Swine Expo Derby Results Highlight Muscle Gain Leaders
Hall Everman of Postville led the derby in the Swine Expo carcass gain contest with .871 pounds of muscle per day from a test started Sept. 22, 1979 at 32 pounds and 2.11 pounds daily gain. Jolene Keppy and A B J Farms claimed second and third in the derby division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall Everman
Postville
Everman
Jolene Keppy
Wilton
A.B.J. Farms
Fort Madison
Joleen Keppy
Tina Keppy
Joleen
Allan Curtis
Ron McArtor
Winfield
Leroy
Bill Tucker
New London
E & E Farms
Ollie
Ernest Griener
Twin colts born at Land of Oz farm near Marengo
Harry Karppis reveals twin colts born in January at the Land of Oz horse farm near Marengo Illinois. The mother is nearly 34 years old, an unusually aged mare for foaling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Karppis
Land of Oz
Marengo
Ill
Purebred Livestock Tops $5,500 At Iowa Winter Beef Expo
A Simmental bull sold for 5500 by Bob and Bob Finch of Ames to Gene Narber of Chariton. The high selling Simmental female went for 3700 to Edward Scheetz of Belle Plaine from Sullivan Simmental Farms of Dunlap. 89 Simmentals averaged 1847. Murray Grey sale 38 head brought 41950 average 1105. Champion and reserve champions each 3000. Champions shown for Shorthorn Red Angus Charolais with exhibitors named. Manning 4 H team won judging. Craig Mittay top individual followed by Kathy Wiese.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Bates and
Hadley
Union
Richard Williams
Mount Carroll
Ill
Leon
Awards Luncheon for Corn Growers at Highlander Inn
Area corn producers, led by the Iowa City Chamber Agri-Business Committee, will attend the Annual Corn Growers Awards Luncheon at noon Friday. Johnson County pork queen Kathy Rohret, 17, of Oxford, headlines the event with Bev Sentman as runner-up. Deanna Fuhrmeister receives Belle Ringer Award for pork promotion. Pork Promoter honors go to Patty Netolicky of Fairfax and Gloria Vanourny of Solon. Mary McNutt of West Branch earns the Porkette Award and is state Belle Ringer winner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corn Growers Awards
Highlander Inn
Iowa City
Agri-Business Committee
The
Iowa City Chamber of Commerce
Johnson County
Kathy Rohret
Oxford
Earlis Rohret
Bev Sentman
Robert Sentman
Deanna Fuhrmeister
West Branch
Patty Netolicky
Fairfax
Gloria Vanourny
Solon
Mary McNutt
Farm Datebook: County Farm Bureau and Agriculture Events
Eastern Iowa events list many meetings and seminars across counties. Highlights include DHIA dinner in Clayton County marking record cow testing, a Cedar Rapids Executives Forum on farming in South America, a Washington County Conservation Tillage Fair, and soybean seminars in Manchester. The schedule also features 4-H meetings in Linn Marion and Johnson counties, cattle feeders tours in Cedar County, and an Elkader park production workshop with farm tours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton County
Dairy Herd Improvement Association
DHIA
Kountry Manor
Garnavillo
Linn
Lee Perkinson
Argentina
Brazil
Cedar Rapids Agricultural Executives Forum
Gage Memorial Union
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Linn Co-Operative
Marion
Farm Corporation
Farm Bureau
Iowa
County Farm Bureau
Luigi's
Oelwein
Washington County
National Guard Armory
Washington
Elkader
James McKean
Marvin Skadberg
Randall and
Mark Appleton
Edgewood
Duane Klink
Dale Brandt
Garnaville
Wayne Garrs
Monona
Delaware County
ASCS
S. Fifth St
Manchester
Also Mentioned on This Page
Beef Expo
Ard
Dave Steen
Elk Horn
Homer A. Long
Grundy Center
James
Red Angus
Scarsboro
Fritsch Farms
Libertyville, Ill
Charolais
Bayone Farms
Bay, Mo
Elm Charolais Farms
Hartford
Wis
Manning
Craig Mittay
Freeborn County, Minn
Kathy Wiese
Kramer VS. Kramer
Ken Ross
Nashua
James Shroyer
Jim Nelson
Robert Nyvall
Ames
Linn County
Agricultural Bureau of the
Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce
Bishop
Cedar County
Clarence
Donovan Freese
Bill Elijah
Harlan Deerberg
Fayette County
Fayette
Montgomery Hall
Office of
C.R. Kitchen
Optometrist
Sears
FTC
America
Belair
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!