High School Agriculture Enrollment Rises 5 Percent
In Des Moines public high schools vocational agriculture student numbers grew five percent in 1970 71 over the prior year with 11 802 students in vocational courses and 16 609 in young farmer and adult farmer evening classes. Total labor income from student projects reached 4 693 387 dollars, averaging 22 149 per school quadrants and 501 per student completing projects. Substantive programs covered swine, beef cattle, dairy cattle, sheep poultry corn soybeans and other crops with many students paid on home farms or part time ventures.
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Des Moines
Agriculture Department
Wellford
Ford
Wellford Farm
Tne Ac|sud
Farm Agriculture Department
Mus
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Farmers Alliance Names Two Iowans As Board Members
Elmer Goettch of Davenport won his first term on the Independent Farmers Alliance board at the Springfield national convention. Orrin Jamey of Lizeral and Raymond Greiner of Agency faced leadership changes. Ed Hall was reelected president and other officers named as the alliance, formed by ex NFO leaders, met in Illinois with several speakers including John W. Lewis.
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Davenport
Elmer Goettch
Independent Farmers
al Tange
Springfield
Goettch
Orrin Jamey
Lizeral
Lews
Raymond Greiner
Agency
Independent Farmers Alliance
Alliance
National Farmers Organization
NFO
Goelich
Iowa
Wapallo County
Goetteli
Ed Hall
Mt. Vernon
Ill
Paul Lave
St. John
Mich
Dale Gage
Hubbardston, Mich
C. F. Moreley
Minors Farmer
Mary
Thomas Moore
John W. Lewis
Ilinois
Nader Newsletter Draws Meat Inspectors’ Gripes
Harris Wellford, editor of the consumer newsletter associated with Ralph Nader, says about 1,000 inspectors were invited to subscribe and roughly a third have signed up in three weeks. The newsletter costs 8 a copy.
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Fie
Washington
Agriculture Department
Mader Newsletter
UPI
Ralph Nader
Harris Wellford
Weathered fragment obituary style local update
Fragmentary OCR squares detail a mosaic of names and locations including Linn county homes Marton Wark Fam and Hawkeye references. It reads as a scattering of places people and events with Cedar Rinpits and Central City mentions amid weathered streetwise notes.
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Charles
Setham
Red Ball Road
Tourn
Byrar Buteenberks
Linn County
Marton
Aya Daleral
Cedar Rinpits Alrrort
Hawkaye Bown
Gor Rapids
Yale
Smal
Clinton Plant Launches Isomerose Sweetener Line
Clinton Corn Processing Co plans a new Isomerose corn sweetener line at Clinton plant to reduce costs versus cane and beet sugars. Officials say it could save about $100,000 yearly and compete well with imports, with potential wider use in beverages and confectionery as production expands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
UPI
Waldrip
Clinton Corn Processing Co
Eight 4-H Corn awards set for Ames Iowa event
Eight Iowa 4-H members will receive awards for corn production participation. Three recognition banquets are planned for Davenport Wa sterloo and Fort Dodge on Feb 10. Paul Reed tops yield at 178.00 bushels per acre with Jeff Connell close second at 178.70. Contestants follow Iowa Master Corn Growers rules with machine harvest on a measured area supervised by an observer. Six HtFS scholarship winners include Herbert Fickel and Debbie Kress among others.
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Ames
Iowa 4-H
Davenport
Fort Dodge
Paul Reed
Glenud Reed
Wollington
Washington County
Jeff Connell
Robert Connell
Muscatine
Muscatine County
Iowa
Htfs
Herbert Fickel
Letts
Louisa County
Robert Fickel
Debbie ‘Kress
Webb
Clay Eounty
Corn project awards honor 4H members across counties
Project members including quugnter Wayne Kress Don Frazer Conrad Grundy county son of iM Mrs Orville Krazer Brian Brunn Stacyville Mitchell county son of Othmar Brutin Dennis Hanson Duncombe Webster county son of Me and Mrs Wayne Hanson and Allen Rudy Manchester Delaware county son of Honard Rudy were named scholarship winners for corn project participation Lotus 1T record and per acre par yield judged by agronomists. Stanley Davidson Ames assistant state 4H leader said the aim is efficient corn production and members learned how soil weather and pests influence crop management decisions based on observations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quugnter
Mars
Wayne Kress
Don Frazer
Conrad
Grundy Counnty
Orville Krazer
Brian Brunn
Stacyville
Mitchell County
Othmar Brutin
Dennis Hanson
Duncombe
Webster County
Wayne Hanson
Allen Rudy
Manchester
Delaware County
Honard Rudy
Lotus
Stanley Davidson
Ames
Farm Debt Rises By $4.2 Billion
Washington AP report shows farmers owed 63.4 billion as of Jan 1, up 4.2 billion from a year earlier and expected to borrow about 4 billion in 1972. Real estate loans reached 30.7 billion, up 4 percent. nonreal estate debts rose 9.9 percent to 322 billion. ERS notes possible rate declines by midyear and strengthening by year end.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Economic Research Service
ERS
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Buchanan
William Lotz
Indefender
Buchanan County
Ramone Esback
Amat
4-H
Kate Dolan
Independence
Buschanan County
4-H Council
Faun News
Weather Outlook
National Weather Service
Farmers Alliance
Swvegte
Gaselle Farm
Ta Gian
Wav
MRC Ten
Hayy
Orem
Central City
U.S
Edward
Hirst Ave
Center Pt. Rd
Johnson
Stop-N-Go Foods Inc
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