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Deliver to addressee below, or CURRENT RESIDENT ECRWSS PRSRT STD US POSTAGE PAID WICHITA, KS PERMIT NO 441 LICATION FREE PUB Residential Customer / PO 115 S. Kansas, Haven, Kansas 67543-0485 620-465-4636 • www.ruralmessenger.com Vol. 14 No. 17 • April 25, 2018 “What do you make of a generation that listens with its eyes and thinks with its feelings?” Ravi Zacharias In Agriculture...Every AUCTIONS 6 1 7 Day is Earth Day 4/25/2018 - Floyd Auction & Real Estate - Kingman County - Page 24 4/28/2018 - Auction Pros - Park City - Page 43 Information courtesy of Kansas Farm Bureau’s 6 7 8 Safety and Ag Ed Division 4/28/2018 - Ken Patterson Auctions - Conway Springs - Page 26 4/28/2018 - Montgomery Auction & Realty - Red Cloud, NE - Page 15 8 7 5 2 America’s farmers and ranchers take their role 4/28/2018 - REIB - Hutchinson - Page 34 seriously as primary caretakers of the land. Be- 4/28/2018 - Smith & Co. 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Renewable fuels, also known as biofuels, 5/5/2018 - Larry Marshall - Cherryvale - Page 28 4 5 9 include ethanol (from corn) and biodiesel (from 5/5/2018 - Larry Marshall - Cherryvale - Page 29 Solution page 7 Puzzle by websudoku.com soybeans) and contribute to a cleaner environ- 5/5/2018 - Little Bull Auction - El Dorado - Page 31 ment while reducing pollution and reliance on 5/5/2018 - Meitler Auction Service - Sylvan Grove - Page 40 Drought conditions causing foreign oil. dire situation for state’s farm Farm Bureau is proud of the dedication of our 5/5/2018 - Morris Yoder Auctions - Hutchinson - Page 8 ponds, water supplies farmer and rancher members who make effort to 5/5/2018 - Nisly Auction - Plevna - Page 46 care for our land, air and water resources. 5/5/2018 - Reynold’s Auction Service - Minneapolis - Page 10 MANHATTAN, Kan. – As drought continues 5/5/2018 - Van Schmidt Auctioneer - Hesston - Page 4 to cripple much of Kansas, livestock producers in the state may be scrambling for alternatives to Critical thinking 5/5/2018 - William Crane - Canton - Page 42 maintain water supplies for their herds. By John Schlageck, Kansas Farm Bureau 5/9/2018 - Purple Wave - Online - Page 21 “It’s getting to be a real issue,” said Herschel 5/10/2018 - Wiggins Auction - Online - Page 31 George, a K-State Research and Extension water- Lack of understanding and critical thinking on 5/12/2018 - United Country Real Estate - Newton - Page 7 shed specialist based in eastern Kansas. “Here the part of some in the environmental movement 5/15/2018 - Gardiner Angus Ranch - Ashland - Page 8 in eastern Kansas, our ponds are still relatively has compromised their effectiveness as self-ap- full, but as I talk to anyone in the Flint Hills, pointed protector and guardian of our planet. 5/18/2018 - J.P. Weigand & Sons Auctions - Winfield - Page 3 from Topeka and anywhere further west, it’s just a Whenever we improve our critical thinking 5/26/2018 - Reynold’s Auction Service - Abilene - Page 12 disaster situation waiting to happen.” skills it becomes easier to see through deception Central Livestock - Page 12 George and other Kansas State University spe- and exaggeration that has characterized the pro- Chuck Korte Real Estate & Auction - Page 41 cialists have developed various common-sense motions of some environmental organizations and approaches, many of them outlined in the pub- the mass media’s coverage of their issues. Farmland Auction & Realty - Page 23 lication, “Waterers and Watering Systems: A If we examine the issue of critical thinking, one Floyd Auction - Page 30 Handbook for Livestock Producers and Land- of the first things we must realize is correlation is Floyd Auction Calendar - Page 31 owners.” not causation. I know I am wandering into a deep Hamit Land & Auction - Page 33 “There are a lot of different approaches for subject for such a shallow mind as mine but bear waterers,” George said. “The handbook is a good with me. McCurdy Auction Calendar - Page 36 look at those, kind of a catalogue where produc- Correlation means two things tend to happen at Rural Messenger Auction Calendar - Page 11 ers can get some ideas and investigate which one the same time. Causation means that one thing is Salina Livestock Weekly - Page 11 of them you might want to use.” known to cause another. Among the ideas George often touts is putting Because two things happen at the same time in solar pumps from ponds or wells. doesn’t mean one is causing the other. We need Find your Favorites “I know out in central and western Kansas, proof, including a reasonable theory showing the The Covered Dish - Debbie Dance Urhrig - Page 2 solar pumps are being used more and more,” path by which one thing causes another to occur. Rebalance Your Diet - Page 2 he said. “The systems are available and they’re Global warming and pollution of the water sup- Small Changes for Better Living - Page 2 working well. Recipes - Page 3 ply with herbicides for example – common envi- Franching: Tammie Hoeme - Page 4 “The only problem with solar systems is some- ronmental concerns – have resulted when cor- Employment - Page 5 times we have cloudy weather, so typically every relation of two things was mistaken for causation. I remember: Graduation came at last! Page 6 day we have a limited amount of pumping time. If For the Love of Horses: Frank J. Buchman - Page 9 To avoid future errors, radical environmentalists Lee Pitts - Page 10 you do not have batteries, your pump is not going must be responsible for proving one thing is USDA REPORT - Page 11 to come on until 8:30 or 9 a.m., and it will stop causing another to happen. A Cowboy’s Faith - Page 13 for you by 5 or 6 p.m. So you have to be able to They just can’t say it. That doesn’t make it so. Simple Ways to Enjoy Warm-Weather Dining - Page 14 Wheat Diagnostic School planned May 9-10 in Garden City - Page 14 get your pumping times in there and you have to In today’s world, much remains unexplained. Kansas State University researchers study ways to stabilize river banks Page 20 have storage for overnight and evening drinking.” Cancer is one disease that comes to mind. Kansas Profile – Now That’s Rural: Page 24 Some producers have access to rural water sup- This dreaded disease might be due to genetic Wheat growers support crop insurance, farm bill - Page 26 plies that help to bridge the gap caused by low Roger’s View From the Hills - Roger Ringer - Page 28 conditions, nutrition, a health problem in child- John Marshall - Page 30 water levels in ponds. hood, prolonged stress or a combination of these Steve Gilliland Page 32 “We have a number of people that have gone factors. One day scientists may find a cure for Six couples from around the state recognized - Page 34 ahead and put in a connection to rural water that Intermittent Irony: Lisa Meitner Page 35 this disease, but that day has not arrived. Kansas communities receive honors, grants from PRIDE Program - Page 38 may be passing by their farm, and installing a Trends don’t always predict the future. 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