Blair Arena's Horsemanship Hub Near Chanute
Steve and Jean Walker manage Blair Arena southeast of Chanute where indoor and outdoor facilities host year round riding, team roping, barrel racing and a shodeo circuit. They train riders, offer clinics, and promote horsemanship with events like ride a buck using dollar bills as a test of rider balance.
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Steve Walker
Blair Arena
Chanute
Walker
Bill Blair
Blair
Walkers
Trailer
Steve
Jean Walker
Dean Smith
Council Grove
Kansas Dairy Totals Climb In 1975 Milk Report
The Kansas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service notes 1975 milk output of 1 403 million pounds with whole milk dominating sales at 1 330 million pounds to plants and dealers. Cash receipts from milk and cream marketed reach a record 118 668 million dollars, while the national picture shows 115 *truncated*
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Kansas
Kansas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Soybean variety test results and garden tips across Erie region
Extension agent lists soybean yields by variety from 1973 to 1975 at Columbus and Columbus area, noting the top performer Essex and Forrest with high bushels per acre. The complete test, lodging, and height data are at the Erie Extension office. Also includes guidance on tall tomato plants, cedar rust on apples with control chemicals, fall weed spray timing, and transplant container edge removal to prevent moisture loss.
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Paul W. Kelly
Columbus
Clark
Calland
Williams
Cutler
Mitchell
Essex
Forrest
Dare
Erie
USDA proposes wheat standard revisions including unclassed wheat
The Agriculture Department proposes changes to U S wheat standards. A purple colored wheat and Red Durum would be designated unclassed wheat. Modifications include heat damaged kernels and foreign material judgments from a dockage free sample and removal of Hard Red Winter subclasses.
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U.S
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Agricultural Marketing Service
United States
Continental Grain Fined 500000 for Short Shipments
Continental Grain Co pled no contest to a 50 count indictment and paid a 500000 dollar fine for shortweighing cargoes at its Westwego export elevator. The scales were set to record excess grain loaded, shorting 50 ships headed overseas between 1971 and 1975. Other firms in the probe include Bunge Garnack and ADM with multiple convictions and indictments overall.
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New Orleans
UPI
Continental Grain Co
Westwego
U.S. District Court
Frederick J. R. Heebe
Bunge Corp
New York
Garnack
4 H on the Bicentennial Trail hosts listed nationwide
A booklet published by the National 4 H Collegiate Club lists 79 Kansas families and over 700 nationwide hosts for traveling 4 H members. It provides traveler host guidelines, contact details, availability months, and stay lengths, with entries categorized by farm rural suburban or urban homes. Copies are available at Kansas State University extension offices.
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Manhattan
National Collegiate
Kansas
United States
National
Kansas State University Extension Area
State 4H
Youth Department
Kansas State University
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Ioa
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Pam Grady
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Jeff Moran
Carl Grady Jr
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Mike Moran
Domino
Ron Fowler
W. Elm
O. J. Martin
Hutchinson
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