Tomato Garden Alerts and Tick Safety Tips in Kansas
Garden readers are urged to monitor ripening tomatoes for brown spots indicating fungal disease and apply fungicide every 7 to 10 days. Warns of horn worms and fruit worms. use local insecticides. Notes furarium wilt, recommends destroying affected plants and planting wilt resistant varieties. Also covers tick dangers and prevention from Dr. Lowell Breeden including tick removal methods and yard upkeep.
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Kansas
Kstate
Lowell Breeden
Corn troubles and 4-H camp plans in Finney County
Backyard corn crop is ailing as farmers consider quality over quantity and spaced planting. More than 40 Finney County campers enjoy a week at county camp with swimming crafts snacks and canoeing. Junior leaders meet June 30 at 8 p.m. at the 4-H Building to plan trips including exchange to Indiana and a Lake Coldwater water ski outing July 14 to 17.
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Finney County
Indiana
Lake Coldwater
Brandens
Scott youth to consulting board selection
Kevin Elmore of Scott City has been chosen to represent Kansas on the Youth Consulting Board of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association. The selection followed judging in Topeka on June 12, part of the 1981 Rural Electric Youth Tour to Washington, D C. Elmore, a Wheatland Electric Cooperative sponsor, is active in forensics at Scott Community High School and will be a senior next fall. He led in public speaking, served as junior class president, and will be senior class president. he also captained the track team. Susan Clary of Syracuse also joins the tour, sponsored by Wheatland.
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Scott City
Kevin Elmore
Connie Elmore
Kansas
National Rural Electric Cooperative Ass
Topeka
Rural Electric
Washington, D. C
Elmore
Wheatland Electric Cooperative, Inc
Scott Community
Credit woes limit farmers despite available loans
Farm Credit Administration chief Donald Wilkinson told a House subcommittee that farmers face tighter credit due to rising production costs and stagnant prices rather than a lack of lending. He cited high interest rates, noting no general crisis in credit sources but real credit-worthiness issues for some producers.
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Washington
Farm Credit Administration
FCA
Donald E. Wilkinson
Wilkinson
House Agriculture Subcommittee On Credit
The
Cooperative Farm Credit System
Dan Glickman
D-Kan
Glickman
Congress
Reagan
Naylor
USDA
Farmers Home Administration
Fmha
Gasohol urged by dealer for agriculture use
Agriculture urged to switch to gasohol with dealer guidance on stock. Reeve Agai-energy offers contact at 316 275 7541 for stocking information and assistance.
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Reeve Agai-Energy
Best of both worlds as Kansas rural areas grow
Kansas rural areas show a population rebound as migration slows from cities. Older households move to the countryside seeking housing and lifestyle benefits, with growth strongest in Coffey and Pottawatomie counties. Researchers attribute this to economic incentives, cheaper land, and desire for a link to metropolitan culture within 30 miles.
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Coffey
Pottawatomie
Kansas
Adamchak
Wheat stockpile edges up as corn and soybeans drop
The Agriculture Department says as of June 1, 1981 the wheat stockpile is slightly larger than a year earlier while corn inventories total 2.77 billion bushels, down 24 percent from 3.67 billion, and soybeans at about 684 million bushels, down 12 percent from 775 million.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
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Breeden
Alan Ladd
Scott Youth To Consulting Board
Wheatlands
Susan Clary
Syracuse
Kevin
Ed Jones
D-Tenn
Subcommittee
Frank Naylor
Small Community and Rural Development
Manuel Johnson
U.S. Treasury Department
Johnson
United
Tsgt
Parkinson
Manhattan
Kansas State University
Donald Adamchak
KSU
Poe
Stauffer Chemical Company
Agricultural Chemical Division
Westport
Stauffer
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