Training Camp Leaders June 2 6 at Rock Springs Ranch
Franklin County youths attend the state 4-H training for camp counselors and recreation leaders led by William Borst and Kansas State staff. About 60 teens learn duties, dramatics, vespers, and how to work with pre-teens, with Mike McCarthy assisting. Also notes horse project changes, leaf print hobby, and a 15-boy summer tractor training program meeting requirements for farm employment.
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Rock Springs Ranch
Junction City
Ann Fitzgerald
Franklin County
Kansas State University
Mike McCarthy
Department of Labor
Ottawa Tractor and Implement Company
County Extension Office
Kansas State Employment Service
Tax Credit Debate Frames Loopholes and inflation fears
NEW YORK AP Two sides in tax policy diverge over the 7 percent investment tax credit suspended by the Nixon administration to curb inflation. Supporters argue investment boosts capacity, lowers future prices, and reduces inflation, while critics warn it could keep prices high if not repealed. The debate centers on whether expanding production capacity will tamp down inflation or fuel higher costs.
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New York
Nixon
America
Baby Sitters Clinic In June In Ottawa
Interested in becoming a more competent babysitter enroll in the special Baby Sitters Training Clinic to be held in Ottawa June 3 6 The clinic runs 930 am to noon in the Anchor Savings Meeting Room Four sessions cover emergency first aid games storytelling and end with a short exam A certificate is awarded after completing all four sessions and exam Registration in the Extension Office by May 26 is required
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Ottawa
Anchor Savings Meeting
Get To Spraying Musk Thistle Advice
Warren Wakeman urges neighbors to spray Musk Thistle now using 2 4-D to control broadleaf plants. He notes cost under 50 cents per acre and outlines mixing guidance for various spray volumes and a minimum 10 gallons per acre. For details contact the Noxious Weed Office in Ottawa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Wakeman
Ottawa
Broiler Fete At Lawrence Saturday
The five county 4-H Broiler Show will be at the Douglas County 4-H Fairgrounds on May 17 where entries from Franklin Douglas Leavenworth Wyandotte and Johnson counties are due 9 to 10 a.m. Judging begins at 10 a.m. and birds must be released by 1 p.m. Exhibitors supply waterers feeders and feed.
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Douglas County
Fairgrounds
Lawrence
Franklin
Douglas
Leavenworth
Wyandotte
Johnson Counties
Kansas State University
M. E. Jackson
Lawrence Kiwanis Club
Community riches rise with high profit farms in Kansas
Southeast Kansas Farm Management Association data from 1968 shows high profit farms spend about 40 771 per farm on cash operating expenses and earn 71 250 gross with 12 450 return to operator labor. Low profit farms spend 20 226 with 25 049 gross and a 546 loss. A thriving agri business depends on high volume and good management.
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Southeast Kansas Farm Management Association
Association Farms
Grass Vital To Livestock By Earl L Weir
A livestock producer must balance herd quality with grassland health. The article argues that good feed and productive pasture drive profits, citing England Argentina Australia and the US as examples. It contrasts farmer crop measures with stockman outputs in pounds of meat and wool, and notes nature as both ally and foe in pasture seeding and balance.
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Earl L, Wier
England
Argentina
Australia
United States
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William Borst
Concordia
Marjorie Area
Carole
Grigsby
Kansas
Bozworth
Saffron Glass Co
Walnut
Simca
Chrysler
Chrysler Motors
Mock Motors
N. Main
Greenwood Church
Pomona
Allis Chalmers
Massey Ferguson
Lawrence L. Smith
Greenwwood Ladies Aid
Claude Myers
Nat’l. Bank
John Deere
HN Deere
TOR
Sidy
Ottawa Tractor & Implement
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