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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1973
Page
5
Mary and Donald Flory install a servo-matic dairy feeder tagging cows producing 60 pounds of milk daily or more and all first calf heifers for two months. Cows with magnets access feed. others cannot. About 25 cows use the feeder 90 percent of the time, but milk output has not increased in two months.
Kansas 4-H unveils Understanding The World Around Us Through Ecology a 34 page booklet by F Robert Henderson and Charles Bates outlining eight ecology chapters and career opportunities. A second phase, Foods With An International Flavor, explores foods from Mexico Germany Italy Scandinavia and Japan with three more program phases addressing tricks for treats all American foods and meals for today.
Tailoring classes start this week at the Farm Bureau Building 114 E ind with Monday sessions from 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. on January 8 and ending. Tuesday classes run 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. These sessions offer practical sewing instruction for residents seeking basic to intermediate skills.
Garnett FFA officer Gary Poss, district secretary, attended the District FFA Officer Leadership Conference in Topeka at the Holiday Inn Downtown. The Kansas Association of FFA sponsored the event with 42 district officers present and Tim Daugherty, national FFA vice-president, among speakers. A banquet highlighted the gathering with John Snyder and Ralph Field delivering talks. In Rantoul, Mrs. Harry Peckham plans a sewing class starting January 9 teaching muslin tests, jacket construction, fitting, and hand finishing, citing cost and skill benefits from her K-State training and prior successful projects at fairs.
Kansas State University Extension and Home Economics present two day College Days on January 9 10 inviting Franklin County women to join sessions on health aging taxation and family life. Registration costs 350 for both days 250 for one day with classes luncheon and general sessions led by experts from the university.
Robert Bozworth reports a district fertilizer dealer school will be held Tuesday January 9 at 9 a.m. at the Holiday Inn South Topeka. The Kansas Fertilizer and Chemical Institute and Extension Service sponsor topics on nitrogen potassium liquids soil tax guides farm accounts and bookkeeping. A K State economist notes cattle feeding remains profitable only at high slaughter prices and urges cost breakeven planning.
Governor Docking and Dan Dalrymple will speak at the 102nd Kansas Agricultural Convention in Topeka. Registration opens Jan 10 at the Topeka Municipal Auditorium with Robert L. Rawlins presiding over sessions.
Charles Weickert notes that grasses are effective pollution control devices and cooling agents, with an acre in good condition emitting windswept water equivalent to a 70 ton air conditioner. Kansas plant centers nurture eight improved grass varieties and maintain extensive seed stocks and collections to study ecological uses in rural and urban areas.
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