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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1968
Page
12
Farmers posted a 1968 net income near 15 billion dollars after expenses, with harvests at historic highs for wheat and corn. Government programs and higher prices supported gains, while farm debt rose about seven percent. Livestock and dairy benefited from favorable weather and demand amid policy outlooks for 1969 crops.
Iowa State University extension agricultural engineer Larry Van Fossen outlines fan unit maintenance for livestock ventilation. Key steps include disconnecting power before servicing, cleaning blades, using sealed bearings, cleaning motors, and checking shutters thermostats and inlet baffles for even air distribution and draft prevention. County supervisors orientation set for 9 am January 23 in Monticello.
Iowa State University releases a 16 page illustrated guide on soil and water conservation titled So il and Water Conservation Is For Everyone prepared by C R Ballantyne Frank Schaller and Ted Willrich. The publication notes that three quarters of Iowa is cultivated cropland and emphasizes conserving both soil and its productivity including water air around roots and nutrients.
The authors describe losing productivity and ways to preserve or replace it. Water conservation in soil includes building small runoff dams contour farming and terracing. Other measures include draining wet areas special tillage and fertilizing. The publication urges total commitment to conservation.
Brattleboro Vermont report: Triuna Tri Crown Skylark at Triuna Farms Oelwein Iowa set the 2,617th annual production record with 26,130 pounds of milk 1,010 pounds of butterfat and 2,186 pounds of solids not fat in 365 days. Lactation began at 6 years 1 month and milking was twice daily.
Fort Dodge Livestock Auctions of Fort Dodge Iowa was charged by USDA Packers and Stockyards Administration with violating bonding regulations under the Packers and Stockyards Act. The complaint claims bonds were terminated on Oct 6 1968 yet the firm continued operating, while asserting the firm can contest the evidence.
William Holsman a 34 year old carpenter from Volga was hospitalized with a broken hip after a ten foot fall from a barn roof on the Richard Hein farm five miles south of Volga. He was treated at Central Community hospital in Elkader.
The American Farm Bureau Federation moves to draft a substitute to farm labor bills, proposing a separate framework for farm labor unions. It would ban strikes and boycotts that damage perishable goods, allow secret ballots via the agriculture department, and let any aggrieved party sue for damages. The strategy hinges on whether Congress revives the broader labor-backed bill next year.
WAUKON August 7 to 10 will host the 1969 Allamakee County fair with rides exhibits and contests announced for the four day event in the county seat.
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