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Newspaper

Ottawa Herald

Location

Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Mar 23, 1956

Page

5

4 Honored 4 H Club Reports from Area Meetings

The Shaff club opened its March meeting with the Flag Salute and reported $53.30 raised for the Heart Fund. Blue ribbons were awarded for various festival entries and the blue seal was placed on the charter. Leaders were chosen to attend Hutchison conferences and spring tour planning began. The Jayhawk club held a regular meeting on March 8 with safety talks, parent night, and performances. Junior Leaders met in Franklin County.

Shaff Elizabeth Harris Heart Janet Scott Loren Jacoby Hutchison Eugene Wingert Norma Moldenhauer Emma Hayes Dale Miller Elaine Lambert Ronald Miller Marlena Beaman Susan Glensburg Nancy Harris Joan Jayhawk Braum Williams Everett Higdon Willhite Eversmeyer Will Cartmill Jayhawk Club Stewart Hay Lancaster Joyce Janet Cox Sandra Mathias Higdons Hamiltons Jayhawk 4-H Cole Peoria Emery Green Franklin County Richard Maxwell Herrington 4-H Louis Turner Carl Channon Glen Mcfadden Pat Hays Carolee Burns Betty Gibbons Hutchinson Oakland School Albert Crawford Donnie Johnson Brenda Lopez Mary Crawford Jo Anne Beesley Allen Craw

Longtime Franklin County Soil District Chairman Oversees Board

Leslie Hunter of Pomona has chaired the Franklin County Soil Conservation District Board for more than a decade since the district’s 1941 formation. The 1956 board includes Cecil Vining Richmond vice chairman Dean Martin Princeton secretary Donald Steward Ottawa R No 4 treasurer and Lawrence Murphy Wellsville. other members are elected annually for three year terms. The board meets the first Wednesday of each month. members serve without pay. Hunter advocates a livestock program to conserve soil and boost farm fertility.

Leslie Hunter Pomona Franklin County Soil Conservation District Board of Supervisors Hunter Cecil Vining Richmond Dean Martin Princeton Donald Steward Ottawa R. No. 4 Lawrence Murphy Wellsville Hunter and Murphy State Soil Conservation Committee

4-H and junior judgers meet at Lane Hall march 7

Wednesday night in the Nelson hotel plans were set for the leaders banquet on March 20 and the evening featured square dancing. 4-H members and parents contested in Parliamentary Law with the 4-H side winning.

Nelson Hotel

Pastures Need Balanced Program

Chicago special reports that pastures respond to balanced fertility and good cultural practices like other crops. Iowa State College soil experts show renovated pasture can produce more than twice as much meat per acre. Studies used lime and fertilizer based on soil tests and birdsfoot trefoil as the legume. Cost of renovation averaged $25 to $40 per acre depending on lime fertilizer needs and labor.

Chicago Middle West Soil Improvement Committee Iowa State College Iowa Research Men

Pasture renovation costs and long term carryover benefits

Research reports average costs for seedbed prep and mowing at about eight dollars per acre. A good renovation program yields carryover benefits, with renovated pastures continuing high yields for years. Using birdsfoot trefoil as the legume may extend carryover benefits up to ten years. For kitchen use, uncooked heart and gizzard of a small broiling chicken can be brushed with melted butter and broiled in the final 15 20 minutes of cooking.

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