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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1965
Page
7
The USDA found price judgments vary by perspective, noting beef and pork seem high to housewives while sellers see prices only modestly better than last year. Parity goals shift from price-based to income-based measures, moving away from an era of strict parity prices.
The agriculture department predicts the 1965 U S calf crop will edge up from 1964 to 43 119 000 head while the lamb crop falls about 2 percent to 17 606 000 head. Regional gains and declines are noted with Texas lambing improving due to range conditions.
Laura Fehr, 13, of Dysart, captured first place in the Region 7 conservation speech contest at the Ox Yoke Inn. She plans to study conservation in Utah this fall. Second went to Boyd Bader, 18, LaPorte City, headed to Iowa State University. Third was Jerry Ahrens, 18, Tipton, to enter Iowa Wesleyan College.
Des Moines a report cites Earl and Richard Klingaman of Wa along with Henry Hamer of Ft Atkinson Wisconsin as prize winners at the National Duroc congress. Floyd Bossingham and sons of Stanford IL exhibited the champion bred gilt, Francis Christian of LaPorte City showed the reserve champion, while Robert Overby of Mayfield Kentucky held the champion pair of gilts. Charlene Lewis of Memphis Tennessee was named 1965 national Duroc queen at the banquet.
Freeman Will visit Marshalltown on August 7 for dairy and cattle events. The Oelwein Farm Forum set for August 3 at 8 p.m. in the Coliseum or Nebraska-Iowa Co ballroom features J. Grant of the Nebraska-Iowa Co and Ike Rowand of the Producers Federation as speakers.
WILLIAMSBURG Iowa county 4H and FFA officials announced the swine school to run July 27 at 6 30 p m at the Enochson farm east of Williamsburg with entries accepted until the schedule fills later entries returned if stalls are filled Secretary Orville L Swide and manager Harold Ewoldt Bert Bandstra said the fair opening Aug 1 to 19 will feature a noon luncheon and an air show port and a tour of mid western farm states page continues.
Judging will be Aug. 13 and 14 for the senior livestock beef and open swine shows. State dairy and sheep show entrants begin arriving Sunday, Aug. 15 and will remain on the grounds through Aug. 19.
Des Moines Iowa the number of chickens raised on Iowa farms this year is estimated at 15 669 000 by the Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service This is 16 percent less than in 1964 and 35 percent below the 1959 63 average Iowa ranks third in number of chickens raised Exceeded only by California and Georgia These three states plus North Carolina in fourth place produced about 27 percent of the total for the United States this year.
Gene Leman of Cedar Rapids Wilson and Co. livestock service director leads a program featuring swine judging slides on fitting and shoves and a ham dinner midway.
Calmar Iowa farm group selects ten new directors including John Goettel Harpers Ferry Curtis Piggott Waukon Jerom Ettinger Jesup Patrick Foster Herbert Rathbun Inde pendence and others from Chickasaw Delaware and Clayton counties. USDA notes better broiler prices raise output and demand with production up 12 percent next January.
The association announces plans to hire an additional fieldman to begin work Oct. 1. Present fieldman is Walter S. Pilgrim of Calmar.
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