Farm Page Highlights Junior Judgers and Local Clubs
The Herald reports Farm Page items including Junior Judgers hosting a picnic at Forest Park on August 26 with 21 guests seven members and four leaders. Berea Boosters held a September meeting electing officers and outlining plans for an annual banquet and activities including folk dances and dental health talks.
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Forest Park
Berea Boosters
Marjorie Roeckers
Tom Chambers
Joe Peine
Loretta Roeckers
Larry Briggs
David Perkins
Beverly Cox
Terry Cox
Joan Roeckers
Mary Kay Coughlin
Judy McClure
Connie
Acorn Rustlers
Acorn
Wilma Carey
Jeanie Hamilton
Dale Winter
Arlie Wood
Joy Long
Joyce Hamilton
Peoria
Alta Conley
Finch
Acreage Reserve program details for 1957 winter wheat
Farmers with regular wheat allotments may join the soil bank Acreage Reserve for the 1957 winter wheat crop. New farms with an allotment are ineligible. Payments of $1.28 per bushel apply to designated reserved acreage, limited to 50 percent of allotment or 40 acres, whichever larger, but not exceeding the allotment. Signup extended to October 5. contact ASC at Second and Walnut.
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Soil Bank
Franklin County
ASC
Second and
Walnut
Home Craft Groups Highlight Outdoor Cookery
HDU News reports September meetings from Happy Homemakers Beacon Light and Peoria Plodders detailing outdoor cookery brunches and lessons. Leaders include Mrs B A Daugharthy Mrs J K Peckham and Mrs Dale Van Horn with plans for October meals.
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B. A. Daugharthy
J. K
Peckham
Dale van Horn
Rolleail
Gerald Reser
Red Cross
Ottawa
HAPPY
Everett Collins
Marvin Walker
Clay Shambaugh
Baxter
Dallas Donaldson
Beacon Light
Wesley Stevenson
Stevenson
Roy Reed
Finland
Prairie Grass Seed Harvest In Franklin County
Soil Conservation official Harold Stevens reports native prairie pastures and meadows in Franklin County producing seed this fall after extra summer rainfall. Switch grass leads the crop with yields around 200 pounds per acre in some areas, while mixed grass sections yield 80 to 100 pounds per acre. other grasses mature closer to frost time. Farmers are advised to inspect harvest readiness and consider selling via want ads.
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Franklin County
Harold Stevens
Ottawa Soil Conservation Service Office
Great Plains
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Sudan
Geta
Wood Bros
Ford Tractor
von Y
Motor Company
Voy
Texaco
Marsak
The
Texaco Co
Ottawa, Kansas
Brown
Mound Valley Branch
Floyd Davidson
Davidson
HDU News
Rock Creek
William Boucek
Miss Dove
Beryl Ross
Ralph Sand
Guy Monroe
Bethel
Lee Bonar
Mabel Price
Mary Miller
Austa Forth
Carrie Simmons
Deep Root
Deep Root Plant
Olathe 805
Deep Root Fertilizers, Inc
Olathe, Kansas
New Holland Harvester
Skyline Harvester
Massey-Harris
A& Case
John Deere
John Deere Tractor
Jersey
Kansas State College
Ayrshire
Guernsey
Holstein
Aver
K.A.B.S.U
Unselected Records
Franklin County Artificial Dairy Breeders Assn
Don Collins
S. Maple
Helene Curtis
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