Agricultural tips and 1977 wheat field day in Kansas
Odist Griggs of Finney County Extension urges bin cleaning before the wheat harvest and recommends residual insecticides for storage pest control. The 1977 wheat field day at Garden City Station on June 16 covers dryland and irrigated wheat plots, water conservation, and satellite data efforts. It also advises cattlemen on face and horn fly control with dust bags, backrubbers, spraying, mineral blocks, and the Kansas Livestock Insect Control Recommendations handbook.
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Garden City Branch
Garden City
Stine 16
eRke
Kansas State’ University
Charles Pitts
Bes
Kansas
Pilts
Kansas Livestock Insect Control
Prices Farmers Pay in Agriculture Inputs Steady April to May
Prices farmers pay for items used directly in crop and livestock production remained fairly stable from April 15 to May 15. The Agriculture Department notes that some products cost substantially more than a year ago, highlighting ongoing input cost pressures for farmers.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Energy costs rise modestly as prices exceed year ago
Pay Said Stable Tuesday. costs of fuel and other energy rose 1 per cent during the month and were 10 per cent higher than a year ago. Fertilizer prices have almost leveled off, averaging one half of one per cent more than a year ago, the department said.
Farm product prices rise again fueling budgets
Washington reports a 2 percent rise in raw farm product prices from April 15 to May 15, marking the sixth consecutive increase and 2 percent higher than a year ago. Meat animals led gains with beef and pork up 6 percent. cattle averaged 34.10 per hundredweight and hogs 40.70. Potatoes and beans jumped 20 percent, while fruit rose 16 percent. poultry and eggs slid 5 percent. Overall meat cost accounts for about 30 percent of family spending, with continued forecasted food price rises for the year.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
U.S
4-H Camp Opportunities for Kansas Youth
CHARYL LARSON describes 4-H camping as growth through nature and group living. Finney County Extension sponsors a June 22 25 1977 camp for 4-Hers ages 7 12 at Southwest 4-H Camp in Dodge City with activities from swimming to crafts and a registration fee of 18.75 per camper due by June 13 1977.
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Finney, County
Dodge City
Problems Hit Wheat Crop in Kansas Fields
TOPEKA Kan AP reports autumn dry weather and spring rains caused root rot and take-all in several Kansas wheat fields. Plant pathologist Larry Claflin of Kansas State University says fungi attack roots blocking nutrients. Worst in eastern Kansas east of Manhattan. farmers urged to await warm sunny weather to harvest.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Wheat
Larry Claflin
Kansas’ State ‘University
Claflin
Manhattan
Butter and Cheese Output Increases in April
The Agriculture Department reports April butter production at about 100.5 million pounds, up 2 percent from March and 15 percent from last April. Cheese production reached 301.9 million pounds, up 1 percent from March.
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Washington Cap
Agriculture Department
Learn With Elsie: Clothes care tips to reduce wear
Elsie Branden offers washing guidance to keep garments from tears snags and pilling. She advises diluting chlorine bleach, closing zippers, clearing pockets, using mesh bags for delicate items, and gentle cycles for aging fabrics. For snags, use a crochet hook or needle to pull thread to the underside. pilling is minimized by turning garments inside out during washing.
Sue Salt Farm For $2 Million
Rice County land owners sue American Salt Co. and its parents for more than 2 million dollars alleging salt brine byproduct polluted their land and freshwater near Lyons Kansas. Plaintiffs claim pollution entered via high pressure wells 80 miles northwest of Wichita.
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Wichita, Kan
Rice County
American Salt Co
U.S
American
Lyons
Kan
John Seamons
American Salt
Organiztion
Cudahy Packing Co
Cudahy
General Host Corp
New York City
Wichita
Western Cattle 0 Inc We bury clauses of atocken and feeder cattle
Western Cattle 0 Inc lists services for burying all clauses of atocken and feeder cattle and offers fat cattle on commission. Contacts include Pete Hutchins in Scott City and several others in Dighton Garden City and nearby towns. Main office in Dighton.
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Will
Pete Hutchins
Scott City
Jasper
Dennis Schroeder
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Otis Griggs
M.D
Omar Sibreotiat
Pay
Charyl Larson
Sprink-Co
Lindsay
Lindsay Credit Corp
Dimdead
Sprink-Co. Irrigation Inc
Kinsley
Johnson
Elsie
Elsie Branden
Finney County Extension
Donald
Levi
Saddlemans
West Bend
West Benda
Sue Salt
Western Cattle 0., Inc
GSI
ASC
Finney
Ford Counties
Martin P. Zerr
West
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