Farmers Home Family of Year Named at Oelwein
The Fayette county FHA office named Mr. and Mrs. Curtis N. Anderson and their family of rural Oelwein as its farm family of the year. They run a 200 acre dairy farm with 180 acres in crops and 48 registered Holstein cows. The DHIA herd averages 15 700 pounds of milk and 557 pounds of fat. They rent from Marion McCarthy and began farming here in March 1967 with an FHA operating loan now paid off. Curtis serves in DHIA and dairy groups. Joyce is from Fredericksburg. The family plans to continue with conventional lending as they graduate from FHA aid.
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Oelwein
Fayette County
FHA
James Rogers
Anderson
Chickasaw County
DHIA
Surge Co
Sumner Community High School
Joyce
Fredericksburg
Bruce
Rogers
Iowans Tie for Third in U S Corn Contest
Nolan Schnuckel Odebolt Sac county and La Vern Esbeck Elkhorn Shelby county tied for first nationally in the 1972 National Corn Growers Association non irrigated horn yield contest with 207.84 bushels per acre. The pair win national trophies and two week all expense paid trips to Spain and Italy with their wives. Bernard Pick Clarion Wright county earned 196.14 bushels per acre for second place. D H Parsons Wapello Louisa county and Darrell Jensen Hamlin Audubon county followed with 192.72 and 191.31 for third and fourth in Iowa respectively. The top national placings marked the first tie in eight years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boone
Nolan Schnuckel
Odebolt
Sac County
La‘Vern Esbeck
Elkhorn
Shelby County
Iowa
National Corn Growers Association
Schnuckel
Esbeck
Spain
Italy
Corn Association
U.S. Feed Grains Council
Bernard Pick
Clarion
Wright County
D. H
Jack Parsons
Wapello
Louisa County
Darrell E. Jensen
Hamlin
Audubon County
FHA Quietly Eases Rural Housing Cutbacks Delay
Washington officials report minimal public notice accompanied a set of moves by the Farmers Home Administration to blunt the impact of a moratorium on subsidized rural housing loans. Adjustments allow processing of precommitment applications, narrowing the loan shortfall to about 7,700 loans and keeping total lending near $1.926 billion for the current year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Department
Farmers Home Administration
FHA
Congress
Farm sale roundup with multiple close out auctions
A series of farm auctions and close out sales listed by date and location. Entries include times 1 30 a m and 12 30 p m for machinery livestock grain and hay, with sellers such as Gerald Milder Howard Burns Leonard Stephens Lamp and Steele Dick Dinsdale Mervyn Armstrong Edwin Knight and Jack Smith Joseph Robiena Ralph Sanderfeid Joe Kysilka and Lee Foster estate among others. Locations span West Branch Fredericksburg Traer Monticello Conroy Central City Alburnett Olin and nearby airports, with near term sale dates from February 27 to March 8.
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Gerald Milder
West Branch
Howard Burns
Row
Leonard Stephens
Fredericksburg
Thurs
Lamp and Steele
Tipton
Dick Dinsdale
Traer Auction Co
Mar
Mervyn Armstrong
Mt. Vernon
Mach
Edwin Knight
Jack Smith
Monticello
Misc
Hay
Joseph Robiena
C.R
Ralph Sanderfeid
Conroy
Fairground
Central City
Tues
Joe Kysilka
Alburnett Thurs
Lee Foster
Olin
Waste Disposal Meeting Planned in Linn County
A waste disposal meeting for Linn county families with septic tanks will be held at the Linn Co-Op Oil Company building in Marion on Feb 27 at 7 30 p m. Richard Freeman Linn county extension engineer reports. Dale Vanderholm Iowa State university extension agricultural engineer will discuss home waste treatment systems and septic tank care and maintenance including what materials to or not to put in septic tanks and how often they must be cleaned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Linn Co-Op Oil Company
Marion
Richard Freeman
Dale Vanderholm
Iowa State University Extension
Oxipor VHC Lotion Promises Psoriasis Relief
A promotional claim for Oxipor VHC lotion states it treats psoriasis effectively. Doctors report progress in 7 of 10 patients, with results reported in days and a York, Pennsylvania user praising the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Unger
York
Pennsylvania
Clarence Farmers Top Yield Contest Results in Cedar County
Clarence area farmers dominate Cedar County Master corn and soybean contests. Larry Dewel led with 170.6 bushels per acre corn, Jack Ward top soybean at 51.2 bushels. Several other producers posted strong yields while average corn and soybean outputs trended below last year.
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Tipton
Clarence
Cedar County
Larry Dewel
Jack Ward
Dewel
Ward
Amsey
Lawrence Licht
London
Gene Weih
Bennett
William Bachman
Kelly and
Hasselbusch
Alan Weets
Mechanicsville
Lester Linn
Kenneth Burmeister
Richard Kleppe
Larry Hein
L. Dean Post
Roscoe Schilling
Farmers Push Grain Into Market Channels in 1973 Shift
Washington AP The agriculture department notes January parity farmers push grain into market channels seeking cash prices higher than the 1.25 dollar loan rate. Wheat averaged 2.38 per bushel by December and January, a 25 year high, while farm prices dropped later due to transport delays and CCC loan maturities ending July 31.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
USDA
Commodity Credit Corp
Congress
CCC
Senate Agriculture Committee
Agriculture
Earl L. Butz
Keith Sebelius
R-Kan
Department
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North Western
Chicago and North Western Railway
Marshalltown
Holstein- Fresian Association
Curtis
Buchanan County Dhia
Fayette County Dairy Promotion Committee
U.S
Faun News
Farmers Home
By Bernard Brenner
Hiltbrunner
Second Street
Gazette
Ley
Malloy Jewelers
Third Avenue SE
Clarence Farmers Top
Coppertone Icemaker
Harvest Gold
Hotpoint
Hotpoint Electric
2Nd Avenue
S.E
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