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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1973
Page
3
James Wiley operates a 160 acre Christmas tree farm near Ottawa RFD 1. He plants, transplants, and shears Scottish pines and White Australian pines while expanding with 151 sheep to mow grounds. Despite rising sales of 500 trees last fall and 2,500 in the Christmas season, profits still fall short of paying the mortgage.
Hereford Field Day at the AD Ranch one mile west of Pomona is set for Saturday July 14. Franklin, Osage, Douglas, Miami, Anderson, Johnson and Coffey counties residents are invited. The event doubles as Franklin County livestock judging contest with registration at 1 pm and a series of demonstrations, judging, and awards concluding after 4:30 pm.
The Full O'Pep 4-H club is among 25 Kansas clubs awarded grants from 25 to 150 dollars for citizenship projects. Full O'Pep received 100 dollars to restore a school building, with plans to shingle the roof and install a new.
On farm wheat storage gains urgency amid a transport crunch affecting country elevators. Kansas State University Extension economist Roy Frederick urges farmers to assess production against storage and consult local elevators. The text also notes building renovations and community use, funding from Extension homemakers and Southwestern Bell for Kansas 4-H Citizenship programs, and a planned before after display for the American Heritage Hall at Rock Springs Ranch.
National 4-H Service Committee offers $11,500 in college scholarships for current and former 4-H members pursuing agriculture and agribusiness. Winners, announced at the 52nd National 4-H Congress in Chicago Nov. 25 29, will be selected by Cooperative Extension Service. Scholarships funded by Allied Mills Foundation Chevron Ortho Textron DeKalb Alpha Gamma Rho.
A cryptic set of compass based directions describes a path starting 2 miles north of Michigan Valley then 1 mile west, or 4 miles south 1 mile east 1 mile south of Overbrook, then 1 mile west, on. The fragment hints at a guiding route or locating a feature in a rural area, with Overbrook and Michigan Valley as reference points.
Garnett and Anderson County host one of Kansas's largest Junior Angus shows July 8 9 drawing around 100 youths from across the state. With 52 steers and 121 heifers, the event includes 3 steer classes 17 heifer classes plus a showmanship contest judged on grooming and presentation.
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