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By John Schlageck, Kansas Farm Bureau People in Kansas, and across this country, depend on strong community journalism to keep them informed and connected to one another. In spite of all the inroads with social media, many of the folks who live in rural communities across Kansas still rely on home-town newspapers like the Hoxie Sentinel where I grew up. Just like the local grocery, school or courthouse, inhabitants of rural Kansas consider their community newspaper vital. Some even believe if they lose their paper, they could lose their entire town. While in northwestern Kansas a couple weeks ago a long-time cattleman told me he’d be lost without his weekly paper. He told me, “Just like my livestock, we need to nurture this process. Folks gotta’ support their local paper just like they have to support other businesses up and down Main Street.” Community newspapers report the “real news.” What’s really happening in a small town or village. You remember, the local news – the births, deaths, weddings, city council meetings, high school events, sporting events – they cover it all. As a youngster growing up in Sheridan County I could catch up on all the events going on in all the small villages in my county including Seguin, Selden, Studley and Tasco. While these communities were too small to publish their own newspaper, stringers (usually a volunteer with a flair for writing within the community) submitted this local news to the Sentinel each week. Each community column provided the latest on vital dinner parties, who visited whom and the weekly rainfall reports. Our little town news could be found under the heading “Seguin Items.” Vona Lee Dempewolf penned this weekly update and this crack reporter kept everyone in the know. Many of her sources went unnamed and some of this news was gathered by listening in on the party line. That’s when six or seven families shared the same telephone line. If two people were having a conversation and a third party lifted the phone receiver, he/she could listen in on the conversation. Now that’s another story. But back to local newspapers that remain the voice of rural communities. (Continued on page 12)
Information courtesy of Kansas Farm Bureau’s Safety and Ag Ed Division Interesting Facts About Farming & Agriculture Farming began around 10,000 B.C. during the First Agricultural Revolution, when nomadic tribes began to farm. Additionally, this is when the eight so-called “founder crops” of agriculture appeared: 1) emmer wheat, 2) einkorn wheat, 3) hulled barley, 4) peas, 5) lentils, 6) bitter vetch, 7) chick peas, and 8) flax. The word “farm” is from the Old French ferme, meaning to “rent, lease,” and the Latin firmare, “to fix, settle, confirm, strengthen.” Seeds had to be scattered by hand until Jethro Tull’s seed drill (developed in 1701) made it possible to plant seeds in rows, which could then be easily hoed. Tractors were (Continued on page 3)
Regional Farmers’ Market workshops scheduled for February MANHATTAN, Kan. — The Kansas Department of Agriculture, K-State Research and Extension and the Kansas Department of Health and Environment will host five regional workshops in February 2018 to assist farmers’ market vendors and managers. Kansas farmers’ markets not only provide a fresh food source, but also stimulate the local economy. In 2017, 85 farmers’ markets were registered with KDA’s Central Registration of Farmers’ Markets. “Farmers’ markets provide growers a chance to tell their farm’s story, with face-to-face interaction with consumers,” said Londa Nwadike, consumer food safety specialist with K-State Research and Extension and the University of Missouri. “But there are also legal, safety and financial parameters that farmers need to understand before choosing to sell at a farmers’ market.” Workshop topics will vary slightly by location. Highlighted topics include: Vendor Marketing and Communications
Growing in High Tunnels 101 Regulations on Selling Meat, Eggs & Poultry Sales Tax for Vendors KDA’s Division of Weights and Measures will also offer free scale certification at the workshops for attendees. Dates and locations for the Farmers’ Market events are as follows: Feb. 1 — Colby: Colby Community College, Student Union, Multipurpose Room Feb. 2 — Great Bend: Trinity Lutheran Church, 2701 24th St. Feb. 3 — Wichita: Sedgwick County Extension Office, 7001 W 21st St. N Feb. 9 — Olathe: K-State Olathe, 22201 W Innovation Dr. Feb. 10 — Chanute: Mid-West Fertilizer, Chanute Agronomy Center, 3030 W Santa Fe Ave. Registration for the February workshops is now open and is $20 per participant. Registration includes lunch; however, lunch will only be guaranteed to those participants who register at least (Contin-
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The Covered Dish: Chicken & Dumplings supplemental heat, energy and plenty of food in the freezer. As a parent I was glad that our son, Phillip, had the opportunity to experience a super cold road trip. With our parental concerns he certainly learned the importance of being prepared. He even insisted we stop and purchase a face mask. Too bad he didn’t make this recommendation after Ervin, my husband, and I both got wind burn from the wind/ cold. The motivation is in place to accomplish as much as possible in my time away from Silver Dollar City. This week I’m packing away the final holiday décor and moving on to more organization in the basement and closets. I am stopping to relax and enjoy my morning coffee. There’s lots to catch up on in a short win-dow of time. Platte County, look out, I’m headed your way on Sunday, January 21st. I’ll be cooking up a storm at the Lion’s Club building from 1-3 pm. I have five items on the program, but I’m sure 1-2 more will slip in. There are door prizes
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and a great deal of fun for those attending. McPherson, Kansas, you will be next with the big Salute to ‘Super Bowl 2018.’ I’ll be bringing many of my staff with me to ‘The Cook’s Nook’ in downtown McPherson, Saturday, January 27th, beginning at 10am. The cost at both locations is $35. In Platte County it’s best to mail reservations to my home address at 160 Queensberry Road, Branson West, 65737. I could handle 2-3 walk-ups, but after that it becomes a bit ‘edgy,’ when you’re working with food and numbers. Press forward to a new week, a good challenge and family. Enjoy the chicken and dumplings. Simply yours, The Covered Dish. www. thecovereddish.com
Bolder, Healthier and Easier Meals (Family Features) One of the challenges of cooking at home is creating bold and unique flavors with healthy, organic and wholesome ingredients without spending hours in the kitchen. With the right tools, you don’t have to go to extremes or make drastic changes to eat healthy. Try these tips to prepare tasty, healthy meals in less time: Double or triple up on ingredients: If you’re making a recipe you love, double or triple the recipe so you have
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Place hen in greased Dutch oven and cover with 6-7 cups of water. Sprinkle the top of the hen with ‘Black Kettle’ Seasoning salt. Place in a 350 degree oven and cook until the juices run clear and the chicken is tender. (Also use a meat thermometer!) The duration of time will vary as to whether the hen is totally thawed or partially frozen. Be sure and remove the gizzards & liver from the internal cavity of the bird. Check the hen in about one hour and fifteen minutes. When the Hen is done allow to cool and remove all the meat from the bones into bite size pieces. After the stock has been strained and cooled, refrigerate, allowing any grease to congeal to the top. Remove excess fat from top, measure out 6 cups of stock and begin the main recipe. *This can also be done in the crockpot or on top of the stove. You can also add vegetables and spices to the chicken while it’s baking. *If you already have stock in the freezer 3-4 boneless chicken breasts would be ample for the recipe. 6 cups fresh chicken stock 1 small onion, chopped 2 large ribs of celery, chopped 2-3 carrots, chopped 1/2 teaspoon thyme, flaked 1/2 teaspoon ground white pepper
1/4 teaspoon turmeric 1 teaspoon Black Kettle seasoning salt Thickening 1/2 cup heavy cream 5 tablespoons cornstarch
Combine all the ingredients together in a large saucepan. Cook until the vegetables are tender. While the vegetables are cooking prepare the dumplings. Make dumplings into a ball the size of a walnut and then pat down. Place on top of the stock and put down the lid. (Should be simmering.) Depending upon the size of the dumpling these should be ready in 6-9 minutes. Remove the dumplings to a plate. Place the remaining dumplings in the stock and cook the last batch. Remove and place on plate. This usually makes 20-24 dumplings. Now mix together the thickening ingredients and add to the stock, stir until consistency thickens. Return dumplings to the stock pan, remove from heat and place lid on top until serving. Dumplings 2 cups flour 4 teaspoons baking powder
Know your sources: Buy fresh and organic foods from trusted sources. When you’re at the grocery store, keep in mind the farmers who are behind the labels on your family’s favorite foods, and try to make an effort to understand where those foods come from. Start your journey toward bolder, healthier meal options with this easy and nutritious Seared Polenta Rounds with Mushrooms and Caramelized Onions
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Like many, this time of the year, I find myself reaching for one-dish meals that warm the soul and body. You just cannot go wrong with a hearty batch of chicken and dumplings. Especially if you’ve been working on the ranch/farm, this meal is just perfect. Not to mention just about everyone I know loves chicken and noodles and chicken and dumplings! This past week it felt like our household took a shift change. We now have a boot jack at the back door! There’s something a bit symbolic about having a boot jack at the door. For me it takes me back to my grandparents’ farm in Monticello, Missouri. There were jacks and definitely scrapers at all the entry doors. Then I took a step towards ‘ranch-style’ with a new winter work coat. I think the cold weather we incurred in Kansas two weeks ago got us moving in this direction. But I’m not done yet, this week I bought a winter hat! There’s something about being prepared for winter that truly makes a person feel safe. A bit like knowing you have
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Seared Polenta Rounds with Mushrooms and Caramelized Onions Recipe courtesy of Tiffany from the blog ParsnipsandPastries.com Servings: 5 1 large yellow onion, sliced 1 tablespoon butter 1/2 tablespoon olive oil, plus additional for searing 1/4 cup vegetable stock 10 ounces cremini mushrooms, sliced 4 ounces shiitake mushrooms, sliced
3 cloves garlic, minced pepper, to taste 1 pouch SEEDS OF CHANGE Organic Mushroom Simmer Sauce 1 tube (18 ounces) prepared organic polenta 10 teaspoons shaved Parmigiano cheese fresh parsley
Caramelize onions. Heat butter and 1/2 tablespoon olive oil over medium heat until hot. Add sliced onions to butter mixture and stir gently to coat. Spread onions in one layer, and cook until golden brown and caramelized, stirring every 5 minutes for about 40 minutes, or until caramelized. Once caramelized, add vegetable stock to deglaze pan and scrape browned bits. Add mushrooms and garlic, and season, to taste, with pepper. Cook until mushrooms are browned and tender. Stir in mushroom sauce, lower heat and bring to slow simmer. Cut polenta tube into eight even rounds. Sear polenta rounds in bit of olive oil and season each side with pepper. Cook until polenta is golden brown on each side, about 4-5 minutes per side. Transfer to plates. Spoon mushroom mixture over polenta rounds and top with 2 teaspoons Parmigiano cheese per serving and fresh parsley.
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Instructions Preheat your Yoder Smokers YS640 Pellet Grill to 225ºF set up for smoking. Using a boning knife, trim the fat from the top of the point. Separate the point and flat. Remove all excess fat from the outside of the point. Butterfly the thick part of the point to make all of the meat about the same thickness. Leave 1/4” fat cap on the flat. Score the fat to allow the seasoning to penetrate. Mix the Butcher BBQ Prime Brisket Injection with the beef stock, according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Using a marinade injector, inject the brisket flat with the liquid, working in a grid pattern, inserting the needle about every 2”. Wipe off excess liquid and season all surfaces with Plowboys BBQ Bovine Bold and R Butts R Smokin’ R Beef Rub. You do not need to inject the point meat, but you will want to use some of the injection liquid as a binder. Pour a little of the liquid on point and rub all over the surface. Season all surfaces with Plowboys BBQ Bovine Bold and R Butts R Smokin’ R Beef Rub. Let rub soak in for about 10 minutes, or up to several hours. Place the brisket flat on the main cooking grate, fat side down. Place the point on the second shelf, directly about the flat. Smoke until you reach your desired color. You’re looking for a dark mahogany color. In the Yoder Smokers YS640 at 225ºF, this will take about 5.5-6 hours, and the internal temperature of the meats will be between 150ºF-170ºF. These are rough guidelines. This part of the cook is about achieving the desired color. Remove the meats from the cooker and place each on top of two large pieces of foil. Mix about 1 cup of beef stock with Butcher BBQ Prime Dust, according to manufacturer’s instructions. Pour 1/4-1/2 cup liquid over each piece of meat and wrap very tight with the first sheet of foil. Wrap again with the second sheet of foil. Return to the cooker and increase the temperature to 300ºF. Continue cooking until each of the meats offer little resistance when probed with an instant-read thermometer. It should be like probing room temperature butter. You are cooking to a feel, not a temperature, but most of the time, cooking Creekstone Farms prime briskets, the temperature is between 200ºF-210ºF when the meat is finished. It will likely be about 1.5-2 hours after wrapping. At this point you’ll want to rest the meat, loosely wrapped in foil in a cooler or cambro for 30-60 minutes. Combine the Plowboys BBQ KC Crossroads BBQ Sauce and Blues Hog Smokey Mountain BBQ Sauce. If cold, warm in a saucepan. Mix well. Slice the point into 1” cubes. Toss in the sauces in a foil pan. Place the foil pan in the cooker for 10 minutes to allow the sauce to set up. Brush the top of the flat with the sauce. Slice the flat into pencil-thick slices, against the grain. To choose the best slices for turnin, you can use the hang test. Drape a slice over your finger. The slice should hang loosely, with no bounce, but not fall apart. Also, when you pull the slice from both ends, there is slight resistance before it pulls apart in the center.
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EMPLOYMENT/OPPORTUNITIES Hiring Dependable People; Apply In Person. 415 W. 2nd Hutchinson. Preferred Roofing & Guttering, LLC. ---------Agricultural Appraiser, our top part-time livestock & equipment appraisers earn up to 65,000/year. Agricultural background required. Call 800-488-7570. www.amag appraisers.com ---------CDL Drivers: COMPETITIVE WAGES, per diem, Benefits. Salinabased company. step-deck, van or grain. Call 785-476-5076. Home most week-ends. ---------NORTHWEST KANSAS cow/calf operation to hire young Christian w/ family. 200 head to calf out in spring, able to drive semi, swather/ baler, experience in cow/calf operation a must. Fence fixing a priority. Housing provided. Pay based on experience. 785-821-0084 ---------Sandstone Heights at 440 State Street in Little River, Kansas is seeking a part time RN, 2-10 plus every other weekend shift. Applicant must be dependable and caring. Please stop by for an application, see our website at www.sandstoneheights.com fill out and mail the application, or call for an interview. Ask for Kelli or Cynthia. (620)897-6266. ---------1st Shift Production Sleep Haven Inc. Assemble mattress foundations, package mattresses, load trucks, etc. Must be able to lift and carry mattresses. $11.50-12.50/hr. based on experience. kevin@sleep haveninc.com 620-465-2242 HAVEN ---------Trucking company needs drivers for local hauling of ag commodities. Home most nights. Late Model Equipment. Excellent Pay. Call for immediate employment. Must have a clean MVR and pre-employment drug testing. 785-647-5565
CDL DRIVER/EQUIPMENT OPERATOR OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY. Hazmat a plus. CDL class A or B. Must be willing to work 50 plus hours a week plus weekends. Responsibilities include: Truck maintenance, truck driving to and from job, operating equipment onsite, some heavy lifting, paperwork and miscellaneous other duties. 620-200-4822 Leave message if no answer. MCPHERSON
HUSKY HOGS, LLC, LONG ISLAND, KS. IS EXPANDING!
