Grass Farming Can Be Economical
At the Farm Bureau pasture management session in the Farm Bureau Building, Jay Treat notes grass farming can outperform crop farming for retiring or small parcels. He explains tame pasture rents may align with native pasture costs, while giving concrete per-head and per-acre figures for pasture use. Fellow agronomists Kilgore and McMasters add insights on pasture management, fertility, and seasonal forages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joanistas
Farm Bureau
Jay Treat
Southeast Kansas
Treat
Gary Kilgore
Southeast
Kansas
Manual Discusses Herbicide Use
Robert Bozworth outlines a Kansas State University guide on Chemical Weed Control in Field Crops 1973. It covers selecting herbicides by crop and weed type, reading label directions, and applying at recommended rates under suitable weather. It notes alternative herbicides based on research at K State and agronomy stations, with uses for corn sorghum soybeans winter wheat alfalfa and noncrop land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Bozworth
K-State
Manhattan
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station
Agronomy
Facts and Myths Fat and Cholesterol Lesson
ARDIS PATTERSON previews two upcoming talks. On Jan 23 Mrs Olthe Blevins Douglas County Extension Home Economist will discuss fat cholesterol and health at 9 30 am at the Farm Bureau Building 114 East Second Street. On Jan 25 the author will demonstrate Fancy Breads at 1 30 pm at the First United Methodist Church inviting attendees to bring an apron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ardis Patterson
Olthe Blevins
County Extension Home
Douglas County
Farm Bureau Building
East Second Street
First United Methodist Church
Kansas 4-H Horse Leaders Conference Set for Feb 10 11
Kansas 4-H leaders and county Extension agents will gather February 10 and 11 at Rock Springs Ranch near Junction City for the State 4-H Horse Project Leaders Conference. Cecil Eyestone will lead sessions on project review and new materials, with Stan O Neil, Dr. Richard Dougherty and Walter Smith among presenters. Pre-registration is due in Eyestone’s office by January 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davidr. Smith
Kansas
Morris County
Oklahoma City
Wanda Wilkerson
Karla Mahanay
Teena Scoot
Greg Gieswein
Walter Smith
K-State Department of Animal Science and Industry
Eyestone
Rural electric cooperatives face higher costs and funding cuts
Coffey County Rural Electric Cooperative leaders protest Nixon administration cuts to rural programs and a rise in loan rates from 2 to 5 percent. They warn higher power costs and needed upgrades, including heavier lines and larger transformers, could threaten margins and force rate increases for 2,700 to 2,800 customers across seven counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joanistas
Nixon
Soil Conservation Service
Farmers Home Administration
Congress
Coffey County Rural Electric Cooperative Association
Dean Martin
Princeton
Franklin County
Coffey
Anderson Counties
Martin
Congress Voices Displeasure Over REA Interest Change
At a National Rural Electric Cooperative Association directors conference, lawmakers and labor leaders condemned the Nixon administration plan to end the two percent REA loan program and shift to five percent funding. Administrator David Hamil said more money would be available, including an extra 180 million until June and 618 million for 1973, while some questioned presidential authority to alter congressionally set rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Nixon
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
REA
Congress
House
Carl Albert
D-Okla
Joseph A. Beirne
Communications Workers of America
White House
David A. Hamil
Hamil
Gene Porter
Sedgwick County Electrical Cooperative Association
Cheney
Kan
Robert D. Partridge
America
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Ralph Bonewitz
Kstate
Bonewitz
Horse Project
Coffey County Rec
Kansas Gas and Electric
Kansas City Power and Light
Kansas Power and Light
Topeka
Kg&i
Federal Power Commission
Coffey County Cooperative
Charles Ross
Kansas Electric Cooperative
Ross
Income Tax Service
John Deere Service
Mr. Farmer
Underwood
John Deere
OSU
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