Repeat of the '80s unlikely for agriculture

by Mark ParkerThere’s a question nag-

ging at farmers and ranchersas the global economy strug-gles to pull out of a tailspin.After last spring’s optimismfaded into a nearly 50 per-cent drop in grain pricesfrom July to October, it’s aquestion that seems naturalenough:“Are we really headed for

a return to the tough timesfarmers and ranchers facedin the 1980s?”

The short answer is “no,”according to farm financialand economic experts, andless debt is a big reason. Bythe end of the ’70s, farmersowed, on average, $22 forevery $100 in assets. Todaythat ratio is more like $9 debtfor $100 worth of assets.Additionally, a steep climbin interest rates in the ’80s— up into the 18-20 percentstratosphere — led to moun-tainous debt servicing.“In the mid-’70s, interest

rates were low and stable,”explains Doug Hofbauer,president and CEO of Fron-tier Farm Credit in Manhat-tan. “Land values were in-flating faster than interestcosts and, therefore, encour-aged increased debt — muchof it at variable rates. Thereal triggering event for the’80s occurred in October of1979 when the newly ap-pointed Federal ReserveChairman Paul Volcker at-tacked ’stagflation,’ the stag-nant growth and high infla-tion of the ’70s. Instead ofcontrolled and artificiallylow interest rates, rates wereset above the cost of infla-tion, which was runningabout 13.5 percent at thetime versus today’s plus orminus 2 percent. The cost ofdebt and other factors trig-gered the farm recession andthe drop in land values.

“That’s not the situationwe’re in today. Interest ratesare not high and farmers aremuch more sophisticated interms of using debt correctly.In general, production agri-culture, as an industry, is in amuch stronger position thanit was in the ’80s.”That doesn’t mean every-

thing is coming up roses forfarmers, Hofbauer cautions,pointing out that troubles inthe general economy have anegative impact on demandfor farm products. Addition-ally, high-priced inputs andvolatile markets represent amajor challenge for farmersand ranchers.“Today’s situation, with

extremely rapid price moves,means that farmers have tobe very good at managingrisk and that begins with thetried-and-true basics ofknowing cost of productionand knowing your break-evens on a per acre basis. Inour current environment,swinging for the fences isn’talways the best approach —taking profits when they areavailable is a more financial-ly sound strategy.”Kansas State University

Agricultural EconomistTerry Kastens agrees thattoday’s farm financial sce-nario looks much differentfrom those rough days of the1980s.

“In agriculture, I thinkwe’re in a good position toweather the storm,” he says“We have fairly strong bal-ance sheets, the communitybanks and Farm CreditSystem, which provide mostof the credit for agriculture,did not get caught up in thefoolishness that the bigurban banks did, and I thinkthere is a healthy sense ofcaution on the part of farm-ers.“Much of it is a timing

difference. We’re not com-ing out of an inflationary pe-riod and we’re not highlyleveraged. Inflation, in itself,

isn’t a bad thing for agricul-ture. The problem comeswhen we break the back ofinflation. We could see an in-flationary period as a resultof massive deficit spendingbut that potential problem isdown the road. Right now,we are not even remotely inthe same position we facedin the ’80s.”Kastens cautions that

agriculture is not a one-size-fits-all industry. The live-

stock sector, he points out, isfacing belt-tightening timesand lacks some of the riskmanagement tools availableto crop producers such ascrop insurance. The impactof a general recession onland prices, he adds, canvary according to locationand situation.“I don’t think we’re going

to see much of a change inland values for commercialagriculture acres,” the K-State economist suggests.“There may be areas whereagriculture participates inthe nastiness somewhat, par-ticularly near urban areas,

because they are affected bynon-agricultural influences.It can get a little fuzzy whenthe land-credit situationmore closely resembles con-sumer lending because serv-icing that debt dependsheavily on off-farm income.That income is now morevulnerable. Basically, themore a farmer looks like aregular consumer or lifestylefarmer, the more problematicit becomes.”

Hofbauer gives today’sfarmers and ranchers highmarks for having morefinely-honed managementskills.“Farmers are more disci-

plined in their approach tobusiness today,” he asserts.“They understand that theirjob goes well beyond drivinga tractor — they are businessmanagers. Good farmersknow their expenses andhow to control them.They’re willing to sit downand put together a businessplan with multiple ’what if’scenarios. They have a roadmap that gives them direc-tion if certain factors comeinto play.“Producers today are also

much more likely to sur-round themselves with goodexpertise. They seek adviceand strive for an unbiasedview of their business. It’s achallenging industry but Ibelieve most farmers are upto meeting those chal-lenges.”Agricultural producers

are keenly aware of the prob-lems and the potential posedby a rocky macro-economy.It’s clear, however, thatthey’re not facing a replay ofthose bleak days of the1980s and even more clearthat they are better preparedto handle the economic cardsthey are dealt.

Repeat of the ’80s unlikely for agriculture

By Michelle Proctor“Misnaming the H1N1 virus ‘swine flu’ will cause a

significant amount of monetary damage, not only to thehog industry but to related industries such as hog packingand trucking,” said Ron Plain, livestock economist withthe University of Missouri Extension Commercial Agri-culture Program.Plain is hopeful that the worst is over, despite the dis-

covery of infected swine in Canada. Canadian health offi-cials suspect that the pigs contracted the virus from afarmer who had recently returned from Mexico.Plain said he is cautiously optimistic for two reasons.

“Number one, the death rate for this influenza strain ap-pears to be lower than that of normal seasonal flu.”Secondly, more organizations have stopped calling it

the “swine flu,” he said. “Efforts by the World Health Or-ganization, the World Organization for Animal Health andthe USDA to call the disease by its correct viral name havealready had a promising impact on lessening the econom-ic damage.”Plain believes that Egypt’s overreaction of slaughtering

all hogs in the country was “the straw that broke thecamel’s back” for WHO and like organizations. He be-lieves Egypt’s extreme policy led the global health organ-izations to promote the proper identification of the H1N1virus.Plain does not believe that feed prices will be affected.

“Whether or not the hogs are being sold, producers won’tstop feeding them. If the number of hogs remains constant,so will the amount of grain they will need.”The United States exports 20 percent of its pork. Some

of the leading importers of U.S. pork products, such asRussia and China, have placed restrictions on importsfrom North America.U.S. government officials have stated that restrictions

on U.S. pork and pork products are not based on scientificevidence and may unnecessarily result in serious trade dis-ruptions.

Economic damage from‘swine flu’ misnomermay prove limited

Interest rates are not high and farm-ers are much more sophisticated interms of using debt correctly.

— Doug Hofbauer

Farmers walk and drive the “mall”

By Beth Gaines-Riffel,Editor

It might not have been a mall perse but farmers and ranchers fromacross the High Plains convergedupon Garden City last week to perusethe displays of equipment andmerchandise that completely filled

the Finney County Fairgrounds.This was the 55th annual event forthe Western Kansas ManufacturersAssociation. The show alternatesbetween Garden City and GreatBend.The show is spread out over a

large outdoor grid, which makes it

difficult to cover in a single day byfoot. Many choose to rent or bringgolf carts to motor between the dis-plays of large and small equipment.It is a prime showcase for the busi-nesses that develop new and innova-tive equipment uses for the highplains.

This is the week of the year my husband dreads. Why, you might be wonder-ing? After all, it’s mid-May and with any luck the field work is progressing, theweather is warming nicely, cattle have been shipped to grass and all is usually rel-atively “right” with the world. Well, it’s the occasion that causes many marriedmen to squirm — that is if they remember it at all.

It happens to be the week of my dearly beloved and I’s anniversary. And, beingthe thoughtful and considerate person that I am (Mother, quit laughing) — I triedto make it easy for him to remember the occasion. My birthday and our an-niversary falls within two days of each other. And, to up the ante even a little bitmore, it usually fall the same week as Mother’s Day.

Now at the outset, I didn’t really think about the holiday set aside to recognizemothers when we got married 14 years ago — after all I wasn’t a mother at thatpoint — but in the intervening years, Hallmark does a pretty good job of alertingJames to the upcoming week of festivities annually.

So this is MY week. And it’s kind of fun. It certainly allows me to get the mostbang for my buck stretching what normally is recognized as 24-hour celebrationinto a week-long festival. Heck, there are three occasions to enjoy cake thisweek! Which is a good thing, since my husband and I have had serious debatesabout what kind of cake is better — vanilla, chocolate or ice cream!

Just because I claim the week doesn’t mean I always have full control of theschedule. Last year I celebrated my birthday with a bunch of ranchers in LyonCounty attending a grazing tour — the night was beautiful and it was a greatevening for a hayrack ride.

And being a “pampered” mother is just a dream. I don’t imagine that request-ing breakfast in bed would get very far with my crew, not to mention the disasterthe kitchen would be in following the effort. After the boys joined 4-h and be-came interested in showing livestock, it seems that I’ve spent the last several“Mothers” day cheering on my children from ringside at either a pig or goatshow. While I wasn’t exactly “pampered,” (last year they did provide a flower forthe mothers in attendance!) at the end of the day I was a little bit “gritty” frombeing out in the wind and the dust, I wouldn’t really have wanted to spend timewith my kids in any other fashion.

The third celebration of the week happens to be our wedding anniversary.Now, to fully fess up, this has always been a low-key affair. I credit it in part tohis laid-back approach to most everything. In true farmer-fashion, I’m sure thatwe’ll either take a crop or pasture tour for the evening. Really though, a trip tothe pasture to check the cows and calves is pretty okay with me. And oh, yes,“Ditto.” Which is code for love you too.

That’s all for now. I’m off to celebrate my “week.” I’ll chat with you nextweek, “Over the Barn Gate!”

While May and I were parked onMain Street in Concordia, we saw astylish woman decorating the win-dow of the fashionable ladies’ store.May watched with great interest tosee what new fashions would be dis-played. Soon she opened the cardoor and left me sitting there whileshe went into the store. Before longshe returned with a pretty neckscarf that had caught her fancy andthat would coordinate some items inher wardrobe. The store clerk haddone a good job of getting us tospend some dollars we were notplanning to spend.

This past weekend the show win-dow for all of Kansas was on displayin our town of Concordia, when itagain was host to the Sampler Fest.Thousands of visitors were in townto attend, and many towns fromacross the state had displays of theirspecialties and tourist attractions.Of course, Dodge City showed offBoot Hill and Abilene included theEisenhower Museum in its display.By looking at all the show windows,tourists could readily see thatKansas is a state of great interestand appeal.

Last week May and I attendedthe FFA banquet at Council Grove. Itwas a great show window, displayingthe accomplishments of the chapter.A very tasty barbecue meal was en-joyed by the nearly two hundred andfifty present including FFA mem-bers, brothers and sisters, parents,grandparents, and friends. The per-formance of the chapter was superi-or as was evidenced by the awardsmany of the members received. I amsure they are glad that this eveningis over but also are happy they hada great display for their show win-dow.

All summer long at the countyfairs, many 4-H’ers as well as otheryoung folk including vo-ag studentsdisplay their accomplishments. Thecrescendo of all this is the State Fairin Hutchinson. What a great showwindow for agriculture, whether it be

farm implements, 4-H livestock,cooking, sewing, photography, orcrops.

During winter and spring, thepurebred breeders of livestock havebeen displaying their wares of cattlewith blow-dried hair, catalogs dis-playing each entry and the EPDs. It’sa show window many attend just tosee the auction, eat a free barbecue,and see what good cattle are sellingfor. Many attendees have no inten-tion of bidding, let alone taking oneof those fluffy giants home. It’s agreat show.

This spring the show window formany ranchers was to display the fe-rocity of a hot grass fire. Many asightseer has driven into the dark ofnight to see the darkness be trans-formed into a blaze of orange flames,driving the darkness back. A con-trolled fire is a display to admire andrespect.

My next comment may be con-sidered as meddling. I propose toyou that every farmer and ranchercan have a show window to displayfor others to admire. The grass isgrowing fast and tall. Now is the timeto prune the trees, pick up limbs,wire, trash, and things that fight thelawn mowers. A few hours canchange one’s farmstead from a lookof disgrace to one of beauty andpride. Now that the temperaturesshould stay above freezing and be-fore the bugs make their entrance isa perfect time to slap on a few gal-lons of paint if they are needed.

We, the prairie state, have somuch to show the “elite.” Just a fewtimely hours spent in “sprucing up”can make our show window glistenwith pride and beauty. I am proud ofour state. Let’s make 2009 a yearwhen others beyond our state bor-ders will look upon Kansas with aweand admiration.

P.S. I am sorry I meddled. Afterreading my article, May has come upwith a long list of things needing tobe done around here. Taking pride isfine, but let’s not overdo it.

