Lawn Care Tips and Plant Health Notes
Gooperative Extension advises mowing at proper height to keep green color and warns against dull blades. Recommends at least one inch of water weekly for most plants. Describes bacterial wilt in melons with cucumber beetle transmission and limited control by insecticides and removing infected vines. Explains blossom end rot in tomatoes caused by soil moisture fluctuations and suggests thorough watering mulch and shallow cultivation with removal of affected fruit.
Tick Control and Yard Tips From Garden Advice Column
Lawing problem may be present on other vegetables as well including cucumbers water melons peppers and squash. Controlling ticks the wood tick commonly found is the American dog tick. A tick attaches after contact with grass or brush and feeds by piercing skin with barbed mouthparts. When engorged it drops off. To avoid ticks stay out of bushy grassy areas near water or prune and mow to reduce habitat. Sprays with chlordane toxaphene or Rabon can control ticks but read labels for safety. If a tick embeds do not remove by pulling pull it out with tweezers after easing it free and apply camphor alcohol or turpentine to release grip. Treat bites with mild antiseptic. Zoysia billbug damage appears now see sawdust from feeding. Use diazinon for control.
Grassland Tour Set For July 24 Says Emil Heck Jr
The third annual Grassland Management Association Summer Tour will depart July 24 from the Douglas County Fairgrounds at 7 am. The one day bus trip visits Gleaner Baldwin Plant in Kansas City Missouri, an underground storage facility in Independence Missouri, Anchor Serum Laboratory and Proper Farm at St Joseph, Corpstein farms near Nortonville, and a pasture renovation demonstration near Oskaloosa. Cost is 10 dollars including noon meal. reservations through Emil Heck Jr or Douglas County Extension Office.
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Grassland Management Association
Emil Heck Jr
Douglas County Fairgrounds
Kansas City
Gleaner-Baldwin
Independence, Mo
Anchor Serum Laboratory
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Soil Conservation Office
Douglas County
Douglas County Extension Office
Cattle market outlook from Kansas State July report
The Kansas State University July cattle outlook anticipates more yearling cattle outside feedlots this summer and higher calf crop in 1973. Slaughter and feed placements are down from 1972, but total 1973 placements may exceed last year. Weights could rise, feed costs may shorten feeding periods, and feeder cattle prices face mixed pressure depending on fed cattle trends. GOOD MOISTURE may delay marketings from the southern states, with feeder prices unlikely to change much if fed prices stay near current levels.
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Kansas State University
Planning a 4 H Tour for Youth Development
A guide for 4 H clubs on planning tours to teach judging, expose members to varied projects, and build connections. It advises selecting visit themes, balancing urban and rural homes, setting a clear schedule, and respecting families’ time constraints.
Tillage Revolution Boosts Agriculture Across the Nation
The piece details minimum tillage as a major farming advance praised for saving time and labor, boosting yields, reducing erosion, and protecting soil with crop residue. In the Corn Belt, after harvest residue is chopped or shredded, subsoil loosened, then no till planting in spring, leaving residue as cover and limiting soil disturbance. Early returns suggest a landslide in adoption.
Youths Promote Power Conservation Through 4-H Program
About 130 000 4-H youths nationwide and more than 1 700 in Kansas are urged by the Cooperative Extension Service Kansas State University and the National 4-H Service Committee to lead a conservation drive. They advise turning off unused lights, improving insulation, and using equipment during off peak times to ease strain on electric systems during peak demand periods.
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Cooperative Extension Service
Kansas State University
National
Deadline Near On Feed Grain Certification
Farmers must certify feed grain acres by July 20 to participate in the 1973 Feed Grain Program. Certification records planted acres and set aside land, with set aside based on land that would yield 80 bushels per acre. Reports of grazing or buying set aside affect payments and require county office notice. Spot checks pick random farms to verify accuracy against certified figures.
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Lawrence
Dennis Flory
Dennis
Zaremba Oil CO
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TNT Food Products, Inc
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Maupintour, Inc
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Wellington Daily News
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Raney Drug Company
Vo. C. “Rusty’’ Springer
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