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Friday, March 3, 1989 / University Daily Kansan
House gets 'dirty' bill from Senate
bv Max Evans
Kansan staff writer
A bill to name Harney silt loam as the official soil of Kansas yesterday was passed in the Senate and will be read in the House today, the bill's sponsor said.
State Sen. Jerry Karr, D-Emporia, said the Senate passage was timely.
The bill has primarily been the effort of one Manhattan resident, Orville Bidwell. Bidwell, professor emeritus of soil genesis morphology and classification at Kansas State University, said this was the third university to accept a Kansas Legislature. It failed in 1986 and 1988.
"It's going to display at the Agricultural Fairs in Bonner Springs representative Fargo in Iowa."
A Wisconsin professor recently has attempted to have Harney sill Joan entered as the national soil, and Karr said that national interest seemed to be garnerning
support.
support. Bidwell thought it was curious that another state wanted Harney loam recognized at the national level.
"I want to say, 'Look at the Wisconsin people, they want to make a Kansas soil the national soil.'" Bidwell said.
Harney silt loam was chosen from over 300 different soils that exist n Kansas. Bidwell picked it because it contains properties that make it the ideal prairie soil, and because it is the most prominent of Kansas soils. Contains 25 counties and more than 4 million acres.
He said that Harney lilt loam, found primarily in western Kansas, was much better than soils in other states. Chemicals in Harney lilt loam act as natural fertilizers.
"I have been appalled at the lack of knowledge in Kansas of how well off we are." Bidwell said. "We have been given a paradise of soil under our grasslands. It would be
terrible if we had been introduced to a surface like Mars."
Bidwell came to Kansas in 1950, and was instrumental in mapping soil inventories for every county in Kansas. The 40-year project, which was used to set values on land for tax purposes.
"Kansas has more prairie soil than any other state." Bidwell said. "In the world, there are only three major prairies: here, Russia and Uruguay and Argentina in South America."
Jon Piper, resource associate at the Land Institute in Salina, said hat western prairie grassland soils, including the Harney situm, possessed incredible growing properties.
At present, six states have named an official state soil: Wisconsin in 1973, Nebraska in 1979, Vermont in 1985, Oklahoma in 1987, Florida and Iowa in 1988.
by a Kansan reporter
Student Senate's Celebrate Diversity program, designed to combat racism and raise awareness of other cultures, will begin Sun Mar. 20, said the Brook Menees, student body president.
The Funnaffair program, from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday in the Kansas Union Ballroom, will consist of games and activities that will be held at different ancient cultures meet one another. Menees said.
Carrie Hamill, Abilene senior and Student Diversity Task Force member, said the group hoped to make it easier for people from different cultures to interact.
"Last year there were only a couple of things that brought people together: the NCAA championship and the KKK, which was not a positive thing." Hamil said.
"We're trying to create an atmosphere to bring people together. The purpose is to create that atmosphere on campus."
"It's kind of the ultimate ice-breaker. Little silly activities for fun."
Meees said Fumafair would be an opportunity to meet people you would not otherwise have.
"It's an opportunity to do exercises and games with people from different cultures. It will open you up to a lot of people you don't normally do things with." Menees said.
March activities include a movie and tables in front of the Union and Wesoe Hall where students can sign a covenant pledging themselves against racism. Menees said,
The group hopes to raise enough interest to develop a following, he said.
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