We are seeking several talented individuals to join our team. Management and leadership opportunities available. We offer top-level wages with career and financial growth. Wage packages include production, safety, sign-on, and other incentivized bonuses, vacation, paid holidays, and paid health/dental insurance. Pre-employment drug test and background check required. Please call (785) 854-7666 or apply online at www.nelsonagltd.com
---------ELECTRICAL APPRENTICESHIP OPPORTUNITY APPLICATIONS TAKEN AT ONE OF THE FOLLOWING WORK FORCE CENTERS MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY 2010 N Amidon, Wichita, 67201 524 N Main, El Dorado, 67042 107 S Washington, Wellington, 67152 108 E 12th Avenue, Winfield, 67156 WICHITA ELECTRICAL JATC offers a four-year electrical apprenticeship - Work for Electrical Contractor and attend related classes one day every other week - Starting wage $14.93 + benefits - Age 17 or older - High School Grad or GED with a year of Algebra I (Official Transcript required) - Aptitude Test - Valid Driver’s License and Birth Certificate - Be physically fit and free from drugs - Application fee $25, Money Order only, payable at time of application. Contact (316) 264-9231 or www.wejatc.org for further information. EOE ---------LOOKING FOR Driver with Class A CDL License and tanker endorsements to haul fertilizer/grain, must have proof of at least 2 years experience. Must have current medical card. Home weekends. Health insurance and retirement plan available. Send resumes to:
[email protected] or call 1-800-480-3885. Moonlite Trucking Inc. COUNCIL GROVE, KS.
AG DIESEL T ECH WANT ED
Are you a good problem solver? This position could be a good fit for you. You will be working with a great clientele of farmers, helping them keep their equipment maintained and in peek performance, thus keeping them in the field and more profitable. Experience as a diesel technician or farm experience is required. Build relationships with customers and work for a reputable, 50 year old, family owned company. Great Benefits! Call Schmidt & Sons, Winfield 620-221-0300.
18 temp positions: Ag. Equip. Opr., 3/01/18 to 12/31/2018. Duties: operate farm equip. to plant, cultivate & harvest; attach implements (plow, disc, drill); tow harv. equip.; operate self-propelled combine; lubricate, repair farm machinery; transp crops to bins/ elevators. Min. 3 mos exper. Must be able to lift 60 lbs. & obtain a driver’s license w/in 30-90 days of hire. We offer $13.80 p/hr at 48 hrs p/wk. ¾ guarantee, transp. & subsistence expenses to worksite pd after 50% completion of contract, or earlier if appropriate. Housing, tools, equip. provided at no cost. Wage rate may increase w/ verifiable exper. w/ company. Bonuses at employer discretion. Post-hire drug test may be required. No min ed. required.
SKR Farms, Minatare, NE. Apply at NE SWA, 402-471-9977, job order #472945.
Pratt Feeders, LLC, Pratt, KS, currently has full time opening in animal care. Responsible for pen riding, processing cattle, weighing inbound and outbound cattle. Tack and valid driver’s license required. Computer experience helpful. Salary is negotiable, based on experience. Benefits include health insurance, profit sharing, 401(k) Plan, overtime, and vacation and sick pay. Applications available by calling (620) 672-6448 or emailing
[email protected]. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. 620-672-6448 PRATT ---------CITY OF SALINA hiring several positions. EXCELLENT BENEFITS! Apply: www.jobs.salina-ks.gov ----------
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EXCELLENT CAREER OPPORTUNITIES LSI STAFFING HAS IMMEDIATE OPENINGS
in McPherson Temp to Hire Positions: • 3rd shift Machine Operators $10/hr • 1st shift Packers $10/hr • 2nd shift Polisher $16/hr • 3rd shift Polisher $16/hr • 1st shift Warehouse Clerk $11.81/hr • 2nd shift Warehouse Clerk $13.81/hr • 1st shift Machine Operators $12/hr • 2nd shift Machine Operators $13/hr • 3rd shift Grinder $16/hr • 1st Shift Assembly in Hesston $10/hr • 2nd shift Assembly $13.81/hr • 3rd shift Assembly $13.31/hr Newton, KS Job Openings: • 2nd Shift Assembler $12/hr •3rd Shift Machine Operators $13/hr • 1st Shift Warehouse $9.77/hr • 2nd Shift CNC Machinist $16/hr APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED MON-FRI 9AM-4PM Apply Online at www. lsistaffing.com LSI STAFFING 305 N Main Street, McPherson
Seeking experienced team members for diverse farming operation in central Kansas. Positions available specializing in cattle operations & chemical applications management. Applicants must plan & organize team to complete tasks, make best use of resources for their specialty. They will participate in all parts of the operation. Great communication skills necessary. Must be comfortable using technology, GPS & in-cab computers. Non-commercial Class A CDL or better required. Wage based on experience. Benefits Include: Discretionary yearly health insurance allowance, paid time off, family friendly atmosphere, 401K, matching paid holidays, flexible scheduling & hunting opportunities. Call (620)562-7900. www.triag-farms. com -------------------CITY OF SALINA hiring several positions. EXCELLENT BENEFITS! Apply: www.jobs.salina-ks.gov ---------JON HAJNY TRUCKING Need full time OTR truck driver 2500 to 3000 miles per week. Class A CDL required, current medical card, must have 2 years experience. Great pay & home time weekly, $1000 incentive bonus every 6 months, Christmas bonus, holiday pay, paid vacation. Trucks less than 3 years old & APU’s on most. Trucks are owner operator spec. Contact Jon at 785-738-8493 ---------------Help Wanted/Truck Driver Convoy Systems is hiring Class A drivers to run from Kansas City to the west coast. Home Weekly! Great Benefits! www.convoysystems.com Call Tina ext. 301 or Lori ext. 303 1-800-926-6869. ----------------Help Wanted/Medical Lab tech: MT or MLT (ASCP), progressive southeast Nebraska hospital, phlebotomy skills preferred. Competitive pay scale, excellent benefits. Apply at JCHealthandLife.org. For information call HR Director Sandy Bauer at 402-729-6850.
Sandstone Heights is seeking a morning and evening part time dietary aide/cook. Applicant must be at least 18 years of age, have reliable transportation, and will comply with mandatory drug testing. Apply in person at 440 State Street, pick up an application from the business office, or call 620-897-6266, and ask for Linda Paris. ------------------Reno County Job Openings - www.hrepartners.com. Bus Driver Full-Time RCAT. 620-694-2982 HUTCHINSON
Hitch Enterprises is currently seeking the following positions:
Feedlot Divisions: Pen Riders Available immediately. Must have transportation, insurable DL and experience working with cattle and horses. Processor/Doctor Available immediately. Must have insurable driver license and transportation. Equipment operator and computer knowledge a plus. Come by at 309 Northridge Circle or call 580-338-8575. Applications are also available online at www.hitchok.com. Hitch provides excellent benefits. Come join our team!
The Cedars Retirement Community Is currently accepting applications for Immediate openings for Full and Part Time C.N.A. and C.M.A. night shift positions. We offer competitive pay and shift differential, a sign on bonus and opportunities for educational assistance to continue growing in your career. You may email your resume to
[email protected] or you may apply on our website at www.thecedars.org. The Cedars is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 1021 Cedars Drive, McPherson, KS 67460
Full Time Maintenance
We have a full time opening in our Maintenance Department. The Successful Applicants must live within 20 to 25 miles of McPherson and have experience in HVAC and electrical. Must be willing to share on call duties. Apply in person or on our website at www.thecedars.org. We are located at 1021 Cedars Drive McPherson, KS 67460 The Cedars is an Equal Opportunity Employer
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Nostalgia and Thoughts:
By Sandra Pugh Now that winter is coming at us faster than I want….. I am sure most of you remember that I Hate winter and cold and especially snow. Now that I am retired the snow isn’t a hindrance to getting to work, but I still don’t like it. If there is enough that I can’t or don’t want to get out I get cranky. I was up early enough the other day to see the school buses going up the street and it made me think of going to school and how I hated winter then too. I grew up in town so never rode the school bus unless I went home with a friend on Friday night and I always thought that was a lot of fun to get to ride the bus. During the school year I always walked to school, Mom didn’t think that walking 4 blocks to the school was going to hurt me, no matter what the weather. The only time she drove me to school was if it had been snowing all night and there was 2- 3 feet on the ground. That would have
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been the first advantage to living in the country and riding the bus to and from school everyday. The other plus was a snow day when there was a lot of snow during the night. If the school declared a snow day it was not anything like the snow days they have now. A snow day for the Mullinville schools (in the 50’s-60’s) only applied to those living on the bus routes. They wouldn’t send the buses out to get those in the country. But they didn’t cancel school for those kids that were unlucky enough to live in town. The town kids had school every day even if the buses didn’t run. By making the city kids come to school they could count it as a school day and we didn’t go longer in the spring to make it up. Maybe the town kids should have been let out of school earlier in the spring. For every snow day that we went to school and they got to count it as a school day we should have had it off at the end of the school year. The country kids should have had to go to school then so it was counted as a school day. Things didn’t get any better when I started working in a beauty salon. Now I was the one living about 4 miles from my work place but the customers who lived in the city thought Ithshould find a way to get into town to fix their hair. I would struggle down the hill on Monroe in the snow driving very very slow to get to the salon. Once I was there I’d start opening up the salon for the
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day and before I could accomplish that task I would start getting phone calls from the city women. Most of them didn’t want to get out in the weather so they were canceling and I had to find them a spot somewhere else in a day or two to get their hair set or cut. When the last one canceled on that snowy day I shut down the shop, crawl back in the car and struggle to get home in the snow. I was always glad to be back home and out of the snow but wished they would have called me at home early in the morning so I didn’t have to slip and slide down Monroe street to the shop. When I opened my salon here at home I thought I would have it made when it came to a snow day. Since I was already home and the shop was in part of the garage, I thought if there was a lot of snow the ladies would cancel since I lived out side the city limits. That was as far from the truth as you can get. Now that I was here and didn’t have to leave the house or get on the nasty roads, they didn’t cancel their appointments. Then we had to be sure we got the driveway cleared off and salted down so they could walk into the shop without falling. Almost none of my customers canceled when I had the shop here at the house so I didn’t get to enjoy a snow day even then. Who ever said life wasn’t fair sure knew what they were talking about when it came to snow days. To Contact Sandy: therapyk9@ cox.net
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2:00 PM Saturday, January 20, 2018 Ira & Cynthia Emmons, Seller 3 bedroom, 2 bath home with Carport, Shop, Chicken Coop & Pole Barn on 2.8 Acres North of Winfield OPEN HOUSE: Sat. Jan. 6th 10:00 – Noon & Sun. Jan. 7th 1:00 – 3:00 pm Debby Eastman, REALTOR 620-229-0437 Darrell L. Webber, Auctioneer Webber Land Company 620-221-7181 810 Loomis, Winfield, KS full auction flyer @ www.webberland.com
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Livestock 93 Red Ang bred hfrs clv 3/1-4/15 80 Blk&BWF AI bred hfrs clv 2/28 70 Blk&BWF bred hfrs clv 3/105/10 120 Blk & BWF 3-8 yr. bred cows clv 3/1-5/10 150 Blk & BWF 3-8 yr. bred cows clv 3/20-5/30 If you have to market, give us a call or on the web bredcowswright livestockbred --------------12 RED ANGUS BULLS 21 months old, Never Locked Up, Raised on Grass, Heifer & Growth Bulls, Semen Trich, Hoft Red Angus. 785-472-3734, 785-472-1033 ELLSWORTH ---------Full Blood Limousin Bulls and Heifers. 918-231-4796
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Bulls & Females For Sale Registered Angus Cattle bred A.I. for: Feed Efficiency/ Fertility/Growth Nelson: 620-727-5415 2 miles south 1 ½ west of Yoder
--------------40 Red Angus Cross Bred Heifers Polled. Average 1,000 lbs. Medium to large frame. AI’d to Schuller Rebel, cleaned up with Bieber Red Angus heifer bulls. Preg checked. Calving Feb. through 60 days. Miller Cattle Co. 308-548-2639 308-548-8079 dkmiller@clarks. net ---------3 1/2 yr. old Registered Braunvieh Bull. Purebred, Polled. $2,800. 620-450-7224 ---------Black Hereford homozygous black bull $3500 20 months old 402-209-1321 402-209-0958 Email kreifels2000@ hotmail.com
LeValley Pasture Clearing High Flow Saw will take out unwanted trees & brush, Rotating head will side trim hedge rows, fence rows. Also light dirt work. Charge by hourly rate. CONTACT NOW TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF WINTER SPECIALS
Call Chad at 316-305-9537 ------------HOLCOMB SCRAPER INC. *Forced Ejection Scrapers Direct hitch or dolly *Heavy Duty Feedlot Scrapers With or without chisels holcomb scraper.com 620-277-2333 ---------TITAN WEST CATTLE HANDLING EQUIPMENT. For added value get the BEST HAY MOWER(only 5 moving parts, no gearbox) at the BEST price or the no-till FORAGE DRILL (6in spacing $1100/row). Tigerco Dist. aitchison.co.nz or tigercoinc.com 800-432-4020 To Place Your Classified Ad Call 620-465-4636
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BRUTE CATTLE EQUIPMENT *Crowding Tubs *Wedged Alleys *Fencing & Gates *Loadouts *Hydraulic Squeeze Chutes. 402-693-2221 dodgemfg.com ---------GOOD USED Gestation farrowing nursery, finishing, used HOG Equipment, outdoor hog feeders, and reconditioned, repainted, photos and delivery. 605-251-1133
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Livestock Services BACKER ACRES CUSTOM MANURE HAULING. One loader & spreaders, 20 yrs. in business. 402-499-8060 ---------VRBA ENTERPRISES CUSTOM Cattle back grounding. Feed Yard Fence installation. Cattle pens for rent. 402-650-8877
Feed & Seed Square Bales Straw; $3/each, quantity discount. 620-465-2655 Leave Message -----------ALFALFA WANTED! Round or Square Bales. 620-804-2040 LARNED ---------WANTED 20 SEMI loads ALFALFA 4x4, 3x3 squares, 140 to 150 RFV, will pick up. Cell 405-834-9649/ 405-344-7356 ---------Alfalfa or Brome Hay: Big Round Bales or 3x3x8 Square Bales, Shedded, Horse or Dairy Quality. 620-242-8193 620-755-6609 ---------Alfalfa hay wanted rounds or squares 620-804-1016 LARNED ---------Alfalfa Wanted. 620-253-2661
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---------Glyphosate New Pride Soybeans Quality Feed and Forage LLC approximate316-239-4170 INMAN, KS ly $30/Acre. ---------Certified Jerry Looking for ALL oats. Certified TYPES, Rounds weed free straw. & Squares Dairy LibertyLink, Hay. Dicamba, 620-655-0229 Roundup Ready ---------2. DISCOUNT WANTED: Round through Bales of Prairie, JANUARY. Sudan, and 402-239-2858 Alfalfa Hay. thimmseeds.com Within 50 miles ---------of Haven, KS ROBERTS SEED area, or with INC. Non-GMO trucking availand Organic able. Low mold Seed and Feed only. Corn, Soybeans, 316-772-3185 Peas, Milo, HAVEN, KS Sorghum-Sudan, ---------Alfalfa, Clovers, LARGE ROUND Cover Crops, BALES SUDAN/ Pig, Goat and $60/TON, Chicken Feed Mixes Custom Large rounds Grain Processing bales shredded for 30 years. MILO $50/ton. NCIA & KCIA 620-353-7394 approved ULYSSES, KS. 308-743-2565 ---------robertsseed.com Big Round ---------Bales Prairie Small square, Hay, 1 & 2yrs banded in 21 old, $35-$45/ bales to each. 3 Miles N. bundle, Alfalfa, of Hutchinson. test results 620-960-3672 available. ---------316-217-6383 **GRASS SEED: Iron Master, WW Spar, Plains, B-Dahl, Little Bluestem and many more. For best pricing call Moss Seed Company. 580-334-7842
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Minneapolis Moline JetStarr 3 on LP. 620-465-2208 ---------MAIZE PARTS for HESSTON, Farm Services CASE IH Wanted: Salvage BIG SQUARE Farm, Oil Field BALERS, JOHN and other DEERE FORAGE scrap metals. HARVESTERS. 316-650-0327 High Quality/ MOUNT HOPE Discount ---------Priced. Call YOUR PARTS 888-722REBUILT 8710 parts@ since 1960 maizecorp 316-200-1705 oration.com 316-445-2285 ------------------JOHN DEERE Irrigated alfalfa 608C 30in, 3rd Cutting a CORN Head, little crab grass header height mix $4.50/bale sensors, new 620-386-0984 hydraulic deck MOUNDRIDGE plates, shed---------ded, 1-owner, Alfalfa 5th field ready. Cutting Very Bought 12R Fine Stems selling 8R. Mostly leaves Price Reduced $10.00/bale $31,000. 620-386-0984 Pictures MOUNDRIDGE available. Cell Farm Supplies 785-675-9131 1 Ton Chain ---------Hoist; $50. 2012 3720 JD 620-747-0756 Tractor, Cab, Mid Mount Auto Connect 720 Farm Machinery Mower, Loader, New Garfield Grill Guard, 950, Ejection Hydra Stat, 160 Scraper, 9 1/2 Hours $36,000. yds, $22,900. 620-842-2517 316-650-7482 ---------ANDALE,KS 83 1000# Wrapped Round Bales Native Hay; $30/bale. 785-266-8441
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---------HAY SALE, SATURDAYS @ 10AM, 2147 E NORTHVIEW, MCPHERSON, KS 620-755-2828 620-654-3898 ---------Quality grass horse hay, weed free, delivery available for one bale or semi loads. $45/bale. 580-626-4582; 580-542-8559 ---------Small Square Bales of Straw. 620-960-7386 ---------BUYER & SELLER of Milkweed Seed. Nutrition for Monarch Butterfly. Osenbaugh Seeds. Lucas, IA. 800-582-2788 john@prairie seedfarms.com ---------Cane Feed, and Brome hay. 620-791-7571 ---------Small Squares of Straw $3. 620-450-7224
Sat Jan 20, 2018 at 10:00 A.M. at 27 Mkt. St. Portis, Ks. Selling old store displays, Signs, Furniture, Unusual Ice Boxes, CI Doorstops, Lots of Adv. Pieces, Old Store Drink Dispensers, Pictures, Seed Boxes, Adv. Pocket Mirrors, Over 50 Guns, Old 2 Piece Ammo Boxes. Check our website at www.woltersauctionandre.com for complete listing and Pictures!
