Decorah residents win multiple awards at soil district banquet
Seven individuals receive honors at Winneshiek County Soil Conservation District annual banquet held at Luther College. Walter McIntosh earns the new cooperator award for 66 acres contouring 7590 feet tile outlets and 225 feet sediment basin on a 173 acre farm. Maurice and Walter Langland win owner operator award for their 507 acre farm with 250 acres contouring 112 acres strip cropping and 133 acres terracing. Other honors include windbreak, distinguished service, and Roy Schultz memorial awards. Tim Clemens elected Linn County Dairy Herd Improvement Association president with Mike O Hara as vice president and Bennie Goodken as secretary-treasurer. Clemens and Dick Liercke also take three year board terms. Linn County Dairy Promotion Committee names Russell Wenger president and Cathy Clemens secretary.
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Decorah
Winneshiek County Soil Conservation District
Luther College
Walter McIntosh
McIntosh
Maurice
Walter Langland
Henry Monroe Jr
Andrew Hemesath
Calmar
Clayton Wangsness
Spring Grove
Minn
Roy Schultz
Oscar Engebretson
Mike O'Hara
Ryan
Bennie Goodken
Monticello
Clemens
Dick Liercke
Center Point
Linn County Dairy Promotion Committee
Russell Wenger
Coggan
Cathy Clemens
Marion
Irene Dvorak Named Garden Aide in Tama County Extension
Irene Dvorak of Clutter has been named garden aide for the Tama County Extension Service.
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Toledo
Irene Dvorak
Clutter
Tama County Extension Service
Speculator Rosenthal Denies Wheat Corner Accusations
Leslie Rosenthal vice chairman of the Chicago Board of Trade denies wrongdoing in alleged wheat market cornering. He says his large wheat holdings are routine and he trades those numbers all the time.
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Leslie Rosenthal
Chicago Board of Trade
Farm auctions and sales listings for early April
A sequence of farm auctions and sales scheduled across Iowa towns from April 6 to April 14. Events include 174 acre Heirs of John Gase Estate auctions near Riverside, Rex Barker closeouts near Cedar Rapids, Vern Donels Estate machinery sale near Shellsburg, A W Martin hog sale near Fayette, Melvin Carl machinery sale near Central City, Bob Parkin closeout near Earlville, and a 160 to 180 acre Seaton and Rein hart farm sale near Millersburg.
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John Gase
Riverside
Mach
Rex Barker
Cedar Rapids
Vern Donels
Shellsburg
A. W. Martin and Sons
Fayette
Melvin Carl
Central City
Bob Parkin
Earlville
Charles Seaton
Walter Reinhart
Millersburg
Iowa House and Senate Back National Soil Tilth Center
Iowa lawmakers endorsed ISU efforts to attract a National Soil Tilth Center to Ames. The plan cites a lab to study soil tilth, with ISU leaders arguing the center would boost soil quality, crop productivity, and water health, costing about 7 million to build and 2.5 million annually to operate with a 20 scientist staff.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa State University
Ames
William Harbor
Iowa State
Harbor
ISU
Linn County no-till meeting planned by soil district
The Linn County Soil Conservation District sponsors a no-tillage farming meeting at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the ASCS office in Marion. Speakers include Jerry Gogan and Bob Jones discussing herbicides, fertilizer, and factors for successful no-till farming. Equipment tips will be given by Bill Hintz and George Petrick about loaned no-tillage gear. Gene Walter notes the session aids with crop rotations, soil issues, and weed management.
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Linn County Soil Conservation District
ASCS
50Th Street
Marion
Jerry Gogan
Cedar Rapids Area
Bob Jones
Ortho Chemicals
Bill Hintz
Buffalo Till
Monticello
George Petrick
Allis Chalmers
Mount Vernon
Gene Walter
Hog show winner named at Garnavillo Barrow Show
Gary Berns of Elkader was named the overall winner in production at the Big River Barrow Show in Garnavillo. The 250 pound entry ranked sixth in rate of gain at 1.96 pounds per day first in live appraisal and fifth in carcass merit with .768 adjusted pounds of muscle per day on test. Also noting ACP cost sharing for no tillage plantings offering ten dollars per acre up to forty acres with district loan plans to be announced at the meeting. Dorothy Lynda Dix born in 1802, pioneer of prison reform.
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Garnavillo
Gary Berns
Elkader
Big River Barrow
Dorothy Lynda Dix
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Tim Clemens
The
Linn County Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Tilth Center
Iowa House
Senate
North Central States Experiment Station
Iowa Association of Soil Conservation District Commissioners
North Central States
National Association of Soil Conservation Districts
Linn
Springville
Jim Vislisel
Mt. Vernon
Comfort Rest
Twin Comfort Rest
Royal Mattress & Foundation
Full Comfort
Queen Comfort Rest
Premier Mattress & Foundation
Twin Cities
Lindale Mall
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