>0@ 1s@ 2s. tO 0 24' 24, 24 30o @ 3 )0 @ 18 14th year no. 13 May 28, 1968 )0@ 18 the loan volume of last year. But with corn prices rising and >0@ 18. A Big Corn Carryover holding near the loan rate since @ February, the pace of loan plac- The government forecasts ahas been slightly above last ing has slackened. 70 heavy carryover of around 1,-year it failed to offset reduced l00 1 100,000,000 to1,200,000,000bil- use of other feed grains. With 30p lion bushels of corn next Octo-the indicated slowdown of do- 1 ber 1 despite increased domes-mestic use total carryover of $197,000 For tic use and exports before thisall feed grains before the next .0 (a year's crop is harvested. harvest is estimated at 47 mil- )5 This would compare to stockslion tons, an increase of aboutMarshall Co. Land IS of 823 million bushels at the 10 million tons over stocks at MARYSVILLE -A thousand 30 end of last summer and indi-the start of this year. acres of Marshall county land >0 p 1 eDavy Is Fun Day cates to the Agriculture depart- Feed grain exports for the came close to bringing an aver- .5 @ 16 What's more fun than going to a sale with Dad? ment the probability of lower crop year are put at 23 millionage $200 per acre at auction @ 16 last week. ?s o rk and Gail Anderson spent the day with their average prices for the next fewtons, about 5 per cent more than months of 1968. they were a year earlier, with The land belonging to the 0 (a her Glen Anderson of Waterville at a G&G area Mrs. Charlotte Harry Estate estock auction. Although corn consumption corn accounting for all and more of the rise. Corn exportsbrought $197,000, selling in four are expected to total 625 mil-tracts. The auctioneer was Don l0@ 2 Roche of Blue Rapids. 30 © 23, lion bushels, a rise of 28 per orpsExplains Revised cent. The top price was $275 an ac- But sorghum grain shipmentsre for a quarter -section upland abroad of only 160 million bush-farm northeast of Home City. elswould be about one-thirdByron Wankler, a farmer of ad- 31° Plans For Grove Reservoir less than last year's. joining 'land,paid $44,000 for TOPEKA - The Army en-downstream from the Delia date having a bearing on wheth- Total use of sorghum grainsthe 160 acres. gineers have recommended a site proposed in the corps' re-er landowners should continueis now expeoted to drop about Another quarter, near Marys- new sitefor the proposed study of its Kaw basin plan af-plans to improve their proper- 15 per cent below last year, re-ville, brought slightly over $220 Grove reservoir which would ter the 1951 flood. It would betiesarstart looking for relo- sulting in an October 10 carry-an acre, grossing $15,500. The arylnearly double the flood storagethree miles east and two northcation sites. over of more than the 244mil- buyer was Paul William Blu- and provide 23.5 million gallons of Silver Lake, at the confluence Speaking in opposition to the lion bushels a year earlier. mer, also a neighboring farmer. of Soldier and Little Soldier project in its new location was Oat consumption may be from The largest tract in the auc- of water supply daily for Tope- tion was 400 acres north of (anka, Col. William G. Kratz, Kan-creeks, and less than 10 milesGerald Tibbs, Topeka, one of6 to 8 per cent less than last northwest of Topeka. the larger landowners in the ar-year, but the July 1 carryoverHome City, about two-thirds of sas City district engineer, said in cropland, which brought last week. Kratz told a public meetingea. He said it would take a may show little changefromit The new site is nine milesat Seaman high school that thelarge amount of class one andlast year. Barley use and carry-$75,000 - about $183 an acre - enlarged Grove project would class two valley land out of pro- over are unlikelyto show afrom Don Newton of Marysville, drain 259 square miles insteadduction, with the acreage consi-substantial change from year- a landowner in Marshall county. 4-H Appreciation of 142, with an improved ratiodered some of the best land in rl er levels. The other tract, of 280 acres ina of benefits over costs of $1.40 toKansas. Price levels and uncertaintiesof which 145 acres was crop- have prompted farmers to land, brought slightly over $150 Day June 5 $1. It would have a conservation He said about 80 families an acre from Hubert Kroeger MANHATTAN- Kansas 4-Hlake of 6,900 acres, with recrea-would be affected by the reloca-place over 15 million tons of tion potential, and 189,000 acre- feed grain under loan so far this of Marysville. The total price Appreciation Day will be held tion, but that the loss wouldbe on it was $42,500. June 5 at Rock Springs Ranch,feet of flood storage. felt by a large number of per-season. This is nearly double I-, state 4-H centernear Junction The estimated cost of 35 mil-sons in the SilverLake school lion dollars would include 5 mil- Cattle City. district west of Topeka. With >DOW Twenty-five individuals and lion to be repaid eventually bythe crop land being takenout organizations will receive spe- local interests for water supply.of production, he said thetax cial recognition for participa- The Kansas Water Resources burden would be shifted tothe tion in the Kansas 4-H Founda- board has endorsed the new remaining property owners in 0itionprogram. site and Topeka has affirmed the district. 