Government lowers farm price supports amid large surpluses
An Agriculture Department report shows the government holds about 797 million bushels of wheat valued at 2.75 a bushel and over one billion bushels of corn at 1.80 a bushel. It notes field stockpiles of other grains and dairy products and warns disposal at current prices would incur over 1.2 billion dollars in losses. It also covers boll weevil damage to cotton across several states and a plan for a three member group from the department National Cotton Council and state stations to study control measures over four months. A pasture plant identification and management school is planned near Chanute with local extension staff facilitating.
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Ovid
A. Martin Washington
Agriculture Department
Washington
Alabama
Louisiana
South Carolina
Tennessee
Arkansas
Great Plains
New York
Delaware
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Kansas
Department
National Cotton Council
State Experiment Stations
Treating cattle grubs with new insecticides in September
County Agent Gale Mullen notes September is ideal to treat cattle for grubs with new insecticides Trolene or ET-57 and CO-RAL. Bolus or spray methods apply to beef cattle. dairy cattle are exempt. These products target grub larvae to cut U.S. losses, including Neosho County.
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Erie
Gale Mullen
Mullen
U.S
Bins Should Be Sprayed Before Milo Corn Use
ERIE grain bins should be sprayed for stored grain insects before harvest. Agent Gale Mullen recommends thorough clean up and spraying inside walls with methoxychlor to run-off, focusing on cracks and corners. Do this at least a week before filling, then fumigate if insects appear.
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Erie
Gale Mullen
Range Judging School Held at Walter Poor Farm Neosho
A Range Judging School will be held in Neosho County for the first time Monday at 1 30 P M. County Agent Gale Mullen said the session will occur in a pasture on the Walter Poor farm about six and a half miles from the area.
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Erie
Neosho County
Gale Mullen
Walter Poor
Grass Seed May Add To Income In Neosho County
Neosho County farmers may boost income by harvesting native grass seed this fall, says county agent Gale Mullen. Big and little bluestem dominate meadows, with Indian Grass Switchgrass and side-oats grama present. seed crops depend on dense stalks and 20 percent filled spiklets. Harvest around October 1 or later, with artificial drying after harvest. for details consult Mullen or the Soil Conservation Office.
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Erie
Neosho County
Gale Mullen
Mullen
Soil Conservation Office
Last Minute Warning On Wheat Planting
County agent Lester Griffith warns farmers in Wilson County to delay wheat planting to October 12 to avoid Hessian fly and mosaic disease. Delaying until October allows fall and spring infections to cause less damage, and destroying volunteer wheat a week before sowing helps remove mite carriers and diseased plants.
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Wilson County
Lester Griffith
Beekeepers in North Carolina Graft Wing Clips on Queens
Beekeepers in North Carolina clip a queen bee’s wings to indicate age, applying left wing in odd years and right wing in even years. This practice helps prevent swarming and keeps queens from flying away, aiding hive management.
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North Carolina
Soil Bank Questions Answered in Fredonia
Farmers get clarifications on the Acreage Reserve program and its 1959 scope. Leon Choate explains there will be no 1959 wheat Acreage Reserve, only a Conservation Reserve, with 10 year contracts and two payment types. You may plant winter wheat on 1958 Reserve tracts but cannot pasture them before January 1, 1959.
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Fredonia
Soil Bank
Leon Choate
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County Committee
Conservation Reserve
Wilson Expert Attends Meet
Fredonia Allen Hannen kamp, manager technician for Wilson County Artificial Breeding Association, will attend the 9th Annual Technicians Conference at Kansas State College Friday and Saturday. No service those days. The program highlights promotions, equipment and efficient operation for dairymen with Hendrickson of Tri-State Breeders leading talks. Recognition will be given to manager-technicians with five years service.
