Benton County Beef Carcass Winners Listed
WINTON Angus steers swept the carcass division of Benton county quality open beef show with five top placings. Edwin Jensen of Luzerne won the first carcass prize with a 1,095 pound steer that also ranked eighth in live judging and posted a 63.4 dressing percentage and high prime carcass grade. Rich ard Grovert of Newhall claimed second, Cecil Frimml and Son of Blairs Town took third, and Waldemar Fiebelkorn of Vinton had the fourth and fifth carcasses. Results were announced Thursday night in Bath Packing Company coolers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winton
Angus
Benton County
Edwin Jensen
Luzerne
Jensen
Richard Grovert
Newhall
Cecil Frimml
Iowa County Beeves Bring $26.47 a Cwt
At the Iowa county 4 H achievement show in Marengo, 136 baby beeves sold for an average of 26.47 dollars per cwt. The grand champion Angus shown by Susan Agnew of Millersburg sold for 44 dollars per cwt, while the reserve grand champion Hereford shown by Mike Septer of North English brought 30 dollars per cwt. Twenty nine market lambs averaged 22.22 dollars per cwt, with the grand champion lamb exhibited by Larry Stanerson of Marengo selling for 25 dollars per cwt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marengo
Iowa County
Susan Agnew
Millersburg
Mike Septer
North English
Larry Stanerson
Beef Winners Named At Keokuk County Fair
Nancy White of Sigourney won grand championship with an Angus steer in baby beef judging at the seventy fifth Keokuk county fair. Her siblings Susan and Jim have also shown grand champion steers in recent years. Reserve grand champion Angus steer went to Mary Beth Snackenburg of Webster. Keswick’s John Moore and South English’s Paul Greiner took champion and reserve Hereford steers, while Tom and John Moore of Keswick showed champion and reserve Shorthorns. The Moores are brothers. Joe Miller of Chariton judged the 193 baby beeves and 28 beef heifers. Champions and reserves among heifers included Angus Gary Wachter of Sigourney and Mary Beth Snackenburg. Hereford Gary Mikesell of Webster and Grant Hazen of What Cheer. and Keswick’s Anita Collins owned the champion Shorthorn beef heifer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy White
Sigourney
Keokuk County
Nancy
Susan
Jim
Mary Beth Snakenburg
Webster
John Moore
Keswick
Paul Greiner
South English
Tom
Moores
Joe Miller
Chariton
Lucas County
Angus—Gary Wachter
Gary Mikesell
Grant Hazen
What Cheer
Anita Collins
All-Iowa Fair Rabbit and Pigeon Entries Judged
First judging at the All-Iowa fair began Sunday with the rabbit and pigeon shows in tents on South Street at Hawkeye Downs. Some 215 rabbit entries were judged by Darrell Bramhall of Mason City, with winners named from American Chinchillas, Bechka Rabbitry, Cedar Rapids, and other breeders. Judge Clayton Lutes of Chicago Heights, Illinois, then placed 415 birds of 17 pigeon breeds, listing top exhibitors such as Arthur Hoffert, Burlington, and G & B Loft, Cedar Rapids, among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rex Conn
Darrell Bramhall
Mason City
Judy Becicka
Cedar Rapids
Bramhall
Frank Becicka
Frank Bates
Hawkeye Downs
Clayton Lutes
Chicago Heights
Ill
Don Lucky
Center
Harry Brown
Manchester
Bares
Donald Gingerich
Kalona
Thomas H. Smith
Waterloo
Silver Martens
Gary Grimm Walker
Robert Bex
New Zealand
Ted Coleman
Knoxville
Guarantee
Maquoketa
Indian Creek
Marion
Dehner Rabbitry
Cascade
Smith
C. J. Miller
H & S Rabbitry
West Chester
Viking Rabbitry
Coleman
Dwayne Elrod
Elwood
Dehner’s
Rabbitry
Carneaux
Arthur Hoffert
Burlington
Lahore
Berger
Casper
Newton
Frank Spinka
G & B Loft
M & M Loft
Mitchellville
Kenny Carlson
Clinton
Ed Danielson
DeWitt
Modenas
Rodney Hatcher
Mt. Vernon
T. H
S. A. DeWees
Farmers' Share Of Food Dollar Hits 20 Year Low
The agriculture department said the farmer's share of the consumer's food dollar fell to 36 cents in the April to June quarter of 1963. It marked the lowest quarterly average share on record in more than two decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
County 4 H Demonstration Contest Teams Named
The county selects teams and individuals to compete at national and state events this fall. Cedar Rapids and Clinton representatives join Waunakee and Aurora entrants in dairy, 4 H dress, and demonstration contests at Waterloo Waterloo and the Iowa State Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Wurzer
Waucoma
Janet Erickson
Mary Beth Baldwin
Wadena
Waterloo
Postville
Rosa Lea Mulford
Connie Chase
Charlotte Derflinger
Lauraine Mulford
Aurora
Linda Niles
National Angus Hereford win at Fayette fair
At the Clayton County fair 4-H and FFA show the national champion baby beef went to a 950 pound Angus shown by Fred Berns of St Olaf. A 925 pound Hereford by Jim Brink of Elkader was reserve grand champion. Dairy breed champions included Brown Swiss Dennis Muller Garna ville Guernsey Richard Troester Elkader Holstein Nile Zieman Luana Jersey Maynard representing Peoria Ill Angela Thiese Guttenberg Fayette county girls 4-H dairy princess Elaine Johanningmeier Rosemary Achen Cathy Hauer Arlene Koch and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton County Fair
National
Fred Berns
St. Olaf
Jim Brink
Elkader
Dennis Muller
Garnaville
Guernsey
Richard Troester
Nile Zieman
Luana
Jersey
Maynard
Peoria
Ill
Angela Thiese
Guttenberg
Fayette County
Judy Spen
John
Gillespie
Iowa
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