Ull-Testing Project Underway ,441*Solomon Valley Feed And
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bik cow hoistcow wf cow wf cow wf cow wf cow hoistcow wf cow bik cow bik cow wf cow bik cow bik cow July 6, 1971 wf cow bikcow ger cow 935 bwf cow 915 bik cow 193 bik cow 760 bik cow 815E bwf cow 814 765' PRESS TOURS STATION Members of the press enjoyed a tour of the Bull Test Station during Press Day. ull-Testing Project Underway ,441*Solomon Valley Feed and The first test in the new Kansas Bull Testing Station locatedin the Solomon LNY Iley Feed Yard at Beloit is underway. Forty progressive minded cattlemen from throughout thestate have entered NI14 bulls in the test. aTheir goal is to identify and produce the kind of bulls demandedof the modern St. ef industry in Kansas and the nation. Dr. Keith Zoellner, Extension beef specialistat Kansas State University, and a amber of the board of directors for the test,reports that the number of entries ftiows our cattlemen are interested in MA II self-improvement of their product. With I(IIIrticipation like this, the station willsoon be making a positive contribution to the insas beef industry." ,e._-. --.Eight breeds and types of crossbreeds have been entered in the first "",........00.0.00Anered test. Those include 33 Herefords, 25 Angus,47 Simmental crossbreds, 20 Charolais, 6 Milking Shorthorns, 1 Limousin crossbred,and 1 Murrey-Grey cross - CO.iishorthorn, The number ofowners representing each breed or crossbreedare 10 Angus owners, Hereford, 1 Shorthorn, 2 Milking Shorthorn, 5 Charolais, 10 Simmentalcross- / !d,1 Limousin crossbred,and 1 Murrey-Grey crossbred. \ HI The Bull Test Stationis jointly sponsored by the Kansas Cooperative Extension vice at Kansas State Universityand the Beef Cattle Improvement Committee of Kansas LivestockAssociation in Topeka. Impetus forestablishing the station came from planning sessions of the Kansas n. tension Beef Industry MEN ;ales Only Development committee-agroup of Extension personnel A Ti/voRK )resenting county Attop, Extension agents, Feeders Virgil icialists. area livestock specialists, and state Extension Bu Max Service Dr Deets, director, left, Harvest thetest manager discussesKansas is of the Livestock The cated. Solomonthe &Cattle Dr /ower builtest Association Keith picture Valley station logs State Zoellner, Fedyarci, TheBuyers University, shows vvith records ExtensionHerman Where. who VVestrneyer, rest andinterpretingare beef Station specialists left, inthe the and So/ornonresults forkeepingat Kansas Valleyat the accurate Feedyardnew Kansas near Bull Be inson Co. Co. -ison Co. Co. n co. vo Co. Co. nson Co. Co. rsen CO' ine CO' In Co. ierson Co' e Co. oln Co. inson Co. oln Co. worth FEED FROM FENCE -LINE BUNKS LivEsTwoiol(Acol 300 Bulls at the Kansas Bull Test Station are fed from fence -line bunks where they compete with each other for access to feed. Bac07' ;TA54)211 FARM dollar Circus To Be off children thechild reg at and the sh Thursday,° st, In K.C., Mo. Satu r ay Inornia July 21 KANSAS CITY, MO.-After an K-Statenh absenceoffouryears, u rn I Ringling 11 80 Bros. and Barnum & Baileycircus many farmer returns to Kansas City for Elected A' a 5 -day 1 engagement, A reports starting July21 Municipal Auditorium. in Teacher summer. ffectsof th More than 200 performers 01 and 150 Dr. FrFrank 14 Carotr, turn-arot.ms animals will appear in fiveevening deanof agriculture e is alist shows,fourmatinees, and regional a represenfoi11;.'portant relee Saturday morning performance of directors of few week: Association of 1.:: this, the circus' 100thanniversary 9: Mo edition. Opening night off willbe a TeachersofAgriti:: benefitforanarea associations duction.c, youth annual.'July 16:Qua organization. week in Sterling, caio, Feed. Matinees begin at 2:30 o'clock