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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1963
Page
7
Elsie Branden offers guidance on choosing floor cleaning equipment and vacuum types, plus ten house appliance service tips. The piece also notes laundry sorting, proper detergent use, and a trivia line about Russian telephone usage.
Washington AP reports the Agriculture Department says farmers plan to plant 263 million acres in 1963, up 2 percent from last year. Last year’s acreage was the smallest since 1929, yet crop production tied a record high. Plantings may vary due to weather, prices, labor, finances, and federal programs.
A Kansas State University Collegiate 4-H Club service project ends with a final County 4 H Day where club members act as judges. Over six weeks K State 4 H members judged at 22 counties, led by Barbara Symns with Carl Nichols and Wilda Loeppke on the Kendall committee.
The pelican’s large pouch on the underside of its bill acts as a feeding trough for the young. Baby birds insert heads into their parent’s open mouth and receive partly digested fish passed from the stomach back into the pouch.
Extension specialists at Kansas State University plan to wait for warm weather and spring rains to assess the wheat crop. They note drought and heat delays in many areas, with concerns over hessian fly damage and army cutworm infestations. Some counties report good wheat where rain occurred, while others suffer damage to winter varieties. A few notes on wheat streak mosaic and soy oil use in 1962 conclude the item.
Kanlow a tall leafy switchgrass variety adapted to wet lowland sites and tolerant upland soils is released by the Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station and USDA ARS. Seed from a Wetumka Oklahoma source in 1957, increased at Kansas State University, shows solid dry matter yields. A new watermelon variety Crimson Sweet resistant to anthracnose and fusarium wilt will be available to growers in 1964 after seed production this year.
4 H clubs report February meetings with plans for Garden City Neighbor Night and 4 H Club Day activities. Members present demonstrations on zippers plaiting and life of Stephen Foster, plus conservation talks and slides from trips to Galveston. Go Getters Parents Night covers Bunny Cake, division of a question, and a parents ceremony. Paris reports iron ore miners strike ending while coal miners seek wage hike and shorter week. A national moving study notes typical American family housing duration at six years seven months.
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