The Learning PostBy Gordon Morrison

Concordia Rancher andFormer Agriculture Educator

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Grass & Grain, May 12, 2009

By Steve WatsonFor the third year in a

row, rainfall and coolweather have delayed cornplanting in parts of Kansas.This is of particular con-cern in southeast, east cen-tral, and south centralKansas, where many farm-ers like to complete cornplanting by early- to mid-April, said Kraig Rooze-boom, Kansas State Univer-sity Research and Exten-sion crop production spe-cialist. There´s still plentyof time left to plant corn inKansas, but where soils arealready saturated and morerain is predicted, producersmay be asking questionsabout the issues surround-ing later planting, he said.Those questions may in-clude: How late is too late toplant corn? What yields canbe expected with later-planted corn? Should dif-ferent hybrids be used aftera certain date? Whenshould I be thinking aboutswitching crops?

It is already past the op-timal window for plantingcorn in far southeast, eastcentral, central, and southcentral Kansas, especiallyon shallow, upland soils,

said Doug Shoup, K-StateSoutheast Area Extensioncrops and soils specialist.“We usually recommendthat upland soils in south-east Kansas be planted byApril 15 to 20. River-bottomsoils, with a deeper profileand greater water-holdingcapacity can be plantedthrough the first week ortwo of May with a relativelyhigh probability of suc-cess,” Shoup said. There ismore time remaining toplant corn in other regionsof Kansas, Roozeboom said.The likelihood of a freezeoccurring before cornreaches physiological matu-rity is relatively low unlesscorn is planted very late innorth central, northwest, orwest central Kansas. The ef-fect of late planting onyields is a bigger concernthan the possibility of earlyfreeze damage. For most ofKansas, corn yield reduc-tions will not be significantunless planting is delayeduntil mid-May or later, hesaid. “Be prepared for a 10to 50 percent yield reduc-tion if planting gets muchlater than that, dependingon the location and growingseason. Greater yield reduc-

tions usually occur thelonger planting is delayed,but every year is different,”the agronomist said. Atwhat point should growersconsider changing hybrids?“Unless planting is delayeduntil late May or early June,most growers should proba-bly stick with the hybridsthey typically grow. Switchto an earlier-maturing hy-brid only if you are con-cerned about running out ofgrowing season in the fall.That is typically a greaterproblem in north central,northwest, and west centralKansas than in the rest ofthe state,” Roozeboom said.

At what point shouldproducers who were plan-ning on planting cornswitch to planting a differ-ent crop instead?

“Right now we are a longway from needing to switchcrops in most of Kansas.However, if planting is de-layed until mid- to late-June, be prepared to switchto a crop that can mature ina shorter growing season,”Roozeboom said. Later-planted alternatives to corninclude sorghum, severaldifferent summer annualforages, soybean, cotton,

and sunflower, he said. “Beaware of possible rotationalrestrictions due to herbi-cide carryover and deter-

mine how best to utilizepre-applied fertilizer.There may be crop insur-ance implications as well,

so be sure to clear lateplanting and crop changeswith your crop insurancerepresentative,” he added.


See April 28 Grass & Grain for full details.

SELLERS: HOWARD K. RHODES TRUSTGUARANTY STATE BANK & TRUST BELOIT, KS., TRUSTEE & ZELDA M. RHODES TRUST

SANDRA MANKA,TRUSTEE

AUCTION CONDUCTED BYLARRY LAGASSE AUCTION & REAL ESTATE

CONCORDIA, KS.Website: llagasseauction-re.com • Email: [email protected]

AUCTIONEERSLARRY LAGASSE LANCE LAGASSEREAL ESTATE BROKER ASSOC. REAL ESTATE BROKERPH: 785-243-3270 PH: 785-262-1185

REAL ESTATEAUCTION

WEDNESDAY, MAY 20 — 10:00 AMTo be held at the American Legion hall, located at 506 Washington St. in

CONCORDIA, KANSAS1,140 ACRES CLOUD COUNTY CROPLAND & PASTURE

NOTE: Good producing land w/nice modern house in a good area. There are some creeks pro-viding good wildlife habitat for hunting. Look the property over, make your financial arrange-ments and plan to attend the auction. All acreages are believed to be correct but are not guar-anteed by the Sellers or the Auctioneers. Prospective purchasers should check w/the FSA Office.

TRACT IMODERN HOUSE & ACREAGEOPEN HOUSE:TUESDAY, MAY 5TH,

5:00 – 7:00 P.M.LOCATION: ½ mile West (on Teal Rd.) & ½ mileSouth (on 30th Rd.) of Jamestown, Ks.

GENERAL DESCR.: Approx. 10 acres w/3.69creek bottom, tillable, cropland, balance is yard,creek & trees. There is a modern, half brick,ranch style home. 1 car attached garage. Thereis a 100’x40’ metal Quonset building w/cementfloor, old barn & other outbuildings. Property ison Rural Water. Cropland is planted to wheat.

TRACT II62 ACRES CROPLAND

LOCATION: ½ mile West (on Teal Rd.) ofJamestown, Ks., adjoins Tract I.

GENERAL DESCR. Approx. 62 A. w/47.07 A,tillable, creek bottom cropland. 15 A. creek,trees & wild life habitat. Cropland is all planted towheat.

TRACT III75 ACRES CROPLAND

LOCATION: ¾ mile West (on Teal Rd.) ofJamestown, Ks.

GENERAL DESCR.: Approx. 75 A. w/66.01acres creek bottom & upland, tillable cropland ,8 A. creek, trees & wildlife habitat. Cropland is allplanted to wheat.

TRACT IV112 ACRES CROPLAND

LOCATION: ½ mile West (on #28 Highway,North side) of Jamestown, Ks.

GENERAL DESCR.: 112 A. w/110.1 acrescreek bottom to upland tillable cropland w/ 2 A.water-ways. All cropland is open for springcrops.

TRACT V160 ACRES CROPLAND & CREEK

LOCATION: 1 mile North (on blacktop 40th Rd.)and 1 mile East (on Union Rd.) of Jamestown,Ks. (Teal Rd. & 50th Rd.).

GENERAL DESCR.: 160 A, w.115.33 acrescreek bottom, tillable cropland & 154 acres

creek, trees & wildlife habitat. All cropland isplanted to wheat.

TRACT VI160 ACRES CROPLAND & CREEK

LOCATION: 1 ½ miles West (on Teal Rd.), 2miles South (on 20th Rd.) & ¼ mile West (onRock Rd) of Jamestown, Ks.

GENERAL DESCR.: Approx. 160 A. w/93.77 A.creek bottom, tillable cropland & 59 A. creekpasture & wildlife habitat. All cropland is plantedto wheat.

TRACT VII200 ACRES CROPLAND

LOCATION: 1 ½ miles west (on Teal Rd.) ofJamestown, Ks. (Teal Rd. & 20th Rd.).

GENERAL DESCR.: Approx. 200 acres w/190.2acres, slightly rolling cropland & 4.72 acreswaste. Approx. 115 A. planted to wheat; 73 A.cropland open for spring crops.

TRACT VIII240 ACRES PASTURE & CROPLAND

LOCATION: 2 ½ miles West (on Teal Rd.) & ¼mile North (on 10th Rd.) of Jamestown, Ks.

GENERAL DESCR.: 240 A. w/39.72 acresrolling, terraced cropland; 200 A. pasture w/goodfences & 3 ponds; cropland is all planted towheat.

TRACT IX62 ACRES CROPLAND

LOCATION: Two miles West (on Teal Rd.) ofJamestown, Ks.

GENERAL DESCR.: 62 A. w/60.4 A. slightlyrolling, tillable cropland & 0.76 acres waterways.All cropland is open for spring crops.

TRACT X80 ACRES CROPLAND

LOCATION: 2 ½ miles West (on Teal Rd.) & ¼miles North (on 10th Rd.) of Jamestown, Ks.

GENERAL DESCR.: 80 A. w/69.82 A. rolling,terraced cropland; 8 A. waterways & waste; Allcropland is open for spring crops.

Larry Lagasse Auction & Real Estate repre-sents the Sellers as Agents.

Lunch by Jolene & Barb. “Delicious home made pies.”

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Corn in the bag, not in theground causing concern

Thelma Baldock, Delphos:ORANGE SPICEDFRENCH TOAST

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5 tablespoons margarineIn a large bowl beat eggs,

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ing once. Repeat with re-maining margarine andbread. Sprinkle with pow-dered sugar, if desired.Serves 4.

*****Rita Stehno, Munden:

“Now that rhubarb is plenti-ful in the garden, here’s arecipe we like.”RHUBARB DREAM BARS

2 cups all-purpose flour2/3 cup confectioner’s sugar1 cup butter, softened3 cups white sugar (I use 2cups)

1 1/2 teaspoons salt1/2 cup all-purpose flour4 eggs, beaten4 1/2 cups chopped freshrhubarbPreheat the oven to 350

degrees. In a medium bowlmix together 2 cups flour,confectioner’s sugar and but-

ter until it forms dough, or atleast the butter is in smallcrumbs. Press into the bot-tom of a 9-by-13-inch bakingdish. Bake for 10 minutes inthe preheated oven. Whilethis bakes, whisk togetherthe white sugar, salt, 1/2 cupflour and eggs in a largebowl. Stir in rhubarb to coat.Spread evenly over the bakedcrust when it comes out ofthe oven. Bake for another 35minutes in the preheatedoven or until rhubarb is ten-der. Cool and cut into squaresto serve.

NOTE: I found I needed tobake a few minutes longer tomake sure the rhubarb wasset. You may want to servewith ice cream or whippedcream.

*****Kellee Rogers, Topeka:CREAMY PARMESAN

BROCCOLI4 cups frozen broccoli florets2 tablespoons olive oil3/4 cup grated Parmesancheese

8 medium green onions,chopped

1/2 cup sour cream1/4 cup mayonnaise2 tablespoons milk1/8 teaspoon pepper1/4 cup chopped walnuts

Heat oven to 350 degrees.Cook broccoli as directed onpackage; drain. Place in un-greased 2-quart baking dish.Drizzle with oil. Sprinklewith 1/4 cup of the cheeseand toss to coat. In a bowlmix remaining 1/2 cupcheese and remaining ingre-dients except walnuts. Spoonover broccoli. Bake 18 to 20minutes or until sauce be-gins to bubble and brown.Sprinkle with walnuts.

*****The next two recipes are

from Karen Allen, Dunlap:“These are tart and tastewonderful!”CANDY STRAWBERRIESMix together and chill

until firm:

1 can Eagle Brand Milk2 packages strawberry gelatin1 teaspoon vanilla1 cup ground pecans1 cup fine coconut

Pinch out enough for thesize of a strawberry and rollin red sugar & shape intostrawberry. Dip back endinto green sugar. You cancolor almond slivers withgreen food coloring and useas stem. I quit doing this be-cause people would pull itout and throw them away.

*****CHICKEN & RICE

CASSEROLE4 cans creamed soup (anykind but I use 3 chicken &1 celery)

1 stick butter or margarine2 cups uncooked minute riceChicken (I use 6 to 8 drum-sticks and 3 breasts)

PaprikaIn a saucepan heat and

stir together soups and but-ter. Heat until butter is melt-ed and stirred in. Add un-cooked rice and stir together.Spread into a 9-by-13-inchbaking dish. Place chickenpieces over the top and sprin-kle with paprika. Bake at 350degrees for 1 hour until gold-en brown. Leftovers reheatwell in microwave.

*****Mary Rogers, Topeka:

GINGER PEACH SORBET2 cups water1 cup sugar1 tablespoon minced ginger(2) 20-ounce packages frozensliced peaches, thawedIn a saucepan combine

water, sugar and ginger.Bring to a boil over medium-high heat and simmer, stir-ring until sugar dissolves. Re-move from heat and let standfor 30 minutes. Strain mix-ture, discarding solids. In acontainer of blender combinewater mixture and peachesand process until smooth.Cover and chill for at least 4

hours. Pour mixture into thecontainer of an electric icecream freezer. Freeze accord-ing to directions of freezer.

*****Millie Conger, Tecumseh:BROCCOLI SALAD

1/2 pound bacon2 cups small broccoli florets1 cup mayonnaise1 tablespoon vinegar1/3 cup chopped onion1/4 cup sugar3/4 cup raisins1/2 cup sunflower kernels

In a skillet cook baconuntil crisp; drain. When cool,crumble and set aside. Bringwater to a boil and add thebroccoli and blanch untilbright green and slightly soft-ened, about 3 minutes. Drainwell and run under cold waterto stop cooking; drain. In abowl combine the mayon-naise, vinegar, onion, sugarand raisins. Add the broccoliand toss to coat with dressing.Refrigerate for 1 hour. Just

before serving fold in the sun-flower kernels and bacon.

*****Sandy Hill, Eskridge:

“This old-fashioned salad isreally very good.”

CORNBREAD SALAD(3) 8 1/2-ounce packages corn-bread mix

6 to 8 radishes, thinly sliced1 green pepper, chopped1 bunch green onions,chopped

3 tomatoes, choppedDressing:1 cup cucumber dressing3/4 cup mayonnaise-typesalad dressing

3 tablespoons mustardPrepare cornbread as di-

rected on package. Allow tocool then crumble bread in alarge bowl. Add all vegeta-bles. Blend all dressing in-gredients together and pourover top 15 minutes beforeserving, tossing to coat.Serves 6 to 8.

