Hot Weather Management For Dairies And Crops
Dairymen should plan for summer comfort of cows with shade and air movement, extra grain and roughage, night grazing, and ample water. Lead feeding of grain helps early lactation. adjust fiber to maintain fat tests. Aphids threaten sorghum in Franklin County with limited control. moisture maintains growth. Dutch elm disease spreads via root grafts. severing roots between adjacent trees can limit spread.
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USDA
Missouri
Franklin County
Kansas State
Kansas
Preventing Dutch elm disease with soil barriers and sanitation
The article outlines using Vapam or VPM soil barriers to block root spread, extending beyond adjoining trees and avoiding shrubs. It recommends four barriers between elms, notes grafting limits between species, and suggests linch wide 3 foot deep holes as barriers. Pruning should avoid summer. use wound dressing with fungicide and rely on sanitation spray programs. County Extension offices provide more information.
Recreation Lots Of Fun Recreation Lots Of Fun
The Town and Country 4 H Club describes its 4 H recreation project. Members caroled at a nursing home and Osawatomie State Hospital, gave gifts, and performed vocal and instrumental pieces for local groups. The club highlights joy to others and personal satisfaction from giving time and talents.
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Jeanne Hazen
Osawatomie State Hospital
Soil Tilth Benefits From Grasses And Legumes
Last week and this week EARL L WIER discuss soil tilth and practices to improve soil structure. They warn that working wet soil and heavy equipment compresses soil, creating plow soles, reducing water movement and yields. Deep rooting grasses and legumes improve porosity, while crop rotation prevents runoff and builds organic matter.
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Earl L, Wier
State taxes paid 1965 top income for governments
General sales and gross receipts taxes paid to states during 1965 amounted to 6.7 billion, continuing as the top source of income for state governments.
4 H Banquet And Fair Prep Highlight County Notes
4 H banquet at 6 30 p m in City Park celebrates supporters and families. Calf care tips urge cool, fly free housing and night exercise with limited hay. Franklin County Fair livestock sale plans and entries may double. booths at Kansas fairs showcase educational value and judging criteria. Southeast Kansas Angus Association Field Day at Ottawa Fairgrounds July 22 invites exhibitors and learners.
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Kansas
Topeka
Hutchinson
Franklin County Fair
Southeast
HDU Meetings Held Again at Fairmount Unit
Mrs. William Rice hosted the Faire mount Unit meeting with Mrs. George Graves presiding. The discussion asked what heritage we provide for our children and warned against America becoming a mountain of cans and rubbish. The group pressed for peace and solitude as a heritage for character and noted that children must learn to love to become loving adults. The next meeting will be with Mrs. Harley Hume in September.
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Harley Hume
Austria Receives 1401 Refugees in First Half of Year
Vienna-based Interior Minister Franz Herzenauer told Parliament that 1,401 refugees arrived in Austria from Eastern Europe in the first six months of this year.
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Vienna
Austria
Europe
Franz Herzenauer
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