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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1965
Page
5
The rate payable on certificates of interest issued to banks and lending institutions participating in financing 1964 crop price support loans has been increased from 3.7 to 3.875 percent per year. The change, announced by the Department of Agriculture, took effect November 15 and is not retroactive.
County Extension outlines choosing farm account books for 1040 forms and offers Tax Guides. It promotes the Kansas Farm and Household Book, visits by Leo Wendling on feed handling, and Ed Call's dairy focus at the 4-H Fairgrounds. It analyzes residue nitrogen and phosphorus after drought and highlights sorghum production, markets, and storage ideas with district sheep and wool school announced for Ottawa on Jan 14.
Chester Paxson explains mulching as a flexible ground cover applied any time of year to reduce erosion and hold moisture. He notes materials like manure straw hay and crop residue, plus added grass seed and lime, improve fertility and water retention while urging careful application on wet soils and excess water.
The 1965 edition of Farmer's Tax Guide, a free 64 page booklet, is issued by Acting Commissioner Bertrand Harding. It explains changes from recent Congress laws, including operating cost rules for a business auto, broader medical expense rules for taxpayers 65 and over, and charitable deduction changes. The booklet can be obtained from county agent offices and includes a sample farm return with Schedule F and Form 3468 investment credit schedules.
Douglas County farmers had 55 321 bushels of 1964 crop wheat under price support loans through Oct 31, announced by David V Noe chairman of the county ASC committee. National totals show nearly 152 million bushels of 1964 crop wheat under support through the same period, versus 138.3 million in 1963 and 184.6 million in 1962. Other 1964 crops under price support loans through Oct 1964 in Douglas County include soybeans 3 920 bushels grain sorghum 1 947 bushels corn 74 551 bushels.
After holidays sales shift from gift ideas to clearances and special buys. The piece explains clearance, special purchase, annual, anniversary, and seasonal sales with typical discounts, plus guidance on evaluating clothing quality, fibers, care, and fit. It also covers linen and bed linens sales, thread counts, and tips for smart home furnishings shopping.
Feb 1 is the filing deadline for price support applications on crops including barley dry beans flaxseed grain sorghum oats rye soybeans and wheat per Douglas County ASC chair David V Noe Corn applications run to May 31 Farmers with pending applications must pay the $3 fee for validity.
Calcutta rushes for food ration cards as rationing begins while government slow to issue. Private trade in rice and wheat banned. 6.5 million residents face shortages amid trader hoarding and rising unemployment. Riots and political unrest already simmer in the city.
Douglas County produced nearly 1,000,000 bushels of wheat in 1964, a 120,000-bushel rise from 1963. The county averaged 32 bushels per acre with 32,000 acres sown and 30,000 harvested, reflecting a wetter year and higher rainfall in Lawrence.
The C L Burt Environmental Health Laboratory at Kansas University advances a system to promote plant growth in streams by removing both organic and inorganic matter from treated sewage. A pilot plant by Smith and Loveless of Lenexa operates at the Lawrence plant for spring tests with potential commercial use.
Agricultural stabilization data show farmers planted about 7,000,000 fewer acres to feed grain this year than in 1963, according to county committee chairman David V. Noe. The report notes historical context including ham radio operators aiding Sputnik I tracking in 1957.
Sumner led 1964 wheat with 8,265,000 bushels. Jefferson 780,000 Leavenworth 690,000 Franklin 899,000 Johnson 744,000 Shawnee 1,080,000 Osage 980,000 totals by county listed for the year.
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