September, 1964, COVER STORY the KMA Guide Mike Hoyer Took Time out to Join Rodeo Reporters Dean Naven and Tom Beavers at the Sidney, Iowa, Championship Rodeo for Vol
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September, 1964, COVER STORY The KMA Guide Mike Hoyer took time out to join rodeo reporters Dean Naven and Tom Beavers at the Sidney, Iowa, Championship Rodeo for Vol. 19 No. 9 an interview with TV star Jim my Dean, who was this year's feature attraotion. In addition to having Jim my on one of the SEPTE MBER, 1964 regular daily rodeo reports, Mike taped a special interview for his Saturday night "KMA Bandstand — Country Style." Mike's expression of rapt attention illustrates Jimmy's captivating personality. His good- The KMA Guide is published the first of each natured warmth, which somehow gives a month by the Tom Thumb Publishing Co., 205 person the feeling they have known him North Elm St., Shenandoah, Iowa. Tony Keelker for years, is as natural off-stage as on. His editorial chairman: Duane Modrow. editor; Doris arena performances were superb . the Murphy. featured editor; Susan Eckley, cony rare kind you wish would go on and on. As editor. Subscription price $1 per year (12 issues) in the United States, foreign countries. the rodeo announcer stated, "We've had $1.50 per year. Allow two week's notice for many fine performers, but you are seeing the greatest." change of address and be sure to send old as well as new address. • Coaster-carts . the greatest little de- wood and old lawnmower and buggy wheels. vIce to keep youngsters occupied and Pictured left to right: Janis Andersen, skinned-up . have made re-entry as a daughter of K MA salesman and sports- new fad among Shenandoah children. The caster, Andy Andersen; Jana Voitenko, hills echo with shouts of excitement as they (laughter of morning announcer, Pete How- conduct races complete with traffic flagmen ard; Josie Modrow, daughter of Guide edi- and judges. Dads look on with a knowing tor, Duane Modrow; and Barbara Andersen smile, recalling their younger days when (Andy's) sitting in front of Josie. The carts the streets clattered with almost identical belong to neighbor boys who are daily conglomerations of scrap boards, boxes, ply- making repairs and improvements. 2 The KMA Guide A Chat With Edward May "We're from Iowa, Iowa, that's where full two weeks ahead of schedule." Of the tall corn grows." It might be more course, none of us know when our first appropriate to change a word or two of the killing frost might be, but everyone can last line and say, "That's where the big ears make a prediction. What is your opinion? grow." This is referring to the tremendous Drop me a card and let me know, and, if it ear shown in the picture on this page. The is all right with you, I will use your predic- ear measures 30 1/4 inches long, and is quite tion on the radio and will give you full an eye-catcher. I wish I could say this is an credit for it, unless you don't want your average sized ear of Maygold hybrid corn, name mentioned. If you would prefer not but I can't. Actually, this is an oversized to have your name mentioned, just say, ear made from individual kernels. It was "Don't mention my name," or draw a line put together by the wife of the assistant through your name, in which case I won't manager of the Earl May store at Auburn, divulge the sender. Nebraska. It must have taken her a long time to do this, and it looks so realistic I We will be exposed to a great deal of thought you might enjoy seeing a picture politics the next few weeks and months, of it. Several men who have looked at it all leading up to the national elections. I have jokingly said, "Brother, that's corn!" don't know what your politics might be and I certainly would not attempt to sway It seems as if the sum mer certainly your thinking in any way, but I do hope passed in a hurry and now it's back to when the elections take place everyone will school for the students. It also means a re- vote and will have studied the candidates turn to standard time again. This has been sufficiently to know why he is voting for a little confusing and we are now back on that particular candidate. The campaign the same schedule as the people in Nebras- should be interesting and you will be hear- ka, Kansas and Missouri. So, if you have ing much of it on KMA. missed any of your regular K MA programs during the past few weeks, you will now find them again on their regular schedule, and you will find a schedule of all K MA programs listed in the Guide. We had some extremely hot days during July and August but these are behind us now and we will be having cooler weather from now on. One of the questions now is when will we have our first killing frost. Our average annual killing frost date here at Shenandoah is October 14. What's your opinion, do you think we will have a nor- mal frost date? If you observe any weather signs, do these signs indicate an early or a late fall? So far, I have heard two pre- dictions, both to the effect that there is a good possibility we will have an early fall with an early killing frost date. One came from a radio listener who said, "Cockleburs never get caught by a frost and, as the latter part of August, cockleburs were quite mature." Another prediction came from northern Wisconsin which said, "The birds that normally migrate south from You should have seen the stalk . It got Canada arrived in northern Wisconsin a away. September, 1964 3 lanche and just this sum mer they have re- leased another which is so new it hasn't Frank Comments even been named yet. We simply call this one "Row 10". It, by the way, is the second By FRAN K FIELD row in the picture. Surprise is the seventh row and Avalanche is the eighth row. Notice the Surprise basket is heaped high The picture this month was taken in the and Avalanche took two baskets to hold middle of August and shows a part of the that morning's picking. tomato trials in the Earl May Seed & Nur- These rows are 4 ft. apart and the plants sery Companies trial varieties on trial set 4 ft. apart in the row. Each plant is and the results are very interesting, to say tied to a bamboo stake or pole 8 ft. long the least. Fully one-half the varieties do with 18 inches in the ground and 6 and one- not even have a name yet, just a number. half feet above the ground; then the tops Most of them, in fact, will never be given of the poles are held securely by wire a name as they are not enough better than stretched tightly between steel fence posts the present varieties to pay to introduce at either end of the row with one wrap them. These numbered selections are sent taken around the top of each pole. to us each year by the various state col- These tomatoes have been watered very leges and experiment stations who are thoroughly once a week; during June they doing hybridizing and selection on toma- were given 1% inches of water each week toes. It is a good deal like the breeding and during July and August they were which is constantly going on in hybrid given 2 inches of water each week. They corn. Out of a thousand crosses, maybe have been sprayed thoroughly every ten only one or two will be promising enough days with a mixture of Zineb to prevent to continue working with. blight, and Sevin to prevent worm and I think the University of Missouri at insect damage. Starting the last week in Columbia, has done more work with toma- July, these tomatoes have been carefully toes in the last ten years than all the picked on Monday, Wednesday and Friday other universities put together. Four years of each week, keeping each row separate as ago they released one of their selections you can see in the picture. First each bas- and named it Surprise — the following ket is weighed; then the tomatoes in that year they released another and called it basket are counted and graded into two Tomboy. Last year their release was Ava- Continued on Page 15 1 The KMA Guide ilh 09ac4 gowing from one to the other and this was quite We are just back from a wonderful vaca- relaxing. We were told that they swim in, tion in Colorado. We left Shenandoah on the pools year round. It is a little hard to August 11th and arrived in Estes Park the imagine swim ming in an open pool when next day. Then on Thursday I left Pauline, Randy, Julie and Pauline's parents, the snow is on the ground. Paul Youngmarks, at Estes Park and took There are dozens of Bureau of Reclama- off on the American Angus "Challenge of tion projects underway in that area. One the Future" tour. The tour lasted through motel operator told us that there was to Saturday and we were on ten or eleven be $179 million spent in one valley alone ranches and saw mostly com mercial cow over the next five years. I'm sure most of herds. us realize what a big impact this would Most of these ranches had some irrigated have on the economy of such an area.