Pasture Brush Control and Market Trends Discussed
Kansas Extension notes recommend brush and weed eradication in pastures to restore productivity. Treatments include 240 and 2,4,5-T with timing and safety guidance, plus grazing management to prevent reestablishment. The piece also analyzes 1962–63 farm retail price dynamics for beef and implications for producers and markets.
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Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station
Kansas
Guiding or Spoiling Children Sets Growth Path
Article argues effective discipline equals guidance rather than punishment. It urges parents and grandparents to balance love with boundary setting, explain decisions, encourage growth through mistakes, and foster independence while avoiding over indulgence. It stresses anticipating behavior and offering rich reading and activities.
Recreational Income From Farms Promoted In Kansas
Farm families can earn income by renting on farm grounds to city visitors. Dr. W E Ringler of Kansas State University Extension says urban guests pay for camping, fishing ponds, picnics, sports areas, and farm visits. Preparations include clearing woodlands and adding water, restrooms, picnic tables, and nature trails. county Extension agents can provide details.
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Kansas
W. E. Ringler
Kansas State University Extension Service
Manhattan
Bamboo in the Canebrakes of the Southeast
Two native bamboo species grow in the southeastern United States canebrakes. They yield fine fishing poles.
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United States
Hot Weather Poses Problems for Farm Spraying and Water Needs
Hot dry weather creates farm challenges including buckbrush control, water loss from ponds, and irrigation planning. Diesel emulsion can defoliate trees. follow up measures are essential after two-year spraying. Soil scientists in Douglas County urge drought adaptations, including deep stockwater dams and planned irrigation surveys for summer and fall work.
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Douglas County
Soil Conservation Technicians
Stress and Disease in Livestock Versus Humans
The term stress has different meanings for humans and animals. In livestock moving, dehorning, weaning, castration, and branding, stress is better seen as a contributor to disease rather than a sole cause. Human stress involves environmental factors that trigger definite diseases uncommon in animals.
Grain Storage Moisture and Insects Pitfalls in Bins
When harvest ends the fight against moisture and insects in stored grain begins. A maximum 12.5 percent moisture is safe for cereal grain and 10 to 11 percent is better for seed. A few bushels with higher moisture can affect the entire bin even if most grain is at safe levels.
Benz Family Has Various Representatives at Kansas
The Benz family members and KU alumni span three branches with plans to graduate this spring. Bob Benz, Ann C Benz and Judy Throm are among those completing degrees in civil engineering business art history and elementary education. After graduation Bob will work at Phillips Petroleum and enter the Army, Ann will teach in Albuquerque, and Judy will marry Pat Allen and join the JAG Corps.
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Benz
Kansas University
Bob Benz
Bartlesville
Okla
George R. Benz
Phillip S. Benz
Ann C. Benz
Borger
Tex
Judy Throm
Overland Park
Judy
Barbara Benz Throm
Margaret
Richard Nordstrom
Newton
Ann
Cathy Benz
Phil
Bob
Hashinger Hall
Lewis Hall
Phillips Petroleum Co
Army
Albuquerque
N.M
Pat Allen
L. C. Allen
1729 Mass
Lawrence
Allen
Judge Advocate General Corps
Too Much Water Bad for Alfalfa
Kansas State University Extension agronomist Frank G. Bieberly warns against over irrigating alfalfa seed crops. Maintain moisture for slow growth until blooming. avoid wilting or regrowth at crowns. Favor second cutting for seed, and allow first cut to reach near full bloom to boost seed yield.
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Kansas State University Extension Agronomist
Frank G. Bieberly
K-State Agronomist
Kansas
Bieberly
Vegetable Production and Poverty Solidarity
The piece urges growing a vegetable garden to combat poverty and improve family nutrition. It cites Kansas State University publications such as Growing Tomatoes in Kansas and Preserving Foods by Freezing, and notes gardening as an activity for all income levels. It also mentions vampire bats of tropical America feeding on living animals.
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Kansas State University
Kansas
Tropical America
Red Sorrel Week Weed Focus in 4H Program
Red sorrel is named Weed of the Week in the 4H club weed control program. This perennial, also called sheep sorrel, reproduces by creeping rootstocks and seeds and grows 6 to 18 inches tall with arrow shaped leaves. It favors pastures and meadows, especially in poorly drained, low fertility areas with little plant competition, and is common in eastern Kansas.
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Kansas
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