Douglas County ACP program seeks soil conservation aid
The Soil Conservation Service handles technical work for ACP practices in Douglas County. Practices include Pasture Seeding, Waterways, Ditches, Diversion Terraces, Ponds, Terraces, and Erosion Control with cost sharing and specific conditions. Farmers must sign a request before starting any listed practice.
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The
Soil Conservation Service
Douglas County
Douglas County Agricultural Development Group
Soil Conservation District
ACP
Agricultural Conservation Office
Keeping Good Farm Record More Important Than Ever
County agent urges farmers to keep accurate records using the Kansas Farm and Household Account Book. Proper records verify income and Social Security tax reports, measure past results, guide future operations, and aid credit and tax needs.
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Kansas
Agricultural Extension Service
Social visit roundups across Woodstock and nearby towns
Multiple families from Woodstock Topeka Lawrence Independence and Mission gather at homes in holiday visits and Sunday dinners. Neighborhood Circle hostess Sue Downing leads a Thursday meet. bingo winners were Ruby Champion and Muriel Petrie. Pearl Long plans an afternoon meeting January 17.
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Fred Rickman
James Green
Wayne
Ira Weir
Leo Hollingsworth
T-Sgt
Mick Ford
Swede Larson
W. A. Sims
Topeka
Wilford Ousdahl
Glenn Shafstall
Lawrence
Floyd Petrie
Howard Washburn
Kansas City
Kan
Robert Scovel
Independence
Harry Wellman
Arthur Voelker Jr
Arthur Voelker Sr
Grant Hogland
Lancaster
Ernest Davison
Maggie Davison
Robert Davison
John Petrie
Sam Petrie
Misson
Dan Petrie
Sue Downing
Ruby Champion
Muriel Petrie
Pearl Long
University Receives Grant for Plant Resistance Study
Kansas University has been awarded 22 885 dollars by the U S Public Health Service to fund a third year of research into how plants resist insects and fungi. Dr Edward Smissman leads the project with three graduate assistants Norman Dahle William Gastrock and Neill Jenny as part of an overall 118 000 five year grant.
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Kansas University
U.S. Public Health Service
Edward E. Smissman
Norman A. Dahle
Deerfield
Wis
William H. Gas
Missouri Pacific Announces $24 Million Freight Car Order
Missouri Pacific Railroad announced a 24 million dollar order for 1650 new freight cars. Cars will be built by firms in St Louis area East Chicago Pittsburgh and Seattle.
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ST. Louis
Missouri Pacific Railroad
East Chicago
Ind
Pittsburgh
Seattle
Wash
Florida largemouth bass found throughout St Johns River
The Florida largemouth black bass is found along the full 275 mile length of the St Johns River.
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Florida
St. Johns River
Raising of Chicks Is a Top Project
A 1963 4 H broiler project brochure notes chicks digest food in an hour and that continuous lighting may boost growth to eight weeks. It reports 54 1/2 pound live weight fryers after eight weeks with night resting and emphasizes constant feed and water. The article also cites Hearing Aid Industry Conference data linking industrial noise to higher hearing impairment in men.
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Douglas
Leavenworth
Wyandotte
Johnson Counties
Hearing Aid Industry Conference
Scrap Due On Oil Proposal
In Topeka AP: Kansas lawmakers debate a bill to authorize unitization of oil pools and lease integration. The measure would grant the Kansas Corporation Commission power to order pool unitization where overlaps occur, aligning Kansas with other major oil states. Supporters say it spurs investment and orderly field development. opponents warn small producers and landowners may lose rights.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kansas Corporation Commission
Texas
California
Legislative Council Committee On Labor and Industries
Freeman Outlines Kennedy Wheat Plan Details in 1964
Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman described the administration two price plan for wheat for 1964. He said the plan would insure growers against income and market chaos and require a two thirds referendum approval in May or June.
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QMAHA
Neb
Orville L. Freeman
Kennedy
Congress
American Farm Bureau Federation
National Farmers Union
The
National Grange
National Farmers Organization
Plan
Freeman
Time to Appraise Finances
This piece urges readers to prepare a full net worth statement at year start. It covers listing assets including cash, bonds, stocks, life policies, farm or business assets, and even car values, then deduct liabilities like mortgages and bills to compute net worth. It also promotes cash budgeting and teaching children money habits via allowances and chores.
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Doctor Morris
Kansas State University
Frank Boyd Jr Named To Farm Bureau Office
Frank Boyd Jr. an Allen County farmer was named to a two year term on the Kansas Farm Bureau board of directors. He fills the vacancy from the late Lee Perkins and will represent nine eastern Kansas counties in the second district. Boyd farms near Moran and was cited as one of Kansas Farm Bureau’s 1961 outstanding leaders.
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Manhattan
Frank Boyd Jr
Allen County
Kansas Farm Bureau
Walter C. Peirce
Farm Bureau
Boyd
Lee Perkins
Richmond
Kansas
KFB
Moran
Former Kansas legislator John H. Myers dies at 85
John H. Myers, a Johnson County representative in the Kansas Legislature thirty years ago and speaker in 1929, died at a nursing home Wednesday at age 85. The retired buyer for a commission company at the Kansas City Stockyards lived in Edgerton and was born in Washington.
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Paola
Kan
John H. Myers
Johnson County
Kansas
Myers
Kansas City
Edgerton
Washington, Kan
Empty 55-Gallon Drums Turned Into Caribbean Steel Beats
In the Virgin Islands empty 55 gallon containers are repurposed as steel drums. The converted drums contribute to the throb bing music heard across the Caribbean islands.
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Virgin Islands
Caribbean Islands
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