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Fredonia
Allen Hannenkamp
Wilson County Artificial Breeding Association
Kansas State College
F. A. Hendrickson
Tri-State
Westby
Wis
Hendrickson
University of Wisconsin Stud
Kabsu
Erie Area Social News and Upcoming Visit Announced
The Erie Pinochle Club met at Dr. Dale Larimore’s home with guests Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Morley. Morleys won high score and Mrs Morley took the traveling prize while Mrs James White had the low. In two weeks Mr and Mrs William Snyder will entertain the group. Kansas University students Larry Wheeles and Johnny White returned to Lawrence after visiting relatives here. Mrs Sam Maphies is hospitalized in Nevada Mo after major surgery with son Leslie by her side. Rainbow Girls held an installation at the Masonic hall naming Joyce White worthy advisor, Edna Marie Heady last term official. Mrs Edith Thurman is mother advisor. Roy Wilson of Ponce City Okla and Mrs Wilson visited Mrs Dale Crumline. A F Redmond and family attended a Hester family reunion in Independence. Myron Tanner of Topeka visits Erie painting his house. he formerly worked for Topeka Daily Capital and the Kansas City Star. Alice Hester visits Dodge City. Roger Kensinger hosted a dinner for Charles Forsyth William Weir Dale Ewen Neal Trumbull Everett Shrum Glenn McKinney. Bridge followed dinner. A group of Erie’s young married couples picnicked at Riverside Park in Independence, including Mr and Mrs Sam Ricketts.
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Erie
Dale Larimore
Melvin Morley
Morley
James Whitelow
William Snyder
Larry Wheeles
Johnny White
Kansas University
Lawrence
Cleo Wheeles
John White
Sam Maphies
Eric
Nevada
Maphies
Leslie
Rainbow Girls
Masonic Hall
Joyce White
Edna Marie Heady
Edith Thurman
Roy Wilson
Ponca City
Okla
Myron Tanner
Topeka
Tanner
Daily Capital
Kansas City Star
Erie Record Mechanical Department
Alice Hester
Dodge City
Nellie Rowten
Roger Kensinger
Charles Forsyth
William C. Weir
Dale Ewen
Neal Trumbull
Everett Shrum
Glenn McKinney
Drive at Horton Locates Industry
Horton Kansas AP reports a new industry will locate there after a chamber drive for 20000 dollars. Rock-N-Roll Corp of Rockford Illinois will lease a building for 10 years and bring equipment within 10 days. The chamber donates 10000 dollars and invests another 10000 in stock. The project aims to create 75 to 100 local jobs.
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Horton, Kas
Horton Chamber of Commerce
Rock-N-Roll Corp
Rockford
Ill
Chamber of Commerce
Family Visitors and Hospital Update in McCune Area
Mrs Beeney and granddaughter Carol Klenklen visited Cha nute with Harold VanCleave and family. Thomas Leatherman returned from three weeks at Kansas University Medical Center for stomach treatment and will return in two weeks for an exam. Wayne Gemmil of rural McCune and her daughter visited Saturday with E C Dunfee.
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Everett Shrum
Harold VanCleave
Earl Beeler Jr
Reta Bouman
Jerry
Marion Beeney
Carol Klenklen
Chanute
Beeney
Thomas F. Leatherman
Kansas University Medical Center
Leatherman
Wayne Gemmil
McCune
E. C. Dunfee
Kansas Machinist Settles for $64,500
A Topeka machinist Glennwood Copeland, 45, settled a personal injury suit against Santa Fe Railroad for 64,500 dollars. He alleged negligence in a defective car cleaning rack in Chicago yards that collapsed and injured his back on March 2, 1955. Santa Fe claimed Copeland disengaged a cylinder bar, causing the rack to fall.
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Chicago
Topeka
Kas
Santa Fe
Glennwood Copeland
Copeland
Humboldt Weekend Visits Include Foulke Family
Humboldt residents hosted relatives from Wichita and Iola with weekend gatherings. Mr and Mrs Douglas Foulke of Wichita visited brothers P W Foulke and family and their niece Irvin Phelps and family. Alva Richards hosted granddaughters Donna and Judy Richards of Iola and their return trip included Connie Richards Shar Richards and Una Van Nice visiting Kenneth Richards residence. Herbert Wright of LeRoy joined Friday evening visitors at the Richards home.