*****

ANTIQUE AUCTIONSATURDAY, MAY 23 — 10:00 AM AM

Auction will be held in Kenwood Hall at the Saline Co. Expo Center inSALINA, KANSAS

TOYSArcade (Red Baby dump,Fordson tractor, plow, planter,mower, spreader); Smith MillerMobilgas tanker, IntermountainExpress, orange dump trucks;Doepke LaFrance aerial lad-der, Heiliner scraper, Key-stone dump truck; Metal Craft1934 Goodrich wrecker, trucks;Buddy L (dump truck, Texacotanker, milk delivery truck, Ken-nels, truck, Coke truckw/bottles, ladder truck); Marx(Lumer army truck, other armytrucks, ice truck, hayrake, trail-er); Adams grader; Winchesterwagon; Reuhl D7 crawler;Nylint U Haul, Tournarocker,payloader, cannon truck, shov-el, grader, other toys; Structo(grain truck, Toyland garagetruck, 1920’s steam shovel, el-evating scraper, wrecker, 66Toyland oil truck, towing, dumptruck); Tonka (fire truck, ce-ment mixer, pickup, camper,Allied Van truck, pickup &horse trailer, stock rack trucks;Boycraft 1920’s Mack dumptruck; Auburn tractor; Wyan-dotte (Coast to Coast, medicaltruck, auto transport, sedans,cars & trucks); Midge; Audi;Dick Tracy car; electric cabletrain; street sweeper; 1957Chev 50th anniversary for En-terprise co.; 21 tin windup toys;All American Toy heavy hauler;Dick Tracy windup car; Idealrocket cycle; Texaco fire truck;Lumar crane; Hubley (tele-phone truck w/tools, Catepillar,tractors, implements, other);plastic Hubley toys; Greyhound

buss; Army trucks; fire trucks;Midge toys; Match Box toys;Audi toys; pull back toys; 10Dinky toys; Steam CraftCongo boat; Fisher Price; Toot-sie; GI Joe pieces; 1933 erec-tor sets; Lemor’s Knock-A-Boutsoldiers; dolls; tin doll house &furniture; electric cable train; IHtoys; JD bikes, tractors toys;large collection of 1/16 tractors& implements 1960’s & 70’smany very quality pieces (JD,Ford, IH, Coop, Cockshutt,Allis, Case, Massey, Oliver, TruScale, White, Farm Hand,Hartparr); IH trucks; combinesinc.: JD, Case IH, Deutz, IH,Massey, MM, NH, Oliver, TruScale; Precision tractors; FoxFire figures; collector cars &pickups; Big A pedal car; HotWheels; 3 Lionel 50’s trainsets; JD no 2 & 3 train sets; 25BB guns (Daisy model 24, 102,36, 25, 40, 95B, 177, 75, 105B,141, 1938) Crosman 130 &140; cap guns; marble games;37 jars marbles; JD, Coke,Pepsi marbles; 250 CrackerJack toys; Radio Flyer toys;Norm Cash & Mickey Mantlebats; several hundred toys.

COLLECTABLESPolitical buttons; pins (Smokey,Winchester, Shmco, Farming1918); Coke bottles, golf club,other items; pictures; pocketknives; milk bottles; brasshames; spurs; ice tongs; pokerchips & cards; 13 shavingmugs; 11 mustache cups; bar-ber bottles; spittoon; bulletpencils; locks & keys; advertis-

ing screw drivers; beer cans;Lulu boards; patches (Kaiser &Frazer, Caterpiller, Texaco);wood fork; corn shovel; Dazey4 qt churn; coffee grinder;sheep bell; railroad oiler;Goodyear ash tray; milk bottlecaps; Popeye cookie jarw/pipe; syrup jar; antiqueglass; car tags; 25 brass waternozzles; pop bottles; amoboxes; 20 advertising ther-mometers; marbles; 1929 Lin-coln Co fair ribbons; IndianMotorcycle, WWII pictures;WWII pictures, pins & uniform;3 fire hats; fire ax, extingers &brass nozzles; ice skates;roller skates; lunch boxes(Davy Crockett, Master of theUniverse, Annie, SesameStreet); boxing gloves; JDdominoes; IH rulers & mirror;farmers pocket ledgers; 1 qt.ice cream freezer; tins inc.:blue Folgers, Lucky Strike,Edgeworth, Tuxedo, other; 8 &30 gal Red Wing crocks; jugs;600 post cards; Children’sbooks inc (Sambo, Flash Gor-don, Rin Tin Tin, 3 Little Pigs,others); Flying Red Horsebook; 1937 KU, KS footballprogram; Military books; man-uals inc.: (806, F20, 1949 IHCtruck, JD books, Massey Clip-per combine, Massey 44 & 27other); wooden planes; woodworking tools; parking meter;53 lots coins inc. (proof sets,mint sets, state quarters,wheat penneys, nickels, silvercertificates, dimes, dollars,halves, tokens); stamp collec-tion.

Note: Stan has collected for many years, there are many quality toys.This is a large auction.We will run 2 auctions part of the day. For pictures check our web site at

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Winner Lois Lahodny, Belleville:PEACH SALAD

Crust:1 1/2 cups crushed Ritz crackers1/2 cup butter4 tablespoons sugar

Filling:8 ounces cream cheese1 cup sugar8 ounces frozen whipped topping, thawed

Topping:3-ounce package peach gelatin28-ounce can peaches

Mix together crushed crackers, butter and 4 tablespoonssugar and press into a 9-by-13-inch pan. Beat cream cheeseand sugar until smooth then fold in whipped topping. Spreadon top of crust. Seal tightly to edges. Drain peaches. Finishfilling with water to make 3 1/2 cups liquid. Boil liquid thenstir in gelatin. Let cool. Add sliced peaches. Pour over top offilling. Refrigerate until set.

NOTE: Prepare gelatin mixture first so it can be cooling. Icut up the peaches a little more before removing from thecan, but original recipe did not suggest this.

*****

Lois Lahodny, Belleville, WinsRecipe Contest And Prize in G&G

A G&G employee wouldlike to share this recipe:SOUTHWEST LASAGNA

1.5 pounds ground beef1 envelope taco seasoning1 cup water1 can Ro-tel (milder for somepeople)

15- to 16-ounce jar mediumcorn & black bean salsa

12-ounce container smallcurd cottage cheese

4-ounce can diced greenchiles

2 large eggs, slightly beaten9-ounce package corn tor-tillas (12) cut in half

8-ounce bag shredded Colby-jack cheesePreheat oven to 350 de-

grees. Brown ground beef.Stir in taco seasoning, water,Ro-tel and salsa. Simmerover medium heat for 5 min-utes. Stir together cottagecheese, chiles and eggs. In agreased 9-by-13-inch bakingdish, layer 8 tortilla halves,one-third each of cottagecheese mixture, beef mix-ture and shredded cheese.Repeat layers twice. Bakecovered for 1 hour. Removecover during last 5 minutesof baking time.

*****The following recipes are

from the Taste of Home web-site:

ZUCCHINI PATTIESWITH DILL DIP

3/4 cup sour cream2 tablespoons minced freshdill

1 teaspoon lemon juice1/8 teaspoon salt1/8 teaspoon pepper2 1/2 cups shredded zucchini1 cup seasoned breadcrumbs

1 teaspoon seafood seasoning1/4 teaspoon garlic powder

1 egg, beaten2 tablespoons butter, melted1 large carrot, chopped1/4 cup finely chopped onion1/4 cup all-purpose flour1/2 cup vegetable oil

For dip, in a small bowlcombine sour cream, freshdill, lemon juice, salt andpepper. Cover and refriger-ate until serving. Place zuc-chini in a colander to drain;squeeze to remove excessliquid. Pat dry and set aside.In a large bowl combine thebread crumbs, seafood sea-soning and garlic powder.Stir in egg and butter untilblended. Add the carrot,onion and zucchini; mixwell. Place flour in a shallowbowl. Shape zucchini mix-ture into 24 small patties;coat with flour. Heat oil in alarge skillet; fry patties, afew at a time, for 3 to 4 min-utes on each side or untillightly browned. Drain onpaper towels. Serve with dip.Yield: 2 dozen (3/4 cup dip).

*****MEXICAN PIZZA

8-ounce tube refrigeratedcrescent rolls

2 cups leftover thick chili1/2 cup sliced ripe olives1/4 cup chopped onion

3/4 cup shredded cheddarcheese

1/2 cup crushed corn chipsAvocado slices, shredded let-tuce, chopped tomatoesand/or sour cream, option-alUnroll crescent roll

dough; press onto the bottomand up the sides of an un-greased 9-by-13-inch bakingpan. Press seams and perfo-rations to seal. Bake at 400degrees for 10 minutes. In alarge bowl, combine thechili, olives and onion.Spread over crust. Sprinklewith cheese and corn chips.Bake 8 to 10 minutes longeror until bubbly. Garnishwith avocado, lettuce, toma-toes and/or sour cream if de-sired. Yield: 6 to 8 servings.

*****CINNAMON CHOCOLATE

NACHOS6 flour tortillas (8 inches)7 tablespoons butter, melted,divided

6 tablespoons granulatedpure cane sugar, divided

1/2 teaspoon ground cinna-mon

1/2 cup heavy whippingcream

1/3 cup pure cane darkbrown sugar

1-ounce square unsweetenedchocolate, chopped

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract1/2 cup chopped pecans

Brush both sides of tor-tillas with 4 tablespoons but-ter. Combine 2 tablespoonssugar and cinnamon; sprin-kle over one side of each tor-tilla. Stack tortillas, sugaredside up; cut into 12 wedges.Arrange in a single layer onbaking sheets. Bake at 350degrees for 12 to 14 minutesor until crisp. Meanwhile, ina heavy saucepan combinethe cream, brown sugar andremaining butter and sugar.Bring to a boil over mediumheat, stirring constantly.Cook and stir for 5 minutesor until slightly thickened.Remove from the heat; stir inchocolate and vanilla. Coolslightly. Arrange half of thetortilla wedges on a largeserving platter. Drizzle withhalf of the chocolate sauce;sprinkle with half of thepecans. Repeat layers.

*****


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SATURDAY, MAY 16, 2009Music: 3 PM • Serving: 5 PM • Live Auction: 7 PM

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ANTIQUE AUCTIONMONDAY, MAY 25 — 10:00 am


ADVERTISINGWhite Eagle 3’ cast iron eagle;American Oil & tank 10 gal vis-ible gas pump; Butler BM11310 gal visible gas pump; Ecoair auto tire machine; gasglobes inc.: Mobilgas, Barns-dall Ethyl, Derby, Shell, plasticChamplin; Red Crown & Bayglobe inserts; signs inc.: porce-lain 60” Mobil flying red horse,Goodyear, Coop 20” square,Gillette tire, 10’ Mobilub So-cony-Vacuum, Sinclair HCGasoline, Phillips 66, Sinclair,Derby Flexgas, GTX, Washing& Lubrication, AC Fire RingSparkplug, 36” Coke button,Hamms beer; thermometerinc.: Prestone, OK; StandardOil can w/crate; Alemite oil ad;Corvair sign; National Rejec-tors cigarette machine; Cono-co cast iron sign base; brassgas nozzles; 5 gal oil cans inc.:Mobil, Enarco, Skelly, Nourse,Standard, Unique; 40 quartcans; Huffman & Standard oiljars; rear door for tank wagonw/counter; DP clock; radiatorornament’s inc.: motometer,horse & wings; 70’s & 80’s cardealer posters; 1931 JD cata-logue; JD seat; JD & Allis fans;1904 Pabst lithograph; WatsonSalina box; Dempster cast ironfrog; Olson Assaria broomholder; 1926 Sargent hard-ware catalogue; Case tractorpicture; Millers lighted bottle;Solder Seal display; Stanleyhardware shipping crate.

