Pratt Feedlot Wins Feeder of the Year Honor
Frank G. Smith of Pratt Kansas president and general manager of Pratt Feedlot was named Commercial Feeder of the Year at the American National Cattleman's Association convention in Las Vegas. The award cites pollution control and efficient operations as key factors. The Pratt facility features four sewerage lagoons, interconnected runoff controls, and land application of wastes. The project funds a three year feedlot waste management study with Kansas State University, the Kansas Board of Health, and the U S Department of Interior.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Frank.g. Smith
Pratt
Kan
Pratt Feedlot
American National Cattleman’s Association
Tenance
Army Air Base
Small Business Administration
Smith
D.W Lenter
Lubbock, Tex
Bratt
Kansas State University
Kansas Board of Health
U.S. Department of Interior Federal Water Quality Control Agency
Research Advances Mechanical Apple Harvest and Drop Control
The article explains how thinning reduces crop load and how fruit drop is caused by abscission. It describes mechanical harvest systems using limb shakers and catching frames, and notes that uniform abscission before shaking aids efficiency. Etherel chemical sprays reduce removal force and speed collection within weeks.
Mild Weather Lifts Kansas Livestock and Wheat Growth
Mild temperatures late last week gave livestock a welcome break from the cold and aided some wheat greening in western areas. Wheat growth was limited by cool nights. soils remained dry in parts of western Kansas. some irrigation occurred in extreme west. Calving, lambing, and farrowing progressed well under favorable weather. newborn losses were low.
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Kansas Crop and Livestock
Kansas
New Law Affects Dairies Says Hardin
Washington AP Agriculture Secretary Clifford M Hardin announces a new law authorizing research and promotion programs for several commodities. Dairymen will pay fees via deductions from milk checks in federal marketing areas to fund dairy product use initiatives. Approval by farmers in market areas is required before the plan takes effect.
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Washington
Clifford M. Hardin
Hardin
Allen Named Speaker For Breeders Meet
Dr. Dell Allen of Kansas State University will present a slide-illustrated lecture on cross-breeding and carcass evaluation at the Douglas County Beef Breeders Assn annual meeting Feb 5 at the county fairgrounds. A 7 p.m. dinner precedes the talk with reservations handled by the county extension office.
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Dell Allen
Kansas State University
Manhattan
Douglas County Beef Breeders’ Assn
N.H
Monay
USDA buys pork surplus to bolster hog prices
The Agriculture Department has purchased over 104 million pounds of pork since August to drain oversupply and support prices. About 67.5 million pounds in frozen ground pork goes to school lunch programs, the rest canned for welfare aid. Total cost is around $54.3 million from Section 32 funds.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Douglas County Winter Crops Clinic Set At 8 P.M.
The Douglas County Extension Service will hold its annual winter crops clinic at 8 p.m. Tuesday at the 4-H Fairgrounds. Kansas State University specialists Howard Wilkins and Leroy Brooks will speak on production, fertilization, insecticides, and changes in recommendations for 1971.
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Douglas County Extension Service
Douglas County
Leroy Brooks
Southwest ranchers profit in 1969 despite poor range feed
A 1969 study by the Agriculture Department shows Southwest cow calf operations remained highly profitable. In a 30 county area of west Texas southern New Mexico and southeast Arizona about 100 ranchers with 200 to 500 brood cows averaged net returns of 10 468 dollars per ranch on a 17 720 acre base. Cattle prices rose with steer calves averaging 32 86 per cwt up 14 percent from 1968 and 38 percent above the 1965 67 average. Gross sales reached a record 37 800 dollars per ranch compared with 34 000 the previous year.
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Washington
Southwest
Agriculture Department
Economic Research Service
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
ERS
Soils and Crops Conference Set in Lansing
The 12th annual Leavenworth County Soils and Crops Conference will be held Friday at the Lansing 4 H building starting 9:30 a.m. The public is invited. Extension specialists from Kansas State University and other experts will cover corn yields the 1971 wheat program pennycress control and greenbug control.
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Leavenworth County
Lansing 4-H
Jack Smith
Smith
Kansas State University
USDA Rejects Economic Formula for Milk Pricing
The USDA declined the proposed pricing formula for Class I milk despite hearings in Clayton Missouri and New York. Officials maintained the plan would have tied prices to factors like per capita income and living costs, but chose to keep current minimums tied to manufacturing milk in Wisconsin and Minnesota.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Clayton
New York
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Department
Consumer and Marketing Service
Kansas 4-Hers pledge big toward National Center expansion
Kansas 4-Hers and supporters pledge part of a national drive that has raised two million dollars toward an eight million dollar campaign. J C Penney Company and James Cash Penney family contribute five hundred thousand dollars toward a Seminar Center with an 800 seat auditorium youth hall and chapel.
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Kansas
4-Hers
National 4-H Foundation
J. C. Penney Company, Inc
James Cash Penney
National Champaign
Kansas 4-Hers
National Center Development Fund
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Avara
Enkan Ant
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Topeka
Lansing
Usda Nix
National Center
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Kansas 4-H Foundation
Rock Springs Ranch
Total Extension Service
National Conference and
Citizenship
Nationaal 4-H Center
Land Bank Loans
the Land Bank
Land Bank Association of
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Schendel
Roy D
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Ridge Court
Esquire Barber Service
Norris Bros
Fresh Electric
Lennox
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