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Douglas Foulke
Wichita
Humboldt
Foulke
P. W. Foulke
Irvin Phelps
Alva Richards
Donna
Judy Richards
Iola
Kenneth Richards
Herbert Wright
LeRoy
Family and visiting notes include Iola trips and awards
Harold Richards and family visited relatives at Iola. Mr. and Mrs. C G Puckett and Pat and Tommy were Sunday dinner guests of Mrs. Pucketts sister in Iola. William Towles of Iola visited his mother Minnie Towles. Herman Crawford returned from Kansas City with stops in Colony to see Jesse Nichols. Susie Hoke and others visited Emma Harris at LaHarpe. Lewis D Barnett of Humboldt earned a Kansas craftsman certificate at a Wichita forum. Barnett, 37, married with three children, is with Day Brothers Construction Co. of Moran.
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Harold Richards
Iola
C. G. Puckett
Pat
Tommy
Ricky
Colony
Jesse Nichols
Susie Hoke
Orval
Walter
Emma Harris
LaHarpe
Lewis D. Barnett
Humboldt
Kansas
American Institute of Architects
Kansas Builders Forum
Wichita
Barnett
Day Brothers Construction Co
Moran
John FE. Brink
Belgium Consul General’s Death Penalty Commuted
Belgian Consul General Louis de San had the death penalty commuted to 20 years by President Camille Chamoun after a conviction for importing arms from Syria. In London, Moscow radio quoted Andrei Gromyko urging that nuclear test cessation be on the UN General Assembly agenda. In Jakarta, the army information department said government forces cap-
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Beirut
Lebanon
Louis de San
Camille Chamoun
de San
Syria
London
Moscow Radio
Andrei Gromyko
U.N. General Assembly
New York
Gromyko
Dag Hammarskjold
Jakarta
Indonesia
Army Information Department
Cap
Riots in Guinea Kill One and Injure Fifteen
AP reports political riots during the referendum campaign in Guinea West Africa left one dead and fifteen injured according to French government sources. Pope Pius XII urges fuller support for Catholic schools by public officials at the International Office of Catholic Teaching assembly. Alexis Liatis named Greek ambassador to Washington. Nehru embarks on a 16 day trip to India’s distant neighbor.
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Paris
Guinea
West Africa
Vatican City
Pius XII
General Assembly
International Office of Catholic Teaching
Athens
Foreign Ministry
U. S
Alexis Liatis
Washington
New Delhi
Nehru
India
Chanute Tribune Seaside Weather News Seniors Day Events
The Chanute Tribune dated Tuesday September 16 1958 reports local happenings including community events and notices. It highlights school milestones and civic matters with brief summaries of upcoming meetings and local happenings in Chanute and surrounding areas.
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The
Chanute Tribune
Felt to Visit Formosa for Five Day Pacific Command Talks
Adm. Harry D. Felt United States commander in chief in the Pacific will arrive Saturday for five days of conferences with American and Chinese Nationalist commanders in Formosa, the little Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan.
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Taipei
Formosa
Harry D. Felt
U. S
Pacific
Stubbs Bound Over for Trial in Harned Stabbing
James J. Stubbs, 44, bound over for trial in District Court on a second degree murder charge for the Sept. 4 stabbing of 68 year old Carl Harned in Great Bend Kansas.
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Great Bend
Kas
James J. Stubbs
Carl Harned
Evens and Howard Sewer Pipe Co Building Destroyed
A three story block long factory of the Evens and Howard Sewer Pipe Co. burned in St. Louis early today. Fire Chief James Mullen estimated damage at 125000 dollars.
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ST. Louis
Evens and Howard Sewer Pipe Co
James Mullen
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