All-Iowa Fair Dairy and Sheep Champions Crowned
Beckers Hoppers and Schultes sweep dairy judging with Guernsey Holstein Brown Swiss wins. Merle Mills Panora leads sheep judging with Cheviot champion ewe and ram titles amid Sunday placings for Suffolk Oxford Dorset and more with Prairie City Panora Cedar Falls and Ames named among exhibitors.
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Government hoof count shows horse numbers doubled in years
Washington AP reports an unofficial USDA hoof count indicates the U S equine population has roughly doubled since a decade ago and may reach up to ten million animals, driven by horses and mules for pleasure riding and reflecting shifts in land use and feed resources.
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Agriculture Department
Department
Texas
United States
USDA
Lose Weight This Week With Odrinex Tablets
Advertisement for Odrinex weight loss pills promises quick fat reduction without dieting or exercise. Claims use by thousands over 14 years, plan costs $3.25, large size $5.25, money back guarantee by Rexall Drug Stores with mail orders available.
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Speed Reading Course In Cedar Rapids Announced
A Cedar Rapids program will offer rapid reading training to help participants read average length books in under an hour while improving comprehension. The course covers study methods, test taking skills, concentration, and retention, with one weekly evening session.
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George Woodward
National Speed Reading Schools
French Room
Town House
Motor Inn
First Ave. NE
Ag Department Defends Cattle Estimate System
Washington based Ag Department official defended the cattle on feed estimates as accurate amid rising live cattle prices. Don Paarlberg said he personally reviewed the figures and verification comes from private estimates, noting a 12 percent rise in cattle on feed across six major states as of June 1.
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UPS
Agriculture Department
Don Paarlberg
UPI
Paarlberg
Commerce Official Denies Fairfield Case Allegations
DES MOINES AP The Iowa Commerce Commission chief for grain storage investigations denied claims that the ICC and the Commodity Credit Corp. lagged in protecting farmers with grain stored at Fairfield Elevator Co Inc in Fairfield. Dick said the ICC suspended the elevator's license two days after an information filing and assigned an investigator to oversee the warehouse until a hearing led to license revocation.
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Iowa Commerce Commission
ICC
Fairfield Elevator Co., Inc
Fairfield
Wallace Dick Monday
John Schmidhauser
Iowa City
Schmidhauser
Federal Commodity Credit Corp
Crop losses decline in two decades says ERS report
Washington AP reports that crop failures measured as lost planted acres have fallen sharply over two decades. In the last four years about seven million acres annually were lost to weather insects disease and other factors. Twenty years ago farmers abandoned 12 million or more each year, peaking at 22 million in 1956 during drought. Planting area later fell from 336 million acres in 1950 to 306 million last year.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Economic Research Service
Drouth
Promotion Board Criticizes Food Price Actions
The Iowa agriculture promotion board condemns Nixon administration steps to control food costs as premature. They warn lifting meat import quotas and freezing prices could cause confusion and harm the food production and marketing system. The board urges supply and demand factors as the real causes.
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Des Moines
Iowa Agriculture Promotion Board
Nixon
President’s Price Commission
Iowa Raises Individual Income Tax Take to 41.6 Million
A decade ago Iowa reported a record 41.6 million dollars in personal income tax receipts for the just ended fiscal year. The figure highlighted a strong revenue year for the state tax system and reflected growth across income brackets.
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