Crop Plantings Corn Is Likely to Show the Big- Great Wheat Production Kai CLAY CENTER - the Farm- Gest Upturn Among Key Crops
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--- 400 o 370 (n\ \',21, o 21'4 - 44°5 21a 375 448 @ 2h 520 c.,\ 22) 22" 56 -- 460(a tn 496@2ik: - 530 5 0 15996S0 1,4 1240@ 17, .-- 1 375 0 17,1 131.0 5 17. 13th year no. 3 March 21, 1967 1250 016,k . -- 1 050 0 16, --- 1 072 0 16, Because of steadily improvinglook as if they will be 2 to 21/2 --- 1175 0 farming techniques, cropland million acres more than last 1 285 0 16,i has decreased from the 480 mil-year's record 37.4 million. With .-- 1160 @ 16,1 lion acre peak of the 1920s. Infavorable weather this could --- 1 092 0 Ili the past dozen years, harvestedmean a billion bushel crop. --- 1 245 0 16,S! acreage fell about 15% while Cotton acreage is likely to be --- 1 030 0 161 crop yields per acre climbed unchanged. Federal cotton pro- ---855 (6 az more than 30%. grams stillrequire majordi- -- 920 (615,1 Watershed District's Lake Open For Fishing As always, the big question isversions, as much as 35%. A cooperative effort between a watershed district and the Kansas weather. With no rain of con- Government economists fig- ---1660 @ 22,E Fish & Game Commission has opened up Lake Nebo in Jackson County sequence thru the fall and win-ure hay acreage probably will -19600 2IA for public fishing. ter, winter wheat country willremain unchanged from the 65.2 ---1780 0 21, Here, Game Protector Roy McKinsey, Holton, and Noble Smith of have prospects fall off each million acres planted in1966, Muscotah and Harry Moore of Holton, representing the Delaware Wat- week from now on. tho some trade observers think kISSIOershed Board of Directors, prepare to make an inspection of the lake. The government estimates hay acreage will decline a bit. The 38 -acre lake and 42 acres of land around it are owned by the 54 million acres were planted in Potato, tobacco and cane sug- watershed district and managed by the Fish & Game Commission. It is winter wheat, about 25% morear acreage also aren't expected the first such cooperative effort in the state. than last year. With normal to vary much from last year. The commission stocked the lake with fish and has developed the rainfall this land could produce Beet -sugaracreage, from area around the lake for the convenience of fishermen and picnickers. a record 1.6 billion bushels ofwhich all federal restrictions The on -farm treatment of the 2'658 acres draining into Lake Nebo wheat, adding about 110 millionhave been lifted, may increase is nearly complete. The lake has 280 acre feet of water, while the dam bushels or so to 1967-68 wheat to1.4million acres from 1.2 has a flood -retarding capacity of another 705 acre feet. carryover, which by next Julymillion last year. Marys is expected to be 400 milion If bumper crops do go along bushels,the smallestin15 with increased plantings, these CLAY CENTER COOP years. are the most likely results: BUYS FERTILIZER YARDS Crop Plantings Corn is likely to show the big- Great wheat production Kai CLAY CENTER - The Farm- gest upturn among key crops. would hold down the cost of ers Union Cooperative Associa- Trade sources estimate an addi-flour, which now wholesales for tion has purchased fertilizer fa- tional 5 to 6 million acres will3% more than a year ago. cilities here from the PhillipsTo 7 -Year High be planted this year, an increase Abundant supplies of feed grains would tend to lower Petroleum Co. The facilities With allowances for drouth1967 planting intentions, whichof nearly 10% above the 66.3 Salina had previously been leased by million acres seeded in 1966. costs for livestock feeders. and fears that massive produc-is due out this week. Corn and soybean meal Phillips to Roy Martin. Includ- tion would severely depress But as always government That could produce a -crop of ed in the facilities are a 30,000 4.8 billion bushels, 'another rec-are key cost items in production prices,'it appears now that U.S.economists will hedge their ord. of red meat, poultry, milk and gallon anhydrous ammonia farmers plan to boost the acre-forecasts with comments that tank; an 18,000 and a 4000 gal- Because corn makes up someeggs, and lower prices could age they plant to major cropsthe actual seeded acreage can60% of the total feed grainacre-spur output of most of these lon tank, both for liquid fertili- to a 7 -year high. vary sharply from the forecast, zer: and a warehouse. age, a big crop could be expect-foodstuffs. 