Poultry Rabbit Show Has Full House
A bustling county fair show drew 44 rabbits 30 chickens 11 pigeons and two geese as 4-H youths competed for blue ribbons in Franklin County. Judges Max Cartmill and Bob Bozworth presided over best meat pen best doe buck and poultry display trophies amid heat in the Beef Barn.
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Joanistas
Franklin County Fairgrounds
Max Cartmill
Rabbit, Poultry and Pigeon Project
Franklin County
Bob Bozworth
Mike Cromwell
Wellsville
Kevin Kimball
Ottawa
Sherri Volgamore
Andy Sampson
Allan Blakeley
Convenience foods and milk dates guide value and freshness
The article explains how added service and packaging affect food costs and value. It emphasizes milk dates as freshness guides, noting shelf life of 8 to 11 days in cartons, possible three weeks with proper care, and the impact of temperature from processing to home. It ends by asking if readers will buy convenience for service that reduces their workload.
Knitters Work In City Park
In City Park at 8 a.m. seven Town and Country 4-H knitters work with leaders Mary Alice Spears and Emily Kirkpatrick. They meet about twice a week for the next month to knit garments for the Franklin County Pair in July. Susan Kirkpatrick, the most advanced, assists others as they learn.
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Joan Istas
Kav Orworth
Joyce MacArthur
Jill Cartmill
Emily Kirkpatrick
Susan Kirkpatrick
Patty Rowland
Nancy Ferguson
Michele White
Susan
Franklin County
Mary Alice Spears
They
Top Kansas 4-H projects list Foods and nutrition leads
Kansas State University Extension reports foods and nutrition as the top 4-H project with 16,897 youth enrolled. Clothing and textiles ranks second with 16,031, followed by arts and crafts, beef, leadership, swine, horses, horticulture, woodworking, and conservation of natural resources. More than 50 projects exist and members enroll in one or more for the year.
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Manhattan
Sunflower State
Kansas State University Extension Service
Foods and Nutrition
Franklin-Lyon Exchange Fun For County 4-Hers
Barry Gaeddert covers the Franklin County 4-H youth exchange with Lyon County. Fifteen Franklin delegates travel to Emporia for a three day exchange facing scheduling mixups before farm activities, sports, cooking, games, and gatherings with host families. The return leg brings Emporia youths to Franklin County the following week for the opposite exchange.
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Franklin-Lyon
Barry Gaeddert
Emporia
Franklin County
Franklin-Lyon County
Lyon County
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Department of Grain Science and Industry
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Kansas Crop Improvement Association
Kansas Grain and Feed Dealers Association
Dale Apel
4- H
K-State
John A O'Bryan
Altamont
Kan
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Parsons
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Ken Smith
Hepler
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