Is it too late to plant potatoes peas and oats
Franklin County Extension agent Bob Bozworth compares this year's slow spring to 1978 yet notes fall plowing occurred. Weather in late May and June will decide oats peas and beets outcomes. cool forecasts favor late plantings while heat would favor saving seed. Carrots and onions still have time with Kansas State recommendations of April 26 27 for a second planting. Garden Calendars are 60 cents at the Extension office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County
Bob Bozworth
Bozworth
Kansas State University Garden
Franklin County Extension Office
Women centered telenet workshops offered at Adult Ed
Two noon hour workshops for women run by Kansas State University divisions will be held at the Adult Education Center 123 E 2nd. Naomi McCarty teaches Lifetime Financial Planning for Women on April 18 25 and May 2 with content on starting a financial plan income after loss and estate building. Barbara Ballard leads The Needs of a Working Woman with sessions May 9 16 23 covering effective workplace communication juggling home and work and goal setting and career growth. Fees are 12 for the financial planning trio and 10 for the working woman trio pre registration is requested at the county Extension office with late enrollment available at the first session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas State University Division of Continuing
Naomi McCarty
K State
Barbara Ballard
Center For Student Development
Kstate
Modular Hog Facility Opens in Spencer Iowa
A 2 by 96 footprint modular building will serve as a farrowing house and nursery for H L Wilson, his wife Sue, and son Rex of rural Rantoul. Open to the public April 4 with about 400 attendees in Spencer. PCP has sold modular buildings 15 years, plastic slats seven years. cost per crate cited as a key factor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Istas
H. L. Wilson
Sue
Rex
Rantoul
Spencer
Iowa
PCP
Wilson
Wilsons build modular hog facility with manure use plan
The Wilsons debut a plastic slat hog nursery and farrowing building 2 miles north and 4.25 miles east of Richmond. They expect 100 sows and 1500 pigs per year, using manure to boost crops and cut chemical fertilizer. Rex, Sue, and H. L. manage different stages, while an on-site office and hog carousel aid records. Upcoming Extension events include a lamb sale and council meetings in mid-April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Wilsons
PCP Manufacturing Ot
Rex
Sue
H. L
Cowbelles Organized In County In Kansas Livestock Meeting
County Kansas Livestock Association hosts annual meeting at Celebration Hall with Calf Sale planned for October to aid 4-H and FFA members. About 60 calves expected. sale in Ottawa with committee led by Charles Neal and Lafe Wilson. About 100 attendees. chili and pie supper funded by six county banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas Livestock Association
Celebration Hall
Richard Pringle
Yates Center
Jim Harper
Ashland
Cawbelles
John Netherland
Ottawa
Sonny Burch
Scott Burkdoll
Rantoul
Charles Neal
Williamsburg
Nick Huderson
Pomona
KLA
Lafe Wilson
Princeton
Albert Dunbar
Richmond
FFA
Sale Committee
Gary Poss
Ron Dunbar
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lamb Sale
Tom Chambers
EHU Council
Celebration
Peoria
Kan
Ford
WC Allis-Chalmers
JD Combine
Kenmore
Dwight and
Cecil Detwiler
EHU
A.K. Watts & Son R
Clerks
Amy Watts
Rita Mae Watts
Portable Welding Service
L.D. Cole
Drumright
Nice
Reznor
Tom Bach
Myron S. Steere
George C. Wolfe
Harley J. Mounce
Kansas City Power & Light
KCPL
P.O
Kansas City
ECPL
Cit
Hawthorn
HS Science and Energy
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!