Credit Co-Ops Help Complete 4-H Center Cabins Near Madrid
Iowa business groups funded two new winterized cabins at the 4-H camping center near Madrid completing Hickory village with seven cabins and Elm village with eight. Federal Land Bank Associations and Production Credit Associations of Iowa provided the gifts. The cabins named Carolina Hickory and Cork Elm were used for a recent state conservation workshop attended by about 125 Iowa 4-H members.
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Iowa State University
Iowa
Madrid
Federal Land Bank and Production Credit Associations
John Schwarz, Jr
Perry
N. M. Peterson
Newton
PCA
William Blaha
Federal Land Bank
Sue Carroll
Frederika
Larry Audlehelm
Osceola
State 4-H
G. A. Lineweaver
Iowa 4-H Foundation
Ames
Federal Land Bank Associations of
Hickory Village
Production Credit Associations of
Elm Village
Elm
Federal Land Bank Associations
John Schwartz, Jr
Fredericka
State 4H
Iowa 4H Foundation
State Conservation Workshop
Iowa 4-H
Hickory
Beefmaker Display Highlights 50th Cattle Feeders Day
At Iowa State near Ames an experimental Beefmaker corn harvester will be shown to cattlemen during the 50th Cattle Feeders Day. The device shells corn and chops silage and will be demonstrated 8 30 to 10 15 a m. Aug 29.
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Ames
Iowa State
University
Memorial Union
Iowa State Livestock
Kenneth Monfort
Monfort Feedlots and Packing Company
Greeley
Colo
Iowa
Stephen Garst
Garst
Coon Rapids
William Zmolek
Young farmer Terry Hunter Breaks Gender Barrier at Iowa State Fair
In Des Moines AP report, 15 year old Terry Hunter of Coggon becomes the first girl to compete in a Future Farmers of America event at the Iowa State Fair. She earns fifth place in the FIFA Hereford heifer contest with special permission since she is in voag.
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Des Moines
Terry Hunter
Coggon
Future Farmers of America
Terese
Hollis B. Hunter
FIFA
Voag
Interview with Everett Williams on farming and politics
Everett Williams, 76, owner of 120 acres southwest of Iowa City, discusses his Angus cattle, farm operations with son Tom, and pasturing history. He names political preferences toward Nixon, predicts McCarthy for the Democrats, and recalls World War I service including Chateau-Thierry and Belleau Wood.
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Everett Williams
Iowa City
June
Harold White
Tom
Diane
William Hobson
Marshalltown
Second Marine
Chateau-Thierry
Belleau Wood
Pork Center Hog Show Set Sept. 2
The sixth annual Pork Center Market Hog Show is scheduled for Monday Sept 2 at the Eastern Iowa Livestock Commission sales barn in Mechanicsville. Junior showmanship begins at 10 am followed by junior judging at 10:30 am open division hog judging at 12:30 pm and grand champion selection at 2:30 pm. Entries must weigh 190 to 240 pounds with a limit of two head per exhibitor. Kenneth Lee of Lincoln Community Schools vocational agriculture notes more than 1000 dollars in prize money.
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Mechanicsville
Pork Center Market
Eastern Iowa Livestock Commission, Inc
Lincoln Community Schools
Kenneth Lee
Veterinarians Urged as Nation Needs More Vets
Dr. John B. Herrick, Iowa State extension veterinarian, elected president of the American Veterinary Medical Association says there is a crying need for more veterinarians. He cites duties in meat and poultry safety, research, and animal care, noting the 107 year old group has about 19 000 of the country 23 000 veterinarians.
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Towan
Henry D. Bergman
Division of Veterinarian Medicine
Iowa State
Association
Charolais Carter achieves state fair grand carcass win
Greg Mobley, 15, Centerville, won the grand champion Charolais crossbred beef carcass at the Town State Fair. He also earned 1000 from the American International Charolais Association for the Charolais bred animal. Becky Lang, 15, Iowa City, claimed the first reserve grand champion carcass with a Red Angus crossbred. William Dale and son of Brooklyn took the reserve champion Angus in the Iowa Quality Beef Contest.
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Des Moines
Greg Mobley
Centerville
Greg
American International Charolais Association
Becky Lang
Iowa City
Miss Lang
Johnson County
William Dale and Son
Brooklyn
Iowa
Garrels Elected NFC First District President in Iowa
Wilbur Garrels of Mount Pleasant won the presidency at the Iowa National Farmers Organization convention in Washington. Duane Redlinger was named vice-president, Mrs. Delmer Berstler of Ladora secretary, Arthur Worley of Fairfield treasurer, and James Hadley of Nichols a trustee.
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Washington
Iowa National Farmers Organization
Wilbur Garrels
Mount Pleasant
Duane Redlinger
Delmer Berstler
Ladora
Arthur Worley
Fairfield
James Hadley
Nichols
Manchester FFA Competes for National Chapter Award
Manchester FFA stands among 148 U S and Puerto Rico chapters vying for the National Chapter Award at the National FFA Leadership Conference in Kansas City October 16 to 18. Iowa will be represented through State FFA Advisor C W Dalbey as the chapter is honored for achievements in supervised agricultural program cooperation community service leadership and more.
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Manchester
FFA
United States
Puerto Rico
Kansas City
Iowa
C. W. Dalbey
Donald Schlichte
Joe Schmidt
Mark Zumbach
Don Wendt
Garland Ashbacher
Omaha Credit Bank Sets Record Loans To Farmers
The Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of Omaha loaned over 907 million dollars to farmers and ranchers in Iowa Nebraska South Dakota and Wyoming in the last year. Bank President Herman W Frerichs Jr said this surpasses any previous year in the bank’s 45 year history. He noted 382 million dollars of loans outstanding on June 30 1968 up 44 million from the prior year and cited extreme market pressures from government borrowing and corporate debt needs.
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Omaha
Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of Omaha
Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
Wyoming
Herman W. Frerichs, Jr
Frerichs
Pcas
Rambler Jennie Tops Milk Production in Vermont Breeding Show
Endow Rambler Jennie a registered Holstein owned by Robert Prentice of Terrill wins the low mature cow class and leads in milk production with a 365 day record of 28 936 pounds of milk and 1 017 pounds of butterfat on double daily milking.
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Brattleboro, Vt
Jennie
Robert Prentice
Terrill
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