FURNITUREOak ornate high back bed; ma-hogany curved front 2 doorchina cabinet w/claw feet; oak2 door square china cabinet;fancy cast iron bed; brass bed;oak S roll top desk; fancyburled walnut marble top parlortable; oak quarter sawn high-boy; oak library table; oakcommode w/towel bar; oakgentlemen’s dresser; walnutcommode; oak 2 drawer blan-ket chest; 42” round oak table;oak Queen Anne table w/6chairs; oak drop leaf table;child’s oak roll top desk; PDBeckwith no 16 Round Oakstove; pine painted step backcupboard; oak single door dis-play; pie cupboard; oak officechairs; folding round oak

sewing table; oak folding gametable; flat top trunks; oak halltrees; oak McDonald kitchencabinet needs work; walnutwall mirror; walnut organ shelf;school desk; oak fern stand;revolving display; bentwoodhigh chair; wicker table; primi-tive benches; pine parts bin;bird cage; medicine cabinet;large oval braided rug; ironingboards; furniture crowns &towel bars;

COLLECTABLESBrass National cash register547 from McCarthy HardwareBurr Oak, Ks.; cast iron banks(Mutt Jeff, Buster Brown &Tige, Billiken, Aunt Jemima,turkey, Beauty horse, rocking &small camel, bull dog, earlyauto); metal Plymouth Rock inoriginal case; cast iron toysinc. (Chestor Grump horse &cart, Arcade Monuco 9” air-plane, Zeppelan, 10” bus, LukeEerie train, cast iron fire en-gine w/horse, steam fire truck);tin toys (Jazzbo Jim, 18” AirExpress airplane, 12” boatw/motor, cart w/horse; Pepsiradio; Redwing 3 gal churn, 20gal crock, 2 gal birch leaf skioval, birch leaf 12 & 15 galcrocks; 6 gal McComb churn;15 gal Western crock; large as-sortment of pictures inc.: GallMotor Norton, Winchester NewRival & Winchester Cartridges,Assaria Bank chain, severalsilhouette; picture frames; oakkitchen clock; oak wall tele-phone; Washington drape &bee hive Aladdin lamps; Al-addin electric lamp; GWTWlamp; several kerosene lamps;surveying instrument; icecream dippers; Art Deco coffeeset; Santa Fe RR clock; RockIsland railroad lantern; brasspost office railroad candlelamp; UP post cards; machinisttool chest; Stanley planes &rules; plump bobs; calipers;drawing knives; 1945 Life mag-azines; pr. iron ceiling fixtures;Delft wall coffee grinder; nut-meg graters; restored dolltrunks; fancy Victorian tablemirror; assortment fancy work;gear shift knobs; cigar boxopeners; Lee Rider boot jack;tire ashtray; advertising calen-dars; 1933 Worlds Fair

spoons; CW Parker carousellabel; Merkhum air rifle; woodpulleys; apple butter stirrer;Hedville store calendar; 1905-10 Sears catalogue; Shapleighcream can; Schalls wild cherrycandy display; Water Lo but-ton; advertising mailers; 1941Washburn banner; 45 records;Pee Wee doll; Poosh-M-Upgame; 1941 basketball game;pocket watches; Boy Scoutitems; match book collection;button collection; brass scoop;bakelite dresser pieces; can-non ball; carnival & fairposters; cook books; otherbooks; sheet music; postcards;Christmas ornaments; fancywork; barb wire collection;wood fret work; jewelry; Eng-lish & Mexican saddles; motionlamp; fishing tackle; Wonderrocking horse; buck saw; eggbaskets; coal bucket; decoys;wooden ladders; coffeegrinders; butter paddles; gran-ite coffee pot; seed grader;Stanley level; wooden kegs; 32Chev steering column & cowls;Kan dealer tags 70’s, 80’s &90’s; post vice; hames; Fa-vorite Piqua ware cast iron cof-fee pot; tool totes; pitcherpump; well pumps; trike; park-ing meter; wash tub on stand;keys; Stromberg Carlson radio;horns; Weber wagon seat;anvil; ceiling tins; lady man-nequin; water cans; Army gun-ners quadrant; large assort-ment other collectables.

GLASSRoseville snowberry vase &planter; rose cut vase; Jaditebowl & plates; Fenton epergne;German chocolate set; Tobymug; Fiesta plates; doll dishes;cups & saucers inc.: Shelley;assortment Fostoria (goblets,cups, saucers, serving pcs); 12place Meadow Rose Fostoriastems; Nippon basket; 30 pcsDesert Rose; ironstone pitcher& bowl; Hoosier jars; drugstore bottles; Lenox birds; glueplates; blue lady dresserlamps; Occupied boy & dog;Avon Albee Award dolls; Pre-cious Moments; CherishedTeddies.

Note: This is a large auction with many unique items.We will run 2 auctions part of the day.Check our web site for pictures at www.thummelauction.com.

Auction Conducted ByThummel Real Estate & Auction LLCBeloit & Concordia, Ks • 785-738-5933

ANTIQUE AUCTIONSATURDAY, MAY 16 — 9:30 AM


SIGNS, FURNITURE &COLLECTIBLES

Signs porcelain & tin; GMCtrucks, 27 Burma Shave; oakcurved glass china cabinet; tallpie cupboard; wall curvedglass showcase; 4’ floor showcase; 50 plus string holdersseveral unique; 50 plus eggscale collection; several candyscale’s; Bull Dog watch fob;Newspaper Acting Picture ma-chine; JD 60 pedal tractorw/shifter; 2” Case emblem;wood coffee grinder; Sessionsclock; Gilbert kitchen clock;pewter car collection; silverpieces; Cupid picture; Sten-berg Harness Lindsborg match

box; post card album; tins; blueswirl granite pieces; railroadlantern; car emblems; cast irontool box; SSS For the Bloodpot; wooden butter churn; 5 & 6gal Western crock; Lions clubpins; Bucking cowboy winduptoy; GI Jane toy; 160 collectortractors 1/16th; cast iron boiler;7 cast iron seats; large assort-ment of collectables.

ART, GLASS, GUNS, COINS& DIAMONDS

Art inc.: 4 Signa Larson pic-tures inc.: Lindsborg Mill, 5Gunnarson pictures, Malm pic-tures; 14 K white gold Tiffanyring w/1 European cut .25 ct

diamond; large amount ofcoins, 1970’s mint & proofsets; 1992 one pound silver;Indian head pennies; gold plat-ed dollars; quarters; gunsRemington model 10 pump 12ga, Saxton double barrel muz-zle loader, 1868 ProvianceTool Co muzzle loader, Sim-mons Expert 12 ga trap singleshot, Stevens Crack Shot 22;Crossman pellet gun; DaiseyBB model 95 gun; cap pistol;14” tray, vases, creamer &sugar; hand painted plates;pink & green depression glass;Candlewick tray w/creamer &sugar; bell collection; assort-ment of other glass.

See last week’s Grass & Grain for complete listing.

Note: This is a very large auction. We will run 2 rings part of the day. Note starting time at9:30 a.m. Mr. Anderson collected for many years, he has many unique signs and other items.Check our web site at www.thummelauction.com for pictures.

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Centre FFA hosted thesecond annual prospectshow on Saturday May 2nd,at the Tri-County Fair-grounds, in Herington. Thisyear three livestock specieswere exhibited by showmenfrom across the state andOklahoma. Judge was BrianHabjan from Linwood. Theshow was sponsored bylocal businesses that al-lowed the top three winnersfrom each class to receive acash prize and the champi-on and reserve championanimal in each show a beltbuckle. Each entry in theshowmanship division alsoreceived an award.

In the “Wild Hog” showthere were 131 head ofmarket hogs shown by 59showmen.

In the “Get Your Goat”show there were 51 head of

market goats shown by 37exhibitors.

The “Lasso Your Lamb”show was held for the firsttime this year. There were75 head of market lambsshown by 36 showmen.

The Centre FFA Pros-pect show is hosted by theCentre FFA with the help ofmany individuals from theTri-County area.

Ways to manage woodlands and pastures in close prox-imity will add a unique twist to the program at this year´sMay 20 Agroforestry Field Day, hosted by the Kansas For-est Service.

The site for the 2009 field day will be close to the geo-graphical center of the contiguous United States. That´swhere Roy and Cherry Brown have established a designat-ed Tree Farm near Lebanon, featuring three types of wind-break and a 3.5-acre woodlot of black walnut and bur oak.

“The Browns have been certified members of the Amer-ican Tree Farm System for 29 years. Because of their pa-tience, foresight and hard work, they now enjoy a beautifulliving memorial to good environmental stewardship,” saidBob Atchison, forester in charge of KFS rural forestry pro-grams.

Field day registrations are due May 15. A $10 fee willcover the cost of a catered lunch. Registration forms areavailable on the KFS website (http://www.kansasforests.org/calendar/index.shtml) and at any county or districtK-State Research and Extension office. Further informa-tion is available by calling the KFS state office at (785) 532-3300.

The field day will begin at 9 a.m. and conclude at 3 p.m.After that, Ron Rasser with Red Sky Ventures will offerthose interested in controlling woody plants´ encroach-ment into grasslands an optional session, a demonstrationon mechanical tree sawing.

“Of course, the goal of the field day has always been toprovide farmers, ranchers, landowners and natural re-source professionals with a mix of outdoor educationalseminars on how to successfully establish and care fortrees and shrubs, particularly within today´s modern agri-cultural systems. That´s a goal for this year, too, and we´llagain be visiting another outstanding, real-life example ofthose management practices in action,” Atchison said.

The Browns will open the day´s program with anoverview of their Tree Farm. They were recipients of the2007 Kansas Agroforestry Award, as well as winners of the1993 Kansas Banker´s Association Windbreak Award. Fol-lowing them on the program will be discussions, demon-strations and walking tours, including: Establishment andCare of Woodlots, Jim Strine, KFS district forester.

Making Lumber from Native Woodlots, Wade Wagner,sawmill operator. Design, Benefits and Management ofWindbreaks, Dennis Carlson, KFS district forester. Land-scaping the Farmstead, Holly Dickman, K-State Researchand Extension horticulturist and Tim McDonnell, KFScommunity forestry coordinator. Protecting Trees fromWildlife Damage, Charlie Lee, K-State Research and Ex-tension´s wildlife damage control specialist. Woody PlantControl in Grasslands, Keith Harmony, range science spe-cialist based at the K-State Agricultural Research Center,Hays.


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Forestry field day tobe May 20 in Lebanon

Reserve champion prospect meat goat at the secondannual Centre FFA spring show was an entry shown byLindsay Pease of the Labette County FFA.

Centre FFA member Amanda Floyd presented thechampion prospect meat goat buckle to Tait Johnsonfrom Chetopa.

Chapter hosts successful show

GREENSBURG (AP) —The effort to rebuild tor-nado-ravaged Greensburgas a “green’’ communitywill include a wind farmthat could power the en-tire south-central Kansastown.

The city, Kansas PowerPool and John Deere Re-newables announced Wed-nesday that they haveagreed to develop theGreensburg Wind Farm. Itwill eventually include 10turbines that will providea total of 12.5 megawatts ofpower, which supporterssay would be enough topower all the town’shomes and businesses.

An EF5 tornado in May2007 killed 11 people anddestroyed or damaged 95percent of the structuresin Greensburg, about 110miles west of Wichita.Since then, the city’sefforts to rebuild withenvironmentally friendlymethods have drawn na-tional attention.

“The city of Greensburgis thrilled to see this proj-ect begin, as it will meetour energy goals to be 100percent renewable,’’ SteveHewitt, Greensburg cityadministrator, said in anews release. “This model

will serve as an exampleof how communities canmeet their sustainablegoals through collabora-tion. Our efforts to be agreen community hinge onour energy model.’’

The wind farm projectwill be formally an-nounced May 2 at the re-opening of BTI Inc., aJohn Deere dealership inGreensburg that is re-building after being se-verely damaged by thetornado.

Kansas Power Pool, an

energy agency that coordi-nates and facilitates ener-gy needs for member com-munities, will buy theelectrical output from theGreensburg Wind Farm.

And NativeEnergy Inc.,a leader in climate solu-tion services, will buyabout two-thirds of thewind farm’s renewableenergy credits over 20years and market themto other entities, bring-ing in revenues that willhelp Greensburg’s re-building.


ANTIQUE AUCTIONSUNDAY, MAY 24 — 10:00 AM


ADVERTISINGHershey 1 cent candy ma-chine; Signs inc.: porcelain(Long Mile Rubber, Pit Trans-former): tin (FleishmanÆsyeast, DeKalb, Old Gold doorpush, Scott Atwater, US Sav-ings, Morton salt, WayneFeeds, Ozark & Red Spot cof-fee, Round Oak Stoves, CooksBeer & Ale); Benjman Moorepaint, Twenty Grand cigarette;Eastman Kodak, GoochesBest wood; Master Mix feedclock; Opera Razor blade dis-play w/blades; JoMar icecream flavor board; AnneuserBush Vienna art plate; VirginiaDare wine tray; 3 Coors cow-boy pictures; thermometersinc. (Pepsi, DP, Dr. Sweats,Nesbitts, Jap Rose soap, RedSeal Batteries, Full of Pep,Raybestos, Everyready Pre-stone, Ken L Ration, Tums, USAmerican fence, Ky Club pipetobacco, Rolling Rock beer,Storz beer, Arbuckles coffee,Segrams 7); Pictures inc.: Fox18x30, fruit & game birds, Indi-an Maiden, advertising chain(Lindsborg, Lincoln, Formoso,Belleville, Ogallah, Turon, Be-loit, Barnes); Cupid ice creamad damaged; stick pins (Ply-mouth Twine, Kan ExpansenFlour, Buick, Rumley, G-Men,other); watch fobs (Shapleigh,Avery, Rumley, Case,Sharples, Wallis, Kelloggs,Blish Mize & Sullman, AetnaMills, Keystone Watch, IH, Illi-nois Watch, Chevrolet, other);tins & jars inc.: Sweet Mist to-

bacco, Artstyle choc, Bayle’sHerring, Towles Log Cabin,oatmeal boxes, spice tins);Butternut Christmas club con-tainer for labels; coffee jars(Moon Rose #1, Summer Girl,Pecan Valley); 25 advertisingoilers; ice cream trays (Bilt-more, Midwest, Meyers);Arnold malt mixer; large eye-glasses for display; Dr. Westdrug store tooth brush; BigFive glass cigar box covers;Zippo 70 lighters, pocketknives & tape measures; pinbacks w/cars; trade cards(Wise grease, Mica grease, El-Dorado oil, Keystone imple-ment); advertising needlecases.

