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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1966
Page
6
A Reuters style summary notes dairy farm trends with Kenneth Owen remarks on cattle going to slaughter amid high prices. Dairy firms rely on multiple partners, often brothers, to run two man operations while science advances milk production with hormones.
The U S Agriculture Department forecast from the Foreign Agricultural Service shows Soviet fruit and vegetable production rising sharply. Output could reach 14.3 million tons in 1970, about double the recent average, lifting per capita fruit consumption toward 117 pounds.
The Agriculture Department predicts feed grain surpluses will stay about the same as the prior year despite a potential production rise to 165 million tons, about 3 percent above last year. Demand will grow with more hogs and poultry, keeping the Oct 1 1967 stock near 55 million tons. The National Grange plans its 100th annual convention November 14–22 in Minneapolis.
Fayette County soil district chairman Carl Lueder says West Union farmers Robert Scott Harold Spies and Edgar McDonough will build about 16 090 feet of grassed backslope terraces this year. The system improves land usability on steep slopes and reduces short rows with underground outlets to control water.
Dorset show at Oklahoma State University crowned the Worley family Banner Valley Haven Sheep Farm of Ely Iowa as top selling exhibitor. The champion ewe sold for 200 dollars while ram lambs averaged 103 dollars and one ram lamb fetched 170 dollars. Another lamb sold for 105 dollars.
Kenneth D. Muller says 4H automotive project members will tour two Cedar Rapids police stations this week. Each tour begins at 7 20 p m on Tuesday evenings, with successive tours planned in the county extension program.
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