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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1983
Page
3
The 1989 wheat variety tests are available at the extension office in Ottawa. Top Ottawas yields include Bounty 100 with 71 bushels, Bounty 310 at 67, Tam 105 at 66, Pike 59, Garst HR64 57, and NAPB Mustang 57. Two year Ottawa averages list Tam 105 53, Hart 50, Arkan 47, Wings 47, Vona 45 bushels.
KSU extension horticulturist Gus van der Hoeven advises planting bare root trees and shrubs as soon as possible with roots soaked an hour beforehand and soil kept moist. Prune roots, remove top growth, and cut container sides if needed. Plant at nursery depth, water soil to settle, then form a basin for watering and limit fertilizer to half rate for two years. Continuous deep weekly watering after leaf emergence.
At the East Central Kansas Experiment Field on August 30 the crops competition will be judged. Open and youth classes begin entry at 9 a.m. with judging from 10:30 a.m. Lunch is provided. Divisions SH and Y I list corn, sorghum, and soybeans events with specific ear and stalk counts. Six Kansas State University specialists will speak during tours.
The Federal Land Bank of Wichita cuts variable rates by one half point effective September 1, reducing long term agricultural loan billing to 11.25 percent and rural home loans to 11.75 percent. The move, first in four parts over a year, saves borrowers over 2 million dollars monthly across Kansas Oklahoma Colorado and New Mexico.
USDA scientist Howard E. Heggestad reports ozone pollution reduces soybean yields by about 4 percent per component in air. auto exhaust and sunlight drive ozone formation, with peak levels near midday and up to fifty miles from urban centers.
Kansas State University extension veterinarian Dr Homer K Caley warns drought stressed corn sorghum and sudan can raise nitrate and prussic acid levels harming cattle sheep and hogs. He advises water testing with nitrate above 45 parts per million and forage nitrate 5 000 to 6 000 ppm as risk thresholds, recommends dilution with grain or hay and ensiling, and outlines steps to reduce hazards including carbohydrate rich rations careful harvest timing tests and avoiding prussic acid crops.
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