Beatty wins district soil award for Farm at Shellsburg
Keith Beatty of Eden Township in Benton County won a district soil conservation award. He worked with Floyd Peters in 1977 78 to map soils plan conservation measures on his 320 acre farm including 100 foot meadows on steep slopes contouring land and using a chisel plow to limit soil loss to under five tons per acre per year.
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Floyd Peters
Vinton
Peters
Beatty
Usda Soil Conservation Service
Farm Auctions Schedule With Machines and Antiques
Saturday February 17 sale at 1 p.m. features close out items including Jerseys run by Carlton Olmstead located 3 3/4 miles northeast of Ryan. Sunday February 18 farm sale at noon includes machines and antiques by Emil Dedic 2 miles northwest of Center Point. Thursday February 22 auction at 1 p.m. lists machines by Charles Phelps 4 miles northwest of Manchester.
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Mach
Carlton Olmstead
Ryan
Emil Dedic
Center Point
Charles Phelps
Manchester
Keystone
Garrison
Blacktop
Peterman
John Deere
P.S
Ford
J.D
Kewanee
P.T.O
Woods
Artsway
Challenger
Laverne Feverbach
Duane K. Holst
Jim Nolan
van Horne
Holst & Nolan
Rockwell
Black Hawk
Ausco
Martin Senour
Dupont
Electrolux
Niehoff
Mitchell
Titan
Reddy
Osterhus Station
Clermont
Iowa
Willman Real Estate & Auctions
Postville
Lorenz Willman
Elgin State Bank
Elgin
man hauls hay to cattle by snowmobile in cedar rapids
Louis Rozinek, 63, uses a 440 Nordic Ski Doo snowmobile to haul 900 pounds of hay per trip across deep drifts for his 100 head of Angus cattle on Old River Road SW. Over six weeks he moved 1,500 bales, six loads daily, with a smile, calling it fun rather than work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Rozinek
Rozinek
Old River Road
Cedar Rapids
Solon
Iowa City
Farm Machinery & Equipment
John Deere
Kewanee
John Deer
John Deere van Blunt
Gehl
Allied
Geo. & Russe
Suffolk
Forney
McCullough
Hamilton
Philco
Clifford Petersen
Bill McDonnell
Fred Eggiman
Audi
Monticello State Bank
Aspin urges lowering military intelligence standards
Rep. Les Aspin of Wisconsin tells lawmakers that the military services should reduce their intelligence requirements for recruits. He notes that in recent years none of the four services met its quota for lower intelligence personnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Les Aspin
Aspin
Wisconsin
Also Mentioned on This Page
Walker
Coy Walton
Farming Frontiers
Schwitters, Inc
John Deere Dealer
16Th Ave
Stickle Bull
Anamosa
Donle & Sons
Warren Wickham
Highway 18
Dayton
Glenco
NCR
Ross Timp
Federal Coin
Elect
Aliens Elect
Ariens
Pennzoil
Quaker State
Skelly
Echlin
Sears
Sioux
Delco
Victor Electric
Dean Smith
Muscatine
Eastern Iowa Livestock Commission, Inc
Mechanicsville
WMT
Eli Shada
Monticello
Coggon
Iowa Land Corp
Iowa Land Corporation
Coralville
Morton Buildings
RCO Meats
Tatephor
Fleetway
Marion Muscatine
Pfizer
Vita-Supp Vitamins A & D
IDEAL
Iowa City Hwy
Marion
7Th Ave
Grandview Ave
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