Delaware County Fair opens new hog and sheep building
Manchester Delaware County gets a modern 50 by 220 foot hog and sheep building named for Robert E. Hall. The facility houses 160 pens with movable pens and no floor posts to allow flexible show space. Hall notes fundraising surpassed goal and cites pseudorabies concerns for separate hog and sheep areas.
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Delaware County
Manchester
Robert E. Hall
Robert Hall
Hall
Delaware Fair
Gary Vontalge
Delaware County Fairground
Vontalge
The
County Pork Producers Association
Seance Seeks Keynesian Spirit For Economic Talk
Muddy Manor correspondents recount a night attempting to contact the spirit of Keynes via a makeshift crystal ball. The exchange tackles inflation, unemployment, and the theory behind economic policy with humor and a cliffhanger about a forthcoming book.
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Sid
Ol Fuz
Fitz
Nitrogen fed North Central crops from legumes and manure
Regis Voss of Iowa State University told the American Society of Agronomy that forage legumes and soybeans supplied about one million tons of biologically fixed nitrogen to 1978 North Central grain crops. He added 700000 tons were recovered from animal manure, totaling around 200000 tons for this year’s crop in Iowa.
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Madison
Wis
North Central States
Regis Voss
Iowa State University Extension Agronomist
American Society of Agronomy
Voss
Iawa
Bale safety and handling in large baling operations
Ames farmers are urged to use extra safety with large bales says Dave Williams ISU extension agricultural engineer. Fatal injuries can occur if the baler is not shut down before unplugging or adjusting, and other victims may burn from moving belts.
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Ames
Dave Williams
Iowa State University
Dust plan required for grain elevators
Washington official says elevators handling export grain must submit written dust control plans. P R Smith assistant secretary of agriculture for marketing services spoke at an international symposium on elevator explosions last week. He said recirculating grain dust will be stopped eventually but offered no timetable.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Sun
Washington
P.R. Smith
Smith
Wool and lamb promotion budget approved by Agri Dept
The Agriculture Department approves a 2,441,600 dollar budget to promote wool and lamb for the coming year. A future vote by producers could raise promotion spending. Funds come from federal payments to wool producers and include 191,000 for Mohair Council of America programs.
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Agriculture Department
American Sheep Producers Council Inc
Denver
Mohair Council of America
San Angelo
Texas
USDA
Agricultural Marketing Service
Wool deductions under review raise rates for wool and lambs
Since 1966 deductions have stood at 1.5 cents per pound of shorn wool and 7.5 cents per 100 pounds of unshorn lambs. The department and the American Sheep Producers Council propose increases to 2.5 cents and 12.5 cents respectively, pending a nationwide vote by wool growers this summer with vote dates to be announced.
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Department
American Sheep Producers Council
WMT
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