Douglas County Farm Extension Awards and Meetings
Douglas County Extension plans its annual Conservation Awards at 1 20 p m in Building 1 at the 4 H Fairgrounds with speaker Morrie Bolline and banker William Mercer to honor five top farmers since 1946. Lamb and Wool School set for Feb 8 in Ottawa. district plans irrigation talks Feb 16 at the fairgrounds. livestock meeting Feb 17 at Baldwin Legion Hall with veterinarians panel.
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Douglas County Soil Conservation
Fairgrounds
Morrie A. Bolline
Minnesota
Kansas
William Mercier
Kaw Valley State Bank of
Eudora
Charles R. Topping
Lawrence
A. E. Preston
Baldwin
Ray
Lester Schwalm
C. F. Barkley
Canard Gastuack
Douglas County
Kansas Bankers Association
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
George Fawl
Overbrook
Robert Kampschroeder
Richland
J. C. Riepen
Gerald Hoover
Charles W. Thorn
Wellsville
East Central District
Masonic Hall
Ottawa
Midwest Wool Marketing Association Extension Service
Franklin County Sheep Producers Association
Douglas County Extension Service
Robert Bohannon
Russell Herpich
Kansas State University
S P
Baldwin Legion Hall
Extension Service
Douglas County Veterinarian
Federal Cost Sharing Set For Some Livestock Wells
Federal aid covers up to half the cost for livestock water wells in permanent pastures with prior state approval for off pasture sites. Tanks require overflow outlets and sufficient storage. drilling through rock may require casing. Also outlines erosion prevention cost shares for windbreaks and fences and notes commodity loan deadlines for 1959 crops with Feb. 1 dates for loans and purchase agreements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uy Duiseo
State Committee
David Noe
ASC
4-H Garden Planning Aids Available In County Extension
4 H members can plan their year despite cold weather with two free leaflets from the county extension office. Rec ommended Vegetable Varieties for Kansas and Fruit and Nut Varieties for Kansas guide planting dates and variety choices. A February planting calendar for leaders and members gives dates spacing and yield estimates. 4 H garden projects require growing five or more vegetables with cost time and yield records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
C. R. Roberts
Kansas State University
Best Time To Begin Reducing Now
Health tips urge balanced meals and smaller portions to cut calories. A fiber rich, low calorie approach is advised over miracle diets. A 1:30 p.m. Feb 4 rug making demonstration at Building No 2, 4 H Fairgrounds, features Mrs. George Anderson and Mrs. Max Willer sharing rug making skills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Willer
George Anderson
Wellsville woman to receive honors at Kansas home demonstration meeting
Mrs Verne W Alden of Wellsville president of the National Home Demonstration Council will be honored at the Kansas Home Demonstration Council annual meeting February 3 at Kansas State University Manhattan. She will receive the Epsilon Sigma Phi Certificate of Recognition for service to agriculture and home economics.
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Verne W. Alden
Wellsville
National Home Demonstration Council
Kansas Home Demonstration Council
Kansas State University
Manhattan
Alden
Epsilon Sigma Phi
Anglers and Fatherhood in a Rural Debate
In a light column, George Latham argues fishing makes better parents, citing anecdotes of dads teaching daughters fishing, and sons learning from river lore. The piece also notes January temperatures in Norfolk Bull Shoals and touches on state park funding and hunting fishing fee debates, plus a comic tale of a beaver injuring a fisherman.
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Norfolk Bull Shoals
Southland
Toronto
Fall River
Kanapolis
Senate
Queen Elizabeth
Morgan Firm Named GMC Truck Dealer in Lawrence Area
The Les Morgan Oldsmobile Co. of Ohio has been named GMC truck dealer for Lawrence and surrounding area replacing Deems Farm Equipment Inc. Morgan expects to receive trucks by mid February and notes GMC offers about 400 truck configurations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Les Morgan Oldsmobile Co
OH. St
GMC
Lawrence
Deems Farm Equipment Inc
23Rd St
Morgan
Five Farm Bureau Groups Are Named
Five Douglas County Farm Bureau policy development subcommittees named officers and set first meeting dates. Assessments and Taxation and State and Federal Affairs chair C F Richards. Education chair Alvin Fishburn. Transportation chair Gilbert Gilges. Ameiltire chair John Vogel. Livestock Dairy and Poultry and Natural Resources chair Charles Tven. Meetings scheduled Feb 6 Feb 22 Mar 2 and Mar 7 at listed locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County Farm Bureau
Fairgrounds
C. EF. Richards
J. W. Brink
Owen Mitchell
Brink
Wulfkuhle
Donald Churchbaugh
Richard Funk
Gilbert Gilges
Eugene Westerhouse
Charles Johannsen
Varn
Ameiltire
John Vogel
Stoneback
A.B. Pendleton
Harles Tven
Don Buchanan
John Metsker
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County Extension News
Douglas County Agricultural Extension Council
Cooperative Experimental Farms
Melvon Wertzberger
Wertzberger
Bill Handley
Hundley
Oletha Yates
George Latham
State Park Authority
South Branch
The
Potomac
Firestone
Wetley
Fritz CO
N.H
DERBY
Rehannes
Ulma
Getty Sue
Pege
JO Ufe
O.K
Tractor Tire Headquarters
John Deere
Farm Bureau
Afghanistan
Russia
Pakistan
Mid-West
Missouri
Alan
Lee's Summit
City Park Fairgrounds
Gunction Hwy
Joe O'Bryan
Col. Jowett Fulkerson
Albert Havsemeier
Blackburn, Ma
Indies of the Presbyterian Church
Lansing
Kans
Hiway
S.F. R.R
Texaco
Kons
Everett Christenso
Phillips 66
Phillips
Bob. McBride
Walter Mutz
M&m Oil Co., Inc
A. D. Schick
Potter's 66
Michigan
Cramer's
New Hampshire
Don's 66
U.S. 40
Schwarz Road
Fisher's
23Rd
Louisiana
Fritzel
Massachusetts
Hunsinger
Hartford
Big Springs
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