1972 In Review Franklin County Farming Year
Three more days and a new year begins. 1972 brought rains at planting then steady moisture for bumper crops of wheat, corn, milo and soybeans. Farmers profited from rising grain prices while cattle feeders faced high costs and the DES feeding ban. Chianina cattle and a giant baler appeared. insemination schooling and alfalfa weevil checks came to the county. The year saw Farm Bureau and soybean groups form, pesticides laws advance, and top 4-H growth with two members reaching national events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Istas
Franklin County
Mel Gray
Chianina
Kansas
Farm Bureau
Ray Frisbie
Kansas Soybean Association
Kansas, Junior Hereford Association
County 4-H youths share National Congress experiences
Linda Peckham of Rantoul and Alan Duffle of Pomona joined two Franklin County peers at the National 4-H Congress in Chicago November 26 to 30. They described seminars on pollution and civil rights, tours to the Museum of Natural History and Water Research Center, and a stirring flag ceremony that left them proud to be American.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County
Linda Peckham
Rantoul
Alan Duffle
Pomona
Chicago
Museum of Natural History
Water Research Center
Alan
Earl Butz
Butz
Anita Bryant
Model Meetings Begin Soon for Franklin County 4-H
David Smith reports on upcoming 4-H model meetings in Franklin County where clubs will present a 35 minute session before judges on January 6 or January 20. One club will advance to Regional Club Days at Baker University in Baldwin. The piece explains the value of model meetings in building parliamentary skills leadership and teamwork through ceremonies programs and business sessions. It also covers the evolution of the home environment program renamed in 1972 and its aims to involve both girls and boys in creating better living spaces while pursuing county state and national awards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County
Baker University
Baldwin
Minimum Till Slows Soil Erosion in Franklin County
The article notes that 59 percent of U S land is privately owned rural land with 32 percent in Franklin County having adequate conservation treatment, up from 25 percent in 1967. It highlights minimum tillage as key, rising from under five million acres in 1964 to about 22 million now, especially on corn soybeans wheat and sorghum. No till minimizes soil erosion. mulched soil, proper herbicide use, and improved varieties boost treated land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Franklin County
Basket Weaving To Be Taught In January
ARDIS PATTERSON reports the second Fall Craft Day on January 4 at the Farm Bureau Building Ottawa. Instruction by Mrs Odena Detwiler from 9 30 a m to 3 30 p m with supplies list and lunch options. Also Zelda Zimmerman to present cutting and construction techniques January 11 at 1 30 p m. Pattern waist measurements updated affecting sizes for home sewers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ardis Patterson
Farm Bureau
E. Second Street
Odena Detwiler
Zelda Zimmerman
K-State
Extension
Franklin County
Ottawa
Also Mentioned on This Page
Des
Franklin Countians
National Farmers Organization
Oren Staley
Staley
Franklin County Fair Board
Extension Homemakers
In Review
Linda
Dairy Foods
David Smith
4-H
Bud and
Betty McArdle
McArdle
Charles Weickert
Mobile Home
Cliff and
Juanita
Baxter Mobile Homes
Olivetti
S. Walnut
Saffron Glass Co
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