Sunday Silk Dating for Linn County Corn
Two crop experts predict Sunday will mark 75 percent silk emergence in Linn County corn delaying harvest and possibly frost risk. Vivian Jennings says maturation follows 55 to 60 days after silks appear. Lloyd Dumenil notes some fields may not silk until August 15, with many fields around 7 5 percent silked Sunday. For Linn County growers this could push picking later than usual this year.
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Dumienil
Dumenil
Linn
Heat Unit Figures Show Early Corn Benefits
Des Moines area climatologists Robert Shaw and Pan Waite discuss how accumulated heat units favor early planted corn and soybeans. They note northern Iowa trails cooler temperatures, with heat sums since May 1 running 3 to 10 percent below average, and late planting further reducing growth potential.
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Ames
Des Moines
Tawa
Robert Shaw
Iowa
Stile Iuniversity
Pan Wai i
U.S. Weather Bureau
Des Moinis
Shaw and Waile
Shaw and Waite
Oklahoman Boys High Boat at Lisbon Station Sale Report
Daroe hog sold for five hundred dollars on test at Farmland Industries swine testing Wednesday evening. Duroc hogs led by MIK Super Royal sire. 148 hog string, 44 head averaged two hundred five dollars. Irregular details mention consignees Lyle Olson Atkins and Leonard Reyna Son Swisher with sales at Iowa Swine testing Ames and Northeast Town New Hampton events listed for late summer 1969.
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Lisbon
H. J. Voss
Rolley
Oklahoma
Farmland Industries
Lyle Olson
Atkins
Mik Super Royal
Leroy
Leonard Reyna
Swisher
Secant
Hedwin
M. Horn
Riverside
Iowa
Ames
New Hampton
Green Knoll and Gates Dominate West Liberty Dairy Show
West Liberty hosted a three breed registered dairy show where Green Knoll farms of Tong Grove captured most Brown Swiss honors amid 62 head judged by J B Dunham of Ames. Gates swept Jersey championships with Karen Sage and Walter Dengler Jr guiding the entries.
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West Liberty
Barber
DeWitt
Green Knoll Farms
Tong Grove
J.B. Dunham
Ames
Bill Wunder
L. Claire Gates
Karen Sage
Davenport
Walter Dengler, Jr
Three Way Tie for County Soils Post
Williams burg reports a three way tie for county soils post with Mouchka of Marengo White and Yonash of Parnell elected to soil commissioners. McCartney Hampstead Sandersfield and Schmuerk tied for the futile board. Manehka elected for six years while While and Kash fill remaining terms after John Shannahan’s death.
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Williamsburg
Tithard Mouchka
Marengo
Fred [White
Parnell
Yonash
Minty
David McCartney
North English
Vernon Sandersfield
Hampstead
J. J. Schmuerker
Towa Soi
Nmmissioners Board
Manehka
Kash
John Shannahan
Scott Council Backs 1970 Budget Approval
Davenport Heart County extension council approved a 1970 budget of 2,530 after a public hearing on Monday. The maximum levy will be 0,000 through bounty tax money, with 2,530 drawn from the district balance and an estimated January 1, 1970 cash balance of 12,450.
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Davenport
Heart County
Corncil
Sane
Grass Roots Aeronautical Interest And 4 H Link Up
Chuck Myers an 18 year old 4 H member showcased a self determined aeronautical project at the Iowa county fair a converted engine installed in his father s Ford pickup. He and his brother Tony 18 overhauled a 1957 engine with valve job and drove the pickup to the Marengo fair proving the concept works. The Myers family farm near Marengo is cited as the source of the project and Chuck notes it is the first of its kind exhibited at the fair.
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Chuck Myers
Town State University
Nis
Lowa County Fair
Chuck
Marengo Fair
Tony
Charles Myers
Marengo
Chuck Notvdl
Armyworm control then and now in farm reports
Rex Conn recalls 1920s extension service methods for armyworm defense. He describes digging furrows and post holes to block movement and using physical barriers as worms head toward cornfields. Modern guidance favors chemical sprays with certain insecticides for easier control.
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Omi
Rex Conn
Rex
Buffalo
Eskold Gundersen
Iwa State University Extension
Iowa Eases Embargo on Out-of-State Hog Imports
Iowa allows feeder pig imports on a selective permit basis from parts of Illinois Missouri and Arkansas amid hog cholera outbreaks. State veterinarian Dr E A Butler said pigs must be ear tagged and affidavits signed to track origin. Embargo had blocked imports from 30 states since June.
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al Swegle
Des Moines
Illinois
Missouri
Arkansas
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Missouri River
Harrison and
Marshall
Iava
E. A. Butler
Butler
Lf Towa
Ment
Western Plains
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Linn County Fair
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