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"Now is the time when corn needs water. If the water does not come from above, it must come from below, through irrigation," Herb Bulk, Shawnee County agent said in outlining plans for the annual irrigation tour in Shawnee County.

Bulk said a…

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Future business outlook good

Future business outlook for Shawnee County appears to be on the better side. Regardless of what the recent tele¬vision show “The Land” said about small towns in Kansas dying, those in Shawnee County…

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A big corn crib and grainery on the Mulvane Ranch west of Rossville burned to the ground early Monday morning.

Francis Davis, manager of the ranch for the owner, David Hughes of California, discovered the large building in flames about 4:50 a.m.…

Friday, August 28, is the date of the Kaw Valley irrigation and crops tour. The day will get under¬way at 9:00 AM at the Clifford Holcomb farm which is located ½ mile west of the Kiro store on Highway 24, west of Topeka. Mr. Holcomb used irrigation…

This on-farm-grain storage system was installed on the Laird French farm 2 1/2 miles south of Rossville last year. Farmers are showing more and more interest in such systems. This one was included in the annual irrigation tour this year by Shawnee…

THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1955
TOWN TOPICS
The Kaw Dehydrating Plant started up this week for the alfalfa season and is throwing a smog over Rossville like California’s smog would be coming out of one stack.

The Rossville Reporter THURSDAY,…

This picture is from the 1971 Rossville Centennial Booklet, page 54.

Photo by Belinda Driscoll

HENRY MARTINEK, Rossville, has been growing sunflowers for about 15 years but has never had one this size! Planted the first of March from a Russian brand of sunflower seed, Martinek expected the plant to be short as…