T. Mary Tral Farrowing Unit Is Utilized
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Thifchfrs teifer 473 @ 400 e heifers 353@ bwf hfrs 395 e heifers 39426 e heifers orn hfrs 4088 leifers 365 @ i6; 453@: e heifers 1114 418@ 41, lei fe rs orn hfrs 485 @ 494 15th year no. 1 COWS March 4, 1969 rl cow 1325 e cow 880C441 11 COW 1230@ 141 e cows 1257C cows 181 1145 e cow 1240@ e cow 181. 960 C 3 COW 18p 1340 CIB COWS 97081 COWS 980811; ow 985 0. II cow 1060 cow 11800.11 ows 912 @ 11 cow G&G area farm folk can't 1030 0 wait for the mud to dry 11 out for cow activities to resume. 990 0 P Cattle found themselves belly-high in mud in ows the worst of the mudholes 897 in feedlots, but still cattlemenhad to ow 910 feed them.Cattle were trucked in, 16 and livestock auctionswere ow 975 held as usual. I The show must cow 8608 go on as well for other activities.One of sev- eral G&G area banksto promote ambitious farm tours isthe Union AMISSIO State Bank at Clay Center.Its "livestock roundup"was held de- spite a rainy day anda winter's accumulation of thawed mud. The tour included stops NY at two hog farrowing operations-- one at the Roy Anderson farm, where individual farrowingunits are used, and the other at the Benson Brothersfarm, where acen- t. Mary tral farrowing unit is utilized. These pictures belowwere taken at the Anderson farm. Kan Slogging Weather Farmers and construction workersgot the worst ed the bottomss of feedlotsand construction sites last fSalimweek. Here Manuel Ribordyof Solomon slogs thru the mire at a construction jobin Salina. K Y de Only at11:00 am. Cn. rder they are cone" - 9300 211i 1Co. 1015 0183. 13800' 208' the Duane 230 0 21.I Anderson andErnie Harms of Poison Farm host Roy host Roy of Vliets 240 21.(I; City answer ques- Anderson. gets an Commerce TrustCo. of Kansas explanation 2308 20 from tions aboutthe operation. 222 21-1 213 21.0' 228 020% 212 020, 210 020 230g 210 330e 110, 425(°'16.0, 423 8 16-1) 575 12 435 C10 16.11 014.0, 011.1) 185810 SSION CO 40 )1c1 C,e Phone , Clay Center, ern-- 0,4, Mr. Inspecting a unit is Glenn Dittmanof at left. Mrs. Harry Miller of Burdick looks over one of the and Mrs tour. Bill )211 his daughter Glenda, and George Mauch, farrowing units. Markleyof kUCTIONEER% LeeReinr' Ce month. as follows: ETTER Now in their 20th year, the March 4 Hoisington COW POKES BYAce Reid March 4, 1969 schools are designed to provide March 5 Garden City latest grading information to Oakley March 6 Vho(947 elevator managers and person- March 11 Salina TheCOW nel, county ASCS bin inspectors, March 12 Wellington far frc Set Seven county Extension workers and March 13 Parsons J 8° does interested producers. March 14 Topeka Ilfand over Participants will have an op- Grain Schools -Ns portunity to examine and grade state di MANHATTAN - More than ME The 1000 persons in the grain trade grain samples during the work- are expected to attend district shop portion of each school. This grain grading schools at sevenyear's program also will look at EAN / liolatonedd°vvn:t locations across Kansas next the new regulations under the who can lose U.S. Grain Standards Act which 80011 t° the theWattr 13 went into effect February 11. stateBoard ( Sponsors of the schools are the peka The la" ° Kansas Extension Service, Kan- andcc sas Wheat Improvement Asso- tricky ciation and the Kansas Grain Ll*a.wEaatrithSe.hbyuIUti and Feed Dealers Association. publBisohaerdd Instructors include Haru Aki- a yama of USDA's Consumer & Water Law 7 nu 74,, jot well. Marketing Service; Tom Rob- 3- erts, Kansas Wheat Improve- ment Association; Howard Wil- Fred On kins, K -State Extension agrono- 1 iThe Go mist; and Don D. Pretzer, K - Car is in t "All I said wuzloan me$1500 and State Extension economist. youmightget home with Other representatives of the yer other $1500 back." 4reading Gras USDA and the Kansas Grain In- good reading spection Department will help with the program. -..... pti:oe psio-e.ftca.rthtBiocrsliecc Dates and locations for the lag at the RI 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. schools are think m us I remember best those who bucket.he contributedtothe community PURINA 20% RANGE ord would al rather than those whom the of the picture community supported. CHECKERS TOP 41% town don't ev to church in. GRASS & GRAIN ed them wit The Mid -Kansas news weekly. neighbor, tha Published each Tuesday at 1207 PROTEIN CAKE Moro,(Box1009)Manhattan, inlifoeret htahnan rne(1 Kansas, 66502 by AG PRESS Ibguess he Dean Coughenottr in the ghett E. R. 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Secondly,where does By the wealthcome from? If three farm equipment 1ETTERS 1111111111111111111111have to rely we makers. year before's net loss of $1.2 mil- Ace port wheat, Ion hunger toex- Deere & Co.reported a profit would rathergive of $7 million lion. Sales climbed to $78.3 mil- Who Owns away $3.00 wheatthan wheat on sales of $204 mil- lion from $70.8 million. Grass & Grain priced at $1.25. lion, up fromfirst quarter sales 3 The Creek? Fr of $158 million Deere said production of agri- from the middle of a Kilian a year ago, when How far WedAMEGO a 6 -week strike hiteight factor-cultural equipment was cut March 4, 1969 btream doesthe state own the ies. back, but dealers' inventories and overwhich a stream runs? Howard Samuelson International Harvesterhad awere still not reduced during LITTLE RIVER Mixed Quarter net drop to $6.3 millionas salesthe quarter. Visit Our Retail Display Of doesn't own any of 1 The state dipped 6% froma year ago to International said one of its the landbut by law it is consid- $520 million, Lighting Fixtures ered to ownthe water. The landBy Implements 'bright spots was a 6.3 percent private individuals, The usually slow J. I. Case, controlledby Tenne- increase in truck sales, which is owned bythe water by appli- first quarter co, Inc., posted ,ndaceit Electric who can use has producedmixed results a net loss of account for more than half of MORO - MANHATTAN teation to theChief Engineer of for $663,000, narrowedfrom the Harvester's annual volume. - the WaterResources Board, State Board ofAgriculture, To- peka.The law on the subject is tricky and complicated. A book by Earl Shurtz,Professor of Law at theUniversity, has been published by the Water Resour- ces Board.It is called Kansas Water Law and covers the sub- ject well. Fred On 'The Good Life' ria you In;la Car is in the garage so I am got,? at home with feet upon the desk ck." 1)reading Grass and Grain.