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Nevada Mustang Advocates Have Candlelight Vigil Protesting Giveaway Of 3,000 Virginia Range Horses
Wild Mustangs remain a most controversial subject among anybody who shares even the slightest horse affection. Again, headlines have illuminated in recent days with approval of giving a large native Mustang herd to private ownership. The Nevada Board of Agriculture voted last month to transfer ownership of 3,000 Virginia Range wild horses to a private entity. That new “owner” would then have private “property rights” entitling them to do whatever they want with the hors-
es, including send them to slaughter, according to Deniz Bolbol, director of field operations for the American Wild Horse Campaign. Nevada state officials sent a termination notice to the American Wild Horse Campaign who they had been partnering with to help keep the horses from being slaughtered, Bolbol confirmed. The Virginia Range is an area of about 30 square miles located in northern Nevada just east of Reno, Bolbol informed. “Wild horses have
Several dozen wild horse advocates gathered in front of the Nevada State Capital in Carson City, Saturday night, Jan. 6, 2018, for a candlelight vigil. They called on Governor Brian Sandoval to reverse the Department of Agriculture’s plan to hand the Virginia Range wild horses over to private ownership.
roamed the Virginia Range for an unknown number of years,” Bolbol said. “During the 1860s when thousands of immigrants converged on the area to search for gold, wild horses, Mustangs, were seen along the landscape as they can be seen today “The wild horse prevails and maintains the fortitude of their ancestors from centuries ago,” Bolbol said.
An emerging theory has evolved suggesting that wild horses were present in North America before the Spanish arrived in the 15th and 16th centuries. “That idea, known as ‘the Pre-Columbian horse,’ is in contradiction with the long-standing opinion that domestic horses were ‘reintroduced’ to America,” Bolbol said. The established the-
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Steers, Home Raised, Vacc, 700-750. 26 Steers and Heifers, 700-800. 15 Steers and Heifers, Long Weaned, Vacc, 500-700. 25 Steers and Heifers, Long Weaned, Vacc, 500-700. 150 Steers and Heifers, Home Raised, Long Weaned, 675-800. 30 Steers and Heifers, Home Raised, Long Weaned, No Implants, Open, 2nd Round Vacc, 650-800. 140 Heifers, Home Raised, 3 Round Vacc, Long Time Weaned, Open, Black/ CharX, 625-700. 8 Steers and Heifers, Home Raised, 2nd Round Vacc, Long Time Weaned, Open, 450-600. 85 Steers and Heifers, Weaned in Sept., 500-750. 125 Steers, BWF and WF, Long Time Weaned, Vacc, 550-800. 52 Steers and Heifers, Weaned, 500-700. 85 Steers, CharX and Black, Weaned, 300-450. 15 Heifers, Weaned, 500-700. 65 Black Steers, Home Raised, Weaned in Oct. 800-1000. 65 Black Steers and Heifers, Weaned, 600-700. 36 Steers and Heifers, 2nd Round Fall Vacc, 700-900. 17 Steers and Heifers, Home Raised, Weaned 2nd Round Fall Vacc, 500700. 8 Steers and Heifers, Weaned 90 Days, Vacc, 400-600. 8 Black Steers and Heifers, 400-600. 17 Steers and Heifers, Weaned 60 Days, 2nd Round Vacc, 500-700. 11 Steers and Heifers, Weaned 60 Days, 2nd Round Vacc, 500-700. 46 Black Steers and Heifers, Long Weaned, Poured and All Vacc, 650-800. 40 Steers, Home Raised, 2nd Round Vacc. 750-800. Early Consignments for Tuesday January 16th Special Cow Sale: Bred Heifers: 28 Black Heifers, OCHV’d, Bred to Mill Brae Bulls, Start Feb 1st. 60 Black White Faced Heifers, Northern Origin, All 1 Iron AI bred to Sting Ray, Start Feb 25th, for 45 Days, Had Scourguard and Poured, Cleaned up with Green Garden Angus. 30 Black Heifers, Bred to Laflin Bulls, Calve Feb-March, Had Scourguard. 38 Black Angus Heifers, AI’d to Connealy Sting Ray, Had Scour Guard and been Poured, Calve Feb 5th. 100 Black Angus Heifers, Sired by Duff Power Plus Bulls, Bred to LBW Homer Grandsons, Due Feb 20th, Poured and Scourguard. Cows: 100 Black Pairs, 3-4 Years Old, AI Sired Calves. 100 Black and Black White Faced Cows, 3-5 yrs old, AI Bred. 45 Black, Bred Cows, 3-8 Yrs old, Bred Black. 70 Red Angus 3 yr olds, Bred to Red Angus, off 1 ranch in North Dakota as Calves. Start Feb 20 for 60 Days. Fancy and Gentle. 11/11 4-7 yr old cows, bred back to Black Cline Bulls, Fall Vacc. 7/7 Black Pairs, 7 yrs old, Big calves, Exposed Black. 20/20 Black Solid Mouth Pairs, 250+ lb calves, exposed black. 50 Cows, 3-Solid, Spring and Fall Bred Cows, 42 Black Angus 3 yr old cows, Bred to Black Anugs Bulls, Start End of Feb. For 45 Days. 20 Black Cows, 4-7 Years, Bred Angus. 10/10 Black Pairs, 3 yrs old, big calves, cows exposed back. 80 Angus Cows, 3-8 yrs old, Home Raised, AI Bred to Benoit Blue Print, Calve Feb 1st, Cleaned up with Benoit Bull, Scourguard. 70 Black and BWF, 2-6 Year old Cows, Bred Davidson and Green Garden, Calve Feb-March. 4 Black Cows, 4-8 Yrs old, Bred Black and Char. 8 Cows, 3-6 yrs, bred to black McCurry Angus Bull. 6/6 Black and Red Pairs, 6-8 Yrs old. 40 Spring bred Cows. 30 Running age cows, Spring Calvers. 15 Running age Cows, Spring Calvers. 40 Older Bred Cows, Black/BWF Cows, Bred to Black and Char. Bulls, Start March 15th. 45 Red Angus Cows, 5-8 Years Old, Piper Genetics, Bred Red Angus, Start Feb. 20th for 60 Days. 13/13 Young Red Angus Pairs. 5/5 Running Age Pairs, 15 Spring Calving Running Age Cows. 80 Black Cows, 3-5 Yrs Old, Bred Oleen Horned Hereford, Calve Feb 25th for 65 Days, Cows all Northern Origin. 35 4-6 Year old Red Angus X Cows, Start Feb 15th for 60 Days, Bred to Sum/Red Angus Bulls. 86 Black Sim/Angus Cows, 3-4 Yrs old, Home Raised, Bred to Angus Bulls, Calve April 1st for a short period. 7 Black Cows, Angus, 5- Running Age, bred to LBW Angus Bulls, Start March 1st, Poured and Scourguard. 9 Red Angus Running Age Cows. 40 Black and Red, 3- Broken Mouth Cows, Bred to Black or Red Angus Bulls, Start March 1st. 51 Black/BWF Cows, 4-Older, Start in Feb-April, Bred to Upstream Hereford, Vacc, Wormed, Home Raised. 100 Black Angus Cows, Montana Origin, 3-4 Yrs Old, Medium Framed, All Have Raised a Calf, Good Disposition and Fancy. Bred to Black Angus Bulls from Vermillion Angus, Calve March 5th for 65 Days, Vacc, Poured, Wormed. Early Consignments for Tuesday Feb. 6th Pre-Conditioned Sale: 50 Heifers, Black, Weaned Nov. 5th, 650-800. 30 Steers and Heifers, Black, Weaned 45 Days +, Knife Cut, Home Raised, 400-550. 20 Black Steers, 600-700. 75 Mostly Black Steers and Heifers, 550-650. 100 Mostly Black Steers and Heifers, 550-650. 23 Black and Red Angus Steers and Heifers, 650-850. 30 Steers and Heifers, Weaned in Oct. 2nd Round Vacc, Home Raised. 500-800. 70 Black and Red Steers and Heifers, 600700. 95 Black/BWF Steers, Home Raised, Off Wheat, 550-850. 250 Mostly Black, Steers and Heifers, Heifers are Replacement Quality, 550-800. 54 Black Steers and Heifers, 550-650. 90 Black Steers, Home Raised, 2nd Round Vacc, Long Time Weaned, 750. 60 Black Heifers, Home Raised, Open, 2nd Round Vacc, Long Weaned, 700. 17 Black Steers and Heifers, Angus Source, 1 Rnd Vacc, Weaned 45 Days, 500-650.
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Wild horses have roamed Nevada’s Virginia Range for an unknown number of years. During the 1860s when thousands of immigrants converged on the area to search for gold, Mustangs were seen along the landscape as they can be seen today.
ory contends that native horses disappeared some 10,000 years ago, leaving the continent over a land bridge between Alaska and Russia. There’s also opinion that native people, through predation, eradicated the animal. Unwritten accounts by indigenous peoples dispute the disappearance of wild horses. Two breeds in particular, the Appaloosa and the Pinto, were prized for their distinctive colors and selectively bred by Native Americans. “This radical notion will only be substantiated over time as fossils are unearthed that may reveal a very different history,” Bolbol said. “Horse fossils were found in 1990 that are estimated to be 25,000 years old,” Bolbol noted. “As new discoveries are made, the Mustangs, may be formally recognized as an indigenous species to North America. Velma Johnston of Reno Nevada, also known as “Wild Horse Annie,” lobbied to change what was certain extinction for the horse. Due to her efforts, the first law was passed in 1959 that prohibited the use of aircraft and autos in capturing wild horses and burros. Wild Horse Annie also spearheaded Federal legislation passed in 1971 that established preservation of wild horses on public lands. Agreement between the state of Nevada and the American Wild Horse Campaign in 2013 focused on population control by using birth control and adoption. “The Virginia Range Sanctuary is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and restoring the Virginia Range,” Bolbol explained. While the wild horses of the Virginia Range are a primary concern, the group is involved in restoring native plants, natural springs, and all animals that make this a total ecosystem. “We consider the wild horse a perfect barometer of our success,” Bolbol
said. The state of Nevada terminated the deal because they believe the American Wild Horse Campaign did not fulfill their side of the agreement in protecting public safety. In September, a utility vehicle driver collided with a wild horse and died. Jim Barbee, director of Nevada Department of Agriculture, said, “Our number one priority is public safety, and that requires collaboration among state, local and nonprofit partners. The NDA can assist law enforcement with removal of feral horses.” Bolbol believes the group has fulfilled their part of the agreement. “With its termination the state of Nevada will not have to notify horse organizations when wild horses have been removed from the wild and if they are being sent to slaughter auctions. “For years, AWHC has worked to protect the Virginia Range horses,” Bolbol contended. “Through cooperative agreements, we implemented the world’s largest humane birth control program and rescued 240 horses from slaughter.” Several dozen wild horse advocates gathered in front of the Nevada State Capital in Carson City, Saturday night, Jan. 6, 2018, for a candlelight vigil. They called on Governor Brian Sandoval to reverse the Department of Agriculture’s plan to hand the Virginia Range wild horses over to private ownership. “We are here, we are ready. We want to come back to the table as quickly as possible and get this back on track,” said Maureen Daane, wild horse advocate. “It was a total shock to the whole community and to every advocate,” stated Louise Martin, another Mustang preserver. “Sit down with us, we can work this out. It can be a positive thing for everybody and for the horses,” Martin requested.
