4/41 1 wf cow 1 blk cow 6 blkcows 70 1 wf cow 30 1 blk cow 30 2 blkcows 40 1 bwf cow 40 1 wf cow 30 1 wf cow 00 1 wf cow 17th Year No. 26 August 24, 1971 90 1 wf cow II 80 3 mix cows 40 1 wf cow Cattle are seldom more difficult to love than when one is trying to lead them. Young 4Hers, who often have a full measure of love in their livestock projects, find their devotion taxed at that tradition of the county fair, the livestock parade, one of the last of the attractions at a fair. Here, some young cattlemen at the Central Kansas Fair at Abilene get some adult shoves to help move some balky critters at the start of /7, the grand parade. COMMISS liPANY Finally, they get to moving, though not all in the same direction, many at different paces, and all with a few de- lays along the way. iir7MariIFIED MdPof Co,lit( )11 The BigLivestock Parade A PROCESSION OF 4H LIVESTOCK AT THE KANS, CENTRAL KANSAS FREE FAIR AT ABILENE NOWBACK Stlidi Regular of )ity &iNUROI 1110 awa Co. 101 )1'1 aline Co. aline Co. Ilsworth Co. HOGS CIE Ellsworth Co. 3 Co. 119t Lincoln Co. s' Ellsworth Saline Co. Co. )5 c_pherOn 1111 Saline Co. Co. 'Dickinson ;Saline Cro' Ottawao. 110 Co lg! Now, Dickins°11 r4! nearly in line,the livestock parade McPherson at Abilene ar, n starts the parade D'ickinso" stand viewers, before grand- 401 with the grand champion SalineCo. CO. by Ray Kohman lead- BartOn saline Co. Co. Ottawa ,ers..., cloudb Co Is' Lirlc°In Co.1 IsMari gigsSaline ACO' gCr`,-Icllos At last the parade makes its THE 1-11/c'WTOithA way before the grandstand. Ba0111:2;lI 913TA54)211 Grass & Grain drastic Streets Of GoldTarnished 2 Califortla`7ick currently 7.2 percent. The Bank of August 24, 1971 restore son: There's alittletarnish on thefigured that for every three loads it gold. But nialivI;4. America forecasts that the rate will streets of gold. moved into California two had to restored All not get any better four years from sparkj The Golden State, California,return empty. makesithard forfarmers attraction On which was causing the continent to California passed New York as thenow. The decline in jobs is sym-mortgage their land for to atir, bolized by losses in the film -making financing. tilt westward because of the massnation's most populous state in the Recently bankruptcy '111 and aerospace industries, but it has refereeat migration to its borders for 30 yearslate 1960s. In 1967 alone its net in - Fresno had $46 millionworth of elY touched many other industries. ccid is beginning to untilt. migration was close to a quarter - farmland on his hands.In thepast Moreover, the prospectisthat tint It has now become obvious thatmillion people. But the net gain fell the average was about$1 million. natural growth (excessofbirths 960s more people are leaving Californiafrom 232,000 in 1967 to 187,000 in 1969 The turn of the westwardtilt is not over deaths) will add five timesunanimously viewed sit than are arriving. The state itselfto what appears to be clearly a loss with alarm. UlenSdSerW111:11 more people than there will be new pit hasn't acknowledged theoutflow,this year. Keep in mind that the Many Californians hopethat the but it has regularly revised down- jobs available, out -migration might help mi figures used are state government clear up The ward its early forecasts of continued and many private The nation's highest volume farmtrafficjams,smog, Placed estimates, crowded new -cropwheat 7!,,e growth. guesses are that the state figures areproducer, California now has gravebeaches and tacky housing. pro urt Some private researchers figuregrossly padded. Bank and movingproblemsintheagricultural What appeared to be thanprice nearly in- they did at es economy. As it has in the G&G areasurmountable a the net loss of population actuallyvan figures seem to back this con- problems-bringingAgriculture (I of country, Depart: started last year. The Wells Fargotention. andother parts in water from the mountains Officials Bank estimates that the state lost whenever farm income goes up, to the said Even the state government con- cities' masses and buildingcam- tI farm expenses go up even more. puses 1971 production about 25,000 more residents than itcedes that its early forecasts for a forthe unending otlf-i g linesof tTI gained from other states last year.1980 population of 26 million was too This fact, and the competition ofstudents-now lookmore soluble.progroveramenc, COMparei As telling a statistic as any comesstrong. Recentlythe governmentfarm produce from Mexico, has cutThe water system already 126K.4 million e built or from ot from moving vans. Atlas Van Linesplaced its projections for 1980 toland values rather drastically. Landbudgeted appears capableor taking said in the first quarter of this year itcloser to 23 million. The 1970 federal that ranged from $750 to $1000 andemandin thedecadesahead.bushels shipped out 136 pounds for every 100 acre a few years ago is now being of nevr-eroo census put the state count at slightly Campus growth has sloweddownloan,compared of goods it brought into California. A offered at $600 to $800 an acre. Thatand bushels ors below 20 million. ro'ections have been a year ear4. year ago the figure was 108 pounds Some of the exodus has come from out for 100 pounds coming in. disenchantment. The growth itself Eightyearsago.AtlasVanshas contributed to the smog, clogged highways, overcrowding, and maze GRASS & GRAIN of cheap housing that have made The Mid -Kansas news weekly day-to-daylivingunpleasantfor Published each Tuesday at 1207 Moro, some of the movers. (Box 1009) Manhattan, Kansas, 66502 by Ag Press Inc. Whatever its description as either we got Second class postage paid at Manhattan,sunshine on smog,Californiais Kansas. 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