Kansas Tops in Marketing Cash in 1959
Kansas led states in 1959 cash receipts from marketing wheat with 398 million dollars, first in wheat for 1958 as well, followed by North Dakota second and Oklahoma third. Sorghum receipts in Kansas reached 94 million dollars, while rye brought 1 million, with North Dakota again strongest in rye at 4 million.
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Kansas
Agricultural Marketing Service
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Montana
Nebraska
United States
Texas
California
Missouri
U.S
Montats
Lincoln Livewires 4-H Girls Hold Sewing Lesson
Senior 4-H members Joyce Thompson Margaret Lile and Colleen Dougherty gather with Mrs Lile for a sewing lesson. Thompson works a brown sailor dress with star collar enrolled in Well Dressed For School. Lile makes an orange summer blouse nearing completion enrolled in Clothes for Special Occasions. Dougherty begins a cotton slip with white lace bottom for school enrolled in Well Dressed for School.
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Lincoln Livewires 4-H Club
Miss Dougherty
Finney County Leads in 1959 Cash Wheat Receipts
In 1959 Finney County Kansas ranked first among states for cash receipts from wheat, with figures around $398 million statewide, about 85 percent of total U S wheat receipts. The USDA announced 1960 minimum wheat price support rates for 2,847 counties, with Finney at a base rate of $1.73 per bushel for No 1 hard red winter wheat and adjusted by grade and quality.
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Kansas
U.S. Department of Agriculture
United States
Kansas City
USDA
Finney County
Man Says 2 4 D Weed Killer Harmless After Mistake
NESS CITY Kansas AP 63 year old Leo Wendler recalls mixing a strong 2 4 D weed killer and drinking some by accident. He says doctors suspected poisoning but he felt fine and even improved stomach troubles after the incident. Wendler argues people can safely handle small amounts on wheat.
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Ness City
Kan
Leo Wendler
News
Action Assures Wheat Market Development Progress
House language in the U S Department of Agriculture appropriations bill preserves the 1954 Public Law 480 framework for selling surplus farm commodities overseas in foreign currencies. Wheat growers across six states drive foreign market development with USDA Foreign Agricultural Service support, reaching 60 countries on five continents. Beekeeping note remarks on pollination and honey bees as the sole distributed pollinators for fruits.
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House
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Leater L. Mort
Washington
Great Plaina Wheat Market Development Assn
Senate
U. S
U.S
Congress
U. L
Mort
Kansas
Colorado
Nebraska
Idaho
Oregon
USDA
Foreign Agricultural Service
Lonely Japanese-speaking boy to his father in Wisconsin
A five year old boy, Koirchomi Walker, speaks only Japanese and lies in St John’s Hospital Joplin, while his father, staff sergeant AlC Walker of Wisconsin Dells, is stationed at Truex Field Madison. His six year old sister Sitomi died in a highway crash near Joplin. mother Mrs Walker is severely injured. The boy’s loneliness grows as he waits to hear his father’s voice, the only English word he uses is Daddy.
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Joplin, Mo
St. John's Hospital
Koirchomi Walker
Alc
Gerald
Mrs. Walker
Wisconsin Dells
Wis
Truex’ Field
Madison
Koirchomt
Sitomi Walker
Joplin
Walkers
California
Walker
Japan
Koirchomi
Stop Extensions On Contracts Conservation Reserve
Conservation Reserve contracts expiring in 1980 or later cannot be extended for extra years. Previously five year or less contracts could be extended up to ten years with ASC committee filing before expiration. Extensions act as new contracts and use additional funds, so new contracts may be entered only under current law. An exception exists for tree-planting contracts without available seedlings, which must be extended one year per year seedlings unavailable.
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County Asc
Home Made Jellies and Jams Tips and Questions
A practical guide on jelly and jam making covering sugar types beet versus cane, juice batch sizes, rapid cooking to preserve pectin, using fresh paraffin, factors causing toughness or syrup, crystal formation, and desired jelly texture. It explains pectin balance, fruit combinations, and when to use commercial pectin with batch cautions.
Go-Getters in Regular Session Report on Pest Controls
Go-Getters 4-H Club in Pierceville met with Kenneth Fromm reporting pest control details for Finney County's 422 members. The group planned an Overnight Camp for rehalbers at Mead State Lake July 8 and 9 and a second tour later in July to view members projects.
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Gail Blackwell
Kenneth Fromm
Finney
Ity
Pierceville
Finney County
Meadd State Lake
Jack Cronin
Chit
Cronin
Karen Jones
Gary Beach
Saundra McGehee
Terry Clark
Saundra
Louis
Marvin
Jerry Burghardt
Laura Patee
Louis Cronin
Douglas McGraw
Judy Stephens
Barbara Dechlant
Greedy Sam
Karen VenJohn
Lee James
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Wendler
Garden City
Sublette
Senate Appropriations Committee
Conference Committee
America
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Kansas Hospital Service Association, Inc
Physicians! Service
Topeka Avenue
Topeka
Bangae
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