Straw mulch and poinsettia care tips for Kansas growers
Straw mulch helps strawberries endure freezing and yields cleaner fruit. Three inches of wheat straw, weed seed–light straw, timing between Thanksgiving and Christmas, and pre mulching herbicide use improve weed control. For dairy rations, low-cost feed choices depend on price relations and protein needs, guided by Circular 395. Poinsettia care details cover light, temperature, watering, fertilizing, repotting, and forcing bloom by Christmas.
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Kansas
Leuthold
County 4-H Elects New Officers By BILL R. MERHOFF
Franklin County 4-H Council elected 1969 officers at a reorganizing meeting with 16 clubs and 17 township reps present. Martha Christie became president. Lowell Morgan vice president. Connie Pope secretary. Meredith Johnson treasurer. Debbie Wakeman and Larry Cartmill as song leaders. Phil Dunbar reporter.
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Bill R. Merhoff
Franklin County
Martha Christie
Rambling Ranchers
Lowell Morgan
Silver Leaf
Connie Pope
Trail Blazers
Meredith Johnson
Town and Country
Debbie Wakeman
Shining Star
Larry Cartmill
Phil Dunbar
Berea
Rambling Randers
Donna Poss
Berea Boosters
Karen Stinson
Princeton Jolly Workers
Jean Fitzgerald
Kathy Loyd
Tom Leitaker
Land Forming and 4 H Activity Highlight Kansas
Kansas farmers push land shaping and terrace building for erosion control and moisture use. The article notes Kansas leads in terracing and grass waterways, updating the Conservation Needs Inventory, and stresses 4 H clubs and parliamentary practice for youth leadership and community involvement across counties.
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Earl L. Wier
Kansas
George R. Smith
Smith
The
Soil Conservation Service
Kansas Conservation
Top 4 H'er Area Man's Grandson Wins National General Agriculture
Larry Steichen, 17, grandson of Joe Milcfelt of Richmond, won the national general agriculture title at the National 4-H Club Congress in Chicago. A Ponca City Oklahoma student, he plans to study agricultural economics at Oklahoma State University next year with a $600 International Harvester scholarship. His 4-H career includes 125 projects, hundreds of acres under crops, 333 registered Shropshires, and premier breeder awards plus a trip to the Board of Trade in 1967.
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Richmond
Larry Steichen
Joe Milcfelt
Ponca City
Okla
Chicago
International Harvester Co
Oklahoma State University
American Royal
Chicago Board of Trade
Fairmount EHU Notes Host Christmas Party
Mrs Harley Hume hosted the annual Christmas party for eight members and two guests. Cancer dressings will be delivered by Mrs Russell Wray. Mrs M A Nossaman showed Europe travel slides. Her husband serves in the armed forces. Courtesy chair Mrs Lloyd Daugharthy will send cheer cards. Members contributed Christmas cookies for a variety exchange. Mrs George Graves won the door prize. Next meeting at Mrs Lloyd Daugharthy’s home on January 2.
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Lloyd Daugharthy
Farm Bureau adopts broad policy at 50th convention
Kansas City AP final voting at the 50th American Farm Bureau Federation convention yields tentative approval of wide policy resolutions on federal farm programs conservation economy Vietnam taxes marketing legislative apportionment and international affairs. Delegates back a gradual withdrawal of federal support with a voluntary land retirement plan while debating a cap on government price support loans and expanding marketing programs.
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Kansas City
American Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Bureau
Vietnam
Commodity Credit Corp
Boost For Bean Farming And Salad Dressings Growth
A shift to soybeans and cottonseed oils drives salad dressing supplies. In 1966 soybeans provided 83 million gallons of oil and cottonseed 22 million, together 99 percent of dressings oils. Per capita consumption rose from 1.4 pints in 1930 to 7.4 pints in 1966. Mayonnaise dominates with 75 million gallons, cooked dressing 69 million, French 10 million, others 15 percent.
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Food and Drug Administration
U.S
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