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1962 Agriculture & Business, Rossville, Kansas
Description
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 can take a brighter look at the future. I firmly believe the TV production was good, the truth was told honestly, and the show will probably do some good. I already notice one small community an-nounced a public meeting to look over their own community and to try to see what could be done.
However, what happens in some areas will unlikely not happen in Shawnee County. Shawnee County is blessed with a growing Topeka. Recent reports are that Topeka may be double in size by 1970. What is good for Topeka in growth and industry is good for all the county. When¬ever Topeka grows, outlying areas also show growth. As industry moves to the west of Topeka, Silver Lake and Rossville will feel growing pains. City govern¬ing bodies of both cities have already felt the need for expansion of public utilities and the need will continue to mount.
Rossville has already doubled in popu¬lation since 1942 according to official population figures. Most of this growth has been in the past few years. If the present growth continues, the population will probably be over 1000 in 1965.
What will this mean. First, an overload on public utilities and schools. Bus¬inesses will be affected more than they are now. They will have to fight harder and harder to compete with large firms that are within a 20 minute drive from al¬most any point in the county. Small businesses will have to offer advantages big stores can’t. Small businesses will have to grow or they will slide backwards. Cities will have to have good zoning and planning to make a good area. Cities like Silver Lake and Rossville will actually be shopping centers and will have to com-pete with other shopping centers.
While some may disagree with these growth and business prospects, the figures show they may be possible. Some may even disagree that these prospects are good for a community, that if such a thing comes true, the small town will no longer be a small town. This is also true, but it's better than living in a "dying town.”
Second Article:
Annual Irrigation Tour Set for July
It is again the time of year for the annual Kaw Valley irrigation tour. This year the tour will be Wednesday, July 25 and it will begin at the C.C. Kirt Shafer farm located on Lower Silver Lake Road one and one half miles west of Skinner's Retail Nursery Store. Or, another direction, one mile south and two and one half east of Kiro. From here the group will progress to the Bennie Dick and sons farm located approximately one mile northwest of Rossville on Highway 24 and then about one mile north. A fertilizer demonstration plot as well as the general irrigation practice will be seen at this farm. The group will then go to Richard Kelsey's farm located one and one half miles west of the junction of the Maple Hill Road and Highway 24, northeast of Rossville. The irrigation practices of the Kelsey's will be seen here and also at this location is where Dr. Floyd Smith of Kansas State University has the corn fertility research plots.
The noon meal will be at the Rossville City Park through the courtesy of the Berry Irrigation Supply of Rossville. Howard Wilkins, Extension Agronomist, Donald Brosz, and Russell Herpich, both Extension Agricultural Engineers from Kansas State University, as well as Dr. Floyd Smith, will be present on the tour and will give a short discussion after the noon meal.
Some good information will be discussed on this tour so we hope that a large crowd will be available.
Caption of picture:
Farmers in this area did some fast plowing Saturday. Nine farmers and tractors went to work on the George House farm and plowed under 55 acres of wheat straw in about four hours. The farmers got together for the work to help out Mr. House who has been ill all year and unable to work. The farmers who helped were: Johnny Miller, Gerald Reser, Bennie Dick, Sr., LeRoy Carrell, Laird French, Allen Ent, Ralph Page, Bob Gentry, Don Rogers and LeRoy Parr.
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 can take a brighter look at the future. I firmly believe the TV production was good, the truth was told honestly, and the show will probably do some good. I already notice one small community an-nounced a public meeting to look over their own community and to try to see what could be done.
However, what happens in some areas will unlikely not happen in Shawnee County. Shawnee County is blessed with a growing Topeka. Recent reports are that Topeka may be double in size by 1970. What is good for Topeka in growth and industry is good for all the county. When¬ever Topeka grows, outlying areas also show growth. As industry moves to the west of Topeka, Silver Lake and Rossville will feel growing pains. City govern¬ing bodies of both cities have already felt the need for expansion of public utilities and the need will continue to mount.
Rossville has already doubled in popu¬lation since 1942 according to official population figures. Most of this growth has been in the past few years. If the present growth continues, the population will probably be over 1000 in 1965.
What will this mean. First, an overload on public utilities and schools. Bus¬inesses will be affected more than they are now. They will have to fight harder and harder to compete with large firms that are within a 20 minute drive from al¬most any point in the county. Small businesses will have to offer advantages big stores can’t. Small businesses will have to grow or they will slide backwards. Cities will have to have good zoning and planning to make a good area. Cities like Silver Lake and Rossville will actually be shopping centers and will have to com-pete with other shopping centers.
While some may disagree with these growth and business prospects, the figures show they may be possible. Some may even disagree that these prospects are good for a community, that if such a thing comes true, the small town will no longer be a small town. This is also true, but it's better than living in a "dying town.”
Second Article:
Annual Irrigation Tour Set for July
It is again the time of year for the annual Kaw Valley irrigation tour. This year the tour will be Wednesday, July 25 and it will begin at the C.C. Kirt Shafer farm located on Lower Silver Lake Road one and one half miles west of Skinner's Retail Nursery Store. Or, another direction, one mile south and two and one half east of Kiro. From here the group will progress to the Bennie Dick and sons farm located approximately one mile northwest of Rossville on Highway 24 and then about one mile north. A fertilizer demonstration plot as well as the general irrigation practice will be seen at this farm. The group will then go to Richard Kelsey's farm located one and one half miles west of the junction of the Maple Hill Road and Highway 24, northeast of Rossville. The irrigation practices of the Kelsey's will be seen here and also at this location is where Dr. Floyd Smith of Kansas State University has the corn fertility research plots.
The noon meal will be at the Rossville City Park through the courtesy of the Berry Irrigation Supply of Rossville. Howard Wilkins, Extension Agronomist, Donald Brosz, and Russell Herpich, both Extension Agricultural Engineers from Kansas State University, as well as Dr. Floyd Smith, will be present on the tour and will give a short discussion after the noon meal.
Some good information will be discussed on this tour so we hope that a large crowd will be available.
Caption of picture:
Farmers in this area did some fast plowing Saturday. Nine farmers and tractors went to work on the George House farm and plowed under 55 acres of wheat straw in about four hours. The farmers got together for the work to help out Mr. House who has been ill all year and unable to work. The farmers who helped were: Johnny Miller, Gerald Reser, Bennie Dick, Sr., LeRoy Carrell, Laird French, Allen Ent, Ralph Page, Bob Gentry, Don Rogers and LeRoy Parr.
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We believe these clippings are from the Rossville Reporter, Rossville, Kansas.
Publisher
Rossville Community Library
Date
Article 1: (Future business outlook...)- March 22, 1962
Article 2: (Annual irrigation tour...)- July 19, 1962
Photograph/caption- July 19, 1962
Article 2: (Annual irrigation tour...)- July 19, 1962
Photograph/caption- July 19, 1962
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newspaper clippings
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RCL0301
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