Open House Set at Celeste Saturday for Cyanamid Farm Supply Company The Cyanamid Farm Supply Company, distributors of fertilizers and insecticides, will hold Open House Saturday, January 15, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM at their recently completed modern plant in Celeste. The public is invited to inspect the plant and equipment and register for gifts. The contest will be held at 3:00 PM and presence at the event is not required. The local plant, completed in the late summer, 1965, is prepared for full operation giving service to farmers over a wide area. Custom formulated fertilizers, anhydrous ammonia, nitrogen, phosphate, and potash, blended or chemically mixed, bagged or bulk, are available. The plant with 1,000 ton storage capacity is located strategically for dual rail delivery to the plant and with surfaced access to Highway 69 and four Farm-to-Market roads. Equipment Cyanamid custom application services make use of the latest in equipment. In use are six anhydrous ammonia applicators, with one special machine for applying fertilizer to sod pasture lands, also, eight anhydrous nurse tanks, eight four-ton Willimar bulk spreaders, and two two-ton spreaders. Recently received are eight Pryor dual purpose applicators with each a capacity of 4,000 pounds of pleated and 2,500 pounds of anhydrous ammonia fertilizers. These machines are designated to band in rows or to side dress either pleated fertilizers or in combination with anhydrous ammonia. All machines are now in use and are available to users with service, delivery and attention from the plant personnel. Later a heavy duty herbicide spray machine for pasture land weed control will be available. The testing of soil samples also is a service offered by the plant. Services Additional services planned for the near future will be a complete stock of insecticides and herbicides. Cyanamid Farm Supply is also distributor or Northup King field seeds. Local plant personnel include Norman Messick, manager; Bill Barnard, assistant manager; and Howard (Goat) Roach, employee. (January 14, 1966, The Celeste Courier)