Currier & Ives lithographAmerican National Game ofBaseball large folio.

1920’s Van Briggle vasePoppy Pod Mulberry.

41.6 pound possible stonemeteorite found in Blue Hillsin Mitchell Co. in 1930’s.

Aristocra Olympic 10 centslot machine, needs repair.

COLLECTABLESCrocks inc.: blue & white butter& refrigerator jar, salt crockw/flowers, Parker Co CentralCity Neb pitcher, sponge warepitcher; crock beater jar; brown& green pitcher; set 3 yel-loware w/girl watering flowersbowls; 7 Red Wing McDonaldscrocks; Elsie the Cow (cookiejar, creamer, sugar, salt & pep-per, paper weight, creamer,

stuffed animal, other); Ger-man AM 370 & 341 dolls; 15small bisque dolls; BusterBrown post card; 10 spicesets; opalescent hobnail pitch-er & glasses, compotes, bas-ket, bowls; cranberry cruet;Fred Krug Brewery 1859-1909plate; lady flu cover; celluloiddresser set, collar box &sewing box; jewelry (costume,sterling, Victorian beads, tieclasps); bakelite handle mas-sager; children’s books inc.:1914 Favorite, 2 German me-chanical books; board games(Sambo, Polyanna, 1908 base-ball, other); Big Little books;child’s tool chest; car tags;chalk horse, Donald Duck,Santa; sugar bucket; 5 gal mar-bles; 10 gal buttons; Reming-ton pocket knives; KaBarsheath knife in holder; vintagedrapery; penny rugs; 30 feedsacks; 5 quilts; 3 quilt tops;quilt blocks; pot holders; lacecollars; table cloths; children’sclothes; hankies; dollies; icecream dippers; tally cards; par-rot pencil holders; Victoriancalling cards; pin cushions; fig-ural tape measures; scissorscase w/beads; character nee-dle & thread holder; Santasother Christmas; folding keys;Cracker Jack items; Sterlingspoons; watch chains; LogCabin spoons; 15 banks;Kansas milk bottles; pop bot-tles; 1950’s baseball maga-zines; nodders; Valentines;umbrellas; road maps; cookbooks; price guides.

Note: This is an individual collection. They have collected for many years, there are manyunique items. Check our web site for pictures at www.thummelauction.com. We willbe open for viewing on Sat evening after we finish setting up after the Sat auction.


HAJEK FISH FARMMarion, Kansas

620-382-2321

POND STOCKINGPOND STOCKINGChannel catfish, minnows,

hybrid bluegill, bluegill, crappie,bass and grass carp.

This house is the major technology project of theConstruction Technology drafting Technology,and Ag Structures and Electrification classes atClay Center Community High School, under thesupervision of David Sislo, Jon Schooley, NickRegier, and Rodney Althiser (supervisor of allelectric work). Construction meets required citybuilding specifications.This house was construct-ed of good quality materials with excellent work-manship.

DESCRIPTION: Overall the dimensions are28’x52’, which provides 1,456 sq. ft. of livingspace.This house has 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms,a utility room, and a great room. The master bed-room has a vaulted ceiling with a walk-in closet.The great room features a cathedral ceilingthroughout and consists of a living room, diningarea and a kitchen. The windows are Simontondouble-glazed vinyl clad. Some are tilt and wash,while others are sliding. The bathrooms havetubular skylights and exhaust fans. The househas five ceiling fans along with a whole houseattic fan and smoke detectors that are hard-wired. The baseboard and all door casings aresolid oak, which have been milled by the stu-dents. All exterior doors are thermal insulated.The kitchen cabinets are constructed of solid oakwith raised panel cathedral doors, slide out bins,and two lazy-susans. These are all made ofWarkentin cabinets and installed by the students.The bathroom cabinet tops are made of Onyx.The Service entry panel is 200 amps and thehouse is wired with Cat5e and coax cable forcomputers, phones, and cable TV outlets.

The floor joists are Engineered Truss Joists thatare 9 1/2”x28’ long on 16 inch centers. The exte-rior is sided with CertainTeed, which is a SolidCore vinyl siding with an R-value of 4.5 and aLifetime Guarantee. The exterior is sheathed with1/2” OSB. The sub floor is 3/4” OSB tongue andgrove. The house is fully insulated with 12” R38fiberglass bat insulation in the attic and cathedralceiling, and 6” RE19 fiberglass insulation in thewalls. The bathrooms and entryways have vinylflooring. The bedrooms and living room have car-pet, and the kitchen and dining area have lami-nate flooring.

OPEN HOUSE WILL BE TUESDAY, MAY 12,2009 FROM 6:30 TO 8:30 P.M. The house willbe sold as exhibited on 16 May 2009 at 10:00A.M. during a public auction. The house mustbe moved from the present building site byJuly 31, 2009. Moving the house is the buyer’sexpense and in accordance with city ordi-nances.

TERMS OF PURCHASE: Ten percent of thetotal purchase price and all the sales tax onthe total purchase price must be paid to USD379 on the day of auction.The balance is to bepaid on, or before July 31, 2009, or prior to theremoval of the house from the school premis-es. The sale is subject to school boardapproval and the buyer must sign a writtencontract prior to June 1, 2009. Statementsmade the day of sale take precedence over allprinted material.

2008-2009 TIGER HOUSE


At the Clay Center Community High School

CLAY CENTER, KANSAS3 BEDROOM HOME

MUGLER AUCTION SERVICE L.L.C.P.O. Box 154 - Clay Center, Kansas

Harold Mugler • 785-632-3994 or mobile 785-632-4994

Greensburg signs up forwind farm development

Elizabeth Koch, Abilene, drove the top prospect markethog entry shown at the second annual Centre FFA“Wild Hogs” show in Herington. Judge was BrianHabjan.

Ty Worley of Newkirk, Okla. showed the reservechampion entry. Buckles were presented for championand reserve.

Families that work to-gether and share responsi-bilities raise children whounderstand the value ofwork, said a University ofMissouri human develop-ment specialist. “Givingchildren jobs around thehome helps parents andteaches children they areimportant cogs in thehousehold wheel,” saidKris Jenkins. “Chores helpchildren learn to take pridein their work and gain self-respect.”

Chores should have nogender, Jenkins said. Bothboys and girls should learnto take out the garbage,mow the lawn, make bedsand help with preparingmeals. “In a world whereboth parents often workoutside the home, boys andgirls need to learn the samelife skills.”

Toddlers like to mimictheir parents, providing anopportunity to teach kidsgood habits such as pickingup toys, throwing awaytrash and cleaning up.

Young children feelgrown-up and importantwhen they can help. Theycan carry groceries, getitems out of lower cabinets,set the table and put awayclothes. “Their work won’talways be perfect, but thekey is to not discouragethem just because theydon’t work as quickly or aswell as you do,” Jenkinssaid. “Give them time anddon’t redo their work.”

As children get older,they can take on morechores with less supervi-sion. If accustomed tohousehold chores, they willmore readily understandand accept the fact that allfamily members have to dotheir part.

Teaching kidsthe value ofdoing chores

High feed costs took theirtoll on cattle producers lastyear, and with the uncer-tainty of this year’s prices,many are looking at ways tocut costs.

One way to reduce highfeed costs is to look at howcalves are finished — eitherin calf-fed or yearling pro-duction systems. However,recent analysis from UNLlivestock economist DarrellMark and UNL graduate stu-dent Becky Small foundthere hasn’t been much dif-ference between the two onaverage across severalyears, but the difference canbe substantial in each year.

Mark and Small studieddata and prices from 1996to 2007 and compared pro-fit and profit risk, or vari-ability.

They found that withcalf-fed finishing systemsthere is actually less profitvariability, suggesting therecan be more risk when itcomes to a yearling back-ground finishing system.This economic analysis con-tinues work done by animalscientist Terry Klopfen-stein, who studied the pro-duction performance of cat-tle placed into calf-fed andyearling systems.

The calf-fed system, com-mon to Nebraska, is whencalves are weaned in thefall and put on grain forabout six months untilslaughter weight. The year-ling-finishing system ana-lyzed in this project in-volved putting lighter-weight calves on wintercorn stalks, then summer

grass, and then finished outon grain until slaughterweight, about a year afterweaning.

“Considering whether togrow and finish calves ineach of the systems is veryimportant in the last twoyears and will be again thisyear,” Mark said. “Cornprices really influencewhich system is more prof-itable.”

Corn prices, typically at$2.25, spiked last year at $7 abushel, and are now back inthe $3 to $4 range.

When corn prices arehigh, producers typicallytend not to feed as manycalves and use background-ing methods such as cornstalks, summer pasture, etc.to keep them out of the feedyards. This equates to calves

not eating as much corn.However, this also drives

up demand for those back-grounding inputs and makesthings like pasture prices goup.

“We found that the calf-fed system was only slightlymore profitable in the endafter you consider all thoseother costs, about $2 a head,and was not statistically dif-ferent from yearly systemprofits,” Small said.

Mark said this may sur-prise a few people, especial-ly those highly specializedin calf finishing becauseoften the industry doesn’tlook at the total cost of back-grounding and finishing sys-tems together. In addition,the yearling system is asso-

ciated with more profit risk,and producers will need toown the calves 200 moredays than calf-feds.

“Year after year profitstend to be more variablewith yearling systems thancalf-fed, and variabilityequals risk,” Mark said.“The corn markets maymake us shift to a yearlingsystem, but that system is ariskier one overall in thelong run.”

Mark and Small alsolooked at the biggest driversof profit risk from both sys-tems and found it to be cat-tle prices.

“Cattle prices tend todrive profit variation overtime more than cattle per-formance, more than corn

prices,” Mark said. “Butwhen corn prices got veryhigh, both systems becameunprofitable.”

When producers knowwhat the key drivers are,they can hedge or protectthemselves against thosethings. Hedging on averagewill reduce risk, but alsohas a chance of reducingprofit as well. “The typicalrisk-return tradeoff existshere — to get profit riskprotection through a routinehedging program, you usual-ly have to accept a lowerprice,” he said.

This makes it really im-portant that producers eval-uate the profit potential ofeach system before makinga decision, Small said.


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GLASS & COLLECTIBLESLionel 260E electric train w/6cars in original boxes; 10” &20” carved Ivory piece’s; pr.small ivory elephants; Artglass Jack in Puplit; Czechglass; Czech crystal; Czechpottery; Fostoria glass; severalsigned Fenton pieces; Russiancollector plates; Limoges bas-ket; Staffordshire dog; Orientalpicture; Eqyptian pieces;Budha’s; Florence ceramics;106 pc set Towle sterling Chip-pendale pattern; Indian basket,

pottery, Van Briggle IndianMaiden; stamps; coins; mili-tary medals, sports collec-tables some signed Raider,Chiefs, Royals, Jay Hawks, 89World Series, 49er; Nascarcollectables Hallmark orna-ments; assortment pictures;Beatles signed photo; BeeGee items; Charles Rogersbook & cards signed; Yard ofRoses, Lone Wolf, 3 Forsbergpictures; collector books; as-sortment jewelry 14K goldearrings, sterling bracelets,

sterling crown pin; Christmasitems; smoking collectables;Coke items; photo’s from 1900to 1930’s; Beanie Bears; brassdolphin.

Rascal 600 mobility scooterlike new 10 hrs.

HOUSEHOLDPansonic 26” TV; men’s &women’s golf clubs; 2 caddycarts; 10 speed bikes like new;children’s toys; baby items;logo shirts & caps.

See last week’s Grass & Grain for complete listing.

NOTE: This collection is from a private Central Kansas estate. For pictures check our website at www.thummelauction.com.


ALTA VISTA, KANSAS • 785-499-5376GREG HALLGREN JAY E. BROWN785-499-2897 785-482-3596

e-mail: [email protected] • KSALlink.com

ANTIQUE & COLLECTIBLE

AUCTION

For pictures go to www.hallgrenauctions.com

PRIVATE SELLER

ANTIQUES, COLLECTIBLES& GLASSWARE

English pitcher & basin; DavyCrockett Magic slate, somedamage; dresser lamps withglass prisms; Disney characterporcelain figurines in the box;Oriental wall hanging; Demistscup & saucer; hand paintedvases; several nester; Carnivalglass plates; pitcher, footedbowls, etc.; Cobalt pitcher withsilver plate top and handle; flut-ed bowls, shoes, pitchers,vases probably Fenton, un-marked; 1893 World’s FiarRuby Flash liquor glass; Min-neapolis, KS cream pitcher;cigar jar; various pressed glasspcs.; several vinegar cruets;brass kerosene hanging lamp;various light blue glass pcs.;Swarovski crystal owl; salters;Blue Eyed dragon cup &

saucer, small; German clownhead; small school bells; 12place setting of Blue WillowChurchill England; several crys-tal vases; silver plate tea ser-vices; set of Haviland Bavarianchina; Liberty Gone with theWind style kerosene lamp, elec-trified; 2 Gone with the Windstyle kerosene lamps, electri-fied, not marked; Lincoln Logsin container; walnut kitchenclock with brass eagle top; wal-nut kitchen clock, ornate, somedamage; lady string holder;quilts; 2 glass chandeliers, pos-sible converted kerosenelamps; chandelier with grapepattern shades.

