Shown at National Beef Show Steers Claim Top Honors
Clinton’s Otto Bradtke wins live open division Angus with a March yearling steer at Hawkeye Downs. A crossbred Charolais by Hugh Fortner earns reserve champion. Some 320 animals from 21 states entered. 1,800 miles traveled by D. G. Veder. Judges list top placements across breeds and note carcass merit outweighs on hoof wins.
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Otto Bradtke
Clinton
Bradtke
Montana
Hugh Fortner
Dana
Ind
Hawkeye Downs
Rampy
D. G. Veder
Rayet
Idaho
Gazette
Rex Conn
Angus
Otto Badtke
Hugh Forkner
Dana, Ind
Wilson and Co
Cedar Rapids
International
Chicago
Mary
Candidates Eyeing New Farm Plans
Bernard Brenner reports in Washington that Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey supports continuing and improving federal stabilization programs for major crops with loans and direct payments to counter production, while Republican nominee Richard Nixon signals likely major changes to farm policy aimed at reducing dependency on direct payments. Both address rural modernization and farm exports, with Humphrey emphasizing modernization and export competitiveness, and Nixon urging industry incentives to rural areas and a stronger role for agriculture in dollar defense.
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Washington
UPI
Hubert H. Humphrey
Richard M. Nixon
Humphrey
Nixon
G.O.P
America
West Liberty hosts three dairy breed district shows
Brown Swiss Jersey and Guernsey exhibitors from across the area gathered at West Liberty fairground for district shows. Winners included Brown Swiss champion bull Green Knoll Double Diamond shown by Paaske Brothers Green Knoll Farms of Long Grove, champion female Gerdis Buller Connie, and 4 H and FFA champs Bill Schroeder Coleen O Neill and Karen Lage among others. Judges were John Sims and Donald Voelker. In total 60 Brown Swiss 14 exhibitors Jerseys 31 and 36 Guernseys across breeds with top honors awarded to individuals from Davenport Iowa City Eldora Anamosa and Letts.
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West Liberty
Jersey
Guernsey
Green Knoll
Paaske Brothers
Green Knoll Farms
Long Grove
Thomas Wadsworth
Walcott
Gerdis Buller Connie
Lee Barber
DeWitt
FFA
Bill Schroeder
Stockton
Itaska
Lage
Karen Lage
Davenport
Charles Gartzeke
Oxford
Walter Dengler
Robert Sywassink
Letts
John Sims
Iowa State University
Donald Voelker
Extension
Iowa State
Dorthy Sage
Ralph Bright
Eldora
Robert Yanda
Anamosa Ffa
Marengo Extension Plans Public Hearing on 1969 Budget
The Marengo Town county extension council will hold a public hearing on its 1969 budget on July 23 at 9 p.m. in the 4H building in Marengo.
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Marengo
Town County Extension Council
DeWitt Cattle Farmer Talks Charolais and Politics
Pat Crowley, 45, owner of 320 acres near DeWitt, discusses his Charolais cattle herd and show success with his children Mary and Mike. He recalls farm costs about 200 a year, milk sales to Maquoketa co op, and his political leanings from Kennedy to McCarthy and Culver for Congress.
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Pat Crowley
DeWitt
Mary
Mike
Sheila
Katie
Jackie
Mississippi Valley Co-Op
Maquoketa
Region 4 soil conservation speech winners named
Greg Glass of Dundee representing the Delaware Soil Conservation district won the Region 4 speech contest at National. Second place went to Thomas Tauke of Dubuque and Lindsay Scott of West Union took third.
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Greg Glass
Dundee
Delaware
Smokey Bear Not Planning Retirement Despite Rumors
Washington officials deny retirement plans for Smokey Bear at the Smithsonian National Zoo. Secretary Orville Freeman and Dr. Theodore Reed confirm no replacement or retirement, while an orphaned cub rumor prompted confusion. Smokey remains healthy and will likely stay at the zoo for years as the executive committee studies its long term future.
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Washington
Smokey Bear
Mark Twain
Orville Freeman
Smokey
Washington National Zoo
Theodore Reed
Washington Zoo
Malcolm Hardy
Cooperative Forest Fire Prevention
The
Forest Service
National Advertising Council
Clarence To Crown A Dairy Princess
Clarence Park Barbecue Saturday features a Cedar county dairy princess selection. Clarence contestants Marilyn Ruther Sally Sanger Donna Kruckenburg Justine Hack compete for the crown. Marcia Miller of Clarence will crown the winner.
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Cedar County
Clarence Park
Marilyn Ruther
Sally Sanger
Clarence
Donna Kruckenburg
Justine Hack
London
Marcia Miller
West Branch FFA Tops 48 Teams At Beef Show
A Sheffield boy who sold his 4H baby beefs to start in sheep was the high FFA individual in the junior judging contest at the National Beef Show and overall winner. Mike Gauley scored 367 of 440 to lead 161 FFA and 84 4H members, narrowly besting John Showaller of Hampton by one point. The Adair county 4-H squad led the field with a total of 1059 points and included top ten members Jerry Soresen, Mary Gilman, Ed Lewis. Teams from eight states and Saskatchewan participated, with judging covering eye appeal, pedigree analysis, culling, and carcass ranking.
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Sheffield
Mike Gauley
FFA
John Showaller
Hampton
Mike
Gauley
Showaller
Mike Sorensen
Bridgewater-Fontenelle
Gary Moore
Osage
Don Maxson
West Branch
Steve Bathell
West Liberty
Duane Davis
Tim Chlde
Linn
Kansas
Ron Boulder
Don Hunderdosse
Warren
Adair County
Jerry Soresen
Mary Gilman
Ed Lewis
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Charolais
By Alan Swegle
Tom Rampy
Wilson & Co. Livestock Service
Clifford Iverson
Iowa State University Area Extension
Lone Pine Farms
John Miller
Winfield
H. R. Brotherson
Kelley Farms
Charles G. Cooper
Dallas Center
Daryll Ross
Arlington
Richard Edwin Brown
Aledo
Til
Donovan Sievers
Don Koch
Altimer
Remington Farms
Nieman
Palmer, Kansas
Hereford
Sherry
Timmy Forkner
Horton
Missouri
Ed Beatty
Larry
Brad Forkner
Norman Rule
Mineral Point
Wisconsin
Delbert Krug
Atkins
Richard Collan
Watkins
Horton, Mo
Jack Williams
Paint Rock
Texas
Carl H. Lippold, Jr
le Claire
Keith Kirkpatrick
Mt. Vernon
Shabbona, Ill
Harvey Hinderaker
Radcliffe
Farmers Hybrid Co
Herb Vogel
Keystone
Kelly Charolais
Alvin Tiemann
Kerrville
By Bernard Brenner
Budget
Merton Eganhouse
Wyoming
Kennedy
McCarthy
Hughes
Culver
Congress
Paul Franzenburg
Sixth Street
S.W
Gateway Gardens
West Branch Ffa
Adair
Steve Smith
Marshall County
Mark DeDecker
Henry County
Ill
Robert Hutchinson
Steven Hemingway
Graham Township
Johnson County
Rom White
Bob Horsley
Jim Dudley
Franklin County
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Nebraska
Minnesota
Saskatchewan
Canada
Alan Swegle
Douglas Pals
17Th Avenue
Marion
Gene Todd
Knepper
Frank Sill
Bob Grill
Jack Haldeman
Don Fahren
Tommy Tucker
Bernie Friedl
Bob Seedom
Alicia Jackson
Fsmmy Tcker Realty Company
Realtors
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