Primary and goal of or 22: Quai the evening show time is Is to improvethe 8:00 o'clock Grains. with the exception of agriculture the Sunday at the ev]:::ug.11: Mo evening performance, July The organization 25, that duction. starts at 6:30 o'clock. Ticket onored Dr. 11; prices Carpooft June 24 range from $2.50to an article in ho $5.00 witha the NAc'fr; s showed him as the best of the fling back on vious report nit SCENE FROM THE PAST .vealed that quit theh Herington residents followed an ancient binder to pickup the bundles of wheat and place them in shocks on the John Gehrke, Sr., farm located 41/2 miles south of Herington. ucers in ten The bundles are to be used compared in an old-fashioned threshing bee which will be heldat the Tri-County 4-H Fair at Herington, July 28 through 31. ended to cut s] The year of cent and s 1971 is, one ' for wheat 15per cent. inKerr:: most 100 years whether far ago, he,: winter wheat eplansand h was infrad.l. Kansas. Itwas the Crop Old Time Threshing the hazards of crop production to Bee in the semi-arid Plains, Julyisset aside as Kansas Wheat the Governor, under the Month by Prorlartalki sponsorship of theKansas Commission, to take noteof the contribution At Tri-County 4-HFair wheat producers, and the made by wheat industryto ballfieldatfairgrounds;tractor - theSiols Kansas. This year's "Cinderella Motorists crop" is passingtheJohn This whole picture was strange topulling contests using everything expedel total 266 millionbushels,inspite of drought, Gehrke, Sr., farm 41/2 milessouth ofsee in this highly mechanized age,from steam todiesel engines;a winds, freeze, and flood. July Kansas Wheat Herington, Friday morning but stranger still were the people Month takes June 25, museum housing antiques from this of the fine bread -making wheat would have seen a sight involved. Farmers, railroaders, produced in Kansas out of the area, dating back before the Civil around the world. Every loaf for past, certainly not in thememory ofbusinessmen,insurancemen,War; a rodeo; a large carnival. Most contains nutritious elements many. Modern cars and trucks linedbankers, morticians.All theseimportant, areimportanttoyour good theyoung men and health. Kansas produces the shoulders of the highway,whilepeople were united in acommonwomen of this Tri-County 4-H area more fine bread -making wheat than in the wheatfield a largecrowd ofcause: namely, the Tri-County 4-Hwill have on display theirmany and men, women and children followedFair,tobeheldinHerington,varied projectsthat cover prac- any other Stateinthe Union. Find out about it during Kansas an ancient binder pickingup theKansas, July 28 through 31, where,tically everything from sewingto Wheat Month. nsas bundles and placing themin shocks. without a doubt, one of themostbeef cattle. Eat one These will be pickedup later andinteresting displays and actual Using the enthusiasm shown in the more slice of bread for good used in an "Old -Fashionedoperation of antique farm equip-wheatfield Friday morningas an nutrition, for good eating, for CORI Threshing Bee." ment ever shown in this area will be betterhealththroughoutthe 1021NA 4: indication, the Tri-County 4-HFair Medial*, KANO seen. of Herington willbe well worth year, and for a better economy T000.03[647 GRASS & GRAIN Whileall in Kansas. The Mid -Kansas news weekly theeventsaretoodriving many miles tosee. Published each Tuesday at 1207Moro, numerous to mention, the following (Box 1009) Manhattan, Kansas,66502 are a few highlights: An opening day by Ag Press Inc. Second class postage paid at Manhattan, parade beginning at 6:45p.m.; an Kansas. old fashioned threshing bee,using Subscription: $4 year all Circulation 14,200 antique equipment; parachute jumpers whowilllandinthe 30- 40--- 1;I II LOOK! 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