ANTIQUE FURNITUREWalnut glass front 3 compart-

ment hutch, 8 1/2 ft. tall, un-usual; walnut 3 drawer chest,burl front, marble top; East-lake style walnut 3 drawerdresser with glove boxes; Vic-torian Etagere, marble top;walnut trimmed settee; walnutside board, marble top, doublemirror, unusual; oak dry sink;walnut full size bed with burlremovable insets and warparound footboard; walnut ve-neer 7 drawer gentleman’schest, glass pulls; several wal-nut parlor tables; Orientaldressing screen; oak 2 drawerspool cabinet; walnut washstand, tear drop pulls; brassfloor lamp; walnut drop leafdining table; oak folding rock-er.

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SATURDAY, MAY 16 — 10:00 AMMORRIS COUNTY 4-H BUILDING, 612 US HWY 56

COUNCIL GROVE, KANSASDIRECTIONS: 1 mile East of Council Grove on US Hwy. 56.WATCH FOR SIGNS.

Terms: Cash orGood Check. NotResponsible forAccidents. State-ments made day

of auction take precedenceover written materials. Lunchavailable.

3 BEDROOM HOUSETO BE SOLD AT AUCTION

SATURDAY, MAY 23 — 10:00 AM

This home was the major construction project of the Abilene High School Carpentry Class under thesupervision of Mr. Greg Dutt.DESCRIPTION: This home has 3 bedrooms, interior oak trim, oak doors, cabinets, vaulted ceilings,tub and shower. Heritage shingles, vinyl clad easement windows with oak wood interior, 3/4” tongueand groove flooring. Manifold plumbing, cable and phone line wired to every room.LOCATION: This house is located just south of the Vocational Building at Abilene High School.OPEN FOR INSPECTION: Any day between now and sale day by appointment only. School 785-263-1302 ask for Greg Dutt. Home 785-263-1478, Nathan Howard, 263-2484. For additional informa-tion go to www.abileneschools.orgSOLD AS EXHIBITED: The house must be moved from the present building site by August 1, 2009unless special arrangements are made the day of the auction with the superintendent of schools.Moving will be at the owner’s expense and in accordance with city ordinances.TERMS OF PURCHASE: 10 percent of the purchase price on the day of auction with balance, plussales tax to be paid before the building is moved from school premises. Sale is subject to SchoolBoard approval.

USD 435 — SELLER

RANDY REYNOLDS PAUL GEIST HAROLD MUGLER785-263-3394-Home Ph. 785-263-2545 785-632-4994785-263-5627-Cell Ph. 785-263-5747

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1000 Block W.WoodsideMcPHERSON, KS

EQUIPMENTInternational 5812 SY-FF 606LP Gas, 2 Pt 3Pt Adapter,PTO, Like new rubber, PSInternational Loader with 6’Bucket, 3Pt Rear Blade, Sellsas one unit; Summit MetalLathe 18” x 5’ with extra attach-ments; Consolidated Mfg. Inc.Equipment # 96 StartriteModel H225 Horizontal;Bandsaw; Peddinghaus Punch& Shear Press; Dake HydraulicPress Model 504; Dake ArborPress; Airgo 225/200 AmpWasp AC/DC welder Gene-rator with Oman gas engine;Reddy Heater 115,000 BTU;Hydro Flo Parts Washer;Fairbanks 20” drill Press 1”Chuck; Delta-MilwaukeeToolmaker Grinder; Power-matic Variable Speed FloorDrill Press with 20” x 22”adjustable table; US IndustrialTools 12 Speed Heavy DutyDrill Press; KR WilsonHydraulic Press; CampbellHausfeld Air Compressor/30gal. Tank; New Karcher 2600PSI Power Washer; NewCraftsman 1/4”-15/16 OpenEnd & Box End Wrenches;Heavy Duty 4” Bench Vise;Dayton 9” Angle Grinder;Several Wheel & BearingPullers; Bridgeport MillingMachine 42”; Wisdom 3/4 TonRatchet Hoist; Bar Clamps &C-Clamps; Sledge Hammers;Craftsman 7” Disc Sander;

Dayton 1/2” Electric Drill; ValvePullers; Pipe Wrenches;Rubber Mallets, Ball Peen &Claw Hammers; Large Crafts-man Roll-A-Way Tool Box; Tap& Die Set; Inside & OutsideCalipers; Several Sets of NewCraftsman Tools various sizes& styles; 1/4, 3/8, 1/2 & 3/4”Socket Sets & Extras; TorqueWrenches; RYOBI 1/2 “ ElectricDrill.

Several Air Tools, Grinders,Drills various sizes; DeWaltReciprocating Saw; Lincoln225 AMP Welder; LincolnAC/DC ARC Welder; HarrisCutting Torch Set; New LargeTwin Cylinder Air CompressorPump; New 110 Gal. Air Tank200 Max PSI; MilwaukeeElectromagnetic Drill Press;New 12 Ton K & F Pipe Benderhydraulic; 2 Sections of 5’Scaffolding; 2 heavy DutyShop Carts; Large ElectricChair Hoist; Twentieth CenturyTorch Set; Log Chains varioussizes and lengths; 3000 lb.Engine Lift; 6”-24” CrescentWrenches; Crafts-man 5”x2”Caster Set; New Victor CuttingTorch Set.

Victor MHT-100 Cutting Torch;Lincoln 2 Ton Floor Jack; 9sheets 4’ x 8’ x 2” StyrofoamInsulation; (134) 8” x 16” PatioStone; Ratchet Straps, TieDowns, Gas Cans; Small 2Wheel Trailer (new--no floor).

Lots of items not listed and most are in like new condition.For complete list check website or call.

ROBERT NEUFELDT ESTATE

Website: www.auctionspecialists.comVern Koch, 316-283-6700

AUCTIONFRIDAY, MAY 22 — 7:00 P.M.NORTH CENTRAL KANSASTECHNICAL COLLEGE

BELOIT CAMPUS, Hwy 24, BELOIT, KS 67420BUILT BY NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS TECHNICAL

COLLEGE CARPENTRY-CABINETMAKING DEPARTMENTOpen House FRIDAY, May 15th from 5:00 pm-10:00 pm

CHECK THESE QUALITY FEATURES:Approximately 1900 Square Feet, 3 Bedrooms, 3 Full Baths. OuterDimensions are 64 ft. long x 30ft. deep. Nice Size Kitchen withAbundant Cabinets, Large Island, Dining Area, Living Room withBarrel Ceiling. Master Bedroom Has Adjoining Bath and largewalk-in closet. All Bedrooms Feature Coffered Ceilings. UtilityRoom, Complete with Shower. Beautiful Solid Oak Interior Wood-work and Cabinetwork. Pella, High Performance, Low E GlassWindows. Ornate Pella Entry Door System. Top of the Line Plumb-ing Fixtures. AM-FM w/CD Stereo System throughout the House.13-Inch Fiberglass Insulation in Ceilings. 2 x 6 Exterior Sidewallswith Six (6) Inch Insulation. Interior walls insulated for soundproof-ing. High Quality Floor Coverings, Ceramic Tile Work in Kitchen,Utility and All Bathrooms. Plus Many, Many More Features.

The House will be Sold As Is.Gerald Zimmer, Auctioneer

CONTACT MIKE CHENEY, BELOIT CAMPUS (785) 738-9030MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, FOR AN APPOINTMENT

AFTER HOURS/WEEKENDS, CALL Mike at(785) 524-3349 OR Bob Schmidt at (785) 738-2699

Visit our Website to see pictures of the progress made onthe house throughout the year at:www.ncktc.edu/auction_house.htm

MUST SEE TO APPRECIATE THE MANY FEATURES!!

AUCTIONTHURSDAY, MAY 21 — 7PM

158 ACRES MARION CO. LANDAuction Location: DoyleCreek Mercantile Corral 620Main St. FLORENCE, KS.

PROPERTY LOCATION: In-tersection of Hwy 50 andHwy 77 at Florence, Ks.East on 50 for 1.4 miles toYarrow Rd, then North 4.2miles to SE corner of theproperty.

Ultimate Deer Refuge. High Country on the east-Flint Hills roll west-erly down to the spring water and timbered valley branch of MartinCreek. Bountiful hunting, and cattle grazing.

SELLER: HERSCHMAN FAMILYSee all information, photos, and terms atwww.griffinrealestateauction.comGriffin Real Estate & Auction Service LC

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Break out your camerasand get ready to win cashprizes! The Kansas WheatCommission invites all ama-teur and professional pho-tographers in Kansas to takepart in the 2009 KansasWheat Photography Contestduring the 2009 KansasState Fair. Photographerswho enjoy capturing scenesof the Kansas Wheat indus-try are welcome. Top prizeis $75 cash; four additional

cash prizes will be awarded.Exhibitors may fill out andsubmit their entry forms on-line after June 1, by going towww.kansasstatefair.comand clicking on “Competi-tions.”

Entry forms will be ac-cepted without a fee for the2009 competition until Au-gust 15. Thereafter, there isa $5 entry fee. Photographsmay be submitted to theState Fair office in person

or by mail after Labor Day.Judging takes place at theState Fair, September 11-22in Hutchinson. Any Kansasresident is eligible to enterexcept employees of theKansas Wheat Commissionor the State Department ofAgriculture and their fami-lies. Participants may enterany subject featuring wheat:seeding, storage, wheatfields, harvest, customcrews, grain trade, milling,

wheat products, baking, andmore.

Contestants are limitedto two entries per class

All entries become prop-erty of the Kansas WheatCommission, but the com-mission does not purchaseexclusive rights. The digitalprints will be used to pro-mote Kansas as America’sNumber One Wheat State.Any published photographswill be credited.

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Worldwide economicconditions have decreasedthe demand for beef at atime when cattle inventorynumbers have reached a50-year low, according toUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension beef andeconomic specialists.The overall cattle out-

look for 2009 and beyondraises concerns on the de-mand side rather than thesupply side, said DarrellMark, extension livestockmarketing specialist.Brad Lubben, public

policy specialist in the De-partment of AgriculturalEconomics, said the desirefor high-level protein hasnot disappeared, but theability to buy it has formany people.“It is clear that many

consumers, both domesti-cally and internationally,have traded down in theirprotein purchases,” Marksaid. “In some cases thismeans fewer table cuts ofbeef and more hamburgersales. In other cases, it maymean more substitutionaway from beef to pork orpoultry.”

This decline in purchas-ing of more expensive cutsof meat comes at a timewhen the nation is seeinglow inventory numbers forcattle. Total inventory rightnow in the United Statesis 94.5 million head,which is the lowest since1959, Mark said. Importsfrom Canada have droppeddramatically since thefourth quarter of 2008,Mark said. Feeder cattleimports since Oct. 1 arerunning 48 percent lowerthan year-ago levels andfed cattle imports forslaughter are 38 percentlower.Part of the reason for

this decline in imports canbe attributed to the re-cently-enacted Country ofOrigin Labeling law, orCOOL, Lubben said.COOL requires meat andother products sold at retailto carry labels indicating itscountry of origin.Secretary of Agriculture

Tom Vilsack has proposedmaking the mandatory lawvoluntarily stronger, whichwould require more segre-gation of animals at the

processing stage, Lubbensaid. For example, con-sumers now can commonlyfind a mixed label onmeat indicating it mayhave come from theUnited States, Canada orMexico. Vilsack wantsstricter standards on thoselabels, identifying the meatbased specifically on whichcountries it came from.That would include a ma-jority of meat that could belabeled as a product of justthe U.S. because it wasborn, raised, harvested andprocessed wholly in theUnited States. Vilsack haswarned that if this is notdone voluntarily, effortsmay be made to change therule.“If we demand a more

strict label, we’ll have todeal with more segrega-tion costs,” Lubben said.“At the same time we’rebattling stresses on con-sumer demand, we’re alsoimplementing rules thatwould add significantcosts to the marketing sys-tem.”Because of the potential

for added segregation

costs, some processingplants are refusing to ac-cept imports, Mark said.While this is being seen

more on the pork side thanthe beef side, it has big im-plications for livestock andcrop producers in Nebras-ka, Mark said.“It reduces the demand

for corn, it reduces thenumber of livestock able tobe fed in a major cattlefeeding state and it reducesthe number of livestockslaughtered,” he said. “Ne-braska is the number onered meat slaughterer in thecountry and our slaughtercapacity in the UnitedStates is built on havingCanadian livestock.”COOL aside, the econo-

my is the main factor con-cerning cattle producers.Cattle prices are languish-ing in the mid $80s perhundred weight rather than$90/cwt or better, which iswhat many expected beforethe economic collapse lastfall, Mark said. The factthat the economy is a prob-lem worldwide not only isreducing the demand forhigher valued cuts of beef

but also for other parts ofthe animal. The value ofcattle byproducts includingthe hide, tallow and edibleoffal products such as beeftongues that are popular inother counties havedropped by more than 50percent since last summer,Mark said.For example, the value

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of time that will be quitepositive for the cattle in-

dustry. It’s just a questionof when do we get there,”Mark said.


