Paola IFYE Details Jamaican Farm Life and Daily Routine
Paola Kansas State student Lowell Slyter describes life on a small Jamaican farm with hoe and fork farming. He details chores from sunrise, feeding pigs and cattle, milking, potato cutting, and meals sourced from the farm, plus community life around the general store and church-like coffins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell Slyter
Paola
Jamaica
Lowell
H. H. Slyter
Kansas State University
Manhattan
Miami County
Sears
Farm tax guide aid targets Franklin County farmers
Farmer tax guide 1963 now at county extension office and local banks in Franklin County. Emphasizes complete records, new investment tax credit, and depreciation rules. Guides cover accounting, farm expenses, self-employment tax, and soil conservation with Kansas State Extension’s farm and household account book.
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Don Brown
Court House
Franklin County
Internal Revenue Service
Jtown
Kansas
Kstate Extension Service
Franklin County 4-H Tractor Project Series Planned
Franklin County 4-H announces a tractor maintenance project with five meetings from March 14 to April 29 covering safety engine oils tires troubleshooting ignition batteries wiring and hitching implements. Participants must be 12 or older and farm-oriented youths are encouraged to enroll by contacting the local leader before March. The driving contest at the county fair selects a winner over 14 who advances to state and then national events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
4-H
Franklin County
Hutchinson
Hut
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Paola Ifye
By Lowell Slyter
Citrus Grove
Brown
Chinson
Kansas City Power & Light Company
Thriller
Ottawa High School
BEARS
Rosedale
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company
Bennett Creamery CO
Best Truck Lines, Inc
Nelce Isham
Brown’s Hardware & Sporting Goods
Bruce Company
H. D. Lee Co
Earl Guist
Mgr
Bud’s
BUDGE
Buildex, Inc
Butler
Carl & Hap’s
Carl Glen Happy & Carl Huntsinger Chappell Cleaners
CITY
Colby Furniture Concrete
American-Marietta Co
Crites
Conoco
Drake’s Bakery
Durbin Coin-Operated Laundry & Dry Cleaners
Dwight Haworth
Fairmont Foods CO
First National Bank
Hank’s
Sinclair Service and & Hickory Farm Bureau
INS
Bob Robbins
Heathman OT CO
Salvage
Hubbard Lumber CO
Earl Schmanke
F. M. Coons
Hughes Auto Parts
Johnson-Golden Auto Parts, Inc
Kansas State Bank
Lamb Funeral Home
Blanche Lamb
Bob Roberts
Mann-Bell Drug CO
Montgomery Ward & CO
Chevrolet
Oldsmobile
National Sign Co., Inc
Nitcher's
Sam's Tire and Supply
Ottawa
Coop. Assn
Vari
Ottawa Finance CO
Ottawa Herald
Ottawa Insulation CO
A. J. “Andy” Mietchen
Ottawa Savings & Loan Assn
PEL Construction CO
Penny’s
Lawrence Ogg
Charles Hendrickson
Peoples National Bank Plaza Theatre
Porter-Spears Ins. Agency
Raffelock’s Bargain Centre
Julius and Marie Raney
Rexall Drug
John Reynolds Prager
Safeway
Richardson’s Shoe Store
Scott's Store
South Main Skelly
Champlin
Glenn Trout
Saffron Glass CO
Todd Mobile Homes
Ee Funeral
Joe Towner
BOB White Motor CO
W. Woolworth CO
Dewey Cook
O.H.S
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