Kansas State research aids record 1971 Kansas wheat crop
Kansas State University research boosted the 1971 wheat harvest to a record nine million acres yielding just over 808 million bushels with 11.1 percent protein. Officials attribute efficiency gains to new varieties, better fertilizer use, and improved production methods, spearheaded by K State's Agricultural Experiment Station headed by Floyd Smith.
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Russell
Kansas State University
Kansas
Great Plains Wee
Dumler
Duinler
Kstate
Floyd Smith
K-State
Smith
Foundation
U.S.D.A
Farming research urged to boost Kansas yields
Garden City Telegram notes improved production and harvesting practices include timely seedbed prep and weed control, water conservation, and better harvesting with continued research. It cites needs for high yielding dwarf wheats, livestock feed varieties, and disease and insect resistance to boost Kansas agriculture competitiveness.
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Smith
Kansas
Britons to Dump Scruples Move to Metric System
London reports Britain is dropping traditional measures as it adopts the metric system. The Associated Press notes scruples, drams, grains, ounces, pounds, hundredweights, pecks, quarters and bushels are being phased out, signaling a broader change that could influence U.S. policy if Congress acts.
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Donald M. McNicoll
Associated Press Water London
United States
Congress
Britain
U.S
Canada
Europe
Docking Won't Meet For Court Nominations
Gov Robert Docking said he will not meet with the Kansas Supreme Court Nominating Commission to discuss a vacancy created by Chief Justice Robert Price. The commission plans to meet Sept 1 to nominate three candidates, with Docking to appoint after their recommendation.
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Docking
Topeka
Kan
Robert Docking
Kansas Supreme Court Nominating Commission
Robert T. Price
GCHS Grad Will Attend Harvard
Charles W. Newcom, son of Mr and Mrs C Kent Newcom of 707 Fair Garden City, will enter Harvard Law School in September as a first year student. A 1966 Garden City High School salutatorian and 1970 Kansas State University magna cum laude graduate, he recently completed Air Force National Guard duty and finished coursework for a master's in political science. His wife is Diane Marcuson of Oberlin.
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Kansas State University
Harvard Law School
Cambridge Mass
Charles W
Chuck) Newcom
C. Kent Newcom
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Newcom
Garden City High School
Air Force National Guard
K-Shate
Diane Marcuson
Oberlin
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Harvard
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