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“I was buying and sellinghorses when I was ten yearsold, I’ve been doing it all mylife. That’s what I’ll proba-bly be doing, trading horsesup to my last breath,” veri-fied Koenig. (It’s pro-nounced “Kanig” with a long“a,” although often said as“Konig” with a long “o,” andeven sometimes King, whichis the meaning of Koenig inGerman.)Shon, his wife of 33

years, insisted, “I tell him heought to quit, but horseshave always been his life, sothat’s what he’ll continue todo.”The Koenigs reminisced

about their diverse lives, al-ways centered around hors-es, recently at their home lo-cated near Alma just off I-70at the Wabaunsee exit.“I’ve always had horses

and liked them, too, so itmakes us a good pair,” con-tinued Shon, who retired thisspring after 35 years work-ing in the Veterinary Diag-nostic Department at KansasState University in Manhat-tan.While horses have always

been Koenig’s first interest,

there is much more to hislife’s history. “I started auc-tioning baby calves at mydad’s livestock sale barn be-fore I was even in the horsebusiness, then I’d ride thelast cow into the ring,” re-marked Koenig as clippingsand scrapbooks were spreadacross the kitchen table.Raised at Alma, Koenig

was following his dad, Vic,into the auction business.The senior Koenig had salesover a wide area as verifiedby the hundreds of sale billsin the memorabilia. He alsowas in the livestock sale barnbusiness, where Charley wasa regular employee from anearly age.Both Vic and Charley

were graduates of the Rep-pert School of Auctioneer-

ing, Livestock Judging andPedigree Study, in Decatur,Ind. Vic attended in the ’40s,and Charley’s diploma wasawarded in August, 1962.Horses often went

through the sale ring, andVic would buy them forCharley to break. “I startedriding colts when I was four

years old. I’d just get onegoing good, and the firstthing I knew it would begone,” Koenig remembered.“Dad would sell it, and bringanother horse for me toride.”Consequently, Koenig

learned the speculation busi-ness early on, making hisown deals, as well as traininghorses for other people.A quick review of those

early years is significant toarea livestock people.“After the flood in ’51, a

new auction facility wasbuilt at the present location.Dad leased the barn and op-erated it as Koenig LivestockAuction,” Koenig recalled.“I was eight years old, and itwas a big deal to me and myolder brother, Ernie.“We went out of the dairy

business then, so we didn’thave to milk 80 cows all byhand, when Dad wasn’taround,” continued Koenig,who also has a younger sis-ter, Joann, and a youngerbrother, Max, deceased.It was a different time in

the livestock marketing busi-ness. “The stockyards inKansas City were still goingthen, so most of the cattlethrough our auction werestockers and feeders thatsold by the head,” Koenig re-viewed.“Trucks would be lined

up from the barn to the Blue

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numbers at the auction andsold by the pound, but manyof the slaughter-weight cattlewent to Kansas City bytrucks, noted Koenig, whocan vaguely recall cattleshipments out of the railroadstockyards adjacent to theviaduct in Manhattan.Joe Raine became an em-

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serving as a fieldman andauctioneer, and also as a co-auctioneer at many of thefarm sales (Vic) Koenig had.In the late ’50s, Mervin Sex-ton became bookkeeper atthe barn.

Charley’s family movedinto Manhattan in 1958, andhe graduated from highschool in 1961. By that time,the family was also operat-ing the Koenig LivestockAuction at the present sale

barn location in JunctionCity, with Charley and hisdad serving as auctioneers atboth barns.“In 1964, we dispersed

our interests in the local auc-tions,” Koenig related. “Wemoved to Oklahoma, where Iwas yardman and auctioneerat the Tulsa Cow Palace, andDad was an order buyer forKTO Cattle Company, withhis office in the barn.”Koenig was always handlinghorses, often buying, train-ing and merchandizing themto cattlemen.“Several area cattlemen

came to Tulsa to buy cattlewhile I was there,” saidKoenig, as he showed Almastockmen Gilbert Capounand Martin Gnadt in a crowdpicture at the auction. Afterreturning to Kansas for ashort period, Koenig movedto Rich Hill, Mo., where heand his dad operated the salebarn, and of course were theauctioneers.“We were there until

1975 when I contracted bru-

cellosis, became seriously illand moved back to Kansas,”Koenig said. “I really didn’tdo anything for about twoyears, and I was out of theauction business for tenyears.” His dad continued inthe livestock business inMissouri, and after recoveryfrom his illness, Koenigmarried Shon in 1976.“I became foreman at

Elaine Harder’s Sun RockRanch near Junction City in1977,” Koenig noted. “I es-pecially enjoyed helpingbuild her Quarter Horse op-eration and conduct an annu-al production sale, but I alsodid some of my own live-stock dealings.”During this period, both

Koenig and his wife assistedDusty Anderson of Skiddyand other cattlemen in look-ing after and gathering cattleon a regular basis. “Thathelped us make some tophorses,” he credited.Koenig worked for Hard-

er 17 years, then purchasedhis present home and moved

into it. Again, his auctioneer-ing and horse businesses ex-panded. Due to his diverseknowledge of horses andbloodlines, Koenig soonfound strong demand auc-tioning horse sales through-out the area.“I got started again with

Keno Maxon, auctioning hishorse sale at Milford; thendid the horse sales at K-State, plus the annual KansasThoroughbred Association

and Kansas FoundationQuarter Horse Associationsales. I sold at the weeklyCampbell Horse Sale at Lin-wood for a couple of years,”tallied Koenig, who alsoauctions production sales.A number of other horse

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Charley and Shon Koenig have been married nearly 33years, and horses have always been a big part of theirlives together. Both lifelong enthusiastic horseback rid-ers, the couple now takes more pleasure in drivinghorses and has acquired a young team of Haflingers foruse in parades, trail rides and work on their Alma farm.

ment auction and have otherfarm and household sales,”he stated.In the meantime, his wife

was becoming quite activeshowing horses. “I alwaysrode bareback on my pony,Sugar, and my favoritehorse, Lady, until I got a sad-dle when I was 16,” Shonclarified. “After I marriedCharley, I got interested inriding English and learnedabout jumping horses fromDolly Anderson.“It is so much fun, and

Charley has always foundme top horses to break andshow. I had several nicehorses, but I think the bestone had to be Everclear,” shecontinued. “We really won alot of ribbons, beforeCharley talked me into sell-ing him.”“She must have had him

for three years,” interruptedKoenig. “That’s a long timeto have one horse. I’ve neverreally had a horse that I’dcall my own, but I did ride ablack pony I had in the Man-hattan parade with HopalongCassidy on his white horse,Topper.”Shon pointed out, “One

thing I learned from Charleyis that whenever anybodythinks they have the besthorse around, there’s alwaysone that’s better.” Koenigquickly inserted, "Any time Iever turned down a profit tosell a horse, something hap-pened to him.”Koenig is recovering

from knee surgery earlierthis year. “I’m doing betterthan I have for a long time. Ijust about tore my leg offwhen I was 17 years oldworking on a custom harvestcrew in western Kansas,” hecommented. “I had to wear abrace for a long time, andthat’s the reason I alwayswanted to ride a horse, in-stead of walk.”

Neither of the Koenigsride horseback these days,but they’re especially enthu-siastic about driving horses.“We had a gray team of halfPercherons, called Blue andBell, but we sold them,”Koenig revealed.“We’ve replaced them

with a nice team ofHaflingers called Eli andHenry we bought at Drexel,Mo.,” Shon inserted.“They’re just two years old,but we had them trained byHenry Ropp at Jamesport,Mo. They’ve been driven alot for their age.”A wagon designed and

built by Koenig is pulled bythe young team using a com-mercially-made, blackheavy-leather harness withcollars. The couple also hasa forecart equipped withboth a tongue and shafts fortraining and working thehorses.“I just ordered a custom

built cart from a man at BirdCity,” Shon noted. “We plan

to participate in parades andtrail rides over a wide area.”A new structure being

built at the farm will housetack and have stalls for theteam. Verifying his lifelongexperiences with horses,Koenig has designed a rig topony the horses behind hispickup before hooking themto the vehicles.Reflecting on his life with

horses, changes and predic-tions for the future, Koenigdeclared, “I used to sell oldand crippled horses to theHill Packing Company (adog food and glue plant) inTopeka back in the ’50s. Istill have the receipt for thelast ones I took there, and itwas eight cents a pound forfat horses and two cents forgrays and mules.”Transportation to the

plant was a lot different thannow. “I had a pickup withstock racks and a 12-footHale trailer, so I could haulsix head,” Koenig explained.“Most people didn’t have

trailers yet, but everybodyhad a stock rack on theirpickup. Many farmershauled their horses onflatbed trucks.“Horses were used by

ranchers and farmers fortheir operation,” Koenig em-phasized. “Nowadays, most

cattlemen use 4-wheelers formoving cattle. A lot of themdon’t even own a horse, anda horse would scare the cat-tle if they used them.”Prices of horses have cov-

ered a wide range duringKoenig’s career. “When Iwas a kid, horses were $100,

and it got progressively bet-ter,” he said. “Though whenthe slaughter market got upto 90 cents a pound in theearly ’80s, that set a strongerbase for riding horses, too.“When I worked for

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hyd.; Farmall “H” tractor, runs;1952 Chevrolet 1 ½ ton truckw/13 ½ ft. bed & hoist, 4 spd. &2 spd., nice; IHC 440 twine,square baler; IHC 16-8 #10White box drill; Krause 12’ tan-dem wheel disk; Krause 12’, 3pt. chisel; Ford #902, 8’, ptoshredder; IHC 540 semi mtd.4-16 plow; 8’, 3pt. rear blade;W-W 6’x16’ bumper pull, stocktrailer; 4 wheel trailer w/woodbox; Crustbuster 20’ springtooth; 3 pt. bale fork; Windmillbale loader; Continental posthole digger; 6”, 50’ auger; 21’Mayrath auger; 8’ duck foot;hyd. log splitter w/gas engine;hay elevator; IHC one way; 2 -16, 2 pt. plow; hay rake; 6”, 40’auger for salvage; 500 gal. dsl.barrel; 300 gal. gas barrel;pickup tool box; assort. of iron,other tools & miscellaneous;Murray 30”,10 hp. ridingmower; Stihl 024 chain saw;tiller; gas weed eater; elec.fencers; elec. 7 hp. portable aircompressor; elec. drills; skilsaw; 2 – hyd. jacks; squirrelcage fan; pitch forks; 6” vise;assort. of wrenches & handtools; come-a-long; air bubble;tractor chains; alum. 6’ ladder.

ANTIQUES/COLLECTABLESAntique Pickup 1949 Chevro-let 3100, ½ ton, 4 speed pick-up, excellent condition; ornatedresser w/lamp stands; oakschool desk; kitchen cabinetbase; 2- wooden high chairs; 4– oak wood chairs; cedarchest; 7 – wood wagonwheels; oak New Haven

kitchen clock; wagon wheellamp; York Foundry 3’ safe;small camel back trunk; pinkdepression pitcher & bowl; 2pcs. hob nail; set of china;painted bowls; cups & saucers;painted tea set; kerosenelamp; 3 – cream cans; 2 –crock jugs; wash board; grind-stone, complete; violin; 3 –lanterns; Zenith radio; woodradio; glass canister jar; 2 –cast skillets; 2 – egg crates;2 –egg baskets; oak what notshelf; lava lamp; Buzz sawblade; lard press; corn sheller;wood plane; blow torch; trap;1937 license tag; copper boil-er; sled; wooden hall tree; end-less belt; assort. pocket watch-es; wrist watches; pocketknives; small amt. of jewelry;old cuff links.

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Sunday,May 17, 2009Show: 4:30 PM • Sale: 6:00 PM

Selling barrows & gilts - Duroc, Hamp, Spot, York, Cross

Mike Bond ....................................785-453-2261Davis Showpigs............................785-584-6042Frantz Showpigs ..........................620-947-5915Marvin Haller................................785-776-3040Kan-Okla Farms ...........................620-741-1363Lockman Genetics .......................970-590-2149

John Menefee...............................913-285-2370John C. Nagel ...............................785-313-1731Casey Olson..................................785-313-0947Prairie-Land Genetics ..................785-539-5268Jerry Sleichter..............................785-263-1898Ft. Hays State ...............................970-590-2242

All barrows sold in this sale are eligible fora Futurity at the Kansas Junior Livestock

Show with premiums of $500, $250, $125, $75,$50 for the top five head. The Futurity will

be held on Sat., September 26, 2009.All pigs must be properly entered in the

Kansas Junior Livestock Show and meet allshow requirements.

