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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1971
Page
4
Franklin County farmers learned cattle herd improvement boosts profits. Agricultural agent Bob Bozworth outlined costs, performance testing benefits, and culling rules to raise returns on 22 farms with 68 cows. He stressed record keeping, birth dates, weights, and bull selection.
Far and Near 4-H Club held a picnic on Oct. 2 with about 60 attendees and an achievement night pot luck supper. Bob Bozworth conducted installation of officers for 1971 72. treasurer Jeri Neal reported a balance of $128.01. A $3 check was given for an ecology booth at the Franklin County Fair.
Mrs William Hink hosted Friendly Neighbors at her home on October 12 with a cheese tasting and pizza dinner after a cheese lesson titled Conese A Plus In Meal Plan king. Earlier, nurse Mrs John Rubick spoke on Keep People Healthy detailing hospital tools and services. Fifteen members and one guest attended the business meeting led by President Mrs Jay Brown. The next gathering is November 9 with hostess Mrs Vera McMillin and lesson Figure Analysis by Mrs Lloyd Neal. New officers named: President Mrs Claude Sluder, VP Mrs Ralph Duncan, Secretary Treasurer Mrs Beulah McCurdy, Public Relations Mrs Jesse Edgecomb.
In Osawatomie Warren Wakeman continues cider production with a 1921 press, claiming no finer wholesome drink. He began in 1950, mats to harvest September and peak in October, and now sells mainly to private customers while teaching his three sons the craft.
Dairymen are invited to a dairy tour on Thursday November 4 starting at 10 a.m. at Arlen Jones farm four miles west of Centropolis with stops at Melvin Jamison farm east of Jones and at Kenneth Hubbard farm at 2 p.m. Sessions cover manure handling drainage feeding breeding and conception rate plus a panel on Problems of the Big Herd A free lunch is provided Lodging and harvest issues from drought and disease noted including Fusarium and lodging remedies such as proper moisture stands hybrid differences and potash effects References to Kansas State University extension bulletins and soil testing advised.
Farmers face storage shortages from a bountiful harvest and low prices. The ASCS Farm Storage and Grind Equipment Loan Program offers up to 85 percent of storage facility costs at 6 percent interest for five years, repayable in four annual installments. Eligible grains include soybean, oats, 1971 barley, corn and grain sorghum, with wheat and 1971 feed grain participants also eligible. Loans up to $5,000 are county reviewed. larger sums go to the state committee.
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