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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1979
Page
12
Holstein cow Killer's Sister in Jacksonville, Florida, gave birth to four calves at once. A county livestock agent called the birth extremely rare with only three or four similar national cases known and suggested it may be a Florida first with odds estimated at one in ten million.
A preliminary Iowa State University study of 355 hog feed samples shows 19 percent with excessive sulfa residues and 31 percent free of the chemical. Hog specialist Emmett Stevermer says contamination likely stems from feed handling and storage, not farmers alone.
Cheri Knepper 21, daughter of the George Kneppers Cascade, was crowned District 11 beef queen in Cascade. She works as an occupational therapist in the Dubuque Community School System and is the Dubuque County beef queen. Jane Helgens of Monticello was named District 11 beef princess. District 11 covers Jones Jackson Delaware and Dubuque counties with Don Burlage as district coordinator and LeRoy Schneiders as cattlemen director.
Paul Wendt of Buckingham earned premier exhibitor and best herdsman in the swine show. He exhibited Chester White and Spothogs. Brenneman and Smith of Harper topped the sheep premier exhibitor list, with Craig Smith as best herdsman. Merle Williams Cedar Rapids led fruit, Debbie Steinbach Solon led vegetables, L G Janssen Newhall led agriculture, and Jerry Maxwell Cedar Rapids won best of show in woodcarving.
Kirkwood Community College Cedar Rapids offers a second summer riding session starting Monday. Western style instruction spans one to three weeks with morning and afternoon three hour classes daily. Tuition is 37 dollars per week. information at 398-5652.
The 43rd annual field day for Fruitland area vegetable growers is set for Monday at the Muscatine Research Center Fruitland. Iowa State University Ames along with the Muscatine Island Truck Growers Association and the Iowa Vegetable Association sponsor the event. The program starts at 6 30 p m at the research farm seven miles southwest of Muscatine and focuses on sweet corn tomato muskmelon watermelon and potato studies.
The $10 million complex housing the National Veterinary Service Laboratories in Ames will be dedicated at 10 a.m. July 20. Administered by APHIS, it consolidates all veterinary biologic labs here with a 200 plus staff. Rep. Tom Harkin will MC, with speakers including T.R. Smith and Dr. Francis J. Mulhern. Public tours follow July 21. private gifts totaling 400,000 aid site purchase.
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