Cowherd Records and Lawn Planting Timelines
Beef cattle management notes stress identifying calves at birth, matching them to dams, tagging, weighing at weaning, and evaluating conformation to guide culling and replacement decisions. Calf weights and dam differences inform genetic potential and milking ability. Bull evaluation hinges on complete purchase data and progeny performance records. gardeners receive K State guidance on lawn seed sowing dates, rates, and germination checks, advocating staged planting and variety selection to resist disease and weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert W. Bozworth
Cate
Larger But Fewer Farms Seen For Area In 1975
A Kansas extension analysis projects up to 16 000 farms could vanish by 1975 if the trend toward larger units continues. From 1940 to 1968 the state slashed farm numbers from 156 000 to 91 000, and if the pattern holds there may be about 75 000 farms in Kansas by 1975.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Kansas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
EHU Notes and Princeton Workers Meet for Lessons
EHU Notes report a HAPPY HOMEMAKERS meeting at Mrs. Earl Schmitt home where members shared habits to break and discussed Your Feelings Are You with Mrs. Evan Lloyd and Mrs. Marvin Walker guiding personal reflections. Refreshments followed. PRINETON WORKERS met at Mrs. Lee Roy Wasmund home with president Mrs. Ralph Hobbs presiding. Lesson Plan It and Plant It was led by Mrs. Chat Roger and Mrs. Almeda Kivett. Seventeen members and two guests joined. new members enrolled. Next meeting at Mrs. E. E. Vanover with Mrs. Earl Heckeman and Mrs. Roy Schaub teaching Vitamins Inside the Fence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Schmitt
Evan Lloyd
Marvin Walker
Kenneth Froggate
Princeton
Leeroy Wasmund
J. P. McAuliffe
Ralph Hobbs
Chat Roger
Almeda Kivett
Clarence Dryden
Don Reed
E. E. Vanover
Earl Heckeman
Roy Schaub
Watershed Programs Top Soil Conservation
The Soil Conservation Service provides on site technical help to landowners and operators, aided by over 3,000 soil conservation districts. January and February 1968 saw completed practices by Franklin County landowners including stockwater ponds, drainage ditches, and terraces with technical assistance from SCS and cost sharing via the Agricultural Conservation Program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl L. Wier
The
Soil Conservation Service
SCS
Franklin County
Agricultural Conservation Freegram
ASCS
State 4-H Leaders Meet Set By BILL R MERHOFF
Franklin County 4-H leaders plan to attend the State 4-H Leaders Conference at Ottawa University on March 15 with registration from 9:00 to 9:30 a.m. Attendees will hear talks on future education, leadership, and teen work, plus demonstrations and films.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County
Bill R
Merhoff
Ottawa University
Comery Project
Kansas State University
Arliss Homestead
Cecil L. Eyestone
Barton Neubauer
State Water Reesources Board
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cowherd Records Handy
Larry D. Leuthold
Bozworth Report
EHU
HOMCO
Main
Perfume
Hue
Tor
Robert B. Cullins
Overland Park
William H. Sanders
Kansas City
L. O. Gaddis
Ottawa
Glen C. Neill
Pomona Terraces
Bernard A. Fischer
RFD
Earl Gilliland
Pomona
J.A. Baldwin Jr
Harvey Littrell
KeState Education
Joyce Crews
KeState
Merle Eyestone
Kansas 4Eh Foundation
Kansas Cooperative Extension Service
America
4Eh
Fogle Quarry AG
Curly Benton
Wendell
Curly” Benton
Kansas City Power & Light Company
Eigipal
Power & Light
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