Linn County 4-H Junior Cattle Feeders Award Winners
David Koch and Bill Hynek, both teens from Mt Vernon and Swisher, won top awards in Linn County 4 H junior cattle feeder projects at the Linn County Beef Producers Association meeting in Fairfax. Koch captured the judging and feeding management honors, Hynek earned the Premier Cattleman scholarship of 200 dollars from Wilson and Company.
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Linn County
Linn County Beef Producers Association
Fairfax
David, Koch
Mt. Vernon
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Bill Hynek
Swisher
Wilson and Company
Bill
Jim
Iowa State University
Edwin J. Hynek
Cedar Rapids
Agriculture Bureau
Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce
David Koch
Farm Auction Notices for Iowa Areas a Series of Closings
A compact schedule lists multiple sale notices across Iowa towns including Marengo Tipton West Branch Martello Anamosa Clinton and Clarence. Items include livestock machinery hay straw grain and dairy equipment with auctioneers like Ed Schuiterle G B Denzier Gene Phelps Anders W Mather Jr Don Koppenhaver Melvin Tobiasson Wessel Implecent Jack Seeser and Hawkeye Polled Hereford sale at Hawkeye Downs. Show set for Monday February 20.
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Gene Phelps
Tipton
Anders W. Mather, Jr
West Branch
Don Koppenhaver
L. Milburn
Martello
Fay
Melvin Tobiasson
Anamosa
Wessel
Clarence
Jack Seeser
Clinton
Hawkeye
Hawkeye Downs
Linn County 4H Cattle Show Records Set in 1966
David Koch led the 15 Linn county 4H entrants with the top daily gain of 2.24 pounds and highest dressing percentage on 65 steers in the junior cattle feeder project. Steers were bought Nov 8, 1965 in Sylvan Grove Kansas for an average 27 dollars per cwt, average weight 549 pounds. Marketing day Aug 22 at Wilson and Company Cedar Rapids plant. A record 600 attended the Linn County Beef Producers Association annual meeting in the Fairfax Royale ballroom.
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Bill
Phillip
Nyle Henderson
Central City
Jane Dukek
Marion
Lee Lewis
Shellsburg
Brad Dukek
Jane
David Koch
Linn County
Sylvan Grove
Kan
Wilson and Company
Cedar Rapids
Linn County Beef Producers Association
Royale
Fairfax
Market Hog Show Judging Contest Set for Feb 25
The junior judging contest at the Iowa State Spring Market Hog show runs Feb 24 and 25 at Hawkeye Downs. Registration starts 8 am with judging at 9 30 am. FFA and 4 H may enter teams of four. three high scores count. Individuals may enter. ISU swine specialists will discuss classes. Bob Fix will offer team improvement tips. Cedar Rapids Kiwanis to present trophies to top teams and judges.
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Iowa State
Hawkeye Downs
Tom Rampy
Rampy
Iowa State University Swine Specialists
Bob Fix
Wilson and Co
Cedar Rapids Kiwanis Club
Hog Cholera Cases Down 39 Percent in 1966
Washington reports a 39 percent drop in confirmed hog cholera outbreaks in 1966, totaling 534 cases. Fourteen states recorded no outbreaks, while 22 states had zero cases. In Iowa, Marengo elected new 4H officers and listed leaders for the program.
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Washington
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Agricultural Research Service
Marengo
Iowa County
Delwar Wetten
Poulis
Howard Beyer
Turkey
Belle Plaine
Erwin Achterberg
South
Amana
Rural Poverty Program Shift To OEO Sought
Washington AP a National Association of Community Development conference urged moving rural poverty programs from the Agriculture Department to the Office of Economic Opportunity. It called the shift essential to address rural job and education gaps and urged expanded federal funding and civil rights linked limits on aid to nonparticipating landlords.
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Washington
National Association of Community Development
Agriculture Department
Office of Economic Opportunity
America
USDA Sees Decline in Bean Price
The Agriculture Department forecast soybeans will average slightly lower prices for the rest of the marketing season. The 1967 soybean crop will be supported at $2.50 per bushel, and cottonseed at $48 a ton. Supplies are ample to meet domestic and export demand.
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USDA
Washington
Agriculture Department
Tthe Department
Ford Tractor Sales Reach Highest Since 1959
Ford Motor Company's U S tractor and implement operations report 1966 wholesale Ford tractor sales of 41,560 units up 34 percent from 1965. Retail Ford tractor sales rose 43 percent over 1965, marking the highest since 1959. Worldwide factory sales totaled 118,388, up 10 percent from 1965.
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Birmingham
Mich
Ford
Ford Motor Company
U.S
John A. Banning
Banning
Cattle Trade in Ireland Ain't What It Used To Be
In a nostalgic piece Donat O Higgins recalls a traditional Irish cattle fair rooted in face to face bargaining. He contrasts leathered morning ritual and local goats with modern streamlined sales where brokers and clean-coated staff take over.
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Ireland
the Mart
Panama Named Largest U.S. Buyer of Farm Goods
The agriculture department predicts Panama will remain the top U.S. purchaser of American farm items in Central America, continuing to take sizable quantities of American foods.
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Panama
U.S
Washington
Agriculture Department
Central America
Dry Milk Output Falls to 1956 Low in 1966
The agriculture department reports a 20 percent drop in non fat dry milk production, totaling 1.58 billion pounds in 1966 versus 1.89 billion in 1965, marking the smallest output since 1956. Processor prices averaged 20.1 cents per pound in December, up 5.1 cents from a year earlier.
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Washington
Agriculture Departmen
iLand Bank Association Meeting at Victor
The Federal Land Bank Association of Marengo schedules its annual meeting for Feb 16 at noon in the American Legion hall in Victor. Arthur C. Buffington, assistant vice-president of the Federal Land Bank of Omaha, will speak. Richard E. Anderson manages the farmer-owned lending agency operating in Iowa and Poweshiek counties.
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Marengo
Federal iLand Bank Association of Marengo
American Legion Hall
Victor
Arthur C. Buffington
Federal Land Bank of Omaha
Richard E. Anderson
Iowa
Powe- Shiek
Egg and Turkey Days Scheduled at ISU
ISU announces a two day Egg day on July 25 and Turkey day on July 26 at the Iowa State University campus. Extension poultryman William J. Owings says the conference, sponsored by the poultry science department, aims to help all poultrymen.
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Ames
Iowa State University
William J. Owings
Extension Poultryman
University Poultry Science Department
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