Farmers Buy Propane Dryers Despite Tight Supply
Des Moines Iowa farmers rush to purchase propane gas powered grain dryers at high prices despite uncertain propane availability The Iowa Utilities Commission chairman Maurice Van Nostrand warns supply may be tighter than last year and notes farmers may choose natural gas powered dryers instead, while a Des Moines propane group cautions buyers to secure gas ahead of time.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Iowa Commeres Commission
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Fred Lundin
Iowa LP Gas Assa
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Butz Announces No Set aside Next Year For Farms
Agriculture Secretary Earl L. Butz announced no government set aside of land in 1974 for feed grains soybeans wheat and cotton. He said about 90 million additional acres would be available and urged farmers to plan for 1974 harvests. He credited Phase 4 with improving returns for poultry beef milk and pork and called for nationwide help from private suppliers cooperatives and organizations to ensure supplies storage credit and transport.
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Nixon
Butz
Buzz
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Cedar Rapids Emergency Numbers Listing
Emergency contact numbers for Cedar Rapids include Ambulance 960-7454 Fire 402 948 1910 Highway Patrol 464 5171 After Hours 963 5629 Police 494 5354 Medical Society 365 2527 Community Foundation 2174 This fragmentary page lists city services and after hours contacts for urgent help.
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Trimble Manor Farm Wins at Landrace Show in Cedar Rapids
Trimble Manor Farm of Trimble Missouri claimed grand champion in the heavyweight barrow class at the national Landrace show in Cedar Rapids. Nala Krieger drove 300 miles to compete, with Lt M. Chaney of Chaney Brothers receiving reserve honors. Top ten lightweights and heavies list multiple farms and owners, judged by Dr. Lauren Christian of Iowa State University Ames.
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Cedar Rapids
Barrow
Nala Krieger
Trimble Manor
Trimble
M. [Chaney
Chaney Brothers
Hartford
Ala
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Red Bud
Ith
Vernon Heidi
New Knoxville
Ohio
Dowden and Son
Conrad
Hillary Benjamin
Manor Farm
Chaney Bros
Harriott
Seymour
Alfred Daim
West Inlon
Dowder and Son
Scott Krieger
Dennis Grohman
Lambs Bros
Potato shortage hits Maine chip makers across Portland area
Augusta Maine potato processing plants face severe shortages as the state wrestles with scarce potatoes. Maine Potato Commission executive Chipman C Bull says the problem has existed for months with several Portland area plants declaring a critical situation. Kings Cole Foots and Humpty Dumpty Chip Co report shutdowns or rationed supplies as industry experts warn the nationwide crop deficit explains the ongoing shortfall until summer harvest.
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Maine
Sopork
Chipman C. Bull
Maine Potato Commission
Portland
Pye
Ife
Frank Woodward
King Cole Foots
South Portland
King Cole
Woodward
Ghous Time Ino
Potattons
Bearborough
Bolng
Robert Meehan
Bull
Open House Planned for ISU’s Hazel Recognition
Ames Friends and associations plan an open house Sunday July 8 at 2 pm in the Campanile Room Memorial Union Ames in honor of Dr I W Mazel former head of Iowa State University animal science department for 25 years of teaching research leadership in Iowa’s livestock industry.
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I WN. Mazel
Iowa State University
Schoal’s Memorial Union
Hazel
Iowa
Lots and Sons Enter Hogs at Ohio State Fair Grounds
Lots and Sons and in dependence enter Berkshire hogs in the Berkshire Type Conference at the Ohio State fair grounds Columbus Ohio July 26 27 28. Livestock men from Austria plan a five day visit in Iowa as part of a two week tour sponsored by the American Soybean Association and Iowa Soybean Association with farm visits and meetings.
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William RB
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Independence
Berkshire
Corference Shaw and Sie
Ohio State Fair Grounds
Columbus
Ohio
Mason City
Unital
Wild Asa Staff Ab
He Hudson
CASA
Iowa
United States
Nworld
Farot
Ualcott
Towa Soybean -Assn
Inwa Shale University
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