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door Farms of America insists “containerized farming will allow local people to have access to daily fresh herbs and greens that they never experienced before, all year long, no matter the weather.” It does sound like an easier way to make a hard living but personally, I’ll believe it when an indoor grown pumpkin wins the biggest pumpkin prize next Halloween, or a giant zucchini grows so large they have to remove the roof of the indoor farm to get the sizable squash out. If this way of farming takes hold there will be no more clodhoppers, punkin’ pilers, stubble jumpers, pea pickers, hoe men, plow chasers, cotton backs, or dirt farmers. The price of farm land in Iowa will plummet and farm dogs, who before got to ride around in a pickup and explore the world, will now just mope under the porch all day. I shouldn’t be surprised, everything else is moving indoors. Chickens and hogs have been raised inside for decades and more and more “hoop-houses” are being used to raise cattle inside. The marijuana
growers started all this by developing the technology to grow pot indoors to hide it from the cops. But indoor farming brings with it a whole new bunch of problems, like how do you know how good your crop is compared to your neighbors if you can’t see it? Indoor farming means no more ditch banks, tractor pulling contests or rubber irrigating boots that leak. Instead of rednecks and brown faces covered with skin cancer this new breed of farmer will be pasty white from being inside all day. If they want to fit in with the old traditional farmers who meet every morning at the coffee shop two hours before sunup they’ll have to spend some serious time in a tanning booth. The farm workers will be easy to distinguish from the old clodhoppers in bib overalls and steel toed boots… they’ll be the ones
wearing shorts and flip flops. The pickers will be able to harvest tomatoes and potatoes standing up. And what’s the worst than can happen, a broken beaker might fall on their toes? It will be hard, however, to tell the indoor farm managers from the suited-up, soft shoe bankers who financed this fiasco. Because there’s no dirt, farm wives won’t even have to change clothes when they come home from their day job to go to work on the farm. I suppose it’s possible that a grocery store cashier might go to work in the hog house with her Piggly Wiggly badge still on. Indoor farming will bring with it another upheaval in farming. Farm shows will be entirely indoors, of course, and this new breed of cell phone farmer won’t have to pray for rain ever again. He’ll just dial up an inch of rain from
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Just fix the problem “The second string will be the carload team at Denver, and then will also get to judge at Houston.” It was the coach’s evening announcement that nearly made a 20-year-old recently married college junior’s shirt snaps pop open. “Thanks, Dr. Able, but the bath room is froze up, and no way to be ready to leave tomorrow morning.” He assuredly grinned, “You’ll get it fixed. We won’t pull out of the Weber parking lot until you’re in the station wagon.” Well before daylight, sure enough, teammates were loaded, waiting, and with a bit of harassing National Western bound. Personal bust knocked K-State out of the carload title, but on the college’s first team at Houston created lifetime memories. That broken sewer pipe was mended enough for ranch use with heat lamps guarding further damage. Couldn’t help but reflect those “good ole days” when the ranch foreman was having stop-ups last week. While most cowboys aren’t too uppity on plumbing, admittedly problems of nearly a half century ago were
less complex than these days. So professionals must be called in and still a major ordeal when temperatures remain below freezing. Not necessarily positive but a learning experience for today’s younger set who’ve never heard of an outhouse. They didn’t even have a clue what a commode was, but soon learned rather than subzero going to the barn. Headlines have been crowded with freeze up stories, and certainly those city slickers were groaning loader than the ranch folk. Anything related to plumbing issues whenever and whatever the weather are difficult and always most aggravating. No matter how well planned and developed, country water systems are going to have bothersome issues some time. Even with repair and revamping earth’s movement continues arising troubles. The ranch front’s bad, but a rental’s more complicated. Landlord is always first blamed, first called, immediate action expected. Not answering the phone or insinuating wrong number never work. They always call back,
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Dry conditions put crop at even greater risk, but time will tell MANHATTAN, Kan. – The recent, stubborn cold spell that settled over the heartland on New Year’s Day made doing almost anything outdoors difficult, and
likely did at least some damage to winter wheat in Kansas, a Kansas State University agronomist said. Dry conditions in some areas made the
crop even more vulnerable to freeze damage. “Air temperatures on New Year’s Day alone were cold enough to harm the wheat crop in many parts of the state,”
said Romulo Lollato, wheat and forages specialist with K-State Research and Extension. North central Kansas had temperatures of 10 below zero F for up to 10 hours and readings in some areas fell as low as 16 below zero. Kansas typically grows about one-fifth of all wheat grown in the United States. About half of it is exported. Cold damage to the wheat crop depends on many factors, including how low temperatures go and how long they stay at those levels; the stage of crop develop-
ment; soil moisture; snow cover (which can provide an insulating effect); and wind speed. “The effects of the low temperatures could be magnified by dry soil conditions and poor fall development due to late sowing across the state,” Lollato said. While most of the state was exposed to minimum temperatures below 0 degrees F for the week ended Jan. 2, potential damage to wheat was likely restricted to areas where minimum temperatures fell to 5 to 10 degrees below zero.
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Though the situation may spell bad news for the 2018 wheat crop, it’s too soon to tell the extent of the damage, the wheat specialist said, encouraging growers not to take immediate action. “While foliage damage will be apparent a few days after the cold event, the first apparent sign of freeze injury being leaf dieback and senescence, symptoms of winterkill will only be apparent at spring greenup,” Lollato said. It’s even possible that if the crown is not damaged, wheat can recover in the spring with little yield loss. If damage to the crown occurred, the crop will not green up in the spring or will green up for a short period of time using existing resources, and perish shortly after. “In any case, we will only be able to assess the true extent of the damage at spring greenup,” he said. “Wheat that has fewer than one to two tillers and three to five leaves will be more susceptible to winterkill, which unfortunately is the situation for the majority of the Kansas wheat crop during the 201718 season,” Lollato said, adding that wheat sowing was delayed last fall for about 60 to 80 percent of the Kansas crop due to early October precipitation. That put the crop behind in its development compared with average years, plus many fields in north central Kansas had sowing delayed further because producers were finishing their summer crop harvest. One encouraging factor, he said, is that soil temperatures never reached single digits at a 2-inch depth across the entire state, and snow cover amounting to as many as 5 inches in some areas could have helped winter wheat survival if the soil surface was covered at the time cold temperatures occurred. More details, including weather maps are available in the K-State agronomy eUpdate newsletter at http://ksu. ag/2F3yc7y.
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Kansas Hay Market Report Ground alfalfa movement: Southwest/South Central Tonnage: 9,085/4,454 Last week: 8,877/3,886 Lastyear: 11,240/3,513 Hay market activity slow to moderate; demand moderate to good for alfalfa and moderate for grass hay. Offerings of grinder hay light and continually difficult to locate, with prices trending higher for alfalfa and firm for grass hay. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, Abnormally dry conditions (D0) have expanded into western Kansas, and northeastward into Nebraska. Areas of moderate drought (D1) deteriorated to severe drought (D2) in south central Kansas, adjoining the already severe drought condition in north central Oklahoma. Abnormally dry conditions were expanded across the remainder of southeastern Kansas. Moisture there is less than half of average. Soil moisture levels are down and surface water supplies, including stock ponds, are shrinking. The abnormally dry (D0) category increased to 99.11 pct, moderate drought (D1) increased to 20.58 pct and severe drought (D2) is 1.85. If you have hay for sale, and/or need hay here in Kansas, use the services of the Internet Hay Exchange: www.hayexchange.com/ks.php. Southwest Kansas Dairy alfalfa, grass hay, grinding alfalfa and ground/delivered steady; movement slow. Alfalfa: horse, small squares 240.00-250.00. Dairy, .85-.95/point RFV, Supreme 155.00175.00, Premium 155.00-165.00, Good 135.00-155.00. Stock or Dry Cow alfalfa, 110.00-120.00. Fair/Good grinding alfalfa, 120.00-130.00. Groundand delivered locally to feedlots and dairies, 140.00-150.00. Grass hay: Bluestem large squares 80.00-90.00. Brome, none reported. The week of 12/10-12/16, 9,085T of grinding alfalfa and 750T of dairy alfalfa were delivered. Cornstalks: large round 55.00-65.00. South Central Kansas Dairy alfalfa, grass hay, grinding alfalfa, ground/delivered steady, alfalfa pellets steady to 5.00 higher; movement slow. Alfalfa: horse, small squares 240.00-245.00. Dairy, .85.90/point RFV. Supreme 155.00-165.00, Premium 150.00-160.00, Good 130.00-150.00. Stock cow alfalfa, 130.00-135.00 delivered. Fair/Good grinding alfalfa, 100.00-110.00 with instances at 120.00-125.00. Ground and delivered locally to feedlots 130.00140.00. The week of 12/10-12/16, 4,454T of grinding alfalfa and 622.5T of dairy alfalfa were delivered. Alfalfa pellets: Sun Cured 15 pct protein 170.00-175.00, 17 pct protein 180.00-185.00, Dehydrated 17 pct 207.00-217.00. Grass hay: bluestem, large rounds 65.00-70.00; Brome: large rounds 70.00-75.00, small squares 105.00-115.00. Sudan large rounds 80.00-90.00. Teff, small squares 6.25-6.75 per bale, large squares 115.00125.00 delivered, large rounds 65.00-75.00. Cornstalks: large rounds 55.00-60.00, cornstalks ground and delivered 60.00-70.00, Straw large squares 50.00-60.00, large rounds 50.00-55.00. Milo stalks 50.00-55.00. Southeast Kansas Dairy alfalfa, grass hay, grinding alfalfa and ground/delivered steady; movement slow. Alfalfa: horse or goat, 210.00-220.00. Dairy .80-.90/point RFV. Stock cow alfalfa 100.00-110.00 with an instance at 125.00-135.00. Fair/Good grinding alfalfa 90.00100.00. Ground and delivered, 105.00-115.00. Grass hay: bluestem, premium small squares 105.00-120.00. Good, mid and large squares 80.00-100.00, large rounds
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month because of PCBs. Arkalon Park Lakes in Liberal (Seward County) – Kansas recommends not eating fish or other aquatic life because the lakes are sustained solely by treated municipal wastewater. Waterbody specific advisories for all consumers Kansas recommends not eating specified fish or aquatic life from the following locations: The Arkansas River from the Lincoln Street dam in Wichita downstream to the confluence with Cowskin Creek near Belle Plaine (Sedgwick and Sumner counties); bottom-feeding fish because of PCBs. Shoal Creek from the Missouri/Kansas border to Empire Lake (Cherokee County); shellfish because of lead and cadmium. The Spring River from the confluence of Center Creek to the Kansas/Oklahoma border (Cherokee County); shellfish because of lead and cadmium. Antioch Park Lake South in Antioch Park, Overland Park (Johnson County); all fish because of the pesticides dieldrin, heptachlor epoxide,
chlordane, and dichlorophenyltrichloroethanes (DDTs). General advice for eating locally-caught fish in Kansas Sensitive populations should consider restricting their total mercury intake for both supermarket fish and locally-caught species. Concerned parents and other persons may wish to consult with a physician about eating fish and mercury exposure. Mercury exposure can be reduced by limiting the consumption of large predatory fish. Larger/older fish of all types are more likely to have higher concentrations of mercury. Avoid the consumption of fish parts other than fillets, especially when eating bottom-feeding fish. Fatty internal organs tend to accumulate higher levels of fat-soluble contaminants such as chlordane and PCBs than fillets. Consumers can reduce their ingestion of fat-soluble contaminants such as chlordane and PCBs by trimming fat from fillets, and cooking in a manner in which fat drips away from the fillet. Avoid subsistence level (relying on wildcaught fish for daily nutritional needs) fish-
ing activities in large rivers within or immediately downstream of large urban/industrial areas and wastewater outfalls. Fish in these areas are more likely to contain traces of chemical contaminants. Kansas recommends not eating fish or aquatic life from surface waters sustained solely by municipal or industrial wastewater because of unknown, yet potentially present pathogens, metals, organic chemicals or other emerging contaminants. This advisory includes consumption of any aquatic life present in wastewater outfalls, waste treatment lagoons or stormwater detention ponds. In waterbodies where watches or warnings related to harmful algae blooms have been applied, fish should be consumed in moderation and care taken to only consume skinless fillets. Avoid cutting into internal organs and rinse fillets with clean water prior to cooking or freezing. To view the advisories online and for information about KDHE’s Fish Tissue Contaminant Monitoring Program, visit www.kdheks.gov/befs/ fish_tissue_monitoring. htm
strength and thickness for granted. Continually check the ice when moving to new areas. Other safety considerations include fishing with friends, and packing a rope, ice handpicks, and a throwable floatation device with your gear. And ice cleats make walking on smooth ice easy and much safer. It’s best to use an auger to cut holes, which in Kansas must be no more than 12 inches in
diameter. Motorized electric or gasoline-powered ATVs, work-site utility vehicles, golf carts and snowmobiles may be operated on ice-covered department waters only for the purpose of icefishing from onehalf hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset. Vehicles shall enter onto the ice only from boat ramps and points of entry established by posted notice.
No ice is l00 percent safe, and anglers must be always be aware of their surroundings. Great icefishing for white bass, wipers and crappie on Kansas lakes can tempt anglers to take chances or forget caution. Falling into frigid water can be a deadly mistake as hypothermia can overcome an angler within minutes. Follow these basic rules to ensure your icefishing trips are safe and enjoyable.
