Iowa State Fair Winners Named
State fair wool is shorn and swine judged with grand championships claimed by Ed Simpson of Port Byron Illinois for a 238 pound Hampshire hog, Gary Bernau of Charles City for the Iowa Production Tested barrow contest, and many breed champions across Chester White Poland China and Hampshire classes. Tractor pulling titles went to J C Ware of Pickering Missouri and Bruce Wheatley of Pocahontas. 4H dairy placings went to Diana Woodruff of Indianola and Ayrshire, Brown Swiss, and Jersey champions named by local exhibitors.
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Des Moines
Illinois
Ed Simpson
Port Byron
Ill
Hampshire
Oscar Mayer & Co
Perry
Iowa
Gary Bernau
Charles City
J. C. Ware
Pickering
Ware
Bruce Wheatley
Pocahontas
Ron Parker
Martello
Indiana
Ford
Ralph Christensen
Fonda
Chester
William “Bud” Boelman
Stan
Belmond
Brown and Brown
Hamptons
Poland
China
J. Gerald Brown
Charlie
Kent
Roger Caltrdier
Casey
Darvin Kettwick
Buffalo Center
Chester White
Diana, Woodruff
Indianola
Ann Lang
Brooklyn
Ayrshire
Herman Kleemeier
Rockwell City
William Warrick and Son
School Crossing Prairie
Jackson School
Dale
Cedar Verle McGraw
Pleasantville Rapids
Steve Settles
Winfield
Government to Encourage Soybean Output Next Year
Washington sources say administration farm officials weigh revising 1973 feed grain rules to boost soybean planting. Potential steps include allowing soybeans on set aside acreage or guaranteeing market absorption for beans produced above a national target. Officials stress no decisions yet and aim to avoid depressions in soybean prices.
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Washington
UPI
Administration
Agriculture Department
Carroll G. Brunthaver
August Milk Prices Hold at July Levels
Washington AP report shows early August prices paid to producers at 7.21 per hundredweight for class I bottling milk the same as July and 11 cents higher than a year earlier. Retail city milk averages 58.4 cents per half gallon, up 0.2 from July and 0.4 from last year, while home delivered milk runs 68.5 cents per half gallon, unchanged from July and 1 cent higher than August last year.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Farmers Share Of Food Dollar Reaches 41.1 Cents in July
Washington AP Farmers in July received 41.1 cents of every consumer food dollar the highest in over two years. Higher prices for hogs chickens eggs and some vegetables lifted the farm share from June. Cattle prices slipped from last month indicating possible drop in the farm value next report. The market basket show retail prices rose 4.5 percent from a year ago and 1.8 percent from June with farmers receiving 544 of 1322 total dollars.
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Washington
USDA
Omaha
Grand Jury Indicts 66 in Gold Smuggling Ring Bust
A federal grand jury in New York indicted 66 individuals in a sweeping crackdown on a $500 million gold smuggling operation. Officials say the case highlights a broad network moving gold through illicit channels.
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New York
Nun Offers To Mediate Dairy NFO Co Op Disputes
Milwaukee AP Sister M Thomas More a nun and Holy Family college publicity chief says a Catholic Rural Life Conference mediation offers peace between the National Farmers Organization and dairy cooperatives over court suits draining farm groups. A mediation team will meet in Chicago with Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Downley and Msgr George Higgins aiding, as AMPI NFC and Mid America discuss terms.
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Milwaukee
National Farmers Organization
M. Thomas More
Holy Family College
Manitowoc
Catholic Rural Life Conference
Chicago
Joseph Downley
Hartford
California
Higgins
U.S. Catholic Conference For Social Development, Peace and Justice
Sister Thomas More
NFO
Associated Milk Producers Inc
San Antonio
Texas
Mid-America Dairymen Inc
Springfield
Kansas City
John Butterbrodt
Burnett
Wis
Illinois
AMPI
Wisconsin
Lost and found want ad dials 398 8234
Lost items are found fast when you use a lost and found want ad. Dial 398 8234.
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Bev Duffy
Solon
Wilbur Kehrli
Manchester
Ames
Chesters
Hamps, Durocs
Tom Lee Farms
Tammy Rau
Kenney, Il
Gentry Brothers
Polo, Mo
Tom Opperman
Manning
Raymond Schulte
Norway
Eric Lyon
Toledo
Marcia Nicklin
Selman
Old Milwaukee
Drewrys
Pabst Blue Ribbon
Falstaff
Aspen Grove
Center Point Rd
COE
Scott Smith’s Supper Club
Ae Motor Inn
A. Ae
the Tonight
Hard Times
Farah
A" Ave
Peoples Bank
H & H Motors
Glenn’s Llama
Kmart East
Tonight
Virginia
Phil DeWees
Buckhorn Beer
El-Don
Country Crusaders
16Th Ave
S.W
Faun News
By Bernard Brenner
U. S
Brunthauer
U.S
Russia
Bruntraver
Grant Wood Kitchen
Roosevelt Motor Hotel
S. S.W
Falco Rae
Ooll
Brass Unlimited
151St Avenue S.E
6Th Ave
Marion
Leonard Reyman
Carol Chipman
Marion Blvd
Blairs Ferry Rd
Granada O Lounge
Steve Teiner
Breckenridg Ramada Inn
Hwy
6Th St
Cedar Rapids
Nun
Co-Ops
John Fitzpatrick
Brownsville
NFC
Mid-America
Angie
America
Tommy Cash
Ft. Madison
Chuck Parkinson
Janet Plunkett
Dollie Butler
Duce Sisters
the Voice
Rodeo
Angus
Rodeo Grounds
T.C
7Th Avenue
Egg Rcsso
Big G Boy Wig Restaurants
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