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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1969
Page
3
Finney County irrigators should place water in the root zone for corn and grain sorghum. Start irrigation 45 days after seeding for corn and 30 days after planting for sorghum. Initial depth 18 inches, later to 3 feet, with moisture checks during critical pre tassel to early dent stages. Excess or shallow root irrigation wastes water.
The article explains irrigating grain sorghum from 12 inches tall to soft dough, noting boot time as the critical corn-like stage. It announces three Kansas State University Engineering Extension Department publications: Planning Grain-Feed Handling, Private Water Systems, and Outdoor Living, available at a reasonable cost via the County Extension Office.
Practical guidance on using corn starch for smooth sauces gravies and desserts. notes on stirring cooking temperatures and acid timing. eggs as affordable protein and convenience food with tips to prevent green yolk discoloration by cooking gently and cooling promptly.
About 150 students demonstrated during the ROTC spring parade in Columbia reading names of American soldiers who died in Vietnam. They chanted dead after each name, using a loudspeaker until campus security chief Harvey Cott le halted the bullhorn as it disrupted the ceremony.
About 1 150 delegates from Kansas 4-H converge on Kansas State University for the 45th annual Round-up beginning June 26. They choose two of eight colleges to visit, then spend days in project enrichment on topics from photography to nuclear reactors. Highlights include the opening program, special interest groups, and a Thursday night Marilyn VanDerbur talk, with housing in university residence halls and a Wednesday night party at the KSU Union.
The Eager Beavers 4-H Club met May 6 with song leader Annette Fenton guiding songs Ain’t Gonna Grieve My Lord No More and Swing Low Sweet Chariot. Members named preferred travel destinations. officers reported activities. partial funding approved for Brenda Ragel and Peggy Stoner’s 4-H Roundup expenses and Easter party bills. Guest Elsie Branden, Finney County Home Economist, shared judging tips as members planned attending judging school.
Williams and Fults argue recreation goes beyond social time to include learning hobbies, sports, arts, crafts, and environmental understanding. They warn against using recreation as only leisure and urge deeper group activities that build leadership, teamwork, and citizenship while shaping future work and free-time choices.
TOPEKA AP The executive airplane to be purchased by the state for use by the governor and top state legislators appears set at 199,950 for a Cessna 421A. Bids opened Tuesday with Yingling Aircraft of Topeka submitting the low bid. The Cessna features twin turbocharged 375 horsepower engines, a pressurized cabin, weather radar, autopilot, ice control, and accommodates a pilot plus six passengers.
An agricul tural economist from Kansas State University notes that U S farm debt averaged $16,509 per farm last year up from $6,006 eight years earlier. He cites fewer farms larger in size, rising land prices and more capital equipment as drivers while net cash income per farm lagged, rising to about $5,000 in 1968 from $8,000 in 1960, with debt increasing faster. Larger farmers hold most debt, with those earning over $20,000 in sales comprising 12 percent of operators yet nearly half of total debt and substantial off‑farm earnings.
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