Student Lives In Swine Barns At E State
Dean Chambers son of Mr and Mrs Tom Chambers lives at the Swine Teaching and Research Center at Kansas State University while attending classes. He moved from Haymaker Hall to the swine office building apartment this spring and notes it is roomy enough for four with a black and white TV. The center includes a farrowing house nursery finishing pens and an office building and sits two miles north of the E State campus. Chambers works 40 to 50 hours a month with rent paid by subtracting 12 hours from his wages. He grew up on a swine and crop farm near Wellsville and describes a routine of morning chores and studying with class at 10:30.
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Becky Wining
Dean Chambers
Tom Chambers
Wellsville
Kansas State University
Chambers
Haymaker Hall
K-State
Strawberries Do Grow In Kansas Strawberries
Kansas State University horticulturist Frank Morrison explains that strawberries can be grown in Kansas with proper spring soil work. Prepare soil this spring by adding organic matter testing nutrients and controlling weeds to improve root development and water holding capacity before April planting in 1980. Use 12-12-12 fertilizer at one to two pints per 10 by 10 foot plot and plant certified nematode and disease free stock.
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Kansas
Frank Morrison
Kansas State University
New Wilderness Camp At Perry For 4-H Youths
Lake Perry hosts the first Lake Perry Wilderness Camp for junior and senior high 4 H ers scheduled June 1 4 at the Lake Perry 4 H Center with a $97 four day program. Activities include fossil collecting astronomy night watches weather prediction live trapping forestry pond study canoe expedition and outdoor skills including water safety knot tying shelter building and backpacking.
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Rock Springs
Lake Perry
Conservation Camp at Rock Springs Ranch July 5 8
JG Ellen Arnold reports a State Conservation Camp hosted by Rock Springs Ranch with day camps and Lake Perry programs. A new format welcomes youths aged 13 to 19 to participate in conservation activities and camp life during July 5 through July 8.
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Ellen Arnold
Rock Springs
Lake Perry
Rock Springs Ranch
Pretz Farm Tops Dairy Show at Franklin County Fairgrounds
Pretz Holstein Farm of Osawatomie captured the grand champion bull and the grand champion all ages cow at the East Central Kansas Holstein Association Show. Ottawa’s Pam Van Horn earned the open class senior cow title, with Steve Pretz taking reserve in that class. Junior judging saw Steve Pretz first, Robin Leach second, Sheri George third, and Eugene George fourth among 57 Holsteins shown by 15 exhibitors.
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Pretz Holstein Farm
Osawatomie
East Central Kansas Holstein Association
Franklin County Fairgrounds
Ottawa
Pam van Horn
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Steve Pretz
Pam
Ted
Robin Leach
Linwood
Sheri George
Baldwin
Eugene George
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