Watch For Summer Pests Watch For Summer Pests
JOAN ISTAS reports on pests threatening Douglas and Franklin counties. bagworms hatch and harm evergreens. control early with lead arsenate sevin or diazinon. once a bag forms, stomach sprays like toxaphene are needed. European Corn Borer moths spotted. first generation likely minor in Franklin County due to small corn. Also advise preparing stored grain by cleaning bins and treating with malathion or methoxychlor before harvest.
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Joan Istas
Hatchig
Douglas County
Franklin Countians
Bob Bozworth
Franklin County
Bozworth
Speed Kills Without Discrimination
A venting, confrontational letter condemns speeding drivers for reckless road behavior. The writer accuses a reader of supporting speed and tickets, then recalls tragic wrecks to argue that speeding harms families and innocent bystanders. The piece urges safe driving and accountability on the highway.
Area Farmers Adopt Zero Tillage Practice
Franklin County farmers embrace no till as a labor saver. Buzz and Carol Mallory of Princeton plant 40 acres of corn and 10 acres on ground with prior soybeans, using new attachments and disc covers to improve stand and weed control. They plan more zero tillage on 750 total acres if yields justify expansion.
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Joan Istas
Princeton
Franklin County
Buzz
Carol Mallory
Mallorys
Carol
Wayne
East Central Kansas
Clark
Kent
Planning for Proper Land Use in Kansas brochure
The USDA Soil Conservation Service Salina state office released a soils brochure explaining how soil survey interpretations help landscape architects planners engineers home builders assessors and manufacturers use soils facts. It notes a soil survey extends to five feet or bedrock and does not replace geologic investigations. Copies are available at 209 W 2nd.
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Kansas
USDA
Soil Conservation Service
Salina
Soil Conservation Service Office
W. 2Nd
FDA Seeks Clearer Labels For Oven Roasting Bags
FDA convened with major firms including Allied Chemical Colgate-Palmolive DuPont General Foods McCormick The Crackett Reynolds 3M Union Carbide after reviewing 93 accidents with oven bags. Agencies urge industry labeling and consumer education, noting burns but uncertain overall hazard.
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Ardis Patterson
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Allied Chemical
Colgate-Palmolive
DuPont
General Foods
McCormick
the Crackett Company
Reynolds Metals
3M Company
Union Carbide
Burns Care Institute
New York State Department of Health
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Anchor Savings
Anchor
Anchor Savings Association
Don
Bob
THE
Ottawa
Agency
Don Burroughs
Bob Miller
Iaceddong
Scooter
Tscuthriway
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