Local Massena man crafts and shares homemade fishing flies
Rex Yarger, a 54 year old Massena service station operator, makes his own fishing flies and lures for 15 years. He paints bright flies, gives hundreds away, and sells nothing with no charges. He uses deer tails from friends, many lures from ideas in magazines, and notes a 15 pound carp caught on fly gear.
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Rex Yarger
Massena
Yarger
Iowa
Cecil
St. Louis
Minnesota
Grant Dairyman Has Answer To Dispute
Grant Dairyman Jim Kenworthy favors Guernsey cows but avoids arguing which breed is better. He says good management and record keeping are key, milking 26 cows for 660 pounds daily on Grade A production. His stanchion barn can convert to beef, and he criticizes excessive regulations hurting small farms. He emphasizes practical finances and farm records from prior lumber work.
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Jim Kenworthy
Grant
Guernsey
Kenworthy
Grant Lumber Company
Family farms with $10,000 sales rise while total farms fall
Despite fewer family farms, those reporting gross sales of $10,000 or more have doubled since 1949. Prospects suggest farm size will grow and numbers shrink, while the share with at least $10,000 in gross sales continues to rise.
Stern Public Testifies Old West Isn't Dead
Stern Public testifies that the Old West remains alive, with lines like De net wach horse hinting at enduring frontier themes.
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Stern
Wichita Methodist Church at Guthrie Center Milestone
The Wichita Methodist church eight miles northwest of Guthrie Center was built in 1888 on land donated by Alex Carothers. It served as a travel landmark and social center for Seeley township in Guthrie county with high attendance before both world wars. The annual cornefl funds its budget while MYF and WSCS guide activities. The church led UNICEF last October and has undergone later improvements including basement, oil furnace, electricity, kitchen, blinds, and carpeting. four local men became ministers.
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Wichita Methodist Church
Guthrie Center
Alex Carothers
Coon Rapids
Seeley Township
Guthrie County
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