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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1956
Page
3
The Middle West Soil Improvement Committee urges farmers to apply phosphate, potash, and much nitrogen in fall rather than spring. Benefits include lighter spring workload, firmer ground for larger machinery, better fertilizer efficiency in dry years, and easier accuracy of fertilizer ratios and grades.
The Middle West Soil Improvement Committee outlines six steps for accurate soil sampling based on Purdue agronomists. Select a uniform area, avoid mixed soils, collect samples to plow depth, avoid fertilizer bands and roads, mix samples, dry, and send to the lab timely for fall fertilizer planning.
The Middle West Soil Improvement Committee reports fall fertilization increases winter wheat profits. Illinois tests show fall nitrogen raises yields by 14 bushels per acre versus 11 with spring application, boosting profit by about 21 dollars per acre. Missouri results show 32 bushels with fall starter plus nitrogen.
College recommendations for fertilizer applications and sound management practices could raise corn yields by 56 bushels per acre. Other crops like alfalfa hay, oats, and potatoes may gain production, with liming, crop rotation, minimal tillage, and proper drainage cited as key practices.
Middle West Soil Improvement Committee reports fall fertilization on permanent pastures enhances spring growth, allows earlier grazing, and increases grass per acre and protein. Wisconsin tests show 58 farms gaining 63 dollars per acre net after fertilizer cost, with 3,562 extra pounds of dry matter per acre from two clippings.
Midwestern alfalfa fields can regain nutrients through fall top dressing of phosphate and potash. Guidelines suggest 300 to 500 pounds per acre of mixtures like 0-10-30 or 0-9-27, with 0-20-20 if both nutrients are low, plus 30 pounds borax per acre if boron is deficient. Proper soil testing informs exact ratios for best root energy and winter resilience.
The Mid West Soil Improvement Committee reports plant food remains a top purchase for corn belt growers. Over 30 years prices rose 17 percent while crop inputs nearly doubled. fertilizer use in 13 Midwest states tripled since 1942, driven by cost advantage research and education.
International jurists seek an answer to ocean sovereignty as nations extend no trespassing zones from coastal shores. The three mile limit is outdated with many states claiming 12 to 200 mile belts, challenging freedom of the seas and hemispheric defense planning. The UN International Law Commission will consider new rules this year.
Insurance statisticians report that only about 6 percent of male industrial policy holders aged 15 to 64 who died in home accidents during 1953 and 1954 were harmed while repairing or improving their homes. The study notes men suffered higher death tolls than women in nearly every major home accident category, including ladder falls and roof work.
Dr. Herbert P. Harkins reports in a Philadelphia study that Synkayvite CB reduced post operative hemorrhage after adenoids removal in children. In 200 children, 100 received the compound with only three experiencing minor bleeds, while 14 without the medicine bled after surgery.
Kansas City report finds today’s women friendlier and more thoughtful than 25 years ago. They send nearly six times as many greeting cards, about 200 annually for birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, illnesses, and occasions, compared with 1930 when 35 were sent.
Bentleyville resident South, a 41 year veteran, notes he has driven 1.5 million miles and has no accidents. He once started with a Metz roadster and remains in demand as an after dinner speaker.
An article notes 10 percent of students labeled retarded readers and that over half of New York City students read below grade level, with high school performance lagging by up to six years. It links reading problems to emotional disturbance and social issues, citing a Los Angeles educators’ delegation in 1953 reporting discipline problems tied to poor readers.
Los Angeles researchers study iron absorption using harmless radioiron in milk eggs and cereals. Dr. Jeanette Schulz of UCLA Medical School received a $5,000 fellowship to examine how infants absorb iron from food and whether diets require iron supplementation.
Washington reports that Canada plans a major explosion to remove Ripple Rock a dangerous reef near Seymour Narrows in the Strait of Georgia British Columbia The National Geographic Society notes the reef has shipwrecked many vessels and claimed lives The blast is set for 1957 or early 1958 after prior drilling attempts failed due to strong currents and tides
San Francisco scientists report preliminary trials indicate a sulfur mustard drug may treat Hodgkin's Disease and other lymphatic cancers. Based on animal tests and 27 human patients, results are promising but require broader clinical use. the compound is a variant of World War I mustard gas.
Atlantic City reports Dr Gisela Ruckle from the University of Pittsburgh isolated a virus from monkey tissue indistinguishable from the human measles virus, implying cross species transmission potential between monkeys and people.
Berkeley a University of California graduate student reports that the common sand worm Nemiris vexilosa learns a light cue to obtain food, forgets it when no food is given, then relearns and recalls the trick after a delay. The finding parallels human extinction and spontaneous recovery in learning.
Washington reports a new radar warning system to detect distant squall lines east of the Rockies. Weather Bureau observers scan radarscopes and flash alerts as volunteer ground corpsmen watch for the dark pendant cloud. Early warnings save lives. the network began in Texas in 1954 and expanded through Tornado Alley.
At a science meeting in Chapel Hill Duke zoologist Howard T Odum and University of Illinois expert Edwin M Banks proposed chickens could help gauge radioactive strontium in fallout by using eggshells as a yardstick. They noted strontium's presence in shells after chickens ingest contaminated foods and called it a dangerous long lasting bone seeking element in atomic fallout.
Berkeley Calif Next years earthquakes are less predictable than next years weather according to Dr Perry Byerly professor of seismology on the Berkeley campus and director of the University seismographic stations. Accurate records have not been kept long enough to determine recurring cycles. The safe prediction is that areas of prior crustal shift will shift again. Learning how to predict earthquakes is one aim of studying them.
Sir John Hunt, leader of the Everest ascent team, predicts Everest and the Himalayas will be traversed from both sides. He says such traverses require coordinated climbing and notes the far side lies in Tibetan controlled territory under Red China.
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