'Sound Reason for Farm Unrest'
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424 o 24 503 o 24 426 023 SS° 23:1 468 o 23 450 o 23; 496 0 23; 537 o 23; 527 0 23 iv, 491 a 23:00' JA ;80 o 19,60 ;10 o 13th year no. 1 March 7, 1967 19,00 115 o 1.8,20 45 018,10 40 @ 18,10 !20@ 18,00 :85 0 'Sound 17,90 Reason ForFarm Unrest' .90 o "There is a sound 17,80 reason for Carlson spoke at the annual 150 p tened revolt." 17,60 unrest," said Senator Frank meeting of the Kansas Coopera- 125 Carlson last week While noting that agriculture 17,50 as of farmertive Council at Manhattan, and .70 0 discontent over declining economists don't regard the par- 17.46 farm he said farmer unrest "has nowity ratio as a meaningful farm 315 0 17.10 income and rising farm costs. in some instances reached threa-indicator, Carlson said that re- )30 0 16,95 .45@ gardless of how parity isfig- 16,90 ured "one thing is certain. The 155 @1630 )65 p farmer must buy his machinery 16,80 Two USDAMoves :10 016,70 -pay for labor costs and pay .71 016,65 his taxes in an economy in .85 @ 16.65 which he is not receiving his 25 To Soothe fair share of the national in- 16,60 Price Woes come." )38 0 16,45 Orville L. Freeman, secretary Freeman also urged prompt Carlson noted the current )90 @1636 of agriculture, said he planned pa- )27 @ congressional approval of more 16,2s two actions designed to ease rity ratio at 77-five points be- emergency food for India to low a year ago, and said: "It is what he said was farmer rest-avert famine. lessness and uncertainty over interesting to note that in June ;SION Freeman told the committee1932 it was 53-its lowest fig- agricultural prices. "it is a cruel effect of fate that feeding Time He said the Agriculture de- ure. Its high was 123 in October what assisting nations did last1946." Feeding is busy work for Joe Sonn'tag of Cuba, partment would expand pur- year needs redoing this year." Republic county, and farm worker Robert Fisher. chases of pork and beef prod- He said the world'ssecond HAYES BECK REELECTED ucts for relief donations and re-most populous nation will needBY LYONS CREEK DISTRICT lated non-commercial programs,about 10 million tons of grain WOODBINE - Hayes Beck and extend reseal procedures toimports this year to stave offhas been elected for the seventh iarysUrges Half Payment soybean growers. famine. time to the presidency of the Can Control Supply Lyons Creek Watershed Dist- Underreseal,farmers can KP&L WILL BUILD rict. Gerald Smith is vice presi- At Wheat Signup Time keep beans under government $37 MILLION PLANT dent; Jack Staatz, secretary; (ans. price support loans for extended Kansas Power & Light says and Marvin Will of Herington, Wheat farmers could get one- periods, and, in effect, wait outit will build a $37 million elec-treasurer. assured him, he said, that pay- the market until prices rise. half of their payments at thements to those participating in Freeman disclosed his inten-tric generating facility to add to time of signup for participatingthe 1967 program would be its Lawrence station, to make ANOTHER NOTCH DOWN tions to the Senate agricultureone of the largest power produc- in the wheat program under amade earlier this year. committee during testimony ON SMALL COLOR TV Llilla bill being introduced in Con- ing centers in the midwest. Con- General Electric has introduc- gress last week by Rep. Robert Under his bill, Dole said, win-supporting a congressional re-struction will start in early 1968 solution that would endorse Pre- ed a color television set that Dole, 11 -Kan. ter wheat growers would re- and commercial operation will sident Johnson's emergency sells for less than $200. The sug- Dole said in a statement this ceive the first half of their pro- start in1971. Other major gram payments in the fall, and food aid program for India. gested retail price is $199.95 and would treat wheat producers KP&L units are at Tecumseh, the set weighs 24 pounds with the same as farmers who spring wheat producers would Sen. Milton R. Young (R -N.Abilene, and Hutchinson. par- D.) has asked why farm prices a 60 -square inch screen. ticipate in feed grain andcotton -receive theirs in the spring. programs. The measure would annlv toare declining when "everybody The Agriculture Department the 1968 and subsequent crops.says we have no agricultural m. Cattle food surpluses." ire consip Freeman replied that he 00 p 16,00 shares farmerconcernover price declines,saying`agrcul- 90 @ 31,75 ture is restless, uncertain. The 55 @ 21.