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| Written by Bob Harrington | |||
| Wednesday, 07 October 2009 08:00 | |||
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Awards will be presented to three Miami County farm families Tuesday at the Miami County Farm Bureau Association annual meeting at the Miami County Fairgrounds. There will be a free dinner for members at 6 p.m. Reservations for the dinner must be made by Friday to the Farm Bureau office, 294-5708. First Kansas District Congressman Jerry Moran is scheduled to be the speaker. The prestigious Farm Bureau Century Farm award goes to Vernon E. and Donna L. Prothe of rural Paola. The Prothes currently own 273 acres of the original 431-acre farm purchased by his great-grandparents, Johann Fredrick (Fred) and Catherine Prothe, in January 1886. The elder Prothes purchased 291.29 acres at $34.33 per acre and 140 acres for $32.14 per acre from George W. Smith. Fred, who was born in the village of Wriedel in Germany, migrated to America in 1865. He and his brother, John, lived and worked in Wabaunsee County, Kan., before moving to the Block community in 1868. Fred also had a mercantile business in 1890 at Block. The farm southeast of Block passed to John W. and Doris Prothe, grandparents to Vernon, then to Edward F. and Manda Prothe, Vernon’s parents, and on to Vernon and Donna Prothe. None of the original buildings are left. The Prothes operate a beef cattle operation. The Miami County Farm Bureau Farm Family award goes to Charles W. (Bill) and Rose Mary Atwood of rural La Cygne. Bill was a long time county Farm Bureau board member. Both have been actively involved in the community over the years. Their farm in southeast Miami County was designated a Farm Bureau Century Farm in 2000 and has had six generations of family members work the land. The Farm Bureau Natural Resources award will go to Orval J. and Karen E. Miller of rural Paola. Their conservation practices consist of 196 total acres including two waterways, 9,100 feet of terraces, 49 acres of native grass, four ponds, one freeze-proof livestock tank with 1,000 feet of waterline, 56 acres of cropland farmed on the contour with a corn-sorghum-soybean rotation and 92 acres of cool-season grasses. Recently they completed the installation of 22 acres into quail habitat through the Wildlife Habitat Improvement Program. They have a son, Shawn, and a daughter, Shelly.
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