Hidden Soils Lab Reveals County Testing History and Growth
Franklin County soils lab lies behind the Extension Office in a basement room where Michele Dunlap tests phosphorus potency potash and acidity from farmers and gardeners. The program grew from early 20th century contests to a statewide system with 45 counties by 1952 and roughly 1,500 to 1,600 samples yearly, most from surrounding counties rather than Franklin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Istas
Franklin County
Franklin Countian
Michele Dunlap
Dunlap
Lester Hoffman
Hoffman
Ottawa University
Don Davis
Allen County
Johnson County
Gridley
Manhattan
Douglas
Miami
Osage Counties
Conservation Award Honors 137 Franklin County Farmers Since 1945
The Kansas Bankers Award in Franklin County marks 32 years of honoring conservation work with winners including Larry Averills, Wellsville RFD 1, and Lloyd Robbins Jr. The program began in 1945 with five farmers and has mostly kept that number. The narrative notes shifts in winners, including posthumous honors and absentee landlords, and discusses soil testing in county laboratories. Bozworth explains sample testing costs and the value of soil analysis for lime needs, phosphorus, potassium, zinc, and residual nitrogen tests, with prices and procedures described.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County
Bob Bozworth
Osage County
Douglas
Miami County
Douglas County
Larry Averills
Wellsville Rfd
Lloyd Robbins
Verne Alden
Raymond
Reed
Ray
Willis Nursery
Harold Crawford
Nels Kristenson
Roy Herring
W. J. Phillips
Delbert Anderson
Bozworth
State Laboratory
Manhattan
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Homer Bishop
Jerry Hobbs
J. C. Horstick
Harold Staadt
Dale Dietrich
Neil Anderson
Arthur Bruler
James Witham
Albert R. Carpenter
Raymond C. Carpenter
Keith Davidson
Fred Glanville
Herbert Kepple
Roy E. Reed
The
Soil Conservation Service
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Olmsted Electric
NEIL _BULLOCK
Bullock
S. Main
Larry Averill
RFC
Westsville
Lloyd Robbins Jr
Pomona
Agency
Monag
Robert Hiles
Duane Roush
Farm Bureau Insurance
Raat
Amana
Litton
Whilpool
Crites
Eis
Peel Re Me
Tst
Pase
Rai
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