Kansans Tour Australian Wheat Station Near Perth
Hamilton County farmers Jack and Dan Braddock toured Jim Simpson’s 7000 acre wheat station north of Perth. They observed grazing sheep, soil prep with tractors, unique disc plows, and a one crop cycle harvest yielding about 12 to 18 bushels per acre. The visit covered planting, harvesting, storage, and shipments to Perth with advances of 125 to 155 dollars per ton.
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Aussie
Broome
Hamilton County
Perth
Australia
Kansas
Syracuse
Jack
Dan Braddock
New Zealand
Jim Simpson
Simpson
John Deere
Simpson Station
Jack Braddock
Garden City
Sublette
Braddock
United States
Africa
Europe
Land Down Under
World ag production slips after 1979 low
The Agriculture Department reports world agricultural output fell 3 percent in developed countries, offset by gains in developing nations. Per capita food production decreased about 2 percent globally, with developing regions rising 1 percent while the U.S. drought driving U.S. declines and Australia suffering a 28 percent grain drop.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
China
Department’s Economics and Statistics Service
South
Central America
North Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
East Africa
Sahel
Soviet Union
Eastern Europe
United States
Atlantic Coastal Plain
Southwest
Australia
Proper training can prevent tragedy at holiday dinner
A health education specialist urges training in choking first aid after noting prominent deaths from food inhalation. He outlines the Heimlich maneuver, back blows, and throat extrusion, stressing quick, correct action by bystanders and ongoing CPR and lifesaving courses.
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General Motors
Jimmy Foxx
Tommy Dorsey
Cass Elliot
Mike Bradshaw
Bradshaw
Kansas State University
Henry Heimlich
Cincinnati
Heimlich
Kansas
New Book Charts Buffalo and Indian Days of 1868
A new historically accurate book by a Western Kansan recounts the Buffalo and Indian Days of 1868 in Western Kansas. It details geography, events, and local impact, with sales in Garden City at Books Etc and Ulysses Hugoton and Johnson areas. Ray R. Kepley at Ulysses provides contact information.
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Kansas
Garden City
Ulysses
Hugoton
Johnson
Call Ray R. Kepley
Chemical fallow shows potential in Southwest Kansas study
Shorter fallow periods improve precipitation retention in the Garden City Experiment Station research on reduced tillage. Chemical fallow yields wind and water erosion reduction but faces issues like herbicide selection, volunteer control, and tillage timing. Financial extension cautions limited acreage until problems are solved.
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Garden City Experiment Station
Charles Norwood
WSF
Southwest
Kansas
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Hasty
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Elkhart
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WED
John Knopp
Terry DE Vaugham
Mike Miller
Syracuse Sale Co., Inc
Syracuse, Kansas
Alan Ladd
Ag Today
Western Steel & Automation
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