Alifornia Dominates Major Late April Tour with 10 Other Ex- Els." 1295@ 17 Perts Who Covered Some 4500 1270(5)11 a Discouraging Report of 925 O Miles in Three Cars
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1111111.M., Ntipswomm., 1111111 fifer: -- S°S " tn 66 s------44°523, -----488sil 23 ------ 502 fers----508 ------ 340 a COWS .1As ------ 960o 19 1150 0 17 ----- 89° 0 19 13th year no. 10 May 9, 1967 ----- 1085 ----- 1290(, 1425 @ Is, ------ 12300 18, .----- 1230@19 ----- 1070 0 Freezes Sure 18 To Take ------ 11500 1 ------910 w-----1210@Ig ------1050 0 18 Another Wheat ------ 1205 0 Bite is The Sale How much have late freezesdamage has occurred since. 1350 0 18, hurt the Kansas wheat crop? "We started with an estimate 1200g 18, Wayne Whiteof Mankato and Tom Baldwin of Beloit confer on Guess 20 million bushels have 10100 of 250 million bushels," said Ro- day at Beloit. been cut from the April 1 crop berts, "and we've been subtract- estimate, says Tom Roberts, 1110© ing ever since. Between Decem- 18. head of the Kansas Wheat Im- ber and April the reporting ser- 9300 Ia. _12300 is, provement Association, after a vice subtracted 57 million bush- alifornia Dominates Major late April tour with 10 other ex- els." 1295@ 17 perts who covered some 4500 1270(5)11 A discouraging report of 925 o miles in three cars. wheat prospects has also been 772 0 17 There have been some freezes made by the Santa Fe Railway rmProducer. List since the statewide inspection, 10550 17 major apple producer. The only agricultural department. didn't come up with and livestock. soit'spossible the crop has "Assuming normal production MISSIO but Nebraska marked county on the top 20 list which By way of comparison to thebeen reduced even more. on the irrigated acreage and counties among the top has Kansas -size acreage and hastop farm sellers in the U.S. in "But, of course, we always some recovery of the non -irri- .5 counties in farm pro - a limited growing season, is 1964, here are the top Kansas killthis wheat cropatleast gated acreage from moisture al- Y sold in 1964, the last year Lancaster County,Pennsyl- pfoducers in 1965 (in millions: three times before we get it in ready received,"the report ich the Bureau of Census vania, which ranked 18th on I. Reno $29.625the bin," says Roberts. read, "it will require very favor- mplete records. $109 million in sales. 2. Sumner $25.746 If the 20 -million bushel decline able conditions during the re- took over $35 million in On the top 100 list, which re- 3. Sede-wick 23.751is accurate, that would predict mainder of the growing season product sales to make the quired $37 million to make, Cal- 4. McPherson 23.637 5. Marion a 168 -million bushel crop. for the five states of Kansas, list, and the chart is iforniawasrepresented 26 22.994 .Mary 6. Washington 22.285 . The 168 million bushel antici- Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado, and ted by California coun- times: Illinois 13; Iowa 12; Flo- 7. Nemaha 22.188pated production would be far New Mexico to produce much which are several times rida 6: Texas 5; Arizona, Colo- 8. Marshall 22 016 below the 300 million bushels more than three -fourths of the 9. Roller of Kansas counties. rado, Washington, Hawaii, Ne- 21.986 hoped for by the Department of 418.5 million bushels produced big truck -gardening areas braska, Wisconsin and North 10. Dickinson 21 841 Kan 11. Rrown 20.515Agriculture on expanded acre- in 1966. , Kern, and Tulare Carolina, 3 each; Pennsylvania, 12. Finney 2a "03age and well below the 10 -year "A crop this size would be led the country. Fres-Arkansas, Mississippi, Oregon, 13. Republic 18.720 average of around 225 million the poorest produced in these ty, California, had 1964and Minnesota, 2 each;and 14. Ford 18.516bushels. states since 1957." f $349 million. Kern Maine, Delaware, Idaho, New 15. Cowley 18.393 18. Rarrey 17-271 "We have raised as much as s total was $286 million York, Connecticut, Virginia and 300 million bushels," Roberts Sabin tare's $244 million. 17. Ivan 17."32 Alabama, one apiece. 18Jelv.11 17.080 said, "hut the recent average t, eight of the top 10 to wino -man The three Nebraska counties Untilunder production controls hasWABAUNSEE DHIA were from California. 