Jewell County

Fleminy children feeding birds (from left to right) Kyle, Levi and Amanda

Hobby Flies Into A Profitable Career

You can hear them early in the morning, cackling back and forth taking off just at daybreak: music to every upland hunter’s ears. That music means income to Mark Fleming, co-owner and co-operator of Fleming Farm Game Birds in Formosa. And Fleming wouldn’t have life any other way.

An Old Green Porch Swing

“We become better professionals, business persons, spouses and parents in only one predictable way: we must become better people! Anything less is simply a collection of feeble techniques and strategies; doomed to fail when the going gets rough.”

A Touch of Wheat

Kansas is the "wheat state" and visitors often purchase products made from Kansas wheat including flour, pancake mix or Butter Braids. But most don't consider taking the raw product home as a souvenir. However, members of the National Association of Wheat Weavers encourage visitors and residents to do just that.