Al's Corner Study Tour Highlights Kansas Livestock Tour
A ten day study tour from June 1 to 11 gathers four Southwest Kansas extension workers with sponsorship from the Kansas Association of Agricultural Agents Kansas State University and the Finney County Extension Council. The group visits Ramsey Ranch El Dorado Cod ding Brothers Ranch Foraker Ogeechee Farms Fairland Ozark Fisheries Ranch Richland and Van Roach Ranch Fort Worth with plans to meet researchers at University of Arkansas Oklahoma State University and Texas Tech. Wheat studies at Fort Hays address varieties and fattening rations noting hard red wheats outperform soft wheats and fattening fat aids gains while milo rations show different effects. Extensions staff include Gene Francis Clif ford Mamnery and Galen Frick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Kansas Association of Agricultural Agents
Kansas State University
Finney County Extension Council
Ramsey Ranch
el Dorado
Codding Brothers Ranch
Foraker
Okla
Ogeechee Farms
Fairland
Ozark Fisheries ‘Ranch
Richland
Miss
van Roach Ranch
Ft. Worth
Tex
University of Arkansas
Oklahoma
State University
Texas Tech
el Reno
Willow Springs
Missouri
Heinz Farm
Lubbock
Jimmy Dean Packing Company
Plainview
Gene Francis
Clifford Mamnery
Lamed
Galen Frick
Dodge City
Southwest Kansas
Arkansas
Texas
Clifford Manry
Pawnee County
Eugene Francis
Ford County
Albert Maddux
Finney County
Over the Backyard Fence Clothing and teen development
A study piece on teen clothing stressing its role in personal and social development. It outlines five needs for teens, including defining values, group acceptance, individuality, self-acceptance, and role signaling through dress. It notes conformity, uniforms, and how attire marks occupation and status.
Corn blight confirmed in five southeast Iowa counties
The Agriculture Department reports a virulent corn blight confirmed in Henry Johnson Story Wapello and Washington counties in southeast Iowa. Nine states report blight in local areas with additional cases in Douglas County Nebraska and unconfirmed reports in several southern and midwestern states.
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Washington
Iowa
Henry
Johnson
Story
Wapello
Douglas County
Neb
Todd County
Saint Clair County
Alabama
Florida
Illinois
Mississippi
Tennesse
Texas
Cornell engineers seek device to prevent jackknife trucks
Cornell University engineers explore a safety system that could prevent tractor trailer jackknifes. They study how a device installed on trucks might detect and mitigate loss of control, potentially making highway driving safer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornell University
Kansas Seed Grower traces 70 years of seed industry change
Retired Kansas State agronomist Alfred L. Clapp authored The Kansas Seed Grower, chronicling seed production's evolution from the Turkey wheat era to modern seed certification. The 260 page blue hardcover book, prepared for ECIA, draws on KCIA records and Clapp’s experience, presenting a moving picture of seed certification evolution.
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Kansas
Kansas State University
Alfred L. Clapp
Kansas Crop Improvement Association
KCIA
Clapp
KSU
ECIA
Howard Wilkins
KCIA history book details seed certification impact
The KCIA publishes a history of seed certification and its role in Kansas agriculture. Prof Clapp’s work, praised by Wilkins, covers ECIA development, KCIA, KCIA relations, and advertising history. Complimentary copies go to members and libraries. nonmembers may buy for 3 dollars from Kansas State University.
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Kansas
ECIA
KCIA
Clapp
Wilkins
ECLIA
Association
Kansas Crop Improvement Association
Waters Halls
Kansas State University
Manhatttan
Ramsas
Referendum on ASPC Programs For Sheep Earns Vote In June
Kansas sheep producers and feeders will vote June 7 to June 18 on continuing or ending the American Sheep Producers Council promotional and educational efforts. Ballots mailed to eligible producers must be postmarked by June 18 and returned to local USDA ASCS offices. A yes supports continued programs like Make It Yourself With Wool and Miss Wool of America, while a no ends all promotional activity. Passage requires two‑thirds approval by voting producers or by those representing two‑thirds of total sheep production. if approved, 1.5 cents per pound of shorn wool and 0.74 dollars per 100 pounds of unshorn lamb remain withheld. Since 1954, four similar referenda have passed.
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Kansas
American Sheep Poducers Council
ASPC
Clifford Hardin
George Ahlischwede
Kansas State University
County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Ahlschwede
USDA
Land Bank Cuts Rate of Interest in Wichita
The Federal Land Bank of Wichita reduced the interest rate from 8 to 7 1 4 percent effective June 1 1971. The move affects more than 133 million dollars of variable rate loans and is the seventh rate reduction in the bank's 54 year history, with Loans written under the variable rate plan benefiting farmers and ranchers across Kansas Oklahoma Colorado and New Mexico.
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Wichita
Federal Land Bank of Wichita
William G. Prested Jr
Wichita Lang Bank
Plested
Jfun
Federal Land Bank
Wichita Land Bank
Federal Land Band
Kansas
Oklahoma
Colorado
New Mexico
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Finney County Extension Agricultural Agent
Fort Hays
Land Bank Association
anteeLide
Belmont Sarden City
Paint Headquarters
E. Fulton
Gall
Welame Nig
Turkey
Jean Francois Mullet
Associated Press
France
Dutch West India Co
New Netherlands
New York
Jefferson Davis
Duke of Windsor
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Baltimore
Dutch Harbor
Alaska
Atlantia
Charles de Gaulle
Berlin
Lyndon B. Johnson
Congress
Richard M. Nixon
Cambodia
Alfred Capf
Garden City Sale Co., Inc
Stocker-Feeder
Osten
Jerry Chmetka
Cail Jerry
Jerry Chmelka
Cowthys
Whitewall
Bli
Sugt Thang
Yestoo Fe Pric
Garden City
Deerfield
Pierceville
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