4-H Teams Debut in Horticulture Judging at State Fair
State and Mid America Fair coverage notes 4-H activities at the Kansas State Fair. For the first time county teams of four youth will compete in horticulture judging, with 50 identification specimens and 50 objective questions. The event begins 8:30 a.m. September 22 in the 4-H encampment building.
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David R. Smith
Kansas State Fairgrounds
Topeka
Glenn M. Busset
Kansas State University
Fall Fashion Trends Return To Classic With Modern Flair
ARDIS FOUST reports a fall fashion trend blending 1920s to 1970s influences with wide shoulders, large lapels, and belted, easy silhouettes. High rise waists, capes, and new pants silhouettes appear alongside cropped leather jackets, knickers, and boots. Hemlines hover just above or below knee while knits, scarfs, and bold prints rise in popularity.
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Ardis Foust
Burkdoll brothers plan expansion of southeast Franklin County feedlot
Branding, milling and cattle care define Jim and Lloyd Burkdoll’s farm. The brothers oversee 1,600 head on 2,800 acres, with 700 newly added acres cleared for brome pasture and terraced for erosion control. They use a 1968 mill for grain mix and feed, employ six men plus two sons, and plan to seed more land to brome while expanding the herd.
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Joan Istas
Jim
Lloyd Burkdoll
Franklin County
Jim Burkdoll
John Burkdoll
Lloyd
John
Burkdoll Brothers
Burkdolls
Brome
Burkdoll
Record Wheat Crop Not So Good For Some
Kansas produced a record wheat crop this year yet some growers fared poorly. Kansas State University plant pathologists Claude King Charles Hiblett and John Schafer cite losses from soil borne mosaic and wheat streak mosaic viruses. They note varietal resistance reduced losses in trials at Newton, urging farmers in infested fields to plant resistant varieties and to remove volunteer wheat to curb virus spread.
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Kansas
Claude King
Charles Hiblett
John Schafer
Kansas State University
KSU
State
Newton
Shawnee
Gage
Parker
Scout
Chanute
Pronto
Satanta
Centurk
King, Niblett
Schafer
Bison
Triumph
Summer Busy Time for Town and Country 4-Hers
Cindy Hollon reports a busy summer for Town and Country 4-Hers with camps meetings and project activities. Members attended 4-H Roundup County Day camp county 4-H camp and a club campout at Lake Wabunsee. Juniors earned a trip to Topeka for The Deserter after county club days and two members joined a state exchange trip to Texas. The group plans to ready projects for county fairs and record book deadlines as the school year nears.
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Cindy Hollon
Roxanne DeWald
Jill Cartmill
Sheri Hewitt
Lake Wabunsee
Topeka
Cindy Holton
Franklin County
Four Franklin County 4-Hers Enter Dairy Show
Four Franklin County 4-H youths entered livestock at the Kansas All-Breeds Junior Dairy Show August 20 and 21 in Salina. Linda Peckham of Rantoul showed several heifers and cows, while Gene Van Horn of Ottawa exhibited multiple cows with names such as Rockledge Fory Ninth Star and Lucky Doris Georgetta.
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Franklin County
Salina
Linda Peckham
Rantoul
Rockledge
Peckway
Sylvia Glamour Julie
Adela
Rosabelle
Kenwood Park
Gene van Horn
Ottawa
Lucky Doris Georgetta
Pamela van Horn
WinRoy Betsy Arlyn
Jeffery van Horn
Mar du van Daze
Cindy Supreme
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Brian Neis
Barrow
Mark
Trent
James Brockway
E. Wilson
KCPL
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