“If you don’t use it, you don’t need it and you might as well get rid of it.”
The opinion has been expressed numerous times and repeated frequently as the tack room was being cleaned again. Continue reading →
Month: September 2020
Working Cowboys To Finally Get Ultimate Test At Santa Fe Trail Ranch Rodeo
“The show will go on.”
After being postponed due to health concerns in July, the Santa Fe Trail Ranch Rodeo has been rescheduled for Sunday, October 4. Continue reading →
Cancelation Of State’s Biggest Attraction Puts Kansas State Fair In Financial Bind
“We did not have a Kansas State Fair this year.”
David Tobias, interim general manager of the state’s biggest annual event at Hutchinson, was most emphatic reiterating the fact. Continue reading →
BlackJack Saddle Club Show Planned
The BlackJack Saddle Club has another point show planned Saturday, Sept. 26, announced Albert De La Garza, president.
In Cico Park at Manhattan, show starting time is 9 o’clock. Through a different format, advance entries are being taken online for improved efficiency. Continue reading →
Summer Flint Hills Cattle Roundup Brings Family Closest To Mother Nature
Watching the sun come up as cattle graze Flint Hills under blue skies with family on horseback creates spiritual reality.
“Regardless of anyone’s beliefs there’s nothing so close to the heart as that intimate feeling with Mother Nature,” Jerry Hedrick said. Continue reading →
In Search Of Wisdom
“Here by the owl.”
Many people affiliated with agriculture during their lifetimes remember the advisor’s part of opening ceremonies during FFA meetings.
Yet urbanites don’t even know FFA is acronym for Future Far Continue reading →
Massey-Harris Display Attracts Admirers From Afar To Pomona Farm
Eyes glistened, smiles broadened, everybody was friends for two fun days admiring and visiting about Massy-Harris farm equipment.
It was a Saturday and Sunday gathering at Bub Robbin’s Appanoose Creek Farms north of Pomona in Franklin County. Continue reading →
Bronc Riding Accident Leads To Making Rodeo Equipment For World Champions
Equipment is as important as a cowboy’s ability to become a world rodeo champion.
“As rodeo has changed during the past half century so has equipment used by the contestants,” said Neil Barstow. Continue reading →
Everything Has A Cost
“You can’t eat your cake and have it too.”
The National FFA President, a Kansas farm boy, flew in from business at the nation’s capital to present his inspirational message. Continue reading →
Lifelong Western Showman Takes Exotic Animal Entertainment Nationwide
Never shy with a jive, he forwardly claims to be a “distant cousin of a fellow named Noah who had a big boat.”
It requires a bit of head scratching, but most people can figure out the connection with the prominent Biblical figure. Continue reading →