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Kansas Swine Improvement Association Newsletter "VV
Affiliated with the National Park Producers Council- -I
July 20, 1970
Vie have a nev; Kansas Pork Queen! Kathy Eilert of Valley Center was creamed at the contest at Great Bend on Saturday, July 18. •
Vlith some 75 or 80 persons looking on the eleven queen candidates did an excellent job of presenting facts about pork. The judges gave the crown to Kathy. Your reporter forgot to collect the pertinent facts like backfat, rate of gain and such. Mrs. Terry Nagel and the Porkettes did a real fine job and presented an interesting program. Thelma Boe, National Porkette president was a guest. You should have been there!
Mrs.
Dr. nines returned from the National Duroc Congress and reported that the new
National Duroc Queen is Nora Lee Nagel of Valley Center.
How about that!
Your board of directors met at the Holiday Inn at Manhattan on July 15.
covered a lot of ground in a short time.
They
Some of the matters discussed are briefly
outlined in the paragraphs that follow. Mr. Moorman summarized proceedings of the test station committee meeting.
Final test weight of the boars has been raised to 220 pounds. The index has been modified slightly also. The test station sale will be'at Ci-Co Park on Monday evening (August 31) at 7:00 p.m. There v;ill be a pork chop
dinner preceding the sale.
K.S.I.A. will sponsor an all-breed show and sale
at Abilene on October 2 and 3.
The sale will be on Saturday, October 3.
You
better put the date on your calendar. K.S.I.A. will furnish a plaque to the winner of the F.F.A. show at the State Fair in September.
VJillard Olson reported that he is in the field with the new Scanogram.
He has had a few problems but he is very happy with the machine.
He is also
very busy.
Willard also reported he is making many contacts in his effort to promote
the deduction program. St.
He plans to attend a short course for fieldmen in
Louis next month.
Mr. Frisbie, President of the Kansas Farm Bureau, presented some ideas to the directors. He suggested that K.S.I.A. could affiliate with Farm
Bureau if every member belonged to Kansas Farm Bureau.
Then all Farm Bureau
services become available at cost. He said Farm Bureau v70uld also contract one or all services to K.S.I.A. Costs would be higher.
Your president appointed the committee listed below to study the situation and make recommendations at the 1971 annual meeting. •Jim Henry, Chairman Jasper DeVore Fred Germann
Jack Baird
Roy Stroup
Let them know your feelings on the matter.