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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1972
Page
8
The article guides 4-Hers on creating standout booth displays for the county fair August 9 to 12, stressing a single strong idea, color balance, and educational value. It also covers dairy show grooming tips, recommending early washing two weeks before show day and a thorough rinse with mild soap to maintain a glossy coat.
Tomato fruitworm damages fruit and foliage with eggs hatching into feeding larvae. Sevin spray is effective when worms are on foliage. Other pests include bagworms on elms and ornamentals, blister beetles, aphids, and elm leaf beetles. controls listed include Sevin, Diazinon, Malathion, and related products.
The elm leaf beetle life cycle spans four generations, with adults flying to elm trees in late April and larvae munching leaves for 2 to 3 weeks. Control options include trunk sprays and whole-tree spraying with lead arsenate, carbaryl, or toxaphene. Bidrin offered for trunk injections but restricted to certified arborists. Community-wide programs are emphasized to reduce reinfestation.
Kansas midyear livestock survey forecasts a likely 1972 record calf crop of 2.04 million head, up 4 percent from 1971. Cows bearing calves total 2.13 million, beef cows 1.94 million, milk cows 190 thousand, with lambs at 209 thousand and wool at 2.63 million pounds, each down or small as noted.
The Agriculture Department reports July 1 stocks for corn oats barley and sorghum at 81.7 million tons up 35 percent from a year earlier. Corn at 2 176 million bushels up 39 percent, oats 549 million bushels a record for the date, barley 174 million bushels up 11 percent, and sorghum 277 million bushels up 56 percent. soybeans and flaxseed fell with soybeans 231 777 900 bushels and flaxseed 19 844 000 bushels sold versus 281 722 000 and 26 823 600 a year ago.
Major provisions of the 1973 Wheat Program outline voluntary set aside rules for winter wheat producers. Participants receive 6.86 percent of the 1973 farm allotment plus up to 1.5 percent extra set aside with payments of 88 cents per bushel times yield. Substitution allows feed grains or soybeans to count toward wheat, preserving planting history and program benefits. Sign-up dates to be announced.
Two election schools for Aug. 1 primary to orient those serving on Leavenworth County election boards. The sessions are at 10 a.m. Friday at Tonganoxie High School and 7 p.m. Friday at West Junior High School Leavenworth, where new election laws will be explained.
Agriculture scientists report ammonia treatment can halt molds that spoil wet picker shelled corn. In Peoria trials, 2 percent ammoniation killed fungi within an hour and 0.5 percent killed most fungi within an hour, with broader effects over two weeks. Bacteria rose during soaking but were erased by 2 percent ammoniation.
The Kanza alfalfa variety, released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station in 1969, shows strong disease resistance and high yields. Field data from Manhattan and south central Kansas indicate superior tonnage and protein yields compared with Buffalo and Cody, with Kanza outperforming other standards over four years of trials.
The 1972 National Farm Safety Week runs July 25 to 31 with protective footwear and headgear urged for dairy and livestock work, maintenance, and construction. Foot injuries make up about one in ten disabling farm injuries while tractors cause most fatalities, especially from overturns.
In Alton Illinois the Fritz family revealed they sheltered Peter Gnagi last fall the son of Switz erlands president for 10 months He returned home to Berne earlier this month after finishing his senior year at Alton High School The American Field Service student kept secrecy until now He helped wash dishes feed the dog and help with trash pickup during his stay Swiss law rotates the presidency among the Federal Council members for one year each.
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