Government aids farmers under 1956 conservation program
The ASC office in Finney County announces federal cost sharing to start conservation practices in 1956. Farmers must apply before work begins, with a $1500 per farm yearly limit, and two to three weeks before starting. Programs cover soil and water protection across categories for permanent, vegetative, water disposal, short term, and wind erosion protections.
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Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Office
Finney County
ASC
4-H Council and Club Meetings Schedule
Dan 2 4-H Council meets at 7 30 p m in the 4 H building. Jan 3 Lincoln Livewires 4 H meets at 7 30 p m at Lincoln School. Dan 4-Eager Beavers 4 H meeting at 7 30 p m in the 4 H building. Dan 5 County 4 H Electric ci st meeting at 7 30 p m in the 4 H building.
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Dan
Council
Lincoln Livewires
Lincoln School
Eager Beavers
Electric ci
County Extension Plans 1956 Home Demonstration Program
Extension plans a 1956 home demonstration program with 13 units in the county. Homemakers may join via the courthouse, learning lessons on yeast rolls linens social security laundering and foot care. Special sessions include storage and home plans January 11 and October 8, garden pests March 6 and insects March 14. Slip covers and upholstering enrollments open in January to finish by spring.
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Extension Department of
Kansas State College
Eleven New Members Join Friend Flyers 4-H Club
Eleven new members were initiated into the Friend Flyers 4-H club at the December meeting, a parents night with Mrs. Albert Kile leading singing and reading Silent Night. Ralph Gross distributed pins. a skit featured Jimmie Nesbitt as spirit, with Nathan Billings as the doctor and Mrs. Fletcher Nesbitt as the nurse. junior leaders Mary Jane Ellis and Delinda Billings oversaw the gift exchange.
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Friend Flyers
Albert Kile
Jimmie Nesbitt
Mary Jane Ellis
Delinda Billings
Larry Billings
Barn Chart Helps 4-H Beef Records Improve Profit
Kansas ranks third in beef production with 4-H beef projects offering baby beef breeding heifer and deferred fed steers. A barn chart system tracks date item cost and remarks for expenses, feeding, and show preparations, with notes transferred to the official 4-H record book, adaptable to other livestock.
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Kansas
Iowa
Texas
Kansa
4-H
Buddy Enslow
Happy Hustlers Club
Buddy
Phosphate Treatments in Kansas Wheat and Corn Trials
Results from Kansas State College fertilizer conference show phosphate treatments differ by crop and area. Wheat responds better to phosphate than corn in southeast Kansas, with superphosphate outperforming rock phosphate on limed soils. Heavy superphosphate rates favor corn, while rock phosphate benefits alfalfa more than wheat.
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Kansas
Kansas State College
Hutchinson
Two Trains Involved In Chicago Accidents
Two passenger trains were involved in separate Chicago area accidents last night. Eleven people were injured in one incident while none were seriously hurt. A Milwaukee Road train derailed near Union Station, and eleven aboard a North Shore electric train from Milwaukee were hurt after striking a stalled car near Waukegan.
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Chicago
Milwaukee Road
Union Station
North Shore
Milwaukee
Waukegan
Ill
Damage suit settles for large sum in Kansas rail crash
MINNEAPOLIS W A Fairbury Nebraska man Leo E Fry 42 a railroad brakeman was awarded 175000 in what is believed to be a top out of court personal injury settlement. Fry paralyzed from the waist down after a May 16 Kansas accident when a caboose uncoupled from a freight train near Lebanon and was struck by the freight. The suit had been filed in Albert Lea Minnesota for 400000. The check went to Fry after the Kansas incident between Fairbury and Phillipsburg.
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Minneapolis
Fairbury
Neb
Kansas
Leo E. Fry
Albert Lea Minn
Fry
Fairburg
Phillipsburg
Kas
Lebanon
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Oscar Norey
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John
Judy Baker
Extension Council
Bill VanSkike
Oscar Norby
Kathryn Sughrue
Judy
HD Agent
ATOM
Santa Claus
Up and Atom
Lyle Ashworth
Ashworths
Kathleen Sughrue
Esther Pfeifer
Joan Fief
George Deslongchamp
Jimmy Oeding
Bill Bedker
Johnston Pump
Johnston
Henkle
and Company Irrigation Headquarters
Garden City, Kansas
Lily
Philgas
Your Fertilizer Headquarters
Five Points
Garden City
Bryant
Chrysler Airtemp
Prairie Gas & Equip. Co., Inc
Wizard
Sher
Ors
Tayas
Iss
Western Auto Store
Buick
Seset
Western Motor Company
Fifth and Fulton
Gorden City
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