Local Family News This Week In Courthouse County
Vacation trips visits and family gatherings fill the week with Mr. and Mrs. Sante Hooker leaving for Colorado Saturday. Various guests include Miss Mildred Dick from Concordia visiting Miss Marcelene Perry, and Miss Jean Tingstrom from Ottawa visiting the Lorings. A birth announces the August 7 son of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Carlson.
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Mrs. Sante Hooker
Colorado
Mildred Dick
Concordia
Marcelene Perry
Jean Tingstrom
Ottawa
Ed Loring
Leora
Miss Eloise
Larry Hammer
Mrs
Carl Hammer
Victor Carlson
Wheat allotment prompts Kansas farmers to cut planted acres
L. C. Williams and K. S. GC Extension Service note that Kansas farmers must reduce wheat plantings by about one third to meet the Agricultural Adjustment Administration quota. Six million acres must shift to other crops this fall, with corn prospects improving eastern Kansas next year and offering relief for the acreage shift.
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Kansas
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Wheat shifts and alfalfa aim to replace drought losses
The article outlines broad plans to shift six million wheat acres to alfalfa seedings and half a million more to grass in central Kansas. It notes the potential of restoring poor land, normalizing summer fallow, and the uncertain outcome of a large-scale wheat withdrawal alongside observations on labor savings through farm mechanization and the 1939 AAA program expectations.
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Kansas
U. S
Machinery aids, not to blame, for farm distress
A nationwide study by farm planning groups in county communities shows needed adjustments in agriculture as modern machinery reshapes farming. The text argues that until changes are made, farm distress will persist, while groups work to adapt agriculture to the machine age.
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