Reclaimed Acres Bring Farmland To Abandoned Railbed
Landowners along US-50 reclaim the defunct Santa Fe spur bed for crops and grazing. John Netherland, Bill Ransom, Rex Weigand, and Francis Couch report cost effectiveness, brush clearing, gravel salvage, and soil improvement with soybeans and corn. Weigand and Couch plan continued work. Silkville ranch has partial reclamation. prairie grass to be restored near Ransomville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Fe
County Commission
John Netherland
Silkville Ranch
Bill Ransom
Rex Weigand
Francis Couch
Couch
Netherland
Silk
Ransom
Ransomville
Typical Dry Weather Questions Answered By ROBERT W. BOZWORTH
Dry weather prompts weed control questions. The article covers preplant herbicides on dry soil, late application strategies, and weed management options for corn, cabbage, and cole crops. It also notes spray timing for caterpillars and methods to detect and control spruce spider mites on conifers with chemicals like Diazinon Malathion Kelthane and Metasystox A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert W. Bozworth
Lynne Thompson
Thompson
Kansas State
Levin
Army Worm Time in Soil Stewardship Week Focus
Pauline Willford reports Franklin County Conservation District joins the national Soil Stewardship Week with the theme The Judgment of Nature. The piece notes soil erosion and water pollution as urgent national concerns and describes district plans to distribute educational materials to clergy, civic groups, schools, and individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline Willford
Franklin County Conservation District
National
Fairies of Soil Stewardship
United States
Conservation District
Farm news notes bids open for CCC corn sales
ASCS official Dave Horning reports CCC still accepting bids for federal corn sales while direct wheat purchases near completion. Wheat shipments finished. farm-stored wheat settling. Last day for farmer owned grain reserve loans. May 31 loan requests for 1979 crops in set aside window. About 500 farmers reported acreage. zero acreage urged. Deadline extensions: wheat oats barley reporting to June 2. fall crops to Aug 1. Participation requires acreage reporting only. no set aside required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commodity Credit Corporation
Dave Horning
Franklin County Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service
Hornung
ASCS
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Nail Satterlee
Ottawa
Insurange
Shield OF
Ascs Farm News
Musk Thistle
Franklin County
Omary
Bank OF Ottawa
Allis-Chalmers
Allis-Chalmers Credit Corporation
Raymond
Dale
Ottawa, Kansas
Treasury
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