441111111111111 cows Dlst cow )1st cow 1384 14500 k cow Dist cow 10700 13300 olst cow if cows 1623 n f cow 680 olst cow 805 1240 olst cow f cow 1690 May 4, 1971 o1st cow 1005 1415 f cows f cow 922 1040 olst cow 1430 1k cow [cow 1270 815 olst cow IMO f cow 1130 f cow 1310 f cow 845 lu rn cow 1010 ri cow 1195 f cow 990 r cow 1010 They have 'f cow 11111 f cow 880 f cow 1013 f cow 8559 HE START I cows A year ago, OF A MILLION 799 Ganita Funk, ratz looked Lynn Kessler their million )1k cows & clvs over the start and Krista ... ection at the of the bottle f cows & clvs Suncrest cap school atHillsboro. k cows AMISSIO JY St. Mary HERE'S THE MILLION Here's the million, all in one pile. The collection wasstarted in October 1969 in an attempt by element- m Kanary teachers to get young students to visualize some concept of large numbers. ().,Inc DNS. EDUCATION The third.graders AND FUNonly e Co. arY addition not learned and subtraction, some element- Co. worked to some concepts collect the :0. 11 but they of bignumbers 1355@ also hada good deal of fun. 1410I 1215 1260@ 1525 1005 975 1015 @ 1020 10698 o. 1286 8 When Hillsboro Elementary School third -graders speakof 1380 million," they know what they're talking about. 1255 Since October 1969, the classes of Eileen Butler, Virginia Lungren and Mrs. R. D. Belton have been collecting soft drink bottlecaps, and HOGS now they have a million of them - or to be more precise, 1,000,063. 2128 I Co. "They're in one great big pile beside the school," said Miss Lungren 2138 Co. after the goal had been reached. The pile stacks about five feet high 2238 Co. and measures about 12 feet across at the base. 241 th Co. Purpose of the unusual collection, according to the teachers,was to 224 Co. help the children obtain a concept of one million. MissButler started 211! the cap drive and the other two teachers followed. 425v Major teachers followed. Co. 401 8 A. Major contributions came from Kansas cities of Wichita,Winfield, 235 8 Salina and Caldwell, and as far away as Iowa, in additionto the Hills- 275 8, boro area. 450@, Plans for the mountain of caps are not certain, 1208; but the children pro- bably will stomp them into the schoolgroundto pave a now -muddy Co. driveway with in the next two weeks. :h Co. Co. )nCo. @ )n Co. 0 :h Co. C11° STwOiCtlIKAAcUTION phne 3 Baru lin@ 5.0211 Sao ...nowwhat do theydo? structure of the waysfarm productssecondary, no longer subordinate. are marketed." "Cattlemen, dairymen and egg O and poultry producers are in the 2 Grass & Housewife Calls Tune The ways in whichfoods areforefront of an ever -enlarging effort purchased and preparedhave ProposedproP°' dasacre r to enable producers to influence the bp May tura' changed, Campbell said. Sohave themarketing of their products. There 4, 1971 sa gas us produced and,in Kansas r way they are are many examples of how farmers HOLSTEIN of "strnilli° KansaseaCc In Farm Markets diet NATIONA . several cases, even the are getting a better grip on the CONVENTIO N JUNEL by 01 consumers. decision -makingpart of the Des Moines, 29.4 n The day is near when a housewifeof laundering six cloth shirts," he Iowa, ir marketing process through co- convention will treissElffels, KCC looking for a dessert to serve hersaid. "We have shifted our dietstoward site for tel. operative action. this Holstein family will simply reach into a Another speaker with the samemore beef, poultryand convenience year. Theannual frozen food counter at her super-theme was J. Phil Campbell, the No.foods," he said. "People todayeat "They are doing this to be able toHolstein-Friesian meeliog continue asindependent farmer- America Assocht. market for an aerosol can which will2 man in the agricultural depart-less fresh fruits and vegetables,but will headquarter businessmen," he said. dispense ice cream sundaes. ment and key -note speaker at thethis is offset by larger consumption Hotel FortDes Moines That's the claim of Richard J. of processed products." with attendance on J conference. of 1 the ad- Jones, Chicago, president of Campbell'sremarks were Inmarketinghisproducts, Independent Grocers'Alliancedressed more to the producers andCampbell said, the typical farmeris Distributing company. Jones wasmanufacturers of farm products, no longer so muchthe independent TOOL one of several speakers looking intobut he emphasized that in dollars -minded, rugged individualist, but a POWER the agricultural future at a 3 -dayand -cents merchandising it was therealistic business executive whose 110 VOLTS ELECTRICITY national marketing conferencehomemakereverybody must 1971has FROM average. investment in CAR, TRUCK, ANY sponsored by the Department ofpoease. or PICKUP reached $91,700 not including farm ALTERNATORTRACTOR Agriculture at Denver. "What has a housewife got to do dwellings. Operates heavydutydrills,s a iaant itge he tl s. "I recently saw a prototype of awithhowacattlerancher Ctah rat rs g "Until recently marketing was plate triple -valve aerosol can," Jones toldoperates?" he asked. "I'll tell you: -eri% instantly. mnagtienosu regarded asofvery secondary jumpcables.sOutputs the more than 200 persons attendingHousewives' buying changesac-importance by farmers," he said. es. the session. "One valve dispensedtuallycan changebreedsof"They produced the products; other C.O.D.nds plus charges. ice cream, another dispensed syruplivestock. structionsbatteries sit3h0 sAhmippmeFnuts.e people took them from there. Now Has To Protect andathirddispensedwhipped "We are allfamiliar with thefarmers have awakened to the fact Your Equipment cream. A &MSales leaner breeds of cattle now beingthatmarketingisnolonger "If you're a purist, you'd have togrown as a means of meeting the 810N.W. 3rd add a maraschino cherry, but onechanged demand for meats. The aerosol can could - and probablyword fat is about the most unpopular It's will - produce a complete ice creamword that exists today and buying By telephone. call toDIc sundae - and other rather exoticchanges all tend to get away from easy. 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