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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1963
Page
9
Conservationist Irvin F. Ross urges Franklin County farmers in the 1963 Feed Grain Program to prepare idle fields for erosion control and waterways. With 10 000 acres not growing a crop, early planning with SRC help and contractors can expedite terracing, seeding, and maintenance to protect soils and reduce future damage.
Gilbert W. Egbert, chairman of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation state committee, announced a broad reseal program allowing farmers to continue price support loans on four farm-stored grains after maturity dates this spring and to convert purchase agreements on the 1962 crop grains to reseal loans. Storage payments will be set later. Grains include 1962 crop wheat barley oats and grain sorghums plus 1961 and earlier crops. Resealed loans for 1961 crop wheat extend for another year. corn details to be announced. Farmers wishing to reseal must act accordingly.
The district home economics judging school will be held April 6 in the University of Kansas student union. Nineteen clubs may enter four older girls. Registration starts 8:30 a.m. with assembly at 9. Classes run 9:30 to 11, lunch at 12, and placings discussion at 12:15. Afternoon program features Mrs. Beverly Ann Moyer of McCalls Pattern Co. Kansas City.
Agricultural notes describe shattercane or wild black amber sorghum as a pervasive weed across river bottoms and uplands in eastern Nebraska. It spreads via seed from multiple sources and reduces corn yields from 136 to 69 bushels per acre, with losses in soybeans and rotation disrupted. Control includes hand work, tillage, rotations with alfalfa, and herbicides like Eptam, which boosted yields in 7 of 9 trials at about $10.50 per acre chemical cost.
The loan applies through ALCS county offices before loan maturity dates. Maturity dates are March 31 for wheat and grain sorghum and April 30 for barley and oats. Reseal will not be offered on any 1962 crops put under price support loans due to relaxed eligibility provisions.
More than 75 Kansas families may host International Farm Youth Exchange students this summer. Twenty five rural youths from other countries will spend about three weeks with three Kansas families. County extension agents have details and application blanks. Scheduling is coordinated by Tomkinson with extension agents.
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