Spring Market Hog Show Deadline Set for 1966
Deadline Monday for the 1966 Iowa State Spring Market Hog Show at Hawkeye Downs Cedar Rapids. Entries weighed next Thursday by 7 pm. Junior division judging for 4 H and FFA starts 8 30 am Friday March 4. Open division judging with individual hogs weights begins 1 pm Friday. CHICAGO Dr M P Brimmer of Cedar Rapids attends 84th Illinois Veterinary meeting in Chicago.
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Hawkeye
Downs
Cedar Rapids
Bob Harris
Bers
Frieday
Prigreg
Chicago
M. P. Brimmer
Illinois State Veterinary Medical Assn
New Buchanan County Co-op Is Organized
INDEPENDENCE Fifty five? members of the newly formed Buchanan County Association met in Independence to adopt articles of incorporation and elect directors. The board includes James Hamilton president and Don Ratchford vice president, with Harold Barn secretary treasurer and Delbert Kaesser, C O Crawford, Rowley, and Bill Wendling as directors. An advisory group was created led by Louis Mellow, with Joe Offerman and others from Independence and neighboring towns. The directors plan to purchase the Westside elevator in Independence, start grain feed and some petroleum sales by March 1, add fertilizer services when finances permit, and have about 7 percent of a $30,000 goal in investments.
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Jay Partridge
Uence Co-Op
Buchanan County Assn
Harold Barn
James Hamilton
Don Ratchford
Delbert Kaesser
Co-Op
Westside
Independence
Buchanan County Association
Louis Melhow
Joe Offerman
Ray Teymeyer
Albert Kayser
Gerald Thompson
Robert Krohn
Don Burns
Winthrop
Warren Pratt
Rowley
Goa
Elkader PCA Sets Record Loan Levels in Two Meetings
Elkader Production Credit Association held two meetings in Waukon and Manchester drawing about 475 attendees. Ralph Childs and Clem Maley were re elected to three year terms on the board. Donald L. Havendick of the Federal Intermediate Credit Bank spoke. Loans outstanding neared 2.9 million with a year end of 2.7 million. About 75 percent of loans fund dairy equipment and major farm capex. Current rate 6.75 percent with a forecast to hit 6 million outstanding in five to six years. PCA serves farmers in six northeast Iowa counties. In Benton County, pigs failing to place in live show won first and second in carcass judging at the Spring Market Hog Show. Champion carcass from 235-lb pig of David Primus. Second place went to 205-lb pig of Herbert J. Schulte. Other top placers listed with live show results. Slaughter and carcass work done at Rath Packing in Waterloo.
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Elkader
Elkader Production Credit Association
Waukon
Manchester
J. Kenneth Baldwin
Ralph Childs
Clem Maley
Bernard
Donald L.havendick
Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of Omaha
Baldwin
Elkadér
PCA
Iowa
Winton
Benton County
David Primus
Mt. Auburn
Herbert J. Schulte
Norway
Robert A. Kline
Vinton
Marlene Bottema
Dysart
Hampshire Barrow
Iowa City Chamber Honors Master Corn Growers
Iowa City's Chamber of Commerce honored 23 farmers at a noon Elks luncheon for achieving 100 bushels per acre or more in Johnson County's 1965 Master Corn Growers contest. Donald J. Clausen received a certificate for 150 bushels per acre or more, with a county leading 152.21 bushels per acre, repeating as county winner for the second year.
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Iowa City
Roy A. Williams
Iowa’ City
Shorthorns Averaged $539 in Royal Sale at Iowa Fair
DES MOINES Iowa Royal Shorthorn sale at the State fairground sold 67 head averaging 539 dollars the highest in years 53 bulls averaged 562 and 14 females 450 dollars each.
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Des Moines
State Fairground
Farm sale near Center Point lists cattle and equipment
Located fourteen miles east of Center Point on the Nursery road, the listing includes twelve head of Hereford cattle, three ponies, machinery and hay. Refer to last Sunday's paper, February 20, for a complete listing.
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Center Point
Worley Shrops Top SW Shows
Shropshires owned by Page Worley of Ely dominate three key stock shows in Fort Worth San Antonio and Houston. Worley claimed 20 of 27 blue ribbons with his Shropshire ram winning champion for the fourth straight year at Houston and eight of nine first places overall. His Shropshires and sister Melody’s Dorsets are handled on the southwestern circuit by Mr and Mrs Henry Broughton of Erie Kansas.
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Ely
Fort Worth
San Antonio
Houston
Page Worley
Page
Melody
Henry Broughton
Erie
Kan
Calmar Cheese Co op Reports Larger Milk Volume
Calmar the C and F Co operative reported 1.5 million more pounds of milk in 1965 than 1964 at its annual Calmar meeting. The plant produced 2,312,000 pounds of cheese, up 1,430,000 from 1964. Milk price averaged $3.44 per cwt. patronage dividends of $5,000 and $1,048 in taxes were paid, a whey drying building was financed, and Andrew Hemesath and Lawrence Elsbernd were elected/ named to the board. Officers: Hemesath president, Hu ber vice president, Atkinson vice president, Lyon secretary-treasurer. Other board members include Norbert Hagemann and Ramould Elshernd.
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Calmar
Central City FFA Sets Annual Hog Show
CENTRAL CITY The FFA at Central City community school will sponsor its annual open class market hog show next Thursday at Pacemaker livestock yards. Hogs must be at the yards by 1 a.m. and judging starts at 1 p.m. Trucks will be available after the show to transport hogs to the Iowa State Spring Market Hog Show at Hawk Eye Downs in Cedar Rapids the next day.
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Central City
FFA
Central City Community School
Pacemaker Livestock Yards
Hawkeye Downs
Cedar Rapids
Pork Show Carcass Winners Are Named
Washington Iowa report notes 40 of 72 barrows met standards in the tenth annual Washington County Quality Pork Show in Kalona. The champion carcass came from the reserve live-show winner, a 210-pound Hampshire entered by Allan Molander of Crawfordsville, with ham and loin 45.20 percent, loin eye 5.64 square inches, back 1.07 inches, carcass length 29.1 inches. five placings listed, including Keith Horn and J T Settles among others.
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Washington
Iowa
Washington County
Kalona
Hampshire
Allan Molander
Crawfordsville
Keith Horn
Riverside
J. T. Settles
Winfield
Head Tells Big Grain Sale In Coordinated Market Move
National Farmers Organization members across 16 states sold about 50 million bushels of corn and soybeans in a planned action timed 75 minutes after Chicago grain market close. NFO President Oren Lee Staley reported the estimate and said prices rose 15 to 20 cents per bushel for corn and 40 to 50 cents for soybeans over harvest-time levels.
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Corning
National Farmers Organization
Chicago
NFO
Oren Lee Staley
Staley
Winneshiek County Breeders Co-op Plans Annual Meeting
Decorah residents are invited as the Winneshiek County Breeders Cooperative announces its annual meeting set for next Thursday at 8 p.m. in the Community building at the county fairground.
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Decorah
Winneshiek County Breeders Cooperative
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Flora Langenberg
Brady Bos
Monticello
Walter Stout
Hiawatha
Reginald Kenney
Marengo
Leo Lawrence
Prabitburg
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Harry Hegarty
Stanwood
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Tiffin
Daniel Naylor
Keswick
Cele
Lee Dix
Troy Mills
Elkader Pca
Royal Sale
Petera Ent
John W. Elgin
Virgil Heins
Iown State Bank
Keokuk County
H. L. Snakenberg
Sigourney
Lyle V. Smith
John J. Tremmel
Worley
Calmar Cheese Co-op
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