Soil temperature guides corn planting and early frost risk
An Iowa State University style guide explains how soil temperature and moisture guide corn planting. It notes 55 F at four inches supports growth, shows rapid temperature rise with sun, and warns frost protection basics. Delayed planting risks and cost of replanting are discussed along with soil thermometers. The piece ends with a quirky remark about termites thriving in Kansas and the Midwest.
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University of Illinois
Kansas
Home baked bread and termite advice from a home guide
The article guides readers on yeast bread making with dry and compressed yeast, temps for liquids, rising times, and batter breads with two recipes. It also warns about subterranean termites invading homes, explains why structures attract them, and offers steps to hire pest control, including BBB checks and written work orders.
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Better Business Bureau
Pest Control Association
Oregon primary ballot locks in candidates after filing
Salem AP. Gov. Tom McCall signed a bill revising Oregon primary law to bar withdrawal of presidential candidates once their names appear on the late May 1972 ballot. The secretary of state selects who is generally advocated, and Rockefeller’s 1971 withdrawal prompted the change.
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Salem
Ore
Oregon
Tom McCall
Secretary of State
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
McCall
Wheeling School Chief Urges Beards for Centenary
Wheeling West Virginia AP Ohio County School Superintendent Leroy Watt asks local high school boys to grow beards and moustaches as part of Wheeling’s bicentennial celebration on June 19 and beyond, urging visible pride in the the city’s anniversary event.
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Wheeling
W.va
Leroy Watt
Ohio County
Watt
Soil Conservation Service Aid For Franklin County Farms
The Soil Conservation Service SCS of the U S Department of Agriculture assists landowners through the Franklin County Soil Conservation District created in 1941. On site help includes soil and capability mapping detailed acre by acre surveys and conservation plan preparation plus guidance on drainage pond terrace and water disposal system design and supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl L, Wier
Soil Conservation Service
SCS
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Franklin County Soil Conservation District
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