Wednesday, June 7, 2000 The University Daily Kansan Section A · Page 5 Police continue search for bodies The Associated Press HARRISONVILLE. Mo. HARRISONVILLE, Mo. Remains of five bodies have been found in barrels in connection with a man who allegedly used the name "slavemaster" to develop online relationships with women, authorities said today. The first two bodies were found in barrels buried on John E. Robinson Sr.'s property Saturday in a field in La Cygne, about 50 miles south of Kansas City, Mo. Three other 55-gallon drums were discovered Monday at a rental storage locker about 30 miles away in Cass County, Mo., southeast of Kansas City. Authorities confirmed today that bodies were found inside. Robinson, 56, appeared in court Monday on charges he sexually assaulted two other women at suburban Kansas City hotels. Those women survived. Bond was raised to $5 million at that time. The discoveries of bodies followed a three-month missing persons investigation. In Kansas, Linn County Sheriff Marvin Stites said about 20 investigators — including some from the FBI and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation — would continue to search Robinson's property. Crews were expected to drain a pond on Robinson's property later today. "We may find more bodies, but we certainly hope not," Stitses said. The two women Robinson is accused of assaulting told police they voluntarily agreed this spring to act as sex slaves for Robinson. who prosecutors said used the screen name "slavemaster" in his computer correspondence. But they said he brutalized them in a way that went beyond what they intended. One also said that Robinson stole more than $700 worth of whips, paddles and other sex toys from her. One surviving woman, authorities said, traveled from Texas for the sexual encounter in April. The other met with him in May. Her residence was unknown. Web site gives nonfarmers insight into harvest Crop expert uses Internet to teach farm techniques The Associated Press MANHATTAN—Nonfarmers see what fields turning from green to gold and think of loaves of bread, filling the shelves of the local supermarket. Farmers see long hours of tilling, planting, and maintenance, worrying about everything from rainfall to pests. But a new program uses the Internet to show just what goes into raising a crop, from plowing to harvest. The program, called "Adopt A Wheat Field," is offered through the Kansas State University Research and Extension Department's Web site: www.oznet.ksue.edu/pr-awf/. Extension Crops Specialist Jim Shroyer is in charge of monitoring a seed-production wheat field on the Agronomy Farm north of Manhattan. He periodically takes pictures of the field, then describes in a diary format what the pictures show. "It's really been a learning experience for me." he said. "I'm able to watch a meter or yard of row, and I set to watch very closely." Shroyer's target audience is children, but he said he has received as much or more response from adults who visited the Web site. The first entry on the Web site is Aug. 17, as a farmer used a tractor to pull a chisel and fertilizer tank. The chisel turned the soil and destroys weeds. Shrover said. Also in that day's entry, he explained the process of applying liquid nitrogen fertilizer and liquid phosphorus at the same time. "The scientific jargon is not in the mainstay of the English language," Shroyer said. "I tried to use a blend of the botanical and agronomical, I try to write like I talk. To keep people interested, they have to feel like they know where you're coming from and where you're going." In the latest entry, posted May 31, Shroyer discusses the recent hot windy weather and how 100-degree weather is too hot for wheat. Wheat is a cool season plant, he said, and prefers temperatures in the upper 60s to low 70s. "Almost all of the flag leaves have died or the ones left have leaf rust on them, so they won't last long with this heat," he wrote. "Looking at some head heads in our row, you can see quite a range of maturity. Some heads still have a lot "The doughy substance is the starch that is in the kernel's endosperm. We are on the downhill side of the grain filling period, so it won't be long until harvest." Jim Shroyer Extension Crops Specialist of green color in them, while others are becoming more bronze." The field also contained evidence of Barley Yellow Dwarf, a disease that causes the heads to darken and the kernels to shrivel. In addition to the overall condition of the field, Shroyer discussed the status of the kernels. Inside, the kernels contain a soft, wet, mealy substance. "The doughy substance is the starch that is in the kernel's endosperm," he wrote. 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