2018 Kansas Fish Consumption Advisories TOPEKA – The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) and the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism are issuing revised fish consumption advisories for 2018. The advisories identify types of fish or other aquatic animals that should be eaten in limited quantities or, in some cases, avoided altogether because of contamination. General advice and Internet resources are also provided to aid the public in making informed decisions regarding the benefits as well as the risks associated with eating locally-caught fish from Kansas waters. Definitions Bottom-feeding fish: buffalo, carp, carpsucker, catfish (except blue and flathead catfish), sturgeon, and sucker. Predatory fish: black bass, blue catfish, crappie, drum, flathead catfish, perch, sunfish, white bass, wiper, striper, walleye, saugeye, and sauger. Shellfish: mussels, clams, and crayfish. General Population: Men and women 18 years of age or older. Sensitive Populations: Women who are
pregnant, may become pregnant, or are nursing and children age 17 or younger. Meal size (skinless fish fillets before cooking): Adults and Children age 13 and older = 8 ounces Children age 6 to 12 = 4 ounces Children younger than 6 = 2 ounces Statewide Advisories Kansas recommends the following consumption restrictions because of mercury in fish: 1. Sensitive Populations should restrict consumption of all types of locally-caught fish, from waters or species of fish not specifically covered by an advisory to one meal per week because of mercury. 2. Largemouth, smallmouth, and spotted bass (black basses): A. Sensitive Populations should restrict consumption of these species to one meal per month because of mercury. B. General Public should restrict consumption of these species to one meal per week because of mercury. Existing advisories modified for 2018
Kansas has modified fish consumption advisories for portions of Cow Creek, the Kansas River, and Little Arkansas River because of decreased levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in bottom-feeding fish fillet samples collected in recent years. Kansas recommends restricting consumption of bottom-feeding fish to one meal per week from the following location because of PCBs: Cow Creek in Hutchinson and downstream to the confluence with the Arkansas River (Reno County); The Kansas River from Lawrence (below Bowersock Dam) downstream to Eudora at the confluence of the Wakarusa River (Douglas and Leavenworth counties); The Little Arkansas River from the Main Street Bridge immediately west of Valley Center to the confluence with the Arkansas River in Wichita (Sedgwick County). NEW advisories for 2018 K-96 Lake in Wichita (Sedgwick County) – Kansas recommends restricting consumption of bottom-feeding fish to one meal per
Frozen Lakes Require Caution PRATT – It’s been several years since Kansas has experienced prolonged deepfreeze weather, and you can bet anglers who love to icefish are anxious to give it a try. However, anyone planning to venture out on a frozen lake should refresh themselves with ice safety rules. The first rule is to wait for at least 4 inches of clear, hard ice
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to its integrity. New, clear ice is the strongest. White ice may only be about half as strong. Warm, sunny days can melt the surface and “honeycomb” the ice, which will weaken it, as well. Also be aware that temperature, snow cover, currents, springs and even roosting geese can affect the strength and safety of ice. Never take ice
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Today, Advisors Excel serves customers across the nation in virtually all 50 states. “Our clients are independent financial advisors, who are mostly focused on helping people with retirement and retirement income planning,” Cody said. The company offers annuities and life insurance, representing some 40 major companies; is a registered broker dealer; and has a new service that is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm called AE Wealth Management. The new service has boomed, growing to nearly $3 billion in assets in less than two years. Advisors Excel began with the three co-founders and now employs 500 people. The company has an in-house ad agency that produces websites and more than 115 radio programs on finance each week. Cody and his cofounders believe strongly in community service. Advisors Excel exemplifies giving back. Teams of AE employees regularly volunteer with various charities, from neighborhood cleanups to the rescue mission. “It’s estimated that we’ve donated a million dollars and 5,500 man hours of community service,” Cody said. Perhaps this reflects his small-town community values. Stockton is a rural community of 1,329 people. Now, that’s rural. What is his advice to entrepreneurs? “The business that provides most value will ultimately prevail,” Cody said. “We’re constantly asking how we can add value. Every interaction (with a customer) is an experience, and we want it to be a positive one. And, you’re only as good as the people you have around you.”
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For more information about his company, go to www.advisorsexcel. com. Seven years ago, Cody took another step. He started a college scholarship program at his old high school in Stockton, named after two longtime teachers there. “It was the right thing to do,” Cody said. “If it hadn’t been for the man who endowed the scholarship that I used years ago, I don’t know where I’d be.” Giving back. We commend Cody Foster and the people of Advisors Excel for making a difference by giving back to their community and providing exceptional value to their customers. Audio and text files of Kansas Profiles are available at http://www. kansasprofile.com. For more information about the Huck Boyd Institute, interested persons can visit http://www. huckboydinstitute.org.
Farm Machinery End wise transport for grain drills. 800-582-2788 john@prairie seedfarms.com ---------1950D Oliver Model Tractor, 453 Detroit, New Parts, Needs Tires, $4,500/ obo 816-738-9495 Adrian, MO ---------Kent field cultivator 30FT 3 Bar spike harrow 620-899-5155
Rare John Deere 830 Industrial JD 830 Industrial. Pony Motor Runs and drives great! $18,500 580-430-9405 ALVA, OK ---------Online Ad Headline: Two Minneapolis Moline G705 LP’s 2 MM G705 LP’s. Both run great and drive great. Asking $1750 and $1250. 580-430-9405 ALVA, OK --------------2016 Maize Corp 3R30, $7,600; 1998 Case IH 8576 3x3 acc., $6,000; 2007 Hesston 4720 acc., $9,500; ‘96 New Holland 1475 double sickle $7,500; ‘96 New Holland 2550 Windrower, $23,500; MF 2190, $65,000. Kearney Equipment KEARNEY, NE 888-234-2485 308-234-2485 ----------
Farm Machinery We are a parts dealer for MACDON, BUSH HOG, & BRILLION. We also have new & used parts for MF, Hesston, Krause Universal Reels and Bush Hog. We supply filters, chains and hydraulic hoses. We now have our parts online through Fastline.com
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4-H and FFA youth invited to annual event to learn more about production, management MANHATTAN, Kan. – The Kansas State University youth livestock program, K-State Research and Extension, and the K-State department of animal sciences and industry will be hosting two junior producer days in the spring of 2018. The Junior Sheep Producer Day will be Saturday, March 17 and Junior Beef Producer Day is on Saturday, March 24. Both events will be held in Weber Arena in Manhattan. The junior day programs are a one-day educational opportunity for youth, parents, project leaders, agents, and other adults to increase their knowledge about youth livestock production and management. All ages are welcome, but all attendees must register. These are biennial events, with sheep and beef days hosted
in even years and the swine and meat goat in odd years. The cost for each junior day is $15 per person for those who register by the early deadline, and $20 per person for those who register after the deadline. Please note, any registrations received after the early deadline cannot be guaranteed a t-shirt. Register online at http://bit.ly/ksuasiregister, or download a registration form at http://bit.ly/ksujrproducerdays. The early registration deadline is Feb. 23 for Junior Sheep Producer Day, and March 2 for Junior Beef Producer Day. More information is available at www. youthlivestock.ksu. edu. For questions, please contact Lexie Hayes, youth livestock coordinator, at
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Agronomic and economic issues to be addressed at 15th annual conference COLBY, Kan. – Producers, consultants, and experts will gather for the 15th annual Cover Your Acres Winter Conference on Jan. 16-17, at the Gateway
Civic Center in Oberlin, Kansas. The conference is a joint venture between K-State Research and Extension, and the Northwest Kansas Crop Residue Alliance.
“Economics is big on everyone’s mind right now,” said Lucas Haag, an agronomist with K-State Research and Extension’s Northwest Area Office in Colby. “So we have Mark Wood, the lead economist with Northwest Kansas Farm Management Association, presenting an analysis of members’ data and trying to look at what is driving profitability in our operations here in northwest Kansas and what potential pitfalls producers should be aware of.” The most unique thing on this year’s schedule,
said Haag, is a presentation on how farm businesses can survive and thrive in these tough times by Charlie Griffin, a research assistant professor in the School of Family Studies and Human Services at Kansas State University. “For a business to succeed we need good people skills, too, so we’ve got Charlie Griffin coming out to talk about building and maintaining good dynamic business relationships and getting everyone who is involved in the business pulling together in the same direction towards a common goal
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of success. A key part of this is relationships, whether we’re talking about relationships between family members that are in a business together, employer-employee relationships, or relationships with your vendors, those are all important, especially when financial times are a little tougher,” Haag said. Other topics include smart spending of fertilizer dollars, managing with moisture probes, soil health and profitability in dryland cropping, and the latest update in weed management strategies, among others. The same programs will be offered both days of the conference; participants attending both days will find it easier to catch most, or all of the programs. The program offers a total of 10 continuing education unit credits for certified crop advisors and 1 CEU for
commercial applicators. Registration will begin at 7:45 a.m., with educational sessions ending at 5 p.m. followed by a “bull session” on Tuesday evening, where attendees can visit with industry and university specialists while enjoying heavy hors d’oeurves. Early registration is due by Jan. 10. The fee is $40 for either day or $60 for both days. After Jan. 11, the cost is $60 per day. The conference fee includes lunch and educational materials. The full conference schedule and online registration are available at www.northwest. ksu.edu/coveryouracres. Registration can also be mailed with a check payable to KSU, to the Northwest Research-Extension Center, ATTN: Cover Your Acres, P.O. Box 786, Colby, KS 67701. For questions, call 785-462-6281.
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Shuck Implement White 2-155, OH @ 6,000 Hrs, Now 8,000 Hrs, Reconditioned and Very Nice…$15,900 Hesston 9260 SP Windrow (2006) 2,008 Eng Hrs, Cummins Engine, 9075 Rotary Headwer 15ft…$42,500 Farm King Hy Capacity Rake........$11,000 Utility Service Bed$1900 OBO JRW Point
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Central States DBS2000 Case IH 5120 Cab Tractor (1990), Approx 6,000 eng hrs, 16x16 Power Shuttle…$18,000 White 2-62 FL Forklift – High Lift, Extra Good Condition, Reverse-O-Torc, 6 Cyl Diesel, few hours on Overhaul…$6,500 Michelin Agribib Radial Tire Set, pair 380/90 (14.9) R46 R1W on rims for Cast Centers (no centers); Pair 380/85R30 R1W on Waffle Wheels off of 2013 MF 7615 w/765 hrs. $3,900. Woods PRD7200 Finish Mower (2013) Barely Used, MF Red Brand 72” Wide Premium…...$1,900 MF 2170 XD (2013) 15,700 bales, C1000 monitor, moist. sensor, roller chute, bale weight kit Stk #1552 $59,900
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Antique Farm Machinery WANTED TO BUY: CAT Pull Cable Scrapers. 306-682-3332 Lever Holding ---------1944 Farmall, H series, PTO, needs work, looks good, $1000 or best reasonable offer. 316-390-5040 ---------1 Horse Sleigh, Early 1900’s Good Condition, Great Features, $3000. 316-641-5690 --------------ANTIQUE PULLING Tractors: 1947 UMM, $2500 obo; 1950 44 Massey, $2500 obo. 580-626-4582; 580-542-8559 Antiques and Collectables ---------BEAR BLESSINGS Antiques - Hidden Treasures, Vintage Collectibles, Retrieved Antiques, and an occasional ‘Homemade’ Cookie! Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 620-669-8997, 14 S. Main, HUTCHINSON. Like us on Facebook. !Shop Local Downtown Hutchinson!
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1998 Volvo HD; 460 Cummins Red Top N14; 8LL Transmission; 2004 Sterling L8500 single Double Frame; axle tractor with small sleeper, C7 250 h.p. Cat, Allison HD Suspension; MD3060p 5 speed auto air Wit Kit; Very Low slide fifth wheel, a/c, cruise, 139,000 miles. Miles; New Tires; 866-365-3131 TOPEKA. hoytstruckcenter.com 2nd Owner. With Hitchcock 30ft End Dump Trailer Nearly New Tires, New Floor. $45,000 (will sell separately) LOOKING for 620-874-5207 FACTORY 1/2, 3/4 or 1T PICKUP BEDS, new or Leave Message SUV’s used, will pick up. ---------800-440-0721 2009 Dodge 2007 Duramax, Journey SXT with auto, 4 door 3rd row seating. ------------dually, no 98K $6,900.00. 50 MIDGooseneck hitch, El Dorado, Ks. SIZE DAY 162,000 miles. 620-583-5388 CAB TRUCKS $13,500. ---------------FOR SALE. 816-726-1707 2012 Dodge International, ---------Durango SXT all Kenworth, 06 Pete 379 wheel drive, new Sterling, GMC, d/c ISM 425 tires, loaded and FTL & Fords. hp., 10 spd., very clean 87K 514K. $30,500. Trucks have $15,995.00. mostly CATS 316-821-9664 El Dorado, Ks. 3126 - C7’s, irelandsales. some Allison 620-583-5388 net trans. & manu---------als. 1999-2006’s. Trucks NEW HART Wholesale pricCARTER Pickup DOT DRIVER es to the public reels, most PHYSICALS & discounts if makes and sizes. certified medical you buy more 580-361-2265 examiner than one truck 806-681-5532 at a time. Prices Dr. Steve Gould ---------from $ 5,000 DC (2) 98 IH dump $20,000. Boxes, 126 N Main flatbeds, trucks, 16ft. bed, Cheney, KS hoists-We can Allison and snow 67025 build. Call blade.$27500. 316-542-3400 719-372-3428/ 316-821-9664. call for appt. 719-337-1944 irelandsales.net Mon-Fri 8-5 INLAND TRUCK after hrs. and • Diesel Fired Radiant Heaters • No Smell and quiet running. weekends • Burns Farm Diesel cleanly and efficiently. • Intense radiant heat. available • Great for shops, warehouses, call first. and outdoors. WE BUY CARS, TRUCKS & VANS running or not, up to $1000. Must have title. Broadway Truck & Auto, 8159 N Broadway Valley Center, KS 316-644-2241 ---------2002 Mercury Marquis, high mileage, bargain price 620-585-2666
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Wheat Scoop: Greenhouse expansion provides home to additional wheat researchers The warm orange glow of the greenhouses at the Kansas Wheat Innovation Center (KWIC) provide a welcoming nightlight to Kimball Avenue, but most passersby don’t realize the plants grown inside are the future of Kansas agriculture. That glow recently become a little bigger thanks to a new four-bay greenhouse expansion that will help get cutting edge wheat genetics into the hands of Kansas farmers, faster. These new greenhouses will be used for public-private collaborative wheat research.