111Y This foreCast is based on adue to weather conditions at ed to end the decline in feed preview of the USDA report ofplanting time, changing pricesgrain stocks, which have drop- 1:00 a.m. DO of farm commodities, labor sup- CUTWORM COUNT IS they are consip ped from 85 million tons in 1961 ply,and theeffectthattheto an expected 25 million tonsHIGH IN COWLEY CO. planting report might have onby next September. If the wheat survives the NFO Starts Its farmers' actions. drouth, it may also have to 210 @ 9,1 Grain sorghum acreage is But theinitial forecast willnot- expected to climb markedly,fight cutworms. A state survey 256 @ Milk -Holding Action guess that planted acreage forbut if wheat farmers plow upshows cutworm infestation is 22I@ 19 59 of the nation's major crops heaviest in Cowley County, in 239 @ their drouth-stricken acreage willtotalaround 320 millionand plant feed grain instead onsouthcentralKansas. The 221@ See Second Section acres. This would be 7% more count there runs as high as 8 226 @ 0.; the same land, then that pre- than 1966 seedings-the small-diction could be wrong. to 15 per square foot. Spraying 220 @ For Pictures & Coverage est on record-and the most conditions are usually indicated 19. Soybean acreage is expected 210@ In G&G Area land in crop production since when cutworm counts get past 241@ to increase for the eighth con- 325 million acres were plantedsecutive year. Plantings now three per square foot. 211 @ 'n 1960. 241 @ 229@ 216 @ 216 @ 19'; .cOM Year Fat E122,0tia FL,RA 226 @ 212 @ l 211@ @ 1 221@1 217@ 221@ 19' 221@1l IS. tor) AssociationCara0Nurn Bank _Coffey; Thomas FederalLand Gleue, and theEmporia Elmer Lyon; 1C1111 Dh:ec.tors of LyonCounty;LeoDeli)onder, William J.Williams,O. E.Roberts; manager CO' berg, Chase; ION Black, Osage. The widow of the first president of the Em- poria FLBA, Mrs. Samuel Wingert, cut an anniversary cake with the president of the 40 association, Carl Nurnberg, assisting. The firstfederal land loanwas made bank poria last week. husband was president of theis banker, who was manager oflate James Dwelle. 211 50 yearsago, first Land Bank Association forthe Emporia association from At the meeting Leon DeDon- G&Garea association The meeting attracted 603 whichewas organized people from Chase, Coffey, Os-the Emporia area founded in 1918 to 1933. The present 4 -coun-der of Reading and William J. nod ter, started a year af- ty organization, started about into its age and Lyon counties. Included1918. Williams, Emporia, were re-elec- with itsannual 50th year among those in attendance was Recognition was also given 1950, involved merger of an- ted. meeting at Em - Mrs. Samuel Wingert, 92, whosethe late W. M. Price, an Empor-other group managed by the lems," Gray said, "but arere-greater waterpollution -that is ones with1000 head or stricted to small areaswhich found with more. the animal hoofscattle. there were are worked by At the start of 1967 to provide maximumdissolution He said feedlots Why Feedlot Runoff 586,000 cattle on feedin the constituents bya density of 200 usually half of and carriage of to 300 state and well over water during periodsof rain- per acre. A feedlot eatOP them were on largelots. witha k . fall." city of 10,000produces "Animal wastes are nolong- every day equivalent w, deposited over large Additionally, said Gray, the Has Become Problem er sparsely nutritionally -balanced feed re- man population to a b, Why feedlot runoff has be-tor of the State Department of natural sta- of 100,00013: areas conducive to sults in a body wastehaving sons. come the state's biggest waterHealth, gave these figures: "Onbilization with minimumprob- pollution problem got some de-January 1, 1967, there were 5.5 I tailed description at a pollutionmillion cattle, 1.3 million hogs symposium at Topeka last and pigs, and 452,000 sheep in week. the state of Kansas. These ani- Basically the problem is this:mals excrete daily wastes equiv- Increase YourProduction Efficiency 1) Livestock excrete a mountainalent to what would be produc- with of waste; 2)livestock are moreed by 70 million people." concentrated than before. 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