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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1968
Page
5
A year end Agriculture Department report shows farm employment averaged 4.0 to 4.1 million in 1967, down five percent from 1966 and well below 1916 peak. Farmers increasingly use machinery and efficient methods to produce more with less labor, while wages rise.
A winter camp for Linn County 4 H members ages 12 to 14 will be held February 17 and 18 at Camp Wapsie Y. Each local club may send one representative to the camp, according to Tom McCormick, 4 H leader.
Big Red, a 1000-pound Polled Hereford steer bought by 17-year-old Randy Helms of Holbrook Nebraska, was named grand champion steer at the National Western Stock Show in Denver Colorado. The award earned Helms a 1000 dollar prize from the American Polled Hereford Association.
ODEBOLT AP The former owner of Iowa’s largest ranch Charles A Lakin sold about 500000 dollars in farm equipment at public auction Monday The 10000 acre ranch near Odebolt was sold to Shinbone Corp of Detroit Mich which will take possession March 1 About 5000 people from Iowa Nebraska South Dakota and Minnesota attended the sale of 21 trucks eight elevators 30 tractors 45 planters 43 wagons and 12 cultivators
A dense schedule of farm equipment and livestock closings lists dates January through March. Entries name sale times, items such as cattle hogs machinery grain hay and hay, and locations with nearby towns and land marks.
The European Common Market raises price guarantees for corn and barley by 4.75 and 3.5 percent, respectively, while wheat stays unchanged. The change aims to boost local feed crops, reduce imports, and may raise meat, milk, and egg prices, limiting consumption.
A two day swine production short course will be held January 30 and February 6 at 9 30 a.m. in the Farm Bureau building in Marion announced by Extension Director E Herriott. Topics include facilities equipment herd health and disease control economics breeding and management with specialists Larry Van Fossen Maynard Spear Les Kral Emmett Stevermer and Andy Boston.
A feeder pig production school is scheduled for January 24 at 10 a.m. in the REC building at Postville. The session is arranged by extension staffs from Clayton Allamakee and Winneshiek counties with Emmett Stevermer of Ames and L. J. Bodensteiner of Decorah conducting the program.
The Benton county spring market hog show will be held March 2 at the Cedar Valley sale barn in Vinton. Local exhibitors and livestock teams prepare for the annual event.
A letter to the editor argues farmers should set price tags and control marketing to balance supply and stabilize prices. It criticizes buyer control under current markets and urges a nationwide body to price all farm commodities, with dairy incentives for select calves, suggesting government withdrawal after stabilization.
The Cedar Rapids Pro-Ag club will host a monthly panel on feeding facilities including silos buildings banks and controlled environments. Larry D. Van Fossen Iowa State University extension agricultural engineer will speak. He recently returned from South America where he advised in the U S AID program. All interested are invited to attend at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Roosevelt hotel.
Dr. William Olson of Charles City says inspection of Winneshiek county sheep flocks for scabies is under way on Monday. Walter Buenneke of Decorah visits every flock as part of the follow-up to the two year old state wide scabies eradication program.
Iowa County Beef Producers Assn. directors will meet January 23 at 8 p.m. in the Farm Bureau building Williamsburg. They will discuss the membership program and plans for the annual meeting on March 20.
The U S justice department accuses the American Angus Association of unfairly discriminating against artificially conceived Angus cattle. It says the group will not register AI calves unless the sire owner holds an artificial breeding permit, violating federal antitrust laws. St Joseph Missouri-based registrar handles pedigrees and certificates.
The US department of agriculture reports the Commodity Credit Corporation lost 2,172,443,000 in farm price support operations for the first five months ending Nov 30. The Nov 30 investment totals 3,136,716,000, down from 4,551,164,000 a year earlier.
Brattleboro Wisconsin reports that 17 Iowa residents are among 786 new Holstein-Friesian Association members from 46 states. Names include Larry Arends Cedar Falls Oran Benzing Ossian Vernon Bockenstedt Earlville J E Bryant Zearing Wilbert Loren Dean Arlan Engelbrecht Davenport Marvin Helmrichs Manchester Joan Holtz Muscatine Richard Irving Lucas David Jones Lament LeRoy McGeough Harpers Ferry Arthur Moller Ladora Lloyd Reth Lloyd Reth Jr Delhi Donald Smith Forest City Clinton Winter Waterville Mark Zieman Postville Nile Zieman Luana Earl Zumbach Ryan.
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