Molecular and genetic research done in the KWIC laboratories will be supported by the greenhouses and a more controlled environment will both enhance and accelerate results. “Through the wheat checkoff, Kansas wheat farmers have now helped fund construction of 22,750 square feet of new greenhouse space in Manhattan in the past five years,” said Aaron Harries, vice president of research and operations for Kansas Wheat. “This new space will position the Kansas Wheat Commission
and K-State to take full advantage of new wheat research discoveries that seem to be emerging every day. Some of the brightest wheat research minds and best facilities in the world are located here in Manhattan, thanks to the investment by Kansas farmers.” These new greenhouses will be the home to researchers from the Wheat Genetics Resource Center, Kansas State University’s Poland Lab for Wheat Genetics and Heartland Plant Innovations. The international-
ly-recognized WGRC has a mission to assure future advances in wheat breeding by harnessing genetic traits from wild wheat relatives collected from around the globe. While the WGRC already has lab space and a gene bank at KWIC, it will soon move into its own greenhouse bay in the expansion. Researchers for the WGRC are working to discover genes for resistance to viral, bacterial, fungal and insect pests. Once these genes are identified, they are transferred to modern breeding lines, ulti-
mately to be released for farmers around the world. The Poland Lab for wheat genetics at Kansas State University focuses on developing improved wheat germplasm along with novel breeding tools and methodologies. Research areas include technologies such as developing uses for drones in wheat improvement, high-throughput phenotyping, prediction models for wheat breeding, genome sequencing and much more. Heartland Plant Innovations works
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to develop advanced technologies for gene discovery, trait validation and crop improvement. It was created with the intent of revolutionizing plant breeding and genetics. HPI focuses on doubled haploid production (a process that cuts five to seven years off of wheat variety development), trait development, contract research and wide crossing (a joint program with the WGRC that inserts traits from ancient wheat into modern varieties). The 12,750 squarefoot expansion was constructed adjacent to the existing four greenhouse bays, offices and laboratories at the KWIC. The new space includes separate rooms for potting, seed processing, soil preparation and a soil room to receive and handle bulk potting. Special temperature control and grid lighting systems are also included in the project. The majority of the funding for the expansion came from the U.S. Economic Development Administration, Kansas State University and the Kansas Wheat Commission, with additional support from the Dane G. Hansen Foundation.
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2004 Inter. 7400 CREW 4X4 2010 RAM 2500 1994 Ford F250 DT 530. auto, PLATINUM, 6.7 CREW 4X4 2wd Powerstroke MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas State Universi16frt., 40 rear, POWER STROKE, SLT, CUMMINS supercab 1994 ty’s Analytical Lab has expanded its services and large wheel base. 1-OWNER, LOW DIESEL, LOTS OF can now analyze forage samples to give farmers Ford F250 $34,500 and ranchers a clearer picture of what their aniMILES, LOADED, EXTRAS. WON’T 800-821-5667 Supercab mals are consuming. ULTIMATE LAST 20900.00. Powerstroke 5sp. TRUMP TRUCKS The lab has primarily been a meat science PACKAGE AND 800-725-0258 ---------Runs great needs lab for proximate analysis, but new lab manager 2003 Inter. 9900 I MUCH MORE. 580-445-7774 Katie Hargrove said services have been expandtlc 580-430-9405 ISX Cummins, 10 SUPER CLEAN mckinseymotors. ed to include mineral and fiber analysis, and ALVA, OK spd., day cab 48900.00. com nitrate testing. It is located in Weber Hall on the tractor, $19,500. ----------------Manhattan campus. Among the tests offered are 800-725-0258 ---------800-821-5667 2007 Inter 4400 moisture and dry matter content, crude protein, 580-445-7774 2000 F250 TRUMP TRUCKS calculated total digestible nutrient analyses and DT466, auto, mckinseymotors. SUPER CAB ---------more. 14000 frt. axle, 2004 Freightliner, com 4X4, 7.3 POWER More information is available on the website M2, 3120 6 Cat, 40,000 air ride ---------STROKE, XLT, https://www.asi.k-state.edu/about/facilities/Anauto, 12000 frt. rears, long wheel 2013 FORD F250 NICE TRUCK. alytical-Lab.html or by contacting Hargrove at axle, 40,000 lb. SUPER CAB 4X4 WON’T LAST base. $34,500.
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Miller Estate Auction Saturday, January 13th 2018 • 9:30 AM Location: 112 S Kent Rd. Hutchinson, Ks 67501 Vehicles: 1974 Ford T350 Flatbed(as is); Ford F700 Dump Truck (as is); 1949 Ford F-4 WBTD Winch Truck w 24k miles(as is); 1978 Olds 98 w/93k miles(as is); Olds Royale 88 212k miles(as Is); 2003 Honda Odyssey Mini-Van; Chevy S-10 Durango Pickup; 1999 Chevy Cavalier; 4- Semi Storage Trailers; Old 35’ Stewart Coach(as is); Flat Bottom Boat and Trailer; Pickup Bed Trailer; 10’ Snow Blade; Misc Cycle and Car Parts; NOTE: Any junk vehicles that aren’t complete and do not run will be sold with bill of sale to dealers only unless they qualify under the antique section. Tractors and Equipment: Ford 2000 Industrial w/Ford Loader; Ford- Golden Jubilee for parts; King Kutter 6’ Box Blade; 5’ and 6’ Disc; Dearborn 2 Bt Plow; Pipe Trailer; Spike Tooth and Springtooth Harrows; Slip Scraper; 1 Row Horse Cultivator; JD Manure Spreader (frame only); Running Gears; Old Well Drilling Rig; 3 pt 4’ Tiller; 7’ Chisel Plow; Misc. Tractor parts; David Bradley Tractor w/attachment’s; Buzz Saw; 3-5’ Whirlcut Mowers; Cement Mixer; 3 pt Post Hole Digger; Shop Tools and Farm Misc.: Doral & Co. above ground Auto Lifter; 3-Kennedy Tool Chests; Honda 3500Watt Generator; A-Frame; Campbell Hausfeld Power Washer; Vices; Open and Boxend Wrenches; Drill Presses; Battery Chargers; Cutting Torch; Welding Table; Hundreds of Wrenches and Hand Tools; Log Chains; Large Air Compressor; Steel Press; Hyd and Handyman Jacks; Metal Shelving and Lockers; Old Wright and Stihl 036 Chainsaws; Steel Posts and Barb Wire; 300+ Alum Windows; Water Tanks; Bolts and Screws; Large Selection of Scrap Metal and Alum.; Cattle Panels and Gates; Troy Bilt Tiller; Lawn Cart and Seeder; Cub Cadet 50” Z Force Mower; Sears Chipper/Shredder; Murray(mantis) Tiller; Stihl FS36 Weedeater; Husky 21” Mower; Lawn Sweeper; Swisher string Mower; Lots of Lawn and Garden Tools; and many more items not listed. Collectables: Old Maytag Washer; Old Copper Wash Machine; Wayne Gasoline Pump; Milk Cans; Hand Corn Sheller; Old Garden Cultivators; Hay Track Carrier; Steel Wheels; Cast Iron Seats; Old Cast Pot Belly Stoves; Antique Furniture and Glassware; Park Benches; Old Toys; Old Wurlitzer Juke Box; plus more. Note: Mr Miller was a mechanic so the shop is loaded with a lot of good tools. This is only a partial listing. Small items on trailers will be sold indoors if bad weather is a factor.
Estate of PJ and Carol Miller
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Laugh Tracks in the Dust
Milo Yield I love funny stories that date back to the old one-room schoolhouses that so many of us oldsters attended in our youth. I got this story from one of the old boars, Judge Ordecourt, who joins us every Wednesday mornings for the Saffordville Gentle Men’s Club’s Old Boars’ Breakfast. Since it waz 10 degrees outside, we were discussing some of the cold weather games that we kids played at our one-room schoolhouses. The outdoor games included fox and geese, handy-over, drop the handkerchief, and hide and seek. The indoor games included Crazy 8s, Old Maid, Books and Authors, rummy, jacks, fiddlesticks, and puzzles. Then we got to talking about our various means of transportation to and from those
tiny rural schools. They included walking, riding a bicycle, riding horses, and, of course, having our parents drop us off. That’s when Judge recalled the time one of his schoolmates got bucked off his Shetland pony on the way to school. The distraught youngster had to walk the rest of the way to school because the naughty pony immediately headed back to its warm stall. And, kids being kids, the youngster who’d gotten bucked off became the butt of a lot of jokes and comments through the day. Finally, the kid had enough of his harassment and in the afternoon asked permission to go to the outhouse. Once outside, he immediately turned loose every horse and pony tied up outside the schoolhouse and every one of the horses took its freedom seriously and headed home — riderless. When someone noticed what had happened, the teacher admonished the offending youngster who replied, “Well, everyone thought it was so
270+/- AC SUMNER & COWLEY CO LAND FARMLAND ~ ARKANSAS RIVER/TREES ~ HOMESTEAD AUCTION: Friday, January 19, 2018, 2pm Raymond Frye, 320 N Jefferson, Wellington KS 270 Ac on Sumner / Cowley Co line SE of Oxford offered in 2 tracts; Tr 1: 3+/- ac w/older improvements; Tr 2: 267+/- Ac w/197+/- ac llable, 1/2 mi Arkansas River frontage, wildlife; selling surface rights only; full poss’n of farmland day of auc on. JACK C. PENTICUFF TRUSTS, Seller
funny that I have to walk home after school that I figured everyone should have the same fun.” Now, that’s a funny story about getting even. *** Well, the New Year’s celebrations are over, but I got an email from an Iowegian friend about New Year’s Eve party safety that I feel compelled to pass along because the advice is timeless. Here goes: “Please, take care of yourself out on the roads this holiday season. A recent joint study conducted by the Department of Health and the Department of Motor Vehicles indicates that 23% of traffic accidents are alcohol-related. “This means that the remaining 77% are caused by schmucks who drink bottled water, Starbucks, soda, juice, energy drinks, egg nog, milk, and stuff like that. “Therefore, those who don’t drink alcohol are three times as dangerous in the long run as those who do.” I’m really not advocating drinking and driving. It really is dangerous. But, I still think the story is funny. *** Ol’ Nevah and I had one of the quietest New Year’s of our lives. It wuz subzero outside and so we sat around reading and watching TV until 11 o’clock and then called it quits for 2017. ***
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I’ve got a true Damphewmore Acres chicken story to tell. A month ago I had an Old English Game hen (that I’d gotten by mistake in a chick order) who insisted that she wanted to set on a clutch of eggs in the winter. I finally got tired of throwing her off the next each evening, so I said, “OK, ol’ gal, if it’s eggs you want, it’s eggs you get!” So, I grabbed up a little wire pen, put a dark box with straw in the pen, dropped six eggs in the nest, and plopped the hen on them. Well, I didn’t see that little hen out of the nest box but one time in three weeks, although she obviously did eat and drink a few times more than that. So, I suspicioned that she’d successfully hatch some of the eggs, but not all of them. I wuz wrong. On the 21st day, right on schedule and right in time for winter’s first real blast of cold weather, that little hen hatched all six of the eggs. I moved her and her brood to the brooder house and they’ve been thriving, despite temperatures that dropped below zero. If I get those six chicks raised up, I’ll probably have $10 each invested in them because of the cost of the brooder lamp and water heater. Oh, well, I raise chickens for the eggs and fun, not for profit. *** Here’s another oneroom schoolhouse story: A rough and tumble farm kid returns from school and says he got an F in arithmetic. “Why,” asks his equally rough and tumble father. The kid replies, “My teacher asked how much is 2 x 3 and I said 6.” “But that’s right,” says his dad. Then the kid goes on,
January 10, 2018 “But then she asks me how much is 3 x 2.” “What’s the ******** the difference?” blurts his father. “That’s what I said,” replies his son. “And it’s why I got an F in Math.” *** Words of wisdom overheard in the coffee shop: “My goal for 2017 was to lose 10 pounds. Only 15 to go.” That sounds like me. Hope we warm up soon. Have a good ‘un.
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The Kansas Agricultural Technologies Conference takes place Jan. 18-19 in Junction City JUNCTION CITY, Kan. – Technology changes rapidly in every aspect of life. For farmers, keeping up with changes in equipment, analysis methods and best practices can make a major difference in their productivity and, ultimately, their bottom line. From aerial crop-monitoring drones to driverless tractors, the present and future of Kansas agriculture takes center stage at the Kansas Agricultural Technologies Conference Jan. 18-19 at the Geary County Convention Center, 310 Hammons Dr., in Junction City. The conference is sponsored by the Kansas Ag Research & Technology Association (KARTA) and K-State Research and Extension. KARTA designs the annual conference to be a thought provoking forum for the exchange of information about new and old technologies with a focus on supporting scientifically valid on-farm research efforts and increasing overall farm business profitability. On-site registration begins at 8 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 18. The opening session features a look at how a Nebraska service provider has made precision ag work for his clients. Among other session topics are: Are you harvesting your most important assets? Vendor presentations The Internet of Machines A 5 p.m. social hour and poster session will be followed by dinner at 6 p.m. Following the dinner will be a 7 p.m. keynote titled “The Next Step in Data Collection,” presented by Jeremy Wilson of Crop IMS. The evening session a lively interactive discussion between the presenter and attendees. The second day’s featured presentations include: Optimizing Every Plant with Automation A “rapid-fire” session of Precision Ag Research Updates from KSU faculty Approaches to Vari-
able Rate Nitrogen Throughout the conference, KARTA members will make presentations on research conducted on their farms with finan-
cial help from KARTA. Presenters will show their peers how to put technology to work collecting and analyzing data in ways that can benefit their farm oper-
ations. Ample time will be available to question speakers, visit with vendors and share with other conference participants. Among the research
conducted last year and eligible to be featured in presentations are: Gypsum Soil Amendment Evaluation Comparision of Soil
Sampling Approaches Using Yield History to Predict Soil P Cover Crops in Irrigated Continuous Corn Corn N Rates Following (Continued on page 25)
PRIME KANSAS CENTURY FARM
LAND AUCTION
Friday, January 26, 2018 at 4:30 pm Auction Location: Maple Hill Senior Center, 218 Main Street, Maple Hill, KS 66507
Driving Directions to Property: West of Topeka, KS, on I-70 to Paxico Exit 138 North of Paxico approximately 7.5 miles to Turkey Creek Rd. Then East 2.4 miles on gravel, South side of road.