°) market is very speculative. Ev- 55 @ 16.24 80@ 15,76 erybody is jumpy." No Wheat Action But in an exchange with :42 @ 1°,6, Young, Freeman said he has no 26 @ 19.'y present intention to raise price @ 19,45 support levels for wheat. @19.E 143 @ 19'4 111 @19,6 !29 @19.50 Two New 125 @i9.60 ;10 @19.5 Manhattan Co-op 120 @15,3 ;10@ 19.60 Board Directors 118 @19.1° 131 @19.6 MANHATTAN - Names of 197 @ 15.4° the 50th anniversary board of 19.5 ?,12 @ directors of Farmers Coopera- 338 @ 19.2° tive Assn. were announced by 19.6 ?,08 general manager Joe Dockins 18,5 after the annual meeting late 137 @ 21,/) in February. New directors are a 15. Frank Werner of Manhattan; ' 13,25 and Jim Brown of Alta Vista. Ted Anderson and Wayne Bai- @ 11 ley were reelected, as were the officers: President, Herb Roepke; vice- he pres. Harold. Goff;secretary Ted Anderson. The Otherdirec- Co. tors are M. W. Andres,Law- rence Valberg andHarold Tes- Talking sendorff. It Approximately 650 voting Making Plans members attend themeeting. OvMordiller thinganvine;Bill.Patenaude,Clay Center;W. R. McChesney, The co-op, now withthree bran- Carol D. Reynolds and bride-to-be Kay Opocensky, gs overand Weldon Westmoreland John Sanberg, Clay Center, talk ches, Alta Vista, Cuba, show the cattle stock for hoof trimming and de - at themachinery a 50th it Deereagency, show at W. W.Smith, and Onaga, is planning horning he built from plans -Kay 'brought him. Carol in ClayCenter. anniversary celebration. raises registered cattle and Kay is a student at K -State. efficiency andrate of growth. March 7, 1967 Swine Testing slaughtered Another Beck bred animal ter tests at the The barrows are Station operatedin Manhattan when the testsare complete to Tested Boar Sale brought the top price of $340at Kansas Swine length, back - 2 Grass &Grin the sale. This was a Yorkshireby K -State for the determine carcass Improvement Association. fat, loin eye area,and percent DAIRY CONFERENCE that ranked sixth in thetests, started in The boars are pro- Averages $137 The Station was of lean cuts. K -STATE NEXT AT but caught the fancy ofNorbert in an effort to and sonoray MANHATTANWEEK Oh1de, Linn. Beck alsoentered 1958 by the KSIA bed for backfat -A Dairy MANHATTAN - The top -ra- better evaluatepurebred stock.tested for loin eyearea. Pro- dustry Conference the fifth and sixth place Duroc at Kansas State will behei, ted animal in the Tested Boar Rate of gain, feedefficiency, spective buyersare furnished Universit, animals. 15-16. The conference y Nia"; Sale at Kansas State Universi- and meat -typecharacteristics before the sale. is aied Two Hampshire littermates this information at dairy plantowners, m ty last week was a Duroc that production most of the ers, technicians manag. put on test by Joe O'Bryanhadare the important "The fact that and dairy brought $300 at the auction says Wen- sale were purchas-ers. work. the second and third placetest factors considered, boars in this block from Gary Stichternath, dell A. Moyer,Extension live- ed for use incommercial herds a commercial operator from ratings. Bert Hucke, Parsons, that Kansas paid $300 for the second place stock specialist. is an indicaton GRASS & Marysville. In the tests, twolittermate swine producers arerecognizing GRAIN boar. half-brother The Mid -Kansas Stichternath has purchased An average price of $137 a boars and a full the value oftested boars in an news we% animals in four previous sales barrow are fed together.They Moyer Published each Tuesday head was recorded for the 37 efficientoperation," Moro, (Box 1009) at 1.2rri for his 40 -sow operation. The are fed to an averageweight of Manhattan, top boar was bred by Hayes boars that went on sale. This feed says. Kansas, 66502 by event marked the close ofwin- 200 pounds to determine The Testing Stationis now AG PRESS Beck, Junction City. accepting applicationsfor the Dean Coughenour spring tests, Moyerindicates. E. R. 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