Wet Nurse Goat’s Life on the Tom Ray Farm in Ottawa
In Europe the goat is praised as the wet nurse for infants and at Tom Ray farm Ottawa RFD 4 the first goat arrived 50 years ago to aid infant Christine who could not digest cow milk. Mike Ray milks six goats daily for ten months yielding three to four quarts each, with goats valued at 35 to 50 dollars. The Rays raise goats on brush and grass, noting goats eat less on poor land and are a “poor man’s cow.” They wean kids at six months and sell them as pets, with black goats preferred. Goats weigh 100 to 120 pounds at maturity and live 10 to 14 years. Last year they had 28 milk goats but reduced due to neighbor complaints and breeding plans prioritizing older goats for milk and future kids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Istas
Europe
Tom Ray Farm
Ottawa Rfd
Christine
Mike
Ray Farm
Ananny
Rays
Sample University Living Invites Kansas Youth
Franklin County teens 15 or older are invited to five days at K-State campus as part of State 4-H and Youth Round-Up June 5-9. Participants choose sessions on topics like drama, horticulture, business, computers, and art. Program includes meals lodging a musical evening play and Union party.
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David R. Smith
Franklin County
KSU
K-State
Home Remedies Remove Wax By ARDIS PATTERSON
Stain remedies cover candle wax tea coffee and greasy spills on fabrics and offer pretreatment steps. Instructions include ironing blotter use boiling water sponging with solvents and hot soapy water with optional dyeing and brightening tips to renew linens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ardis Patterson
Murray Grey To Replace Dairy Operation
Advanced age pushes Mr and Mrs Howard Johnson of Ottawa RFD 1 to change from dairy to beef. They plan a gradual cross of Guernsey with Murray Grey, an Australian breed noted for easy calving and rapid gains. The Johnsons began crossing in 1971, sourcing semen from KABSA, and now run three crossbred females and two heifers. They also keep a flock of Araucana chickens attracted by blue eggs, hoping for a pink egg shell at Easter if the hen does not lay.
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Joan Istas
Howard Johnson
Ottawa
Johnsons
Guernsey
Australia
Johnson
United States
KABSA
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Mike Ray
Carol
Kansas
Kansas Cooperative Extension Service
Kansas Juvenile Court Judges Association
Family Law Committee
The
Kansas Bar Association
Elinor Anderson
Detroit News
Tola Youth
Joan Kipp
Lola
Cities Service Oil Company
Joan
Anthony Kipp
Allen County Community Junior College
Iola
Allen County
Dusk Patrol
Murray Grey
Chile
MFA
Herb Wittmeyer
Ottawa, Kansas
Paine
E. Wilson
HONDA
N. Main
Secial
Colony One
Don
Bob
Agency
Bob Miller
Don Burroughs
Kansas City
Andho & Handy
Tou
Mk Assoc of
Vhy
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