275 Acres ± Wabaunsee Co., Kansas, Farmland Offered at No Reserve
Tract 1 features 150 acres +/- w/ 143.85 tillable acres of class 1 and 2 soils Kansas River Bottom Farmland. This farm represents some of the best productive farmland in Eastern Kansas. Farm is equipped with 1992 Valley 6000, 7 Tower Irrigation System, including a John Deere 4 Cylinder Diesel Engine and Amarillo right angle gear drive pump, well is approximately 90’ in depth and 24” diameter with an unlimited supply of water. Tract 1 was in Soy Bean Production 2017. Tract 2 - Located Just East of Tract 1 features 76 acres +/- of Highly Productive River Bottom Land w/ 73.48 acres Tillable. Farm also has Valley 6000, 6 Tower Irrigation System, including a John Deere 4 Cylinder Diesel Engine and Amarillo right angle gear drive pump. Tract 2 was in corn production in 2017. Tract 3 - Located Just North of Tract 2 features 46 acres +/- of Non Irrigated Kansas River Bottom Land w/ 33.49 acres Tillable which was in corn production 2017. 2017 Taxes for Tracts 1, 2 & 3 combined were $6,596.84. Complete Terms, Detailed Soil Types and Mapping available online at: www.youngerauction.com or www.UCAuctionServices.com Auction Terms and Conditions – Registration: Auction Registration will begin one hour prior to the beginning of the Auction. All bidders are required to register with a valid form of photo ID (driver’s license) and acknowledge having read and agree to be bound by the auction terms and conditions. Bid Procedure: The Tracts will be offered in 3 individual tracts and will not be combined. Down Payment and Contract Signing: The Successful Bidder(s) shall be required to place 10% of the total contract price in escrow and sign the purchase agreement, immediately following the conclusion of the auction. The down payment shall be in the form of (cash, cashier’s check, personal check or business check). Closing: Closing shall take place within 30 days of the auction date, on or before February 26, 2018. Possession shall be delivered to the buyer at closing. Taxes: Buyer(s) will be responsible for all 2018 taxes. Any announcements made the day of the auction shall take precedence over any previously printed material or any other oral statements made.
Richard Shawn Terrel, Auctioneer
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KS Broker #BR00216208
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223 Acres ± Cash Rent Land Auction Subject to Seller’s Confirmation
Cash Lease Tract 1 features 92.25 Acres +/- of Highly Productive Row Crop land located next to Tract 2, which was in combination corn & soybean production in 2017. This farm shares 6 tower irrigation system from Tract 2. Excellent opportunity for Hunting Enthusiast off of the Kansas River. Cash Lease Tract 2 is located just North and West 1/4 mi. from Cash Rent Tract 1 and features 73 acres +/- of Highly Productive Irrigated Land, which was in corn production in 2017. Cash Lease Tract 3 features 51.07 acres +/- of Highly Productive Irrigated Row Crop Land, located South of Auction Tract 2. Tenant will have access to irrigation system, previsions will apply on lease agreement. Tract 3 was in corn production in 2017. Cash Lease Tract 4 located just North of Cash Rent Tract 1. Consists of 7 acres +/-, borders Kansas River, Some Timber and Excellent Water Fowl Hunting Opportunity. YAC, INC d.b.a
Dale and Bobbie Keyser, Owners
Mark Younger, Auctioneer – (660) 541-1977
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January 10, 2018 (Continued from page 24) Cover Crop Grain Sorghum Seeding Rates Soybean Seeding Rates vs. Planting Date and Maturity Group Thermal Cameras in Ag Ascend in Irrigated Corn Long Term Impact of Canola on Following Crops Farm Data Privacy Legal Issues The annual KARTA business meeting also will take place during the conference. Admission for both days costs $275 and includes meals and refreshments. Attend-
Page 25 ees can save $50 by registering online on or before Jan. 10. Agriculture students at any Kansas post-secondary school are eligible for a reduced rate of $75 per day. Funds raised through registration fees will be used to provide 2018 research grants and technology workshops that are held in various locations across the state. To register online or download a printable schedule and registration form, visit: www.karta-online.org/ events.
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“PRICE REDUCED!” 617 NORTH MAIN - KINGMAN, KS 67068 $115,900 CHARMING BUNGALOW! OWNER HAS REFINISHED THE HARDWOOD FLOORS IN THE FRONT 3 ROOMS! Beautiful hardwood floors! This family friendly home has all of the room you will need. The main floor has a spacious living room, parlor, formal dining room with a built-in china cabinet, kitchen with a breakfast noon, bedroom, bath, and a den. Beautiful oak woodwork throughout this home. The upstairs features 3 very spacious bedrooms with walkin closets and a full bath. The basement has a family room, rec area, storage room, laundry room, and a full bath. Plenty of storage throughout. The exterior features a 2 car garage, garden shed, patio and a front porch. Beautiful home with lots of character. Nice central location within walking distance to schools and downtown.
“PRICE REDUCED!” 1340 N SPRUCE - KINGMAN, KS $89,900 Spacious ranch home located on a corner lot! The main floor features a living room with a gas fireplace, dining area, kitchen, a full bath, an office area or den, 2 bedrooms and a master bedroom with a master bath. The newly remodeled basement features a large family room or rec room, a full bath, a nonconforming bedroom, and a storage room. New carpet and paint throughout. The exterior features an attached garage, and a fenced backyard with a patio and deck. Within walking distance to schools.
Boats **1993 STRATOS Bass Boat, 120 Evenrude, good shape, $3500; 2000 Yamaha waverunner, new engine, excellent condition, $3500; 1999 YELLOWSTONE 33ft. 5th WHEEL, very nice, clean, new tires, sleeps 4, $7500 firm. 417-438-0103 ---------STARCRAFT BOATS, Pontoons, fishing boats, 2018 now in stock with Mercury motors; also warranty work on Mercury motors. RONNIE’S BOAT WORKS 417-451-1155.
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726/728 N SUGAR - KINGMAN, KS $79,900 Investment opportunity! This duplex complex features 2 units that each feature a spacious living room, kitchen, bath, and 2 bedrooms. Newer paint, flooring, and appliances. One of the units has main floor laundry the other is located in the basement. They both have full unfinished basements for all of your storage needs. Central h/a throughout. The exterior features a 2-car garage, and patio area. Located on a corner lot within walking distance to St. Patrick’s Church, school, and hospital.
243 W Copeland - $124,900 Spacious ranch home on a large corner lot! Beautiful open floor plan with a living room, dining room and kitchen with a dining area as well. This home has 3 bedrooms with the master bedroom having a large walk-in closet. There are 2 full baths, a bonus sun room for your enjoyment, and a separate utility room. Some new interior paint. Oak woodwork, Pella windows, and extra storage throughout. The exterior features maintenance free vinyl siding and a “new” 50 year roof. Located on a large shaded corner lot.
Wanted: OLD TRUCKS, pickups to road tractors. Also AEROMOTOR windmills. 620-791-7763 ---------I Pay $10-$100 for catalytic converters. I also buy junk starters, alternators & transmissions. 316-210-6027 ---------Buying Furs. 561 S. Main Street, Hoisington. Also buying deer hides, cow hides, deer antlers. 620-653-7668 ---------Wanted: McCormick #100 9’ trail behind sickle mower, good. 785-658-2201
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Wanted Wanted: Salvage Farm, Oil Field and other scrap metals. 316-650-0327 MOUNT HOPE ---------Beginning Farmer Wanting to purchase farming operation from retiring farmer and rent tillable acres. Years of experience on family grain and livestock operation. Master’s degree in agriculture from Kansas State. Luke: 620-515-0935 KANSAS ---------Buying MILITARY ITEMS from pre-Civil War to present. Also AUTHENTIC INDIAN ARTIFACTS. Call 417-438-0619 ---------WANTED: junk cars, farm machinery, old combines, tractors, implements, etc. also catalytic converters, alum wheels, radiators, aluminum pipe. Scrap License #16-010370. 316-650-7482 ANDALE ---------WANTED TO BUY: Round or square bales ALFALFA, all cuttings. 620-786-0589 ---------AMERICAN WALNUT buying standing walnut timber, 25 or more trees. 816-232-6781 Saint Joseph, MO.
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JENKINS Skid loader attachments, brush grapples, skeleton grapples, free pullers, brush mowers, free shears, post hole diggers, backhoes, dirt buckets and more. 402-920-0621 ---------GOPHER/ PRAIRIE DOG control, use Zink Phosphide oat bait, Ramick Green bait stations for rats and mice. Delivery available. Spring Creek Ag Products. Inc. 800-432-5672 ---------Drill Press, new condition, 5/8 in. bench top 12 spd., runs great, $75. 316-806-9208
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ROGER'S VIEW FROM THE HILLS: LOSS IS LIFE “IT IS EASIER TO IDENTIFY WITH LOSS THAN LOVE, BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD SO MUCH MORE EXPERIENCE WITH IT.” Roger Ebert How did you get through the holidays? As I am writing this it is New Years Eve day and I watched one of the many run downs, in the news shows, on who all was lost during 2017. It is amazing how many people I did know passed on but also how many I did not know who was considered to be important and news worthy. It is hard for many to get through the holidays because of many things. Hopefully the joy of the birth of our Savior gave the needed energy to come through the season whole. As I sit here the word that a legend in our Western Music world, Liz Masterson passed away from cancer. Liz was not only a legendary talent in our music world and family, but was a really great person. I was accepted into a family of talented people in the Western music world and have been in awe of this fact for years. When I am with my family I am so aware of how little talent I really have and yet I was brought into this world and treated as an equal. This group filled in a gaping hole in my life because at age 40 I started losing all of my best friends. The losses caused me to start dealing with my pain through cowboy and country poetry. I was fortunate that a radio station owner and personality took to me and hired me for several performances that the station sponsored. I try to thank him for the
Roger's View From The Hills opportunities but is any expression of thanks enough? He is gone now and adds to the growing list of people in this new family that I have lost. I used to make the Western Music Association Festival in Albuquerque NM every November. It was the time of year that a huge number of family members got together to recognize the talent and calling of the poets and musicians. Of course the making of new friends also sets you on a path of loss because we are all born to die. The first one to make a big impact on me was the loss of Curly Musgrave. For those who did not know him he was the most gifted and knowledgeable musician that I ever knew. I could not be called a close friend but we were on the path to it when we lost him. His partner, Belinda Gail, was hit by the double whammy of losing her singing partner and her husband in the same year. 2017 was the year of loss for ‘The Voice’ Bill Barwick. Bill was a larger than life singer, actor, businessman, and rescue technician. Bill loved the Walnut Valley Festival at Winfield and was on stage there for almost 30 years. He was the booming voice of the Western Channel. He was one of the best vocalists and stylists in Western Music, and he worked with the Rocky Mountain Rescue Team
for 30 years. When he had his stroke a few years ago we watched him battle back because there was “no quit” in Bill. To top off the year 2017 I lost several family friends and here this morning the news came in that Liz Masterson from Colorado lost her battle with cancer. That nemesis that I hate the sound of. Cancer has been a major factor in a large part of my losses over the years. How do you deal with loss? I guess you just live. Health has prevented me from seeing my new family at the WMA now for several years. I have never found the words that can give any comfort to anyone who has experienced loss. I guess the only way that I have dealt with it is in the knowledge that we will all feel the same loss over time. I have faith that someday we will all be joined together again. What a jam session that will be. UGLY! “HONESTY IS THE
deaths and suffering on the earth. Religion is blamed for much more than it should because of the perversion of faith into Yes the truth can be ideological political ugly, but the denial of forums under the guise truth is even uglier. of religion. In fact there There are things that we do not want to admit have been more martyrs about ourselves and yet for Christianity in the many are so fast to seek 20th and 21st Centuries out their version of truth than the whole of histowhen it comes to others. ry combined. The pronouncements It seems that opinion has supplanted the cold from religious leaders are there to hopefully hard facts about almost set an example for the everything. Yet it is faithful to strive for a written that “war and threat of war will always just world. The problem is that truth of those be with us.” Yet we are who do not follow these exhorted to work and principles do not pay pray for peace. Does it not take a bit of wisdom attention to them and have to be dealt with in to realize the truth and reality. yet still strive for the So do we as citizens ideal? try to only pick and It is a responsibility choose what is truth? of the citizen to be edWe can not. Truth is ucated on the facts and yet there is so much that a reality. We can try try to re-arrange what is to effect change but it has to be a cooperative fact, fiction, a lie, and a damned lie. The facts effort. Can the government do anything to are that there has been affect change? It seems nothing like the United that getting everyone to States of America on sit and talk issues is an the face of the earth throughout all of history. impossibility. Nothing It is fact that other forms can be done easily when one side refuses to coof government from Socialist, to Communist, operate and the ground rules are set down for an Fascist, and Dictatorimpossible standard. ship has caused more FIRST CHAPTER IN THE BOOK OF WISDOM.” Thomas Jefferson
January 10, 2018 I have never known an argument that was stopped other than when both sides are talking and listening to each other. When leading members make speeches that only say “impeach 45” there is no room for truth and common ground. Common ground does not mean ‘you agree with me.’ Common ground means that each can have their say and the other listens and offers counter-points and an agreement can be worked out. ‘They look but do not see, listen but do not hear, witness but do not believe.’ This is not an exact quote of a passage but it is in scripture and is a reality of what today’s politics has become. The passage of the tax bill is not the panacea that most hoped for, but it is a start. But how can anyone dismiss the Fair Tax? Cutting spending seems to be a foreign language. Cutting out foreign aid to enemies is only a start. Funding countries who have the resources to take care of themselves is ludicrous. I have (Continued on page 29)
