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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1965
Page
8
Iowa Crop Improvement Day on the Iowa State campus highlighted yield test results for 1964. Hybrids tested across seven districts at normal and high plant populations showed mixed gains with normal stands averaging 108.5 bushels per acre and high stands 105.3.
Benton county extension home economics committee sponsors an open house Friday from 7 to 9 p.m. in the basement of the Farm Bureau building in Vinton. Honored guests include Mr and Mrs Robert Harrison. Mrs Harrison formerly Ann Walters has served as Benton county extension home economist for three years.
A dense sequence lists numerous closing out and public sale dates across Iowa towns including Ryan Belle Plaine Clarence Hopkinton Springville Fayette Cedar Rapids Center Point Masonville Greeley Luzerne Hiawatha Marengo and Blairstown. Items feature livestock machinery grain hay dairy cattle and related equipment with times ranging from early morning to afternoon and buyers such as Leonard Harts Edward McGill and George Hasler.
Grundy Center man wins a soybean title after a season of careful field prep and care. The crop, planted May 5 with Hawkeye seed in 28 inch rows, yielded highly due to high fertility, good seed, weed control and timely maintenance. Harvest occurred in the first week of October using a pull type combine.
Tipton cow from Ray Crock and Son tops 305 day DHIA with 17000 pounds milk and 741 fat. Two Jerseys from gates and son and Wilbur J Little and son have 125 bushels per acre corn and 53 plus bu per acre soybeans. Ames' Howard Cakerbece named 1965 Iowa Master Soybean Grower for 56.53 bu per acre, with multiple cash awards from seed firms and processors.field notes show 1964 crop and pasture data across several farms and counties.
Williamsburg hosts the final day of a four day swine production event with 161 farmers attending 22 local contests. Dr Maynard Spear of Ames and Leslie G Kral of Cedar Rapids provided guidance as 125 farmers completed the contest by harvesting and weighing with moisture and federal grade testing under sponsor supervision.
Breeders Cooperative officers for 1965 are Obert Lacquirie of Mabel Minnesota as president Wilbur Steen of Decorah as vice president and Linus Huinker of Calmar as secretary treasurer.
In Des Moines junior and ventor high students are invited to enter the annual soil conservation speech contest with prizes and scholarships up to 250 dollars. Co sponsors include the Iowa Association of Soil Conservation District Commissioners auxiliary and Grinnell Mutual. Regional and state contests follow county entries as described by county offices.
Des Moines Glen Bush of Lake Park exhibited the champion futurity bull at the Iowa State Hereford Assn. show and sale held at the state fairground. Wiese and Sons of Manning had the reserve futurity bull and their entry also won the reserve futurity heifer. C. C. Long and Sons of Corydon took the reserve futurity heifer. Judges were Ray Schnell of Dickinson North Dakota and Dale Malechek of Stonewall Texas, LBJ ranch herdman.
The 1965 Louisa County fair at Columbus Junction runs August 5 through 8 with the junior livestock sale on Monday August 9. Elmer Thomas leads the fair association as president and Harry M Duncan serves as secretary.
Dr. Neal E. Harl an Ames Iowa State agricultural economist and attorney will speak at a farm repair affairs forum at Williamsburg City Hall starting 1 30 p m on February 19 Topics to be covered include farm insurance bankruptcy and other legal aspects of modern farming
Decorah leading breeder Holstein Sersland is re elected president of the Winneshiek County Holstein Breeders Association Paul Morgan of Issian serves as vice president and Robert Sersland of Decorah remains in a key post.
Ralph Tompkin of Garrison was elected committeeman for Zone 5 of the Waterloo market bargaining area in the National Farmers Organization. Zone 5 covers Benton Black Hawk Grundy Iowa Linn and Tama counties. Charles Schrader of Norway was chosen as alternate committeeman.
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