20. Harper 15.869 to make the list were Scotts- been around 220 to 225 million IS ORGANIZED r two on the list were bluff (potatoes and truck gar- bushels. pa County, Arizona, sim- ALMA - A Wabaunsee dening in western Nebraska); "Many farmers, particularlyCounty Dairy Herd Improve- size, crops and growing Cuming (heavy irrigation ar- south and west of Great Bend, to the California AUCTIONEERS CONVENTION ment Association has been or- eOnly leaders; ound West Point in northeast have surrendered the crop andganized. Art Gehrt, Paxico, is Id County, Colorado,theNebraska): and Dawson (Lex- MAY 27.28 AT RAYS are pasturing cattle on the r 11:00 a.m. county around Greeley. The annual convention of The president; Stanley Steere, Alta ler they are eons ington and Cozad in the central wheat. In fact, we saw more ofVista, vice president; Walter more California counties region). Kansas Auctioneers Assn. will in the second be held in Hays May 27 and this than any of us could re-LietzJr.,Paxico, secretary - top 10, with No Kansas county made the member seeing before." rs 833 @ 22 nal entries fromFlorida, May 28. Headquarters will be treasurer. Other directors are 916 @ 23 list of 100, and from state sta- The estimate from the KansasHeft Rogers, Alma, and Harold ;trs Washingtonand Penn- tisties on production by countiesthe Ramada Inn. A "fun auc- hfrs 913@ 22 i& The Florida tion" of articles contributed byCrop Reporting Service as of Soelter, Wamego. John Weiss- 9240 22 countiesit appeared that the state's ma- April 1 was 197 million bushels. ifrs 1k and Orange- are, of Hays residents will be held at er, Paxico, will be trained as strs 1072 @ 23 jor farm producers missed the But drouth, freeze and insecttester.. major citrusproducers.list by about $5 million. night May 27. Mainecounty was the big The last year which the State J 16, ogs 225 @ Department of Agriculture has 110P0700t.liressqrtuh, aeArserimiles ogs 238 @ figures is 1965, and the top pro- 16, size of ) hogs 227 @ ducer in the state that year was 237 @ 18' as county. TheWash - logs County, Reno County which produced 491 @16. Yakima,is tows a some $29.625 million from crops ogs 218 @ 251 @ 11 logs 224@ 1 down hogs To Land hogs 215 @ !8; Value Trend 18 upward trend logs 235@ in land 220 @ 18 Seventh hogs Federal last year. In comparison, in- hogs 195@ 18' e DstriFt creases of 4 and 10 per cent, re- 18. thehas continued hogs 211 @ firstquarter of spectively, were reported for 310 @ 16 cordingabout ) sows to a recentsur-the similar periods lastyear. hogs 239@ Further evidence ofa slowing 225 @ therate b ahnaks- ho g 220p 18. advancecountry in the upward advance ty slowed, of land hogs 1f1' values was indicated by 230 @ Seventh bank- hogs District 237 ofl?wa. is corn- ers' expectations of the future hogs and parts @ 13' uunois, of Wis-trend in land prices. While the pigs IS. Indiana 0., and Mi-majority of the bankersre- Pigs @ .Chicago sponding to the Aprilsurvey pigs Federal still view the P13' Systhat44althoughReserve current trend in P Pigs land values agues gains as an upward one, continueto be an increasing proportion of of in12 ofthe 17ar-them expect landvalues to sta- IOC bilize in the g thases since the months ahead. According to thesurvey, far- Ynee arr 1 -Y eofmers continued to be the largest SION Ca' smaller ''onedth thanatllh buyers of farmland. a year About 5 40 earlier. four -fifths of thefarms sold in 4:veragevalue the five statesduring the past 12 months Neighbors at Sale pereewtastrinlngeretha:efdirst were purchased by either owneroperators adding Bill Schrandt and ElmerProhaska, who both farmsouthwest of .0211 thanabut to their presentholdings or by conditions on sale day. Glasco, talk over livestock sensed ttZPLetenant operatorsdesiring to be- come owners. Deadline To May 9, 1967 and objectional Certify Seed weeds, not be mixed withother ies or othercrops. Is May 15 Certified seed May 15 is the deadline to ap-sures high germinationproductiot seed, and purity d,,s ply for certification of barley, of the oats, rye, wheat, sweet clover,Wilkinsstresses. eye, need for more ThereT. hogs put on and smooth bromegrass with certified the Kansas Crop Improvementmeet the demand riol Association. Applications are surrounding states,in Earisa3 extra pounds of due in Manhattan on that date.the Corn Belt especia Inspection of fields will start Last year nearlyarea, he say: profitable pork in late -May or early -June, How-acres were inspected27 thou ard Wilkins, Extension crops farmers, the largest for with' nature's richest and soilsspecialist and secre-spected since 1958. acre tary of KCIA reports. source of protein Applicationmaterials are availableat county Extension START SURFACING offices or from KCIA, Kansas Kansas Soya's 40% Hog Supplement contains SEGMENT OF US77 State University, Manhattan . highly digestible and palatable Sunflowey Surfacing of thenew n 66502. The tag and seal from from the Riley-Geary Brand Soybean Meal.This assures you of the seed planted or a bulk sale calm line north to Balahas s extra pourids of profitable pork on every card must accompany the ap- The 6.3 mile segment of hog you raise. plication as proof of the seed along with 11.5miles source. Those who use their from the county lineso For maximum gains ask for it by name: Kansas ands own seed should indicate it oneast from Bala tojunction Soya's Sunflower Brand 40% Hog Supple, the form, Wilkins explains.