Rule Of Thumb For Farm Equipment Costs
An agricultural advisory note explains the 15 percent ownership cost rule for new machines. It shows how to estimate annual ownership costs, then per acre or per ton costs to judge justification, with examples for a $6000 tractor and a $1600 feed wagon, plus notes on operating and repair costs. It also mentions creep rations and lamb gains as ancillary farm economics tips.
Elm Grove Homemakers Host Christmas Party and Year Planning
Members of the Elm Grove Homemakers, led by Mrs. Owen Followell and presiding Mrs. J. T. Mercer, held a Christmas party with carols, gifts, and a drive for Osawatomie State Hospital. They chose 1966 secret pals, drafted 1966 yearbooks, and planned January meetings and handicraft lessons.
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Elm Grove
Owen Followell
J. T. Mercer
Detwiler
Osawatomie State Hospital
Anton Strafuss
T. E. Bennett
Strafuss
Robert Hull
Glenn Lancaster
Jim Lanccaster
Jim Lancaster
Goldwater Learns Tuba After Trombone Bet
Former senator Barry Goldwater, 1964 Republican presidential candidate, conquered the trombone and began learning the tuba. He played Silent Night on the trombone to win a bet with his sister in law, and the family gifted him a tuba for Christmas. A family member said he also played Silent Night on the tuba.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
Gold Water
Priest Finds Parish in Mekong Delta Hamlet
In Ap Loi Nguyen a remote Mekong hamlet, relocation from a bombing zone brought a Catholic church, school, and barbershop with aid from CAPT Ken Johnson and Maj. Alvin Campbell. The community crowded around Father Campbell, who built a church, taught crops, and fostered daily visits, turning a lonely village into a parish finally.
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AP Loi Nguyen
South Viet Nam
Mekong River Delta
Can Tho
USOM
U. S
Cat Rang
Cai Rang
Ken Johnson
St. Louis
Maj
Alvin Campbell
Father Campbell
Mekong
Campbell
Hamelin
Springfield
Mekong Delta
1965 Was Year Of Crisis In Civil Rights Agitation
In Selma and central Alabama the 1965 civil rights drive accelerated with marches 50 miles to the state capital, mass arrests, and King's jail stay. Federal registrars expanded voting rights campaigns across seven counties boosting black political influence and setting the stage for county power shifts, even as statewide majorities remained unlikely.
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Montgomery
Ala
Martin Luther King Jr
Selma
Alabama
King
James G. Clark
Congress
Neegroes
Macon
Bullock
Bul Lock
Greene
Hale
Lowndes
Perry and Wilcox
Dallas County
Clark
Wise Timing and Planning of Farm Conservation
Emmett L. Richter stresses early planning for farm conservation, likening a basic plan to blueprints for a building. A well ordered sequence shows where each practice fits to use each acre by its capability and need, aiding rapid installation, amid rising requests in the past three months.
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Emmett L. Richter
Stamp to honor Johnny Appleseed seats issued in Leominster
A new special postage stamp commemorating the seats of Johnny Appleseed will be issued in Leominster Massachusetts on September 24. The article discusses planning and tailoring farm conservation practices to individual farm needs and weather conditions. It notes varying operator goals from balanced livestock and grain to intensive cropping or livestock programs and stresses timely conservation decisions.
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