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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1971
Page
7
Monticello Vocational Agriculture FFA class led by Grover C. Miehe shows 48 students completing 106 productive projects and 393 supplementary practices in 1970. Total receipts reached $158,993.92 with labor income of $61,166.18. average student income $1,274.29.
A compiled schedule lists real estate auctions and close out sales across multiple Iowa towns from February 10 to 27. Entries include 160 acre H G Benton estate near Prairieburg and various livestock, machinery, and grain sales with dates, times, and locations across Central City Dysart Clarence Keystone Monticello Olin Monona Tipton Vinton Marion Coggan Ryan and Hawkeye Downs Cedar Rapids. The Hawkeye Polled Hereford Association show and sale is also noted at Hawkeye Downs.
Mr and Mrs Robert L Pilgrim of rural Manchester named Farmers Home Administration Farm Family of the Year for Delaware county. The family operates a 210 acre farm plus 70 more acres and a 30 cow dairy with 50 sows and 140 acres of corn. They have four children and have lived on their present farm 38 years.
The Jesup Lions club held its 39th annual farmers night, believed to be the longest running such program in the state. Seated: Rev. Marvin Beninga, R. W. Fischer, Maurice Hoppe as master of ceremonies. Ray Reinhart, club president, stands left. Marshall Zuck, local farmer, stands right.
Senator Joseph Coleman calls for a mandatory checkoff on soybeans in Iowa as 88 000 farmers would contribute. He points to Iowa’s 20 percent share of national soybeans and notes the Senate agriculture committee is weighing a bill for up to one half cent per bushel, starting likely at one quarter cent. Coleman cites prior voluntary funds and urges farmers to support a salesman for soybeans.
Kirkwood Community College purchased 39 head of registered Angus cows from bankrupt Black Watch Company. The college has fed and cared for the cattle for 20 months under a contract, and monthly payments have been received. The 39 cows join a 108 head herd on campus, with some to be marketed and others kept as breeding stock.
Fayette county extension council at its organizational meeting elected John Ingels as chairman. Walter Erkel from Banks township was chosen vice-chairman. Mrs. Wayne Miller from Oran township is secretary and Robert Ralston from Union township is treasurer.
FDA officials schedule more studies this year to resolve uncertainties about widespread antibiotic use in cattle hogs and poultry. An April report from a 1970 antibiotics task force will review usage in food animals while a new study investigates whether resistance transfers from animals to humans directly or via food and environment.
Part One of Lloyd C Douglas romance features Rock Hudson Jane Wyman Barbara Rush and Agnes Moorehead in the Dilon TV 9 Dialing for Dollars Matinee at 3:30 Wednesday. See Part Two Thursday on the Matinee.
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