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  • Collection: Rossville Agricultural History

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This is what Joe Campbell's farm looked like before the May 19, 1960, tornado destroyed it at 6:01 p.m. Refer to RCL0056 to see what it looked like after the tornado.

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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…

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Rossville Farmer Gets Jaycee Award

The Topeka Junior Chamber of Commerce has named Richard D. Kelsey of Rossville the outstanding young farmer of the year.

Kelsey, 30, has been farming for eight years. He operates a partnership project of 750…

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U.R. Zeller of Rossville was recently named the county sorghum yield champion at a banquet held in Topeka where county sorghum yield champions were honored. Zeller's yield of 6036.35 pounds per acre topped Shawnee County in the dryland division of…

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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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First Article:

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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An oil well located about three miles north of Rossville, Kansas. It did not hit oil.

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Joe Penaz uses his Farmall 10-20 and combine to harvest wheat in Rossville, Kansas. His farm was a mile and a half north of Rossville according to Laverne Zlatnik.

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This unidentified farmer is harvesting using his Farmall and McCormick-Deering in Rossville, Kansas.
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