There's More Sound To Hogs Than The Oink
Ultrasonic methods aid breeders in identifying meatier hogs by measuring loin eye and fat, with high heritability for loin eye size. Kansas State University Extension offers on farm testing this summer to help stock selection. The article also covers sudan cystitis in horses, sod webworm in eastern Kansas lawns, and insecticide controls for webworms with Sevin and Diazinon, noting safety factors and application tips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas State University Extension
Bluegrass
Kansas
Response to US Offer to Kansas Plant Location Center
Senator James B. Pearson reports many Kansas cities have replied to his May letters urging communities to file profile information with the Plant Location Center at the Department of Agriculture. The center acts as an information clearing house linking towns with industrial opportunity, with Rural Job Development Act funds planned to expand its rural outreach.
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James B. Pearson
R-Kan
John Fernstrom
Department of Agriculture
Kansas
Fernstrom
Sen
Pearson
Washington
Kansas Cities
Sen. Pearson
Kansas Mayors
Machines the big killers in farming accidents
Kansas farm accident fatalities rose to 45 in 1967 from 42 in 1966 per a State Health Department report. Mechanization shifted risk to machinery, with 200,000 tractors in 1967. Tractor deaths dominated 1963-67 at 55.3 percent, while animal-related deaths fell to 5.5 percent. No female fatalities in 1967. three deaths in Coffey County and one in Douglas.
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Kansas
State Department of Health
Franklin
Anderson
Linn
Miami
Osage
Coffey County
Douglas
Kansas 4-Hers Attend Citizenship Short Course in Washington
Thirty eight Kansas 4-H youths attend a Citizenship short course at the National 4-H Foundation in Washington. They combine discussions tours and lectures with a bus trip to the capital meeting Congressional members visiting the Supreme Court White House Smithsonian Mount Vernon and Library of Congress. Farmland Industries aids travel costs with delegates paying a large share from home counties sponsored by local groups or individuals.
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Manhattan
Kansas
Congress
Government Departments
Supreme Court
White House
Smithsonian Institute
Mount Vernon
Agriculture and State Departments
Library of Congress
Farmland Industries
Consumer Cooperative Association
EHU Notes Fairmount Unit Meeting Highlights
The Fairmount unit met with Mrs. E F Ward as Mrs L E Dunn led Season with Science. Ralph Overstreet reported on the Starlight Theater trip. guest Clara Ozenberger of Elwood, a Doniphan County charter member. The OK group met June 11 at Mrs Gabe Motlet’s home. president Mrs Earl Schmanke presiding. A clock for Ransom Memorial Hospital outpatient waiting area was donated by the community service committee. The lesson Personalized Interiors was given. next meeting with Mrs Earl Phares on July 9.
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Gabe Motlet
Bill Abbott
Earl Schmanke
Community Service Committee
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Foreign Kids Here On 4th
Manhattan July Fourth will host 12 International Farm Youth Exchange visitors living with Kansas farm families. They will depart July 29 for the IFYE Mid Point Conference at Ohio State University then proceed to their second states. The program is part of the Kansas 4-H effort by Kansas Cooperative Extension Service and Kansas State University in cooperation with the Kansas 4-H Foundation and the National 4-H Foundation.
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Manhattan
Kansas
IFYE
Ohio State University
Kansas Cooperative Extension Service
Kansas State University
Kansas 4-H Foundation
Washington
Civil Defense And 4 H'ers Recognized In Kansas Awards
The Kansas Department of the American Legion sponsors the Civil Defense Citizenship 4 H Award as part of the Kansas 4 H Foundation program. Winners receive trips to the Kansas 4 H Congress in Wichita and there will be opportunities for delegates to present citizenship and civil defense programs locally. National delegates receive reunions at Rock Springs Ranch near Junction City with registrations due July 1. Also covered are cattle warts in cattle shows and showmanship tips for wheat exhibits, including vaccine treatments, autogenous vaccines, and careful grain preparation for fairs.
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Bill Merhoff
Kansas Department of the American Legion
Kansas 4
American Legion
Rock Springs Ranch
Junction City
Kansas
Chicago
Glennis Houseman
Ellsworth
Washington
Martin Bauer
Garfield, Clay Center
Combine
Quarter Century And Conservation Changes By EARL L. WIER
Conservation has evolved over 25 years due to science and technology. Modern power and machinery enable erosion control water conservation flood prevention and sediment reduction. Tractor power and new earthmoving machines expanded fields gullies ponds and watershed projects beyond individual farms.
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Sudan
Bozworth
EHU
Quenemo
Theron and
Clara Cowners
Clifford Hobbs
Earl L. Wier
Work Unit
Conservationist
Soil Conservation Service
Wiggins
R.P.M
Honey D. W. Wasburn
Lady Willpower
MacArthur Park
Friends
Buck Owens
Bobby Goldsboro
The
Monkees
Union Gap
Richard Harris
Beach Boys
New Colony Six
Buckaroo
Gambler Tepel
Ottawa, Kansas
Lrites
Ottawa
Yamaha
Vaughan
Highway 59
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