1822.4 The honorees: its desire for the watersupply p27.P Forty years- Kerr Glass storage, Kratz said. Tibbs said the former location p 24.4 Recognizing opposition to thefive miles upstream on Soldier 18,0 Manufacturing Corp., Los An- geles. project by some landowners, creek would be adequate for the district engineersaid: any additional floodprotection Twenty-five years- Ameri- needed in the Kaw river valley. can Oil Foundation, Chicago, "There is no question butwhat 19.0 often 19.% and Firestone Tire and Rubber the relocation of persons He said the new Grove reser- Co., Akron, Ohio. involves heartaches, theloss ofvoir location would supply only 15,00 sentimental values and intangi- 19.0 Ten years- H. C. Bevelhy- about half of the future water economic ana- 19.0 mer, Wichita; E. I. du Pont de ble benefits in the needs of Topeka, and that twice lysis of the project.We at theas much water would be avail- I 18.0 Nemours and Co.Inc., Wilming- do all in our I 19.0 ton, Del.; RuthK. Huff, Chap- corps, however, able for the city by piping it these adverse 1 15. man; Kansas Jersey Cattle power to mitigate from the Perry reservoir, now 19.0 Club; Linton C. Lull, Smith effects." near completion northeastof I 19.0, Center, and Ralston Purina Co., Government land acquisitionTopeka. 12.0 St. Louis. policies, includingpayment of be fully ex- The Tuttle creek and Milford 16.0 Five years- Mr. and Mrs. moving costs, will reservoirs upstream on the Kaw 16.0 om Appleby, Garnett; Louis A. plained at a latermeeting. meetingalso are supplying necessary 0 13.16 er, Wichita; Mr. and Mrs. Kratz reminded the flood protection and water re- 14,1i that some federalland above gh Boyce, Lawrence; East- serves needed for the Kansas 0 the reservoir 13.0 an Kodak Co., Rochester, N. normal pool within river, he added. 15.0 Mr. and Mrs. Merle Eye - can be leasedback to former 14.0 tone, Manhattan, local government's75 per cent and Esther L. farming with the elt and Sylvia S. Felt, both of owners for HERINGTON CLOSES Vellington. share of leasereturns often ex- yields. ITS MOVIE HOUSE Included in the 4-H Apprecia- ceeding previous tax HERINGTON - This town About 200 personsattended ers on Day activitieswill be a of them areis added to the G&G area list uncheon for "Frends of 4-H" the hearing. Most which has closedits movie residents in theproposed reser- eluding Foundation members probably op-theatre. The Dreamland theatreSummer Help d officers, county committee voir area and are ran its last show last week. The 0 posed to the projectin principal Sale barns in the G&O area will get extra sum- embers and Kansas artists about the govern-Commonwealth theatre chain ho have loaned paintings to but curious had operated the movie housemer help now that school is out. Younger than most ment's plans. but with a good opportunity to learn the business from e Rock Springs 4-H center. werehere since 1957. A drive-in thea- Dr. Samuel George, pastor of Several indicated they tre was destroyed by high the inside is David Breeding, son of Mr. and Mrs. rst Presbyterian Church, Man- satisfied with theannouncement Raleigh Breeding of the Marysville livestock and Com- acquisition likely winds last year and has not attan, will speak at the lunch - that land been rebuilt. mission co. n. would start in 1970,with the It is from other ,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,,,,, .1 iiiiiiiiiiii 11111 iiiiiiii 1111 iiiiii 111111 lllllllllllllllllllllllll 11111 lllll 11 lllllll 111.11111111 llllllllllll 111111111 creating a new "facility." $11,000. Graduates May 28, 1968 difficult to buy or rentland incolleges -engineering, bus- ear501 r FARMERS OUTLOOK large blocks. Even so, many iness, etc. - havedone just as L.H.Simerl operate well or better. MATTRESS plugsFor Corn Belt farmers now and & 500 and more acres,mostly with So, we urge young men BOX SPRINGS little or no hired labor.There their parents tothink about the Bill grain future.