Health Rules For Franklin County Fair Livestock Classes
Health rules outline required certificates and tests for cattle, swine, and sheep. Cattle need official health papers and brucellosis and tuberculosis tests or herd certifications. swine require a health certificate with vaccination details and brucellosis tests for breeding stock. sheep must have a health certificate and scab-free proof for out-of-state animals plus inspection by a scab inspector. The text also covers forestry lessons describing tree classes broadleaf and conifers and notes on leaf collection timing.
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Franklin County
Fairgrounds
Kansas
Williamsburg Vocational School Teaches Boys Farming Skills
The Franklin County vocational agriculture program at Williamsburg began in 1931 under H D Willis with 25 students and has grown to 60. Led by Earl Anderson, the program lasts four years emphasizing construction projects, livestock breeding, crop production, and agricultural business, with limited field training and close ties to the FFA. No girls have enrolled locally, though he notes possible future enrollments elsewhere.
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Future Farmers of America
FFA
Franklin County
Williamsburg
H. D. Willis
Earl Anderson
Anderson
Kansas State University
At .H Haebstabpels
United States
Williamsburg Vocational Agricultural School
Mark Collins
Watershed Plans Expand Multipurpose Water Projects
Watershed planning shifts toward multipurpose designs beyond flood prevention. By 1968, 54 percent of approved projects were multipurpose, up from 27 percent a decade earlier. Projects now include drainage irrigation recreation fish and wildlife and water supply while emphasizing esthetic and environmental qualities.
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Earl L. Wier
Owner Rejects Scouts Offer For Driverless Car
Glendale California AP Helen Howe rejected Boy Scouts offer to remove a car that rolled down a hill, plunged into the Howes swimming pool. Scouts proposed using it as a summer project with rafts and pulleys, costing only materials. Mrs Howe, mother of three, said she could not tolerate a summer of Scouts work in her backyard.
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Glendale
Calif
Helen Howe
Howes
EHU Notes and Fairmount Unit Meeting Recaps
EHU Notes recounts mention July 22 meeting at Mrs. Lloyd Neal with lesson The Beat is Different as youth focus. June 10 gathering at Mrs. Floyd McCurdy featured Inside India illustrated talk using National Geographic material. Fairmount group met July 3 at Mrs. Ralph Overstreet with guests and notes on weed control, respiratory diseases lesson, and Vietnam report.
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Lloyd Neal
Tom Stansbury
Floyd McCurdy
India
National Geographic Magazine
Vena McMillen
Treasury
William Hink
Fairmount
Ralph Overstreet
George Graves
Carole Grigsby
Carolyn Landes
Ralph Garrett
Roy Gerhard
Raymond Mack
L. E. Dunn
Highway 59
Ottawa
Lloyd Daugharthy
Dunn
Vietnam
Owners Inspect Shrubs Trees For Insect Pests And Livestock
Homeowners should inspect ornamental trees and shrubs for pests such as bagworms mimosa webworms elm leaf beetles and spider mites. Bagworms threaten evergreens. early treatment with Sevin toxaphene lead arsenic diazinon or dibrom is advised. Spider mites are hard to detect. shake foliage over white paper to reveal them and use miticides like kelthane or cygon.
Outdoor Cooking Outdoors Adds New Taste and Flavor
Outdoor cooking enhances vegetables with new glamour. Corn on the cob and potatoes top the list, but many vegetables cook well outside. Soak corn in salt water, roast on coals or grill, and wrap in foil when husks are removed. Potatoes cook on coals or grill 35-60 minutes, turning often. Bundled vegetables cook 10-45 minutes in heavy foil with careful turning. Frozen foods go straight into soil with butter, salt, and pepper. Herb buttered tomatoes offer a tasty foil variation.
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George Stewart
S. Mulberry
Stewart
Williamsburg Vocational School
Kansas City
Eis Handy
TO Serve You Savings Association
Pharmacist
Raney-Reynolds
Rexall Drug
Rexall
John Reynolds
S. Main
EHU
Bozworth
John F. Kennedy
Developmental Training Services of
Lawrence, Kansas
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