Oddities From Kansas History In WPA Files
Know Your Kansas highlights quirky local lore from the American Guide WPA project. It describes a living hydrant near the State Capitol in Topeka, early Baldwin Bible treasures, Gardner and Diamond Springs histories, Hiawatha’s flower woman inspiring a festival, Burlington fishing parties, and Graham County fossil collections as reported in the WPA guides.
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Kansas
The
American Guide
Federal Writers’ Projects
WPA
School activities and equipment notes from Scandia
The article lists school activities and seeks used instruments for rent from Scandia owners. It also reports Scandia High School Athletic Association purchasing eight shoulder pads, six helmets, and a football for the next season, while noting concerns about wheat smut costs and agricultural tips on barn basements feed molasses and farm horses per census data.
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Scandia High School Athletic Association
Hardy soil building crops urged for Kansas drought relief
Kansas State College agronomist E A Cleavinger warns droughts will grow more severe as soil fertility declines. He promotes drought registing and soil building crops, especially alfalfa, to restore humus, add nitrogen, and provide high protein hay with multiple cuttings and strong cash value.
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Kansas
E. A. Cleavinger
Extension Agronomist
Kansas State College
Manhattan
Cleavinger
Hi Y leaders guide Thursday meeting session
Bill Goodwin led the Hi Y meeting on Thursday September 24 with John Nylund and Jimmie Larsen guiding the singing. Christians characters from the Bible were discussed and the group decided not to serve at home football games this season. The meeting closed with everyone reciting John 3 16.
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Bill Goodwin
John Nylund
Jimmie Larsen
Pastors Present Program At High School Chapel
The Rev Misses Fogelberg and Keys led a chapel program at the high school with readings on The Battle of Life and Riches of Youth. Keys read The Test of a Man and sang The Pilot. The opening songs were America and Come Thou Almighty King. The Girl Reserve meeting followed with Corinne Naslund reading scripture, Mildred Johnson leading prayer, Frances Cooper singing Open My Eyes That I May See, Evelyn Brown reading The Upward Road, and Frances closing Why Elizabeth Was Chosen.
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Misses Fogelberg
Keys
Miss Keys
Miss Fogelberg
America
Corinne Naslund
Mildred Johnson
Frances Cooper
Evelyn Brown
Frances
Elizabeth
Conservation drives farm efficiency and future growth
The Kansas Extension Service notes that soil conservation boosts efficiency and lowers costs. Experiments in eastern Kansas show legumes raise income, while western Kansas summer fallow raises yields. Conservation enables less land use, allows grass and trees, and improves living conditions on farms for generations to come.
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Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station
Kansas
Poultry Graded at Kansas Stations Since July Six
Live poultry is bought on a graded basis at all Kansas primary stations since July 6. The move aims to cut waste, lower marketing costs, and restore consumer confidence for quality poultry. Dairy rations call for high protein feeds if alfalfa hay is scarce, suggesting a ration of one part corn, one part bran, and two parts cottonseed meal with linseed meal as an option.
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Kansas
Protein Rich Feeds And Silage For Livestock Rations
High protein feeds can substitute half cottonseed meal. A satisfactory ration mixes corn oats bran and cottonseed meal in a 1 2 2 3 ratio. Increase protein content if alfalfa is unavailable. Silage prospects depend on corn reaching tassel stage and grasshopper leaves remaining. silage will be of excellent quality where conditions meet.
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Topeka
State Capitol
iuZi
Bne
Belleville
Joan G. Rich
Gardner
Santa Fe
Oregon
Cardner’s
United States Bureau of Air Commerce
North Branch
Quaker Church
Diamond Springs
Baldwin
Bishop Quayle
Hiawatha
John Krebs
Hallowe’en
Chamber of Commerce
Nebraska
Missouri
Burlington
Rod Pierson
Neosho
Pierson
Pier‘gon
Graham County
Sam Paintin
Graham ‘County
American News Features, Inc
Scandia
United States
United States Census of Agriculture
R, S. C. Extension
L. C. Williams
Asst
Gus
Freeby’s
Clover Farm Store
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