Old Farmer's Almanax and Weather Clippings
A collage of notes from Old Farmer's Almanax presenting historical reminders like IKE’s death in 1969 and Alaska’s 1867 purchase, plus home hints and a New England weather forecast summary for diverse regions. The item weaves questions, weather outlooks, and light consumer guidance in a period newspaper voice.
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Ike
Alaska
Russia
Niagara Falls
New England
Greater
New York
New Jersey
Middle Atantic
Piedmont
Florida
Upstate
N.Y
Toronto
Montreal
Ohio Valley
Chicago
Great Lakes
Great Plains
Central Great Plains
Texas-Oklahoma
Rocky Mountain Region
Southwest Desert
Pacific Northwest
California
Yankee, Inc
Dublin
N.H
Pork On Menu For Kansas Schools In Lunch Program
Kansas schools will receive about 238000 pounds of frozen ground pork as part of the national school lunch program. The amount is Kansas share of over 14 million pounds purchased by the USDA for schools nationwide. The pork helps meet Type A lunch protein requirements under FNS. The program in Kansas is administered by the State Department of Education with USDA cooperation.
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Kansas
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Food and Nutrition Service
State Department of Education
Exhibits Microwave Oven At Farm Bureau Meeting
Franklin County Home Economist Ardis Patterson demonstrates microwave oven advantages and cautions at a Farm Bureau event. The device heats faster and keeps the cook cool, but does not brown food and requires special utensils.
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Farm Bureau
Franklin County
Ardis Patterson
More Funds Available for Kansas Farm Operating Loans
TOPEKA The Nixon Administration has released an additional 2.5 million dollars for Kansas farm operating loans this fiscal year. State director Morgan Williams said Kansas now has 8.5 million for operating loans in 1973, a record high, up from 5.7 million in 1972, 4.4 million in 1971, and 3.8 million in 1970, with funds doubled since 1970 and rising yearly to meet crop-loss demand from winter storms.
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Topeka
Nixon
Kansas
Morgan Williams
Farmers Home Administration
Williams
KSU Sheep Day and Ram Sale Set for April in Kansas
KSU announces Sheep Day on April 2 at Weber Hall Manhattan with USDA expert Clarence Hulet demonstrating pregnancy diagnosis and parasite control talk by F E Bruigman. Ram sale April 9 at Hutchinson Fairgrounds features 104 yearling rams and 14 top ewe lambs. program includes on going sheep research and potential 4-H FFA projects. Blackleg alert notes vaccination as key to protecting young cattle on pasture. Soybean and corn planting plans indicate record soybean acres and large corn and sorghum plantings for Kansas in 1960s era projections.
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Robert Bozworth
KSU
Weber Hall
Manhattan
Hutchinson Fairgrounds
Clarence Hulet
USDA
F. E. Bruigman
Merck Laboratories
Blackleg
Milleret
Gouxassla
Pale
Implement sales climb in Franklin County amid bumper crops
JOAN ISTAS reports that 1971 and 1972 bumper grain crops and high prices drive record implement sales in Franklin County. Shuck Implement, Sheldon Truck and Tractor, and Underwood Equipment note demand for tractors, combines, discs, and planters outpacing supply. Dealers struggle to fill orders as weather delays field work and frequent rains dampen activity.
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Joan Istas
Franklin County
Shuck Implement Company
Shuck Implement
Sheldon Truck and Tractor Company
Doug Underwood
Underwood Equipment Company
John Deere
Franklin County Implement Company
Franklin County Implement
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Farmer's
Lmanax
P.M.E
Cleveland
Osawatomie
Indianapolis
J.D
I.H.C
H.C
Ford
New Holland
P.T.O
Schulte
Agnes Roseberry
Auds
Jack and
Glen Lindsey
Nat’l. Bk
la Cygne
Kan
Kansas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
John Wilson
Service
Lifeliner
F.E.T
Havoline Conoco Phillips
Polyglas
Daryl
Pomona, Kansas
Raney Reynolds
Aneyeynolds
John Reynolds
South Main
National Guard Armory
Ottawa, Kansas
Burlington, Kansas
Jim Strawder
Lawrence Strawder
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