Al's Corner: Crop pests and hog-breeding tips from KC region
Farmers plan substitutes for damaged wheatland as army cutworms and pale western cutworms threaten new milo and corn. Aldrin recommended ahead of planting for control. Alfalfa weevils cause severe hay damage near Garden City. Diazinon, Gathion, Methoxychlor, Mala thion listed as controls. Hog industry growth noted. selecting a productive boar boosts pig market gains through faster growth, better feed efficiency, and optimal backfat. A top boar can add $2 to $3 per pig and over $200 over a typical 100-pig run.
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Garden City
N UK
Kansas
Low Growing Plants Good Ground Covers
Ground cover plants offer lawn substitutions with shade tolerance and low maintenance. Vinea minor covers shade. Wintercreeper thrives in sun or shade. Andorra and Waukeegan Junipers suit sunny spots. Bronze Beauty Ajuga provides bronze foliage with spring blooms. All prefer well drained soils and varied fertility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan
Kansas
Andorra
Waukeegan
4-H News and Views From Finney County Extension
Four-H youth from Southwest Kansas gather in Garden City for district livestock judging, with May events highlighting district home economics judging and National 4-H Sunday Observance May 19. The article notes 4-H Sunday origins, spiritual emphasis, and the program’s growth in health, growth, and community life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Garden City
Egypt
Czech purge promised as reform hits police
Prague AP Czech interior minister Josef Pavel pledged a purge of old line Stalinists from the police and interior ministry. He announced that wire tapping is outlawed and that several deputy ministers and top officials will be replaced with ground level changes. Pavel promised investigations into Stalinist purges of the 1950s and said offenders will answer to the law or be dismissed. The shake up followed his April 12 disclosure that secret police would be separated from civilian police.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Josef Pavel
CTK
Pavel
Alexander Dubeck
Hellensman
New
Liberal
Cattlemen Day Planned at Kansas State University
Cattlemen's Day at KSU in Manhattan features sessions on beef carcass evaluation, conditioning, heat synchronization, and cross breeding. Registration begins 8 a.m. at Weber Hall with research presentations at 10. A beef lunch follows, plus a ladies program and stockmen demonstrations including freeze branding and dehorning. The afternoon includes a question period and a talk by George L. Mehren on international impacts on US beef cattle.
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Manhattan
Kansas State University
Weber
Don «4. Good
Department of
Animal Husbandry
KSU
Secretary of Agriculture
George L. Mehren
United States
Kansas
K-State Union
KSTA Hires Coordinators To Aid Education Friendly Candidates
The Kansas State Teachers Association said it hired 15 full time coordinators to organize citizen support for education friendly legislative candidates. Dr. Melvin E. Neely said the coordinators will work non-partisan for 10 weeks at 120 dollars per week, forming citizen committees in 12 political action districts. Names include James Long, Rose Ann Harrington, James Yonally, Chuck Olson, Virgil Kipton, Kenny Mulch, Abe Heinrichs, Willard Moore, Richard Barnes, Charles Rankin, Dennis Wright, Al Goering, Betty Barnes, Don Anderson, and John Ueitmann.
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Topeka
Kansas State Teachers Association
Melvin E. Neely
KSTA
Neely
James Long
Rose Ann Harrington
James Yonally
Overland Park
Chuck Olson
Kansas City
Virgil Kipton
Kenny Mulch
Belleville
This Day in History May 2 1968 Highlights
On this date in 1863 Stonewall Jackson was fatally wounded by his own troops at Chancellorsville. Leonardo da Vinci died in 1519 and other historic events are listed. The brief notes cover milestones from 1670 to 1965, including political and military milestones.
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Associated Press
Thomas
Stonewall) Jackson
Chancellorsville
Leonardo da Vinci
Hudson’s Bay Co
England
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Berlin
Italy
Daryl Chessman
San Quentin
California
U.N. Security Council
Arctic
U.S
Birmingham
Ala
United States
West Germany
Ozark Funds To Be Talked At Jefferson City Session
Washington AP The Ozarks National Commission will consider allocating 2.5 million in supplemental grants at a Jefferson City Missouri meeting Friday The federal co chairman William H McCandless said state members include governors of Kansas Missouri Oklahoma and Arkansas The commission can supplement basic federal grants up to eighty percent of federal participation Funds come from the Commerce Department under the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965.
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Washington
Ozarks National Commission
Jefferson City
Commission
Willliam H. McCandless
Th Commission
Governors
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Arkansas
McCandless
Department of Commerce
Public Works and Economic Development Act
Draft counsel bill advances in Senate overhauling Selective Service
Nine senators led by Sen. Edward Long press a bill to let men facing draft hearings be represented by counsel. Current policy bars legal aid, but proponents argue fairness for the poor. Witnesses at a May 16 hearing include Earl Johnson, who would organize counsel if enacted. Officials warn potential chaos for draft boards and doubt Supreme Court would permit it.
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Walter R. Mears
Associated Press
Washington
Edward V. Long
D-Mo
Selective Service Board
Long
Judiciary
Office of Economic Opportunity
Earl Johnson
Poverty Agency
Neighborhood Legal Services
Johnson
Jolson
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Sen. ‘Long
Supreme Court
Police Won't Be Foiled by Canine
County patrolman Richard Roush investigated a call about a woman in a green negligee walking a dog at Park Circle. She allegedly ordered her chihuahua to attack, injuring the officer before she fled and was later arrested for disorderly conduct.
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Charleston
D.C
Richard Roush
Park Circle
Roush
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Albert Maddux
Finney County Extension Agricultural
Gulf
Mr. Gree
Gulf OF Cc
Chambeats
William E. Fultz
Finney County Extension
Devel
Greeen
Gulf Ql Corporation
West of
Wheatland Electric
Garden City, Kansas
Telegram
Trudy
Stonewall Jackson
Ozark
selIng
Teddy P. Crist
Friend
Garden City Sale Co., Inc
Colorado
Jerry Chmelka
Jerry
Kansas Livestock Association
Westinghouse
W. T
W. Laurel
Garden City Telegram
Gene Heiman
Clarence Ewalt
Holcomb
Charles P. Olomon, JR
Clyde Schinnerer
Rte
Scott City
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