Pineapple tips from the county Extension agent
Oletha Yates explains how to select ripe pineapples and proper handling from purchase to prep. She notes peak season March through May with Cuba Puerto Rico and Mexico as main suppliers and invites 4H Fairgrounds visitors to a canning and freezing demonstration by Mrs. Mary Bryant of Kerr Manufacturing Co.
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Oletha Yates
Cuba
Puerto Rico
Mexico
United States
Mary Bryant
Kerr Manufacturing Co
Home Ec Assistant Named For Coming Summer Here
Miss Doris Stevenson a Sterling College senior to be serves as summer assistant in the Douglas County Agricultural Extension home economics division. She works under Mrs Oletha Yates and aids 4H girls and will counsel at the 4H state camp at Rock Springs near Junction City.
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Douglas County Agricultural Extension
Oletha Yates
Miss Stevenson
Rock Springs
Junction City
Waldo Stevenson
Eskridge
Friendly Farmers ¢H Club
Wabaunsee County
Sterling
Stevenson
McCerry Hall
Chi Sigma Thea
Honorary Teachers Sociology Society
Stocking Your Farm Pond After Construction
After building and filling a farm pond, stock with fish from Pratt Fish Hatchery or Farlington Federal Hatchery. Deliveries require advance notice, proper transport vessels, and on-site presence. For ponds under one acre stock bass and bluegill. above an acre add channel catfish with bass and bluegill. avoid small ponds. Use only one source’s fish per pond and manage fertilization and balance to prevent aquatic weed growth.
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Pratt
Farlington
Kan
Schedle
Lawn Care And Pest Control Advice From Kansas State Experts
Extension notes recommend watering lawns about an inch weekly or every ten days and applying fertilizer in late May, September, and early March. Guidance covers mowing height, spray timing for corn weed control, 2 4 D use on sorghum and pastures, and thistle control with 24 D, emphasizing conditions during wet periods and plant growth stages.
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Charles Parks
Kansas State
Training Listed As Vital to US
A Kansas State University Roundup keynote urged building a generation ready for freedom and duty. Dr Alfred P Haake announced a new $100 Kansas Veterinary Medical Assn scholarship for a former 4H member entering KSU in the 1960 61 second semester as a freshman.
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Kansas
Kansas State University
Kansas Veterinary Medical Assn
Stolen French clock returns to mantel as working timepiece
In San Diego California the antique French clock once stolen from State Assemblyman Frank Luckel’s home was recovered by police and found running. Luckel restored the clock to its place on the mantel and it now tells time again.
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San Diego
Calif
Frank Luckel
Luckel
Two Fish Stories Stir State Outdoor Readers
Readable fishing tales circulate about a 44 pound flathead misidentified as a bullhead on the Solomon River and a woman who loses and retrieves a lunker with her own terminal gear. Missouri reports show trout tag sales up 17 percent in May with Bennett Spring and Roaring River leading. mileage guides list common routes to nearby lakes and springs for anglers.
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George Latham
Clyde
Solomon River
Missouri Conservation Commission
Jefferson City
Bennett Spring
Roaring River
Montauk Park
Rolla
Meramec Spring
St. Louis
Bull Shoals Lake
Upper
Lower
Lake Norfolk
North
Arkansas
Table Rock Lake
Kansas
Grand Lake
Okla
Oklahoma
Central
Missouri
Kansas poised to establish true prairie national park in Congress
The article notes introduction of bills by two senators and Representative Avery to create a true prairie national park in Kansas. The press release praises efforts of Northeast Kansas Garden Club Izaak Walton League and nearby wildlife groups for advancing the bills in Congress and boosting support among workers and communities.
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Kansas
Avery
Rep
Northeast Kansas Garden Clube
Izaak Walton
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Doris Stevenson
Sterling College
Melvon Wertzberger
Censes
Wertzberger
Cale
Terminix
Logan-Moore Lumber CO
Iaiaoms
Nee ‘ Nae
William Hundley
Hundley
Tom Odenwelder
BRADY
Johanning Bros
Eran
Firestone
Fritz
Lake of the Ozarks
No. Central. Mo
Kansas Wheat
Kansas Wheat Commission
India
South America
Europe
Asia
America
Kansas State Board of
Kanass Wheat Commission
Far East
Australia
John Deere
Deems Farm Equipment Inc
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