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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1967
Page
3
In northeast Kansas Kane County producers join to form the Feeder Calf Association to promote feeder calf sales. A steering committee from Leavenworth Jefferson Douglas and Franklin counties guides the new group’s formation.
The Bozworth led 14 county northeast Kansas effort seeks to boost small calf marketing with graded uniform lots. It urges producer collaboration, vaccination, dehorning, and preconditioning to build a strong feeder calf market. Franklin County steerer members include Charley Reynolds Russell Sylvester and Bob Bozworth.
Kenneth Humphrey of the Junior Judgers 4-H Club earned top honors as best 4-H tractor operator at Franklin County Fair and will demonstrate at the State Fair on September 19. He has completed a 4-H Tractor project emphasizing safety, servicing, and maintenance and aims for the Western United States 4-H Tractor Operators Contest October 8-10 at the University of Nebraska Lincoln with entrants from more than 20 states.
Rep Joseph Y Resnick D NY has spent at least 5600 of his own money on his one man investigation into the American Farm Bureau Federation. The stenographic record costs 300 daily and hearings have been held in Chicago Omaha and Washington. The Agriculture Subcommittee chair insists no official funds may pay hearing costs or witness expenses. The Farm Bureau is accused of representing networks with ties to insurance and chemical interests. NFO head Oren Lee Staley argues bylaws bar profit from farmer groups while other unions testify on finances. The Farm Bureau declined to testify.
The unit met at Mrs. Jesse Harris home for the August gathering. Mrs. Carl Eichenberger led the lesson Meals that Limit Calories. members joined in a low calorie luncheon prepared by Mrs. Harris and Mrs. Eichenberger. The September meeting is planned with Mrs. Ezra Johnson in Pomon a.
California leads U S farm production value in 1966 with cash receipts of 3.95 billion dollars, Iowa second at 3.46 billion, Minnesota third at 2.76 billion, Texas 2.70 billion, and Minnesota fifth at 1.82 billion. Total U S receipts reach 43.22 billion dollars across all states.
In the Pacific Northwest, Forest Service crews battle over 2,000 fires this summer across 26 million acres in Oregon and Washington. Bombers drop retardants, helicopters ferry crews, and smokejumpers enter the smoky forests while planes map hot spots and guide ground units.
Casual swimmer Fess Abell, 83, sleeps in the water during swims in Birmingham. He relaxes as if in bed, breathing deeply until he drifts off. Abell recalls waking only after someone splashed his face. He says it’s really great and claims to float easily in any position.
Carole M Grigsby advocates morning meals to aid school work and energy. She cites research on breakfast skipping, offers quick protein rich ideas, and includes Aussie Sweet Rolled Oat Biscuits recipe with steps and yield.
A Kansas City area forecast, presented to the Metropolitan Planning Commission by Metroplan's Richard Davis, projects the seven-county region reaching about three million residents by 1990. The January 1986 population was 1,305,325 with low and high 1990 projections at 2,574,000 and 2,934,000, respectively, detailing counts by Cass, Clay, Jackson, Platte, Johnson, and Wyandotte counties in Missouri and Kansas.
Kansas economist Dr Tryus Timm told a Rock Springs 4 H Ranch forum that the United States must be a stronger global trader to aid farmers. He projected agricultural exports at 7 billion this year with potential to reach 10 billion by 1970, and urged patience in negotiating with Common Market nations while minimizing government participation in production and marketing. Local leaders Willis Edmund Tom Griffith Henry Jameson Clan Weir urged broader public engagement in government.
Kansas plans to offer about 100 head of buffalo for sale this winter with live animals priced 175 to 225 dollars and slaughtered stock at 150 dollars. calves weigh 300 pounds up to 2000 pounds for prime animals. Bob Wood of the State Forestry Commission notes multiple herds must balance range, sales run each winter from September through February.
Quitting farming, closing-out sale of farm machinery. Location five miles west of Ottawa on 68 highway and a half mile north or four miles east of Pomona, North on:
An auction listing schedules a morning sale of farm equipment in Minneapolis Moline tractors, John Deere implements, International plows, a 1960 Ford F600 truck, and extensive miscellaneous items. Terms are cash, with auctioneers Claude Myers, Jack Nelson, and Merle Burgess, lunch by Richter W.S.C.S.
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