Methane digester shown by Ottawa Junior High student
Ottawa Junior High School student Eric Wilson, a ninth grader, demonstrated a methane digester made from 55-gallon barrels. He explains how manure decomposes to produce methane used to fuel a stove burner, with safety features and simple, inexpensive construction.
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Diane Yeamans
Ottawa Junior High School
Eric Wilson
Wilson
Kansas City
Ottawa
Us-39
Eric
Wolf Creek
Hawaii
University of Hawaii
Mail order zoysia misleading in advertising claims
Kansas State University Extension horticulturist warns that mail order zoysia plugs mislead homeowners about cost and effectiveness. A hundred plugs barely cover a small area, require years to establish, and often arrive dead or dry. Shipping adds to cost. local sod is cheaper and plugs can be cut from existing sod for about three to four dollars per square yard.
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DE McGlashon
Manhattan
Toysia
Kansas
Larry Leuthold
Zoysia
Leuthold
Kohler Named Treasurer-Controller at Gilmore and Tatge
Kohler, a native of Ottawa, is named treasurer-controller for Gilmore and Tatge Manufacturing Co. of Clay Center, makers of grain driers and augers. He previously served four years with Far-Mar-Co as a cost accounting manager in the Hutchinson division of Farmland Industries. He holds a BA from Ottawa University and a BS in accounting from McPherson College. Farm Bureau sponsored luncheon on April 30 at Celebration Hall will invite city women to discuss rural healthcare with Mary Wiersma, Rural Health Care Director for Kansas Farm Bureau, who also works on MEDISERVE to ease physician shortages in rural areas. Wiersma lives near Leonardville and has served on state health advisory bodies and as a member of Blue Shield of Kansas executive committee.
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William C. Kohler
Ottawa
Gilmore and Tatge Manufacturing Co
Clay Center
Gilmore and Tatge
Kohler
Far-Mar- Co
Farmland Industries
Ottawa ‘University
McPherson College
Farm Bureau
Mary Wiersma
Kansas Farm Bureau
Kansas
Wiersma
Leonardville
Kansas Heath Advisor Commission
Irman
Bea
Kansas ‘Advisory Council
Blue Shield of
Cattle and Forage Day At Parsons
Beef cattle and forage crops field day at the Southeast Kansas Experiment Station in Parsons on May 6, sponsored by the Kansas State Extension Service. Registration starts at 9:30 a.m. at the station. Lunch is provided. The program covers implants for beef cattle alfalfa management stocker cattle grazing bromes pasture interseeding legumes in fescue sod and more.
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Parsons
Southeast Kansas Experiment Station
Kansas State Extension Service
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OJHS
Diane Yeamant
Zoysin
Ward
Home
Fred Solis
Mary . Wiersma
Sty
William C Kohler
McArdle’s. Befrre Raton & Heating
Town & Country Supply
Morton Buildings
Darrell Christensen
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