Three Franklin County Farms Featured On Dairy Tour
The annual Extension dairy tour visited Harry Peckham, Dean Guinn, and Stewart farms in Franklin County on Sept. 29. Peckham highlighted a concrete milking barn, pasture feeding, and cows yielding up to 26 000 pounds mature milk. Guinn discussed a pole barn with glass walls and outside grain feeding. tour moderator Bob Bozworth praised site use and stock with Ralph Bonewitz noting dairying practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Istas
Franklin County
Harry Peckham
Rantoul
Dean Guinn
Wellsville
Stewart Farm
Ottawa
Bob Bozworth
Ralph Bonewitz
Peckham Farm
Peckham
Kansas State University
Brown Bag Tips and Dairy Farm Notes Across town
A plain lunch strategy saves money by packing variety from leftovers and fresh fruit, with tips on keeping foods hot or cold in a lunch bag. Separately, dairy farmers discuss herd management, magnetic feeders, brucellosis vaccination, TB outbreaks in Kansas, and economics of high moisture grain plus implants to boost milk production and calf growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sue Dondlinger
Guinn
Merle
Bozworth
Stewart Farm
Vernon Stewart
Stewart
Bonewitz
Bonowitz
Marshall
Washington
Kansas
U.S
Imagination and Carrots Narrated by Joanistas
The narrator recalls unusual carrots grown by a gardener, shaped like a motorcycle, a runner, a bearded elder, and other odd figures. She attributes their odd forms to drought and a quest for water, noting the family resemblance yet insisting they are simply carrots.
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Joanistas
Local Tree From Ottawa Grows Governor Bennett’s Christmas Tree
The James Wiley family on a 40 acre Ottawa area plantation will present a 10 foot Kansas grown Scotch Fine Christmas tree to Governor Robert F. Bennett. The presentation takes place in the State Capitol Building Topeka on Wednesday morning at 10 30 a m. Kansas Christmas Tree Growers Association announced the selection and praised the Wiley operation as representative of Kansas Christmas tree production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Wiley
Ottawa
Robert F. Bennett
Wileys
State Capitol
Topeka
Kansas Christmas Tree Growers Association
Cecil Delp
St. John
Wiley Plantation
Kansas
Also Mentioned on This Page
Eudora
Guinns
Guvin
Farm Bureau
Franklin County Fair Grounds
Hickory
Kans
Motorola
Sugene V. Powell
Claude Myers
Keller
Kirland
North Poplar
Kan
Philco
Mrs. Lafawn Starks
Auets, Ben Printy & Son
Jean Printy
Hwi
Mr. Friendly
Jet Star
Geox Bonny
Core Alee
Care
Core Ala
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