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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1963
Page
13
County Extension News highlights spandex as a miracle fiber combining light weight and high strength. It stretches over 500 percent, recovers well, offers durability and easy care, remains uniform at fine sizes, and works in bare or covered forms. Its properties enable durable elastic fabrics two thirds the weight of older materials.
George Stephens farm director at KCMO will be featured speaker at the Douglas County Beef Breeders Association annual dinner set for 7 p.m. Thursday March 2 at the Little Banquet restaurant. He has a Crawford County birth background and Kansas State agriculture training. Reservations available by calling Carol Martin or Deal Six.
Kansas State University in Manhattan schedules its annual agriculture engineering day for April 9. Exhibits and an educational program feature farm feed handling, sewage disposal, lagoons for livestock, liquid handling equipment, and self cleaning swine floors. Morning panel and talks on hay handling run from 10 a.m. with public viewing from 9 a.m. Last year over 60 exhibitors showed about 250 000 dollars in silo unloaders augers and related equipment.
Nine Bay State Milling Co. staff members in Leavenworth completed six of eight courses in a KU Extension in service training for supervisors. The firm’s entire management team finished the program, with participants including George K. Bleakley and Robert T. Craig Jr. among others.
Sandra Price of St Francis along with the Cheyenne County Leith Labette County Willing Workers and Derby 4 H Clubs receive national safety honors from the National Safety Council for outstanding rural safety work. The awards recognize meritorious service and leadership in 4 H safety programs across Kansas.
Kansas State University landscape architect Steve Ownby urges matching trees to site goals. Evergreens protect windward sections and block views on northwest to east, while large deciduous trees such as bur oak red oak hackberry sycamore green ash hard maple Kentucky coffee tree pecan and moraine locust shed leaves in fall for weed control.
Melvon Wertzberger argues for comprehensive soil and water conservation planning from individual farms to national master plans. He notes the need for detailed watershed and river basin plans, addressing flood control, water storage, pollution prevention, and urban recreation while considering varied soils, climates, and rainfall.
Nearly 125 people are expected at the fifth Rock Products Conference at Kansas University. Co sponsors include the Kansas Limestone Association University Extension and the State Geological Survey. R G Hardy A L Hornbaker Homer Langsdorf Burke Bayer Lawrence Manhattan will lead discussions on applying geologic maps to locate limestone aggregates. George Nettles Jr. of Pittsburg serves as Kansas Limestone Association president.
A Funfest for junior high students is planned from 7 30 to 10 p m Friday in the basement of Plymouth Congregational Church. A 25 cent admission charge is made under adult sponsorship.
The 1963 feed grain program allows owners with multiple farms to participate on any subset of their holdings. Signups run to March 22 at ASCS county offices. Diversion of at least 20 percent yields a diversion payment, a price support, and eligibility for loans or purchase agreements. Prices: 18 cents per bushel for corn, 14 for barley, 16 for grain sorghum.
A description notes that nearly 70 percent of Italy is mountainous with the Alps and Dolomites in the north and the Apennines forming a backbone to the south, shaping travel and climate.
Linwood Methodist Church schedules a quarterly conference at 7 p.m. on Thursday March 21 led by district superintendent Dr. Harold Soulen. Linwood High students shine at the Tri County Speech Festival with top ratings for reading informative and duet acts.
A 1963 Chevrolet truck advertisement touts a "new reliable" line with tailored suspension for different load fits. It stresses that the truck works for the owner, not the owner for the truck, and invites readers to examine or drive a new model by calling the dealer.
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