$500 - 1st place premium sponsored by Key Feeds, Clay Center, KS$250 - 2nd place premium sponsored byWillard & Casey Olson,Manhattan, KS$125 - 3rd place premium sponsored by John & Barbara Nagel,Wamego, KS

Pigs will be the right age to be shown at the Kansas State Fair in Hutchinson and theKansas Junior Livestock Show in Wichita, both held in September 2009.

CONSIGNORS:

Kelly Oliver1st Place 2008

Cortney Nagel2nd Place 2008

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At his farm near Alma, Charley Koenig drives a team of young Haflingers around thebarnyard hooked to a rubber-wheeled wagon built to give rides.

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May 13 — Online Internetonly for Big Iron. Auc-tioneers: Stock Auctions.

May 14 — Real Estate-House at Wamego forBrendon & Kachina Ger-ber. Auctioneers: VernGannon Real Estate &Auctions.

May 16 — Antiques, col-lectibles, tools & house-hold & real estate atEllsworth for Torrey FoxTrust. Auctioneers: Vic-tor Bros. Auction & Real-ty Inc., Frank Princ Auc-tioneer.

May 16 — Carpentry houseat Clay Center for Uni-fied School District 379.Auctioneers: Mugler Auc-tions.

May 16 — Antique furni-ture, glassware & col-lectibles at CouncilGrove. Auctioneers: Hall-gren Real Estate & Auc-tions LLC.

May 16 — Tools, portablestorage shed, misc. atSolomon for Mrs. Dwight(Mary) Flora. Auction-eers: Ron Shivers & AllynThompson.

May 16 — Real Estate atMayetta for Melvin Bai-ley. Auctioneers: PagelAuctions-United CountryKs Realty.

May 16 — Real Estate &household at Wamego forHenry & Lena Kelley.Auctioneers: MurrayAuctions.

May 16 — Antique Casetractors, parts, col-lectibles & primitives,combines, implements at

Wellington for Don Hum-bert. Auctioneers:Cochran Real Estate &Auctions.

May 16 — Signs, furniture,collectibles, art, glass,guns, coins & diamondsat Salina for Harold M.Anderson Trust. Auction-eers: Bob Thummel Auc-tions.

May 16 — Trucks, tractors,combine, farm machin-ery, shop, misc. & olditems at Marion forRichard & LorettaNoone. Auctioneers: Lep-pke Auctions.

May 16 — Antique, col-lectible tractors, crawlertractor, trucks, pickupscars, forklift, mowers,lawn tractors, sawmill,farm equip., collectibles& misc. at Osage City forJ.R. Morehead. Auction-eers: Hancock Auction &Real Estate.

May 16 — Equipment atMcPherson for RobertNeufeldt Estate. Auction-eers: Auction SpecialistsLLC.

May 16 — Lawn & garden,collectibles, glassware,antiques & modern furni-ture, appliances atLawrence for Don & AnnRacy. Auctioneers: D&LAuctions.

May 16 — Personal proper-ty at Great Bend for Stan& Kathy Lamb. Auction-eers: Schremmer Auc-tions.

May 16 — Coins at McPher-son. Auctioneers: T&AAuction Service.

May 16 — Coins at Portis.Auctioneers : WoltersAuctions.

May 17 — Glass, col-lectibles, mobility scoot-er, household & misc. atSalina. Auctioneers: BobThummel Auctions.

May 17 — Camper, furni-ture, collectibles, toys,tools & misc. atLawrence. Auctioneers:Paxton Auctions.

May 20 — Cloud Co. real es-tate at Concordia forZelda Rhodes Trust &Howard Rhodes Trust.Auctioneers: Larry La-gasse Auction & Real Es-tate.

May 21 — Complete disper-sal, dairy equipment atTonganoxie for HoltonBrothers Dairy LLC. Auc-tioneers: Burton-FellersSales.

May 21 — Marion Co. landat Florence for Her-schman Family. Auction-eers: Rick Griffin RealEstate & Auctions.

May 22 — Carpentry houseat Beloit for North Cen-tral Kansas TechnicalCollege. Auctioneers:Gerald Zimmer.

May 23 — Carpentry houseat Abilene for USD 435.Auctioneers: ReynoldsAuctions.

May 23 — House & acreage,machinery, household &antiques S. of Formosofor Taylor Clark Estate.Auctioneers: Larry La-gasse Auction & Real Es-tate.

May 23 — Tractors, trucks,farm machinery, farm re-lated & household itemsat Elbing for Silas &Edna Stucky. Auction-eers: Van Schmidt Auc-tions.

May 23 — Winchester guns,ammo, memorabilia, mil-itary & hand guns at Sa-betha for Dale “Skip”Russell. Auctioneers:Roger Hartter Auctions.

May 23 — Toys & col-lectibles at Salina forStan Morin. Auctioneers:Bob Thummel Auctions.

May 23 — Furniture, appli-ances, glassware, col-lectibles, tools & misc. atJunction City for David E.Newman Estate. Auction-eers: Brown Real Estate& Auctions LLC

May 24 — Advertising col-lectibles & music at Sali-na. Auctioneers: BobThummel Auctions.

May 25 — 16th Annual Me-morial Day Consignmentauction at Lyndon forHarley Gerdes.

May 25 — Advertising, fur-niture, collectibles &glass at Salina. Auction-eers: Bob Thummel Auc-tions.

May 30 — Fink Beef Genet-ics Charolais FemaleSale at Randolph.

May 30 — Machinery, an-tiques, furniture & misc.W. & S. of Jamestown forHeirs of Howard & ZeldaRhodes Trust. Auction-eers: Larry Lagasse Auc-tion & Real Estate.

May 30 — Farm machinery,ranch, constructionequip., trucks, trailers &misc. at Sedan forWilliam “Bill” Dexter Es-tate. Auctioneers: LarryMarshall Auctions.

May 30 — Republic Co.landat Agenda for GlenniferMosher. Auctioneers:Novak Brothers & Gieber.

May 30 — Consignment auc-tion at McPherson. Auc-tioneers: T&A AuctionService.

May 30 — JD tractor, pick-up, stock trailer, Gator,guns, furniture, mower,saddles, livestock & shopequipment at SouthHaven for Gilbert &Idotha Cattle. Auction-eers: Cochran Real Es-tate & Auctions.

June 6 — Collection ofbikes, cars, trucks, postalbaggage truck at Hering-ton for Dale Christner.Auctioneers: Bob Kick-haefer.

June 6 & 7 — Antique fur-niture, collectibles, glass-ware at Emporia forLucky U Antiques. Auc-tioneers: Hallgren RealEstate & Auctions LLC.

June 13 — Gas Hit & Missengines at Lawrence forMrs. Raymond (Fig) RubyNewton. Auctioneers:Edgecomb Auctions.

June 13 — Dolls, antiques,collectibles, toys, tools &misc. at Abilene for Mrs.Ethis Leach. Auction-eers: Ron Shivers & AllynThompson.

July 18 — Farm machinery,tools, misc. NE of Abi-lene for Duane Reilly.Auctioneers: Kretz,Hauserman, Bloom Auc-tion Service.

August 1 — ConsignmentAuction at Lyndon forHarley Gerdes.


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SELLERS: DON & ANN RACYD & L Auctions, Lawrence, KS785-749-1513 or 785-766-5630Auctioneers: Doug Riat

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LAWRENCE KS. 66046(from 23rd & Harper go North to auction watch for signs)

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years we sold weanling foalslike there were never goingto be any more. We had sev-eral up to $2,000, but then itgot lower, down to about$200, on a few,” Koenig tab-ulated.

Lower prices now aretwofold, according toKoenig. “There are lots ofhorses still being raised, andthere is no way to readilydisperse the old and crippledhorses. So people just keepthem,” he evaluated.

About the closing ofhorse slaughtering facilitiesin this country, Koenig sum-marized, “The animal rightspeople are starting to realizethey made a terrible mistakedemanding that the plants beclosed. Abandonment andstarvation of horses hassharply increased, and evenhorse rescue units have beenaccused of underfeedinghorses.

“Besides that, horses arestill going to slaughter inMexico and Canada, andthere are no regulations onhow the horses are handled.People in this country werenever against rules govern-ing processing, but nowthere are none where thehorses go. Certainly, theplant closings didn’t do anyfavor for the horse popula-tion,” Koenig declared.

Several states have pro-posed construction and oper-ation of horse processing fa-cilities. “I think there will beplants open again in thiscountry, but it will take along time for us to see amarked increase in theprices, because there is sucha backlog,” Koenig forecast-ed.

Presently, there is nocompetition for horses, asthe supply seems to be un-ending, and packer buyersdon’t have to pay any morethan they want to. “Yet, themarket for horse meat over-seas continues stronger thanit’s ever been,” Koenig de-tailed.

Public demand today is

strictly for recreation horses.While only stock type horseswere desired previously,now buyers are attracted togaited horses as well fortheir smooth ride.

“Trail riding and familyhorses sell for $600 to$1,500, but those with showrecords sometimes willbring more. Nobody knowswhat the real good ones areworth,” Koenig commented.“It’s the average and belowhorses, those young and un-broken horses, that are con-siderably lower in price withlittle or no market.”

The telephone rings regu-larly from people wantingKoenig to buy their horses.

“I will always make anoffer on any horse, andmany times the people thinktheir horse is worth morethan I will pay,” he critiqued.“I tell them they have to con-sider what the replacementcost is on that individual. Ifit stops the feed bill now,and they can buy one back inthe future for the price I’moffering, they’ll be ahead byselling the horse.”

A couple dozen well-fed,nice-looking horses are inthe pens at Koenig’s place.

“Seth Daly has been help-ing me with chores and rid-ing horses, so I always haveplenty of all kinds of horsesfor sale,” said Koenig, whoalso has a small cow herdand deals in merchandizingtrailers and farm equipment.“I’ll make a bid on anythingto buy.”

Despite reports of re-duced numbers of maresbeing bred annually, Koenigdoesn’t see that to any greatextent.

“People just like to raisehorses and have such a faithin them that they will contin-ue producing them. It's kindof like those people who say'Elvis is still alive.' I don’tever see there being a short-age of horses, and it’s goingto be a long time before theprices come back up,”Koenig calculated. “I’ll justkeep buying and sellinghorses.”

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Horses have providedfun, enjoyment

Logan Singular, Washington County, led out the topprospect market lamb entry shown at the Centre FFAspring livestock show held recently in Herington.

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There is a new book outon Horse Lameness. Theauthor is my good friendand a fine equine veterinar-ian, meaning:1) He can tell a $50

horse from a $5,000 horseover the phone.2) Has never picked up a

shoeing hammer.3) And drives a silver

Porche Boxster!I complimented him on

the thoroughness of hiscoverage, then I noticedthat there was only onemention of the chestnut. Ihad expected a full chap-ter! He politely explainedthat you couldn’t write apage on the chestnut, much

less a chapter.I took that personally. I

have an attachment to ves-tigial appendages; thepelvis in a blue whale, thewishbone in a turkey, theappendix in a human, theheart in a banker. Thechestnut is the remnant ofthe medial phalanx. Whichis equivalent to the humanthumb, the inside toenail ofan elephant and the trufflein a salad!There is a Chestnut So-

ciety. They meet once ayear at the jockey club atRuidoso Downs and ponderthe chestnut’s contributionto civilization. For instance,on the ark Noah had a

chestnut attack, an egre-gious craving for chestnuts.“I can’t steer without mychestnut!” he cried.“But Noah,” said his

wife, “The ark doesn’t havea rudder!”Nonetheless he was in-

consolable until his nephewJim Bob went down intothe hold, trimmed someshavings off Roany’s chest-nut, and presented it toNoah on a bagel. Whoknows where he might havelanded if he’d lost his way?Maybe Australia, Laplandor Kentucky. Just think, allthose coal miners wouldhave been speaking Yiddishif it weren’t for the chest-nut!I have always suspected

Napoleon really lost at Wa-terloo because his horsesuffered a chestnut injuryinstead of losing a horse-shoe. I mean, a horseshoe!It is common knowledgethat obscure lamenesses areoften blamed on the shoer.

So that’s what I thinkNapoleon did, even thoughhe knew it was really the in-nocuous chestnut.The most famous line

about chestnuts is from thatsong, “Chestnuts roastingon an open fire …” Whichis wrong. The lines weremistranslated down throughthe millennia. It is reallyderived from an on oldchant of the Senior ProRodeo Assn…” Stressednuts roping ’cause theycan’t retire…”I have my own lucky

chestnut. I take it with meevery time I go riding. Myhorse carries it for me, plusa spare. I think it has pro-tected me from manythings; I’ve never beentrampled by a herd ofwildebeest, never been in a100-year flood, and neverbeen tempted to eat anergot. Which, of coursewould be blasphemous, sofar as a chestnut nut is con-cerned!


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Roasting Chestnuts

Reserve grand champion prospect market lamb at theCentre FFA “LassoYour Lamb” show held last weekendin Herington was an entry shown by Bryce Roberts ofMarion County. Also pictured are judge Brian Habjanand Amanda Floyd.

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