Soybean Crops School Highlights Major Varieties and Insects
Extension program at Memorial Auditorium covered soybeans as a major crop with growth, price trends, and production increases. Speakers Howard Wilkens Dell Gates and Leo Figurski discussed variety performance, fertilizer placement, seedling planting, insect control, and machinery costs, emphasizing adapted varieties and proper timing to maximize yields amid rising use of soybeans.
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Memorial Auditorium
Howard Wilkens
Extension Agronomist
Wilkens
United States
Kansas
Calland
Wayne
Clark
Cutler
Canada
Leo Figurski
Watershed Protection Helps Against Soil Erosion
A watershed approach to soil protection shows erosion rises with runoff from rain and snowmelt. Dense vegetation and barriers reduce erosion. cooperation among farmers, city dwellers, and landowners is essential for ridge to river planning and flood prevention.
Age mates shape teenage identity in growth study
Ottawa Herald reports that adolescence involves forming identity through peer influence, with growth near complete but status unresolved. Teens face family tensions, personal growth, moral values, school achievement, and pursuit of independence. The piece highlights peer relations, dating, responsibility, and vocational planning as key tasks.
Christmas party highlights 4 H Club event
The Pottawatomie Valley 4 H Club held a Christmas party with gifts exchanged. Mrs. Evelyn Stites and Jolene Theele served cookies candy and cocoa. Talks by Chet Lee Randy Kraus and Donna Kraus covered projects and music appreciation with Chet Lee presenting Winterizing A Horse and Randy Kraus discussing Frank von Liszt a Hungarian pianist teacher and composer.
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Pottawatomie Valley
4-H Club
Evelyn Stites
Jolene Theele
Chet Lee
Randy Kraus
Donna Kraus
Frank von Liazt
Elected DHIA Director Harlan Page Heads Kansas Board
Harlan Page of Ottawa was elected to the state Dairy Herd Improvement Association board at a Kansas State University meeting. Arnold Lohmeyer of Palmer serves as president with Francis Wempe of Lawrence vice president and John Lust of Tela as secretary treasurer. The board spans six districts with members named for each area and aims to standardize dairy cattle record keeping, supervise DHIA testing, and provide data to Extension personnel and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Also included are horticulture tips from Kansas State University on caring for poinsettias and other houseplants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlan Page
Ottawa
Fairyman
State Dairy Herd Improvement Association
DHIA
Kansas State University
Kansas
Arnold Lohmeyer
Palmer
Francis Wempe
Lawrence
John Lust
Tela
Southeast Area
Lust
Homer Enns
Hillsboro
Page
South Central Area
Allen King
Hutchinson
Lester Schmidt
Newton
Quenton Rubin
McPherson
Lohmeyer
George Smith
Highland
East Central
Wempe
Northwest
Marion Dorzeweiler
Ellis
Mike Murphy
Protection
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Extension Crops School
By ‘Ardis Foust
Dell Gates
Gates
EHU
Crestview Nursing Home
Marvin Walker
William Hase
Eva Schmitt
Princeton
By Earl L, Wier
Carole
Ottawa Herald
Grigsby
Dairy Herd Association
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Larry D. Leuthold
Poinsettia
Bozworth
THE
Kansas State Bank OF
Cash and Light Exchange
U.S. and Municipal Bonds
BANK
Robert W. Player
Hill
Ed Hosler
Exec
R. S. Hill
C. L. Kapp Ben C, Kiefer
Glen Hayward
Asst
F. R. Bennett George Vincent G.M. Ross
Member Federal Deposit
Howard M
F. H. Parks Glen Hayward Stephen Ralph
Underwood Plumbing & Trenching
N. Main
Palaskia
Cash-Day Journal
Herald Square
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