Pedigreed Farm Herds Across Sorghum and Cats
The farm maintains certified stocks from sorghum to cats. Siamese MeeChee and CoCo with five kittens are among pedigreed animals alongside a prominent Angus herd led by Smoky and other sires. Nell records cattle details precisely, tracking dam and calf numbers through generations. The Smiths expanded from 24 registered cows to about 75, with one herd sire and multiple bulls as calves are reared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MeeChee
CoCo
Pete
Nell
Prince P
Smoky
Prince Batcholier
Blackbird
Ivanhoe
The
Smiths
Angus Cattle Pride of Ivanhoe Farm Story
Pete and Nell Smith showcase 150 Black Angus cattle at Ivanhoe Valley Farm near Garden City. The operation spans 725 acres of pasture with 320 native grass acres, plus 175 irrigated and 665 dryland acres. Pete Smith runs dryland crops, irrigation, and summer fallowing alongside cattle breeding.
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Pete
Nell Smith
Ivanhoe ‘Valley
Fwriter
Ivanhoe Valley
Ivanhoe
Sandhills
Garden City
Lincoln Livewires Make Spring Tour
Lincoln Livewires 4-H club conducted a spring tour visiting Lincoln school and local farms to view sewing, cooking, and animal projects. Members showcased cakes, pies, cupcakes, chickens, ducks, heifers, rabbits, pigs, Angus cattle, and a gun collection. A picnic in Finnup Park followed. another 4-H group plans a June 12 outdoor tour with livestock displays and a park picnic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Livewire 4-H Club
Lincoln School
Jack, Jewell
Janice Owens
Linda Roth
Marilyn Hering
Leo Jo Kopp
Stenda Opitz
Phyllis Opitz
Beverly Minter
Henry Hering
Marilyn
Gary
Bobby
Jimmy Webb
Jimmy
Cooper
Carl Kemper
Sammy
Jimmy Dougherty
Jack’ Jewell
Janice’s
Owens
Finnup Park
Earl Dougherty
Agricultural Extension Calendar Highlights
The calendar lists events for June across 4-H activities. Highlights include the Go Getters 4-H Club tour at Pierceville School at 12:30 pm on June 5, a 4-H Council Meeting at 8:00 pm June 6 at the 4-H building, and an explanation of marketing quotas to county agents and ASC committees at the American Legion hall in Garden City on June 7 at 10:00 am. A district poultry judging school is set for June 8 at Wright Park, Dodge City, in the poultry building. A 4-H Club Tour is scheduled for June 9 at 9:00 am at Alvin CII bridge farm near Pawnee Indian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierceville
ASC
American Legion Hall
Garden City
Wright Park
Dodge City
Dune
Pawnee
Time To Apply Grub Insecticides Now
H R Bryson entomologist at Kansas State college urges application of Chlordane dieldrin or aldrin to lawns to curb white grubs. May beetles or June bugs lay eggs in soil by day and feed at night. if adult beetles survive, grubs hatch and later damage appears, making control tougher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. R. Bryson
Kansas State College
Wheat Program To Be Resumed
The Food and Drug Administration resumes a wheat sanitation enforcement program with specific minimum standards. Wheat for the 1955 price support must meet Food and Drug minimum sanitation rules to be eligible for loans or delivery. The rules cover iron content and kernel damage limits, with penalties in price support and procurement pending compliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Food and Drug Administration
Food and Drug Program
Also Mentioned on This Page
John Frasier
Prince OF
Smith
John
Frazier
Pete Smith
JEDGE
Wisconsin
Harley Sales Company
Box 1259
Tulea
Okie
Fishin
Anamo
Cere
Five Points
Lincoln Livewires
Palmer CY Ranch
Stonewall Valley
Colo
Palmer Ranch
Bethel Angus Ranches
New York State
Area
Fairy
Finney County
Kearny County
Sublette
Lincoln
Holland Milner
Nevada
Milner
Bobby Hering
Glenda Opitz
Helen Burnett
Vernon Widows
Artie Melton
Phyllis Druassel
RFD
Willys Co
Coor Dodero Battery
Garden City Co-operative Equity Exchange
Co-Op
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