Retirement Farm Machinery Auction Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018 12:00 Noon Lunch on Grounds As we are retiring from farming, we will sell the following items, Located from the Jct. of Hwy. 99 & Hwy 16 at the south end of Blaine, KS, go 2 1/2 mi W. on Hwy. 16 to Knight Rd., then just north on Knight to Davis Rd., then 1/10 of a mi W. to 11415 Davis Rd., Blaine, KS 66549 (Blaine, KS is located 14 mi S. of Frankfort, KS or 7 mi N. of Westmoreland, KS on Hwy. 99) ‘90 JD 8760 4X4 trctr w/Outback auto-steer, 24 sp. trans., hyd. drive PTO–Clean; ‘03 Dagleman 2-way 12’ dozer blade w/ wings, expands to 14’; ‘96 JD 8100 FWA trctr w/axle mount 18.4 X 42 duals, 5,426 hrs.–Very Clean; ‘95 JD 7800 FWA trctr w/11,160 hrs., Quad Range trans., Joy stick control, Tractor is wired for Green Star; ‘93 JD 7800 FWA tractor, 12,792 hrs., Quad Range trans., Joy stick control; ‘80 JD 4040 trctr w/SGB cab, Quad Range trans., 16,560 orig. hrs., very good rear tires–Good; 2-JD 740 ldrs w/8’ buckets; Grapple fork for 740 ldr. ‘06 JD 9760 comb w/2,258 sep hrs/3,284 eng hrs., new concaves in 2015, sngl drive whls–Always Shedded; ‘10 JD 630 F 30’ flex hdr w/sngl point hookups; ‘98 JD 9610 Contour Master comb, 4,197 sep. hrs., 5,862 eng. hrs., new concaves, new cyl bars, new beater, complete new hydrostat sys, All new in ‘17, new drive tires, wired for Green Star–Always Shedded/Good; ‘04 JD 930 30’ Countour Master flex hdr w/full aug fingers; ‘97 JD 922 22’ Countour Master flex hd; 2-JD 643 6 row 30” corn heads (1 w/poly snouts)–Very Good Operating Condt.; 30’ Series II BBK hdr trlr–Like New; 30’ pintle hitch hdrtrlr–Very Good; 22’ 4-whl shop built hdr trlr; 2-JD 4 whl running gears hdr trlrs. Ag Management Solutions Equipment including: 2-2600 monitors, 1-300 antenna, 1–ITC antenna; ‘05 JD 1770 12 row, 30” plntr w/dry fert., sngl disc fert. openers, Martin trash whppers, Schlagel closing whls, Graham auto row shut offs & control sys, Precision meters & plates, var. rate capability; ‘94 JD 7200 12 row 30” planter, sngl disc fert. openers, dry fert. attach, Martin trash whppers, Schlagel closing whls, Precision meters & plates, right/left shut offs, w/JD No. 250 monitor; ‘00 JD 1750 6 row, 30” plntr, dry fert. w/sngl disc fert. openers, Yetter trash whppers, Schlagel closing whls, all new Precision meters & plates w/JD No. 250 monitor Some spare fert. boxes, plntr trans & other plntr parts. All 3 plntrs in very good condt. & completely rebuilt in 2017; ‘94 CB 4000 All Plant 20’ X 8” no-till drill, seed monitor, No fert. box– Recently Rebuilt; ‘99 JD 4890 self-propelled dsl. swthr w/16’ hdr, AC cab, stl rollers, new sickle, rebuilt hdr; ‘11 Vermeer 605 SM big rnd blr, net wrap, string tie/monitor, 8,317–through shop Fall 2017; ‘82 JD 336 wire tie squr blr; ‘97 NH 216 hyd. drive dbl hay rake; JD 670 and 640 hay rakes w/dolly whls; ‘02 1254 Rogator spryr, 4,770 hrs. w/1,200 gal. stainless stl tank, 80’ booms, JD auto steer w/2600 monitor & 3000 antenna, all 4 whl motors overhauled in 2016, maintained yearly by Rogator tech; Bluejet 34’ stand. shank Anhyd applicator w/Edge Bent shank update, ‘15 JD rate controller & Raven cooler; JD 235 26’ disc w/like new 22” blades–Good; JD 712 12 shank mulch tiller JD 980 35’ field cult. w/3 bar hrr; JD F-145-H 5 X 16” plow; JD RM 6 row 30” 3 pt. culti. w/rolling shields; Parker 650 center aug grain cart w/new Brent gear box & RO tarp; 2-EZ Trail and a Kill Bros. gravity wgns w/augs & tarps, A-1; NH 195 tndm axle manure sprdr w/hyd. slop gate, PTO drive; Snow Machine 8’, 3 pt.,+ PTO driven snow blwr. GATOR, PICKUPS, TRUCKS and TRAILERS: ‘09 JD 620i Gator XUV w/windshield, canopy top; ‘07 Chevy 2500 HD 3/4 ton 4X4 pickup, AT, Vortec gas mtr, 121,500 mi, new tires w/2013 Krogmann Balehandler bale bed & 2 side tool boxes; ‘86 KW T-600 dsl. Straight trk w/22’ alum bed & pusher axle; ‘95 Ford 9000 semi-trctr w/3406-C Cat motor, 13 sp. trans., HD Red Dot AC, 2 big line 35 gal. per min. wet kit for live floor trlr; ‘94 Int. semi-tractor w/N-14 Cumm mtr, 9 sp. trans.; ‘96 Ford straight trk w/10 sp. creeper trans., HD Red Dot AC, dble frame, Cumm M-11 mtr w/22’ silage/grain combo bed & hoist, RO tarp; ‘75 Ford LNT 8000 twin screw trk w/20’ metal bed & hoist, RO tarp, 13 sp. Cumm 350 mtr, overhauled 30,000 mi ago; ‘04 Neville 34’ & ‘04 MCM 30’ stl dbl hppr trlrs, tndm axle w/RO tarps, All Truck/Trailers have very good tires and completely serviced; ‘07 20’ Travelong stock trlr; ‘08 Pro-Trak 24’ GN flatbed trlr, all recondt.; Several good spare tires & whls; 2 back tires & whls for 9610 or 9760 comb. Seller: R & R Suther Farms Ralph, Ron and Dan Suther For more info., call Ron Suther, 785-457-3440-h or 785-556-0251-c Auctioneer’s note: Most pieces of machinery have been shedded. Check website for more info and pictures! Terms: Cash or Valid Check Not Responsible for Accidents or Theft. Statements made sale day take precedence over printed material. Auction conducted by: Cline Realty & Auction, LLC Onaga, KS 785-889-4775 John E. Cline, Broker/Auctioneer - 785-532-8381 Austin Cline, Auctioneer, Frankfort, KS – 785-565-3246 www.mcclivestock.com/clinerealty
January 10, 2018 (Continued from page 28) never seen a friend that could be bought and have true loyalty. How can money be poured into places like Puerto Rico who have had billions poured in before the hurricane and still need billions more? Then relief supplies are found in the dumpsters full behind relief centers? People are mad at the recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, yet the original Palestinian flag had the Star of David on it. If you look in the Bible the area in Palestine including Jerusalem was given to the Jewish people by God. Five presidents and the Congress recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. This president had the guts to actual recognize it. What controversy? Truth is a hard task master, it cannot be changed or ignored because you have a differing political view. I don’t recall any country, other than England, that had any problems with Washington being declared the capital of our country. Truth is that Washington D.C. was originally built on a swamp. It was separated into it’s own district because they did not want any one state to claim ownership of it (like any would want to). Good thing regulations are being done away with. There could be an EPA rule violated for draining a swamp. As I see it the swamp that was built over has just reclaimed itself.
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Intermittent Irony By Lisa Meitner Like most of you, I have never had much luck at sticking with a resolution for the upcoming fresh slate that the calendar hands us every January. Fifty nine years in, I am here to admit that I will always need to shed a few (read many) pounds, get in better shape, be a better friend... This list takes on a whole new meaning as I find myself staring down my last year in
my fifties. I know that I am not the first to take a critical, magnifyingly sober look at my life at this juncture. It may happen when you are facing 30, 40, 50 or more. I have always been the first to say to my kids that they need to lighten up on themselves about missed career choices because I am (fill in the blank) years old and I still haven’t figured out what I want to be when I grow up. In my search I have tried many paths – waitress, McDonald’s manager ( I bet you never thought you knew anyone who had actually “graduated” from Hamburger University), college student, air traffic controller in the Navy, CNA, Realtor – well you get it. As the saying goes, jack of all
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Brownback exeunt: An office at loose ends It seems for the moment that Kansas is a state with two governors: Sam Brownback and Jeff Colyer. Brownback officially holds the office but with a frail resignation, his smile and career both fading, like the decline of a fallen feudal grandee. Colyer, Brownback’s lieutenant, is expectant and ambitious, waiting in the wings, a faithful and obedient understudy now anxious to ascend, to succeed, to be at the top for at least one glorious moment. The years of the Brownback Administration have been long ones. He was first elected governor in 2010 after 14 ordinary and mostly indifferent years in the United States Senate. He twice ran for president, brief and pallid projects on behalf of anti-abortion activists and evangelicals of the far right. Before that he was a congressman and before that he was the state’s agriculture secretary and before that he obtained a law degree. Now, at age 61, he has been in public service more than 30 years, having taken pay from a federal government that he said he loathed and a state government he so adored that he tried to dismantle it. All the while Colyer, the faithful and obedient understudy, trotted along, a devoted Spaniel defending his master and the policies that turned the state budget red with deficits and debt; that slashed at state agencies, starved cities and counties, decimated local schools, drained colleges and universities and opened wide the state’s brain drain. What else? He is – or has been – a sometime legislator (2007, 2009) but a physician for most of his professional life, one who traveled the exclusive lanes of plastic surgery in Johnson County, golden ghetto of the Kansas City metroplex. Dr. Jeff, the political novice, became Lt. Gov. Colyer, acolyte to the Pontiff Brownback, and a candidate to succeed him. * President Trump last August appointed Brownback ambassador
John Marshall of international religious freedom, a posting with no embassy and a title so vague that its calling defies meaning. Nevertheless, Trump’s appointment, a reward for Brownback’s unfailing devotion, went to the United States Senate
where it quickly gathered dust. In October the nomination barely passed a committee (1110) but it was blocked on the Senate floor. Officially, Democrats said Brownback had revoked a prohibition of discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender workers in state government – reason enough to thwart his appointment. Nor did it help that when Brownback served in the Senate, he was seen by many as aloof, his staff arrogant and often rude and occasionally thuggish. Brownback had carried a sense of entitlement since his
early days as a congressman and in Washington, memories can be a harbor for retribution as well as reward. Brownback may yet have his nomination but only if Trump again sends it to the Senate. Meanwhile the governor, who expected a rapid confirmation, had turned many of his duties to Colyer, the governor-in-waiting. This included preparing a state budget for the next fiscal year beginning July 1, a monstrous ledger for the flow of, among other things, nearly $7 billion for the day-to-day operating expenses of state government including
January 10, 2018 contentious matters of taxing and funding for locals schools and state universities, covering the highway fund and expanding Medicaid (or not), and rescuing the state pension fund. For starters. Colyer had been working on all that, as well as entering a now-crowded primary race for the Republican nomination for governor. The governor, nearing the end of his second term, had expected to resign so that Colyer could shed his lieutenancy, be sworn in, govern briefly and run as an incumbent. But no. Expectations have been stalled. Brownback is back but still on the way out, no
longer relevant and yet hanging on with resoluteness. He remains governor and in spite of Colyer’s preparation, was to deliver his eighth annual state of the state message to the Legislature. Would it be Colyer’s message or Brownback’s speech, or the other way around? Our governor seems an apparition, a hollow visage with talk as vague as dust and whose influence,like his message, is faded and heading to irrelevance. And our state, if not its legislature, is left to make some sense or find some meaning in a governorship that has lost its way and its purpose
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The Art of Mentoring it miserable to get traps anchored in the cement-like soil and making it nearly necessary to extract them from the ground with a crane. My young friend was evidently doing things correctly while I was not, so I deduced Exploring Kansas Outdoors maybe it was time for By Steve Gilliland the teacher to become
[email protected] the student again, and Thursday morning I Ah, the exuberance rode along with him to of youth! I trapped observe. For starters coyotes for a couple weeks before deer fire- he’s trapping on the outskirts of a major arms season in early town on properties that December, with the have not been trapped poorest results since for years, if ever, so I was a beginning the predator populatrapper. Meanwhile tion is high. Plus his Jared Austin, the exuberance for trapyoung lad I mentored ping is almost overlast year continued to whelming. He couldn’t send me picture after picture of coyotes and care less that the bobcats he was catch- ground is hard or frozen or about any other ing. In the 2 ½ weeks roadblocks nature has I trapped, I caught only 5 coyotes and had thrown our way, he just loves to trap! to leave 4 properties This all got me because the landownthinking about the ers fenced them for process of mentoring grazing or knifed-in someone and teaching nitrogen while I had them what we know traps there. I also about a sport we love, seemed to enjoy trapso allow me to offer ping coyotes less this some observations year than I can ever remember because the I’ve collected. Most ground was so terribly important by far is to make sure the person’s hard and dry, making
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introduction to the sport is a good experience. If a person’s first time fishing is in a pond where they catch very few fish, and they get snagged on tree limbs and rocks with every cast, they have good reason not to go again. Just this morning I was to go goose hunting with a couple guys. They texted me before I left and asked my opinion about postponing the hunt since it was 11 degrees below zero. I said that was OK with me, but I would still go if they wanted. Then they told me that a young son wanted to go along and they felt it was just too cold for him. Sometimes concessions must be made to help someone enjoy your sport. Joyce and I built a nice elevated deer blind a few years back, but I don’t know if I would have built it had she not wanted to hunt too. She sometimes reminds me of the first time I took her deer hunting. It was in southwest KS and she’d decided to sit with me one evening. She had no intention of EVER hunting
deer, but decided she would tag along just to be there. We sat in a patch of weeds on a couple small camp chairs overlooking a draw in a pasture. Just before dusk, I told her to watch the top of a certain hill in the distance, and right on cue, mule deer began popping over the top of that hill and heading into the draw below us. She tells me she was dumbfounded that I knew that would happen, and she’s been a deer hunter ever since, harvesting several nice Kansas whitetails. So making the necessary concessions or arrangements to make a person’s first hunt, fishing trip or campout is a good experience for them will go a long way toward ensuring that person will stick with their chosen sport for life. An important detail to learn about a person you might mentor is how they learn the best. Some of us learn best by doing, some of us learn best by being shown, and some of us learn best by a combination of the two. Making use of the best
learning process for the person will make it easiest for them to learn basic skills they’ll need to be successful at the sport you’re teaching them. I learn best by being shown something a few times before I try it on my own. When teaching my young trapping friend what I knew about trapping, he told me right up front he learned best by doing, so I showed him very little, but talked him through most everything while he actually did it himself. It’s OK to help your protégé prevent mistakes, but missing a shot at a strutting tom turkey because they shot before you recommended, or losing a big fish because they failed to use the net like you suggested is all part of the learning process for them, and they’ll never make that mistake again. I also feel it’s of utmost importance to talk to people about God’s Creation while you teach them to hunt, fish, and trap or in any way enjoy the outdoors. Tell them about things you see
around you, explain how nature works and why the animals they harvest are made like they are or why they do what they do. My wife laughs at me in total disagreement when I tell her I’m not competitive, but if the sport you’re teaching someone involves harvesting game, try to instill in them the enjoyment and appreciation of having the opportunity and freedom to do so, even when they fail to harvest their quarry. So there, for what it’s worth you have my two cents about mentoring. The only way our outdoor sports will continue to be enjoyed is by passing our love of them down to the next generation. Oh, and one more thing, try to be happy when your protégé out-hunts or out-traps you. It’s easy for me because I’m not competitive remember? Take someone outdoors with you and help them learn to Explore Kansas Outdoors! Steve can be contacted by email at stevenrgilliland@gmail. com.
Mt Hope, KS Max Dean McMillian, JR, age 38, a welder for J.R. Customs, passed away on January 2, 2018. Max was born June 21, 1979 in Hutchinson, KS the son of Max Sr and Penny Price. His mother Penny precedes him in death. He is survived by his dad; Max Sr and Tina; sons Cable and Maverick; daughters Madison and Cassidy Manche; sister Jennifer Trujillo. Memorial services will be held on Sunday, January 14, 2018 at 3:00 pm at Wulf-Ast Mortuary, 120 N King, Mt Hope , KS with Pastor Cody Courter officiating. Memorial to the Children’s Education Fund. Wulf-Ast Mortuary, Mt Hope, KS.
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