests are advised to avoid overliming and to combine lime with nitrogen, phosphate and potash for lasting crop gains. Fall offers more time, firmer field footing, faster deliveries, and broader liming options.
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Chicago
Middle West
Some Smutty Wheat Is From Local Points
A Kansas State College survey shows seed used for the 1956 wheat crop carried smut or bunt from at least 43 points in Kansas including Chanute South Mound and Yates Center. Pathologist Claude L. King notes the 1955 crop seed likely spread the disease and that custom combines and trucks can move it between farms.
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Manhattan
Kansas
Claude L. King
Kansas State College
Chanute
South Mound
Yates Center
King
Wheat seed treatment urged to prevent smut and boost yields
An agri cultural expert urged Kansas wheat growers to treat seed with Panagen Ceresan or Vanicide 51 to prevent smut and stabilize stands. He said cleaning and treating seed could raise yields by about a bushel per acre, with county agents providing information.
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Ceresan
King
Kansas
Soil Bank Acreage Reserve Forms Available at ASC Office
Charles Ropp chairman of the Wilson County ASC Committee announced that Soil Bank applications are on hand at the ASC office. Applicants must file the Soil Bank Acreage Reserve Agreement by the deadline of September 21.
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Fredonia
Charles Ropp
Wilson County
ASC
Soil Bank
Farmers' Acreage Reserve Rules and Sept. 21 Filing Deadline
A farmer with 75 acres designated 25 for the Acreage Reserve and farming 50 will be counted as 75 acres for future allotments. County ASC Committees will verify compliance with the Reserve program like other allotments. Deadline for filing Acreage Reserve applications is Sept. 21.
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ASC
McCan
Farmers Produce Hybrid Sorghum Seed in Kansas Counties
Erie Forty one farmers in thirty seven Kansas counties raise hybrid sorghum seed this year. Seed distribution was approved by the experiment station at their January conference with forty one growers chosen on recommendation of the county agent. Each producer can plant three acres and irrigated land favored. total 123 acres will yield about four thousand bushels of seed enough to plant fifty thousand to sixty thousand acres next year.
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Erie
Kansas
Mahlon Morley
Experiment Station
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station
Taylor Bros
Neosho County
Works Bros
Allen County
Rules On Soil Bank Prompts Wheat Acreage Cut
Erie reports Neosho County Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Committee chair E. L. McCan says farmers must cut 1957 wheat acreage below their farm allotment to receive wheat acreage reserve payments and must stay within all crop allotments. participation in the reserve will not reduce future wheat allotments.
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Erie
E. L. McCan
Neosho County
McCan
Wrong Wheat Varieties Listed
Charles Ropp of the Wilson County Stabilization and Conservation Committee announced 23 wheat varieties designated undesirable under the 1957 price support program. The list includes Stafford Pawnee Sel 33 Red Chief Parke Cimarron Red Hull New Chief Kanvale Chiefkan Early Black Hull Red Jacket Ranking Blue Jacket. A 20 cent per bushel discount applies to these varieties to deter inferior quality wheat entering markets. Producers must certify variety planted and harvested as part of support regulations.
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Fredonia
Charles Ropp
Wilson County Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Stafford
Pawnee
Ropp
U.S
Bow and arrow halt Pine Bluff burglar trio
Lonnie Q. Wilson of the Pine Bluff Archery Club stopped burglars at a local liquor store and held one assailant at bay with a bow and arrow until police arrived. The incident occurred in Pine Bluff, Arkansas.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Lonnie Q. Wilson
Wilson
Archery Club
Open Range Dispute in Temporary Truce in Oklahoma
In McCurtain County a temporary truce ends a hog invasion affecting ranches highways gardens and a Methodist church. Ranchers oppose hogs roaming freely while squatters cite drought and scarce pasture. County commissioners delay votes on a petition for a special election until Oct 1. Louis Monroe estimates 700 to 800 hogs roam Wright City area.
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Wright City
Okla
McCurtain County
Methodist
Oklahoma
Louis Monroe
Global Briefs Roundup of World News Snippets
Reports from London Paris UOZU Karachi Taipei Saigon Adelaide and Berlin cover a birth in Britain a large urban fire in Japan a swearing in of Pakistan's new prime minister narcotics arrests in Formosa Viet Nam rebel losses atomic test delays and East German university directives.
Pro Stalin Campaign Sparks Student Questions Cleared
Neues Deutschland urges professors not to lose a day of the new school year in clearing up burning questions students have about the Kremlin move. The paper does not reveal the questions.
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Moscow
Neues Deutschland
Kremlin
Births and local notices in Buffalo area
Mr and Mrs Gordon Brown announce the birth of a son Eric Richard at Eugene hospital weighing 7 pounds 6 ounces. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs F R Collison. Browns have two older sons Doug and Greg. New teacher housing for Midway district. Various local residents and families mentioned with moves and visits. Kansas Area Chain of Prayer announced for Sept 17 at the Methodist church. Visitors to the Robertson home include extended family from Idaho Wendell and El Dorado references.
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Buffalo
Gordon Brown
Eugene, Ore
Eric Richard
Eugene Hospital
F. R. Collison
Doug
Greg
Midway Consolidated
Charles ‘Garrison
J. W.follick
Follick
Altoona
James E. Horn
Emma _ Pringle
Clyde Bishop
Chanute
John Laster
Walt Davis
Marion White
G. M. Pierce
Kansas Area
Roy Robertson
Loren
Walter Robertson
Wendell
Idaho
Wendell Wilhite
Jack
Jane
el Dorado
A. L .Sizemore
Larry
Buenos Aires Concentrates One Fourth of Argentina Population
One fourth of Argentina s population, totaling 17 424 926, is concentrated in Buenos Aires and its metropolitan area. The data highlights regional density with Buenos Aires city and surrounding suburbs forming a major population hub.
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Argentina
Buenos Aires
GOP Favors Reducing Government Grain Storage
Secretary Benson told the Grain and Feed Dealers National Association that the Eisenhower era philosophy is to remove government from grain storage as surplus declines. He urged the trade to help slow moves toward greater federal control and argued government ownership harms private markets.
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National Assa
Benson
Nazareth Referred With Derisive Label Among Early Texts
In historical usage, Nazareth, known as Christ’s home city, faced scornful labeling with the term Nazarene underscoring its perceived insignificance in later discourse.
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Nazareth
Christ
Amer Faces Murder Charge After Frog Hunting Killing
Warrensburg Missouri Harold Ray Amer twenty is to be charged with first degree murder for the August shooting death of Alfred Askins junior twenty three of Kansas City. Askins body was found last Thursday after Amer admitted the killing while frog hunting northwest of Warrensburg. Amer was arrested in Kansas City Sunday. Authorities in Lexington Missouri say Amer could not be involved in the December disappearance of his stepfather Sgt Joseph Paul Weber of Fort Leavenworth. Weber vanished while on leave in Milwaukee. Fort Leavenworth police say they will question Amer. Records show Amer was jailed in Lafayette County from October 14 1955 to May 7 1956 on separate charges of car theft and $800 in merchandise taken from two uncles.
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Warrensburg
Harold Ray Amer
Alfred Askins
Kansas City
Amer
Askins
Here
Lexington
Joseph Paul Weber
Ft. Leavenworth
Kan
Milwaukee
Lafayette County
Annual Fall-Tour Highlights and Sorghum Plots Review
The writer attends the Fall-Tour across two counties visiting County Agricultural Agents plots. Extreme summer drought limited plot development but the sorghum plots reveal first time hybrid sorghants with uneven head heights. He notes hybrids may yield well given the year yet prefer several established name varieties.
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