Conservationists meeting celebrates Carlsons’ farm

  • The annual Kansas Bankers Association Conservation award was presented to Pat and Joe Carlson recognizing their efforts to conserve water and soil on their 160 acre family farm. The Carlson’s farm has been in their family for 160 years.
    The annual Kansas Bankers Association Conservation award was presented to Pat and Joe Carlson recognizing their efforts to conserve water and soil on their 160 acre family farm. The Carlson’s farm has been in their family for 160 years.
    It was 160 years ago that John Michael Carlson homesteaded a 160 acre farm in northern Cherokee County . Four generations later, the farm remains in the same family as that homesteader’s great-great grandson Joe Carlson continues the farm operation today. Monday night Joe and Pat Carlson were recognized for their family’s tradition of soil and conservation practices thro...

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