West Liberty Beef and Sheep Winners Named
West Liberty fair crowned open class livestock champions Monday with W L Anderson of West Liberty dominating the Shorthorn show by taking both champion and reserve champion bulls and champion female. Jean Anderson, his daughter, claimed reserve champion female. Oxford’s John W Campbell held both champion and reserve champion Hereford bulls, while West Liberty’s Tom Lehman exhibited the champion Hereford female. D L Stevens of Long Grove took reserve champion female. Hawkeye Acres’ Robert Carr exhibited champion female and reserve champion bull in Angus. Louis Danner of West Liberty held both champion bull and reserve in sheep. James S Smith and Sons of Stanwood took champion ram and ewe in Hampshire and Southdown, with other champions listed from Suffolk, Corridale, and Shropshire classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Liberty
W. L. Anderson
Jean Anderson
John W. Campbell
Oxford
Tom Lehman
D. L. Stevens
Long Grove
Robert Carr
Hawkeye Acres
Crawfordsville
Louis Danner
James S. Smith
Stanwood
Hampshire
Southdown
Suffolk
James Gray
Mechanicsville
Wayne French
Muscatine
Corriedale
Earl H. Siders
West Liberty Fair judges hogs and tractors winners listed
West Liberty fair featured 29 hogs shown in on foot judging of the swine carcass contest won by Sueppel and Miller of Solon. Judges included Gene Anderson of Columbus Junction. Tractor pulling drew 41 entries with top weight class placers led by Lanny Kay and Don Feldman of West Liberty in the 6,000 lb class and Ron Bowser of West Chester in the 9,000 lb class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Liberty
Gene Anderson
Columbus Junction
Sueppel and Miller
Solon
Orville Meeker
Letts
Hampshire
Dennis Meeker
Eldon Bothell
Iowa City
Hampshire Cross
Mike Bothell
Farmer profits with banker Keith expert on soil
Keith, a banker, offers guidance to farmers on boosting profits from soil. He promises practical talk on farm problems and practical solutions for sustainable returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith
Rural fair horse show highlights and winners
Richard Mynatt of West Point led the 15 000 pound class as the sole entry. Barry Hayslett of West Liberty won the champion light horse in the 4 H and FFA show. Beverly Merritt of Letts took the horsemanship trophy. In pony division Dana Chown of Nichols won, Bill Einfeldt of Durant earned the showmanship award. Elmer S. Garrels of Mt. Pleasant judged the horses and ponies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shalla
Riverside
Alvin Meyer
Lone Tree
Don Chalupa
Kalona
Lyle Yoder
Richard Mynatt
West Point
Barry Hayslett
West Liberty
Beverly Merritt
Letts
Dana Chown
Nichols
Bill Einfeldt
Durant
Elmer S. Garrels
Mt. Pleasant
West Liberty teen wins jazz ballet in rural fair contest
Julie Ruess aged 14 from West Liberty captured first in the Rural Amateur Variety Entertainment contest sponsored by Muscatine County Farm Bureau women at the West Liberty fair. She advances to the District 7 RAVE contest in Mt. Pleasant in October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Liberty
Julie Ruess
Muscatine
Washington agency buys 2.88 million pounds turkeys
The agriculture department announced the purchase of 2,880,000 pounds of fresh frozen ready to cook turkeys for the school lunch program. The delivered cost was $942,000.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Feed Grains Rise as Major Cash Crops in 1965
USDA reports feed grains increasingly function as cash crops due to expanded commercial livestock and export demand. In 1935 only 21 percent entered commercial channels. 1965-66 projections show 51 percent marketed. Corn, oats, barley and sorghum sales boost total 1965 crop value above prior years with exports rising to about 725 million bushels.
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USDA
Department
CCC
Barley harvest outlook for year shows drop to near billion bushels
Barley production is expected to fall to about one billion bushels, roughly 10 percent below the previous year and the lowest since 1955, signaling tighter supplies and potential price effects.
2 Percent Milk Production Cut Seen This Year
Washington AP reports government forecasts show milk production at 122 billion pounds for the year, down 2 percent from 125.1 billion. Forecasters expect remaining output to exceed last year’s pace slightly, with seven months of the year showing a 4 percent drop from a year earlier.
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Washington
Crop Insurance Extended to 4 More Counties
The federal crop insurance program will expand to Des Moines Jackson Lee and Scott counties in Iowa for the 1967 crop year. Secretary Freeman announced that corn oats and soybeans in these counties will bring the program to 89 Iowa counties. In 1965 Iowa producers protected by crop insurance totaled about 50 million dollars on over a million acres.
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Washington
Iowa
Orville L. Freeman
Des Moines
Jackson, Lee
Scott Counties
Market Lamb Tops Keokuk County 4-H Sale
The junior livestock sale at Keokuk county fair closed with Randy Martin of Sigourney selling the champion market lamb for 49 dollars per cwt to Ollie Livestock Co. Pigs and cattle also sold strong with champion pen pigs at 39 and reserve at 40 per cwt, grand champion Hereford at 40, and Shorthorn at 31.25. Overall averages were 30.68 for pigs, 28.84 for baby beef, and 27.51 for lambs. total sale reached 52,056 dollars. Both champion and reserve market pigs each brought 29 per cent. sellers Cathy Wheeler and Karolyn Kitzman.
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Keokuk County
Randy Martin
Sigourney
Ollie Livestock Co
Richard Capps
Packwood
David Streigle
Harper
Clifford Romberg
Keola
Ronald Denison
Keswick
Cathy Wheeler
Kinross
Karolyn Kitzman
West Liberty Fair Queen Crowned at Iowa Event
Patricia Best an 18 year old freshman at Iowa State University was crowned Miss West Liberty Fair and will compete in the Iowa State Fair queen contest. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Elmer Best of Stockton. The 1965 queen Barbara Mays crowned her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Liberty
Patricia Best
Elmer Best
Stockton
Iowa State University
Barbara Mays
Los Angeles County Remains Nation's Leading Dairy County
Los Angeles County, despite rampant urban sprawl overrunning many orange groves, tops the nation in dairy production with 78,000 cows yielding 127 million gallons of commercial milk last year per Western Milk and Ice Cream News.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Los Angeles County
Western Milk and Ice Cream News
Angus Top Beef Show at Waukon
At the Allamakee County fair in Waukon the grand champion baby beef was an Angus exhibited by John Byrnes. The steer sold for 45 dollars per cwt at the auction closing the fair. The reserve Angus was shown by Curtis Amundson with Byron Steiber also competing in Lansing. Greg Waldron exhibited the champion pen of market lambs. All winning lambs were crossbreds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allamakee County
Allamakee
Waukon
John Byrnes
Curtis Amundson
Lansing
Byron Steiber
Ronnie Curtin
Greg Waldron
Farmers Get More Of Beef Dollar
The farmer's share of the consumer dollar for Choice grade beef in the second quarter averaged 60 cents, up from 57 in 1965 and 54 in 1964, while the farm share of the dollar for pork averaged 55 cents, down from 57 cents last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Cattle Feeders Day Topics Set
Cattlemen worry about winter forage supplies as Iowa State hosts a Cattle Feeders day on Sept. 1. Nelson Gay will discuss high quality corn silage for finishing beef cattle and silage additives including urea and limestone. Roger Hunsley covers supplements stocking rates and two Iowa State trials on wintering cows and yearling heifers on cornstalks. Additional reports explore experimental feed additives and feeder cattle shrink.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State
Nelson Gay
Gay
Roger Hunsley
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Bill Malloy
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Clutter Or
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Weather Bureau
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