Largest Bird In Kansas Great Blue Heron Moves Into Peoria Area
Peoria area residents report Great Blue Herons nesting along the creek bank northeast of Peoria. Up to eight nests observed in a tall sycamore with multiple six foot wingspans and a brood of two to four young each year. The birds, tallest Kansas breeders, migrate south in fall and return in spring, often feeding on toads frogs and fish.
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Joan Istas
Peoria
Baldwin
Kansas
The
Flint Hills
Kahsas
Oklahoma
Texas
U. S
Sign-Up Ends May 15 for 1978 Feed Grain Program
May 15 is the deadline to sign up for the 1978 Feed Grain and Wheat program at the Franklin County ASCS office. Participants may receive payments for voluntarily diverting additional acreage, with 20 cents per bushel for corn and 12 cents for barley and grain sorghum, based on farm yield and planted harvest acres. Half payment is issued at signup. The source notes 1976 Kansas corn leader was Haskell County with 125,400 acres, 125.1 bushels per acre, totaling 13,444,000 bushels produced.
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Franklin County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service Office
Glen Neill
ASCS
NCA
Kansas
Haskell County
Treatment For Bagworms And Peach Insects
Bagworms defoliated many trees last year and will hatch mid May. Control after small caterpillars move onto foliage, with sprays 10 to 14 days apart. Insects include Sevin Diazinon Spectracide Orthene malathion Dylox toxaphene dimethoate Dipel Dursban Baytax Trithion. Peach pests include the peach tree borer and oriental fruit moth. Moths appear May August. one female may lay 500 600 eggs. Chemical options include lindane.
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Bob Bozworth
Garden Pest Control Guide for Fruit Trees
The text warns of sap beetle damage and signs like chewed wood gum at soil level and yellowing foliage. It describes the clearwing moth adult, possible insecticides lindane thiodan, and trunk drenches. It provides mid May start, three-week repeat intervals, and cautions against spraying fruit. It also covers Oriental fruit moth damage to peaches and other fruit, feeding inside fruit, twig terminal damage, and harvest-time culling strategies. Chemical controls include captan Sevin malathion methoxychlor with repeat sprays 10 to 14 days apart. Do not apply Sevin on apples before June 1.
A Look At Microwave Cooking By MARCIA HOUCE
A summary on microwave ovens notes rapid growth in U S households by 1980, FDA safety guidance, interlocks, and that no radiation injuries have been reported when used per manufacturer instructions. It explains pouch sterilization as FDA approved, advantages of pouches, and practical usage tips.
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Marcia Houce
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
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