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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1971
Page
2
Fred Mohr of Tipton showed the grand and senior champion cow at the district Ayr shire show in Monticello on Saturday. The junior champion female was exhibited by Gerald Ross of Mt. Vernon.
A statewide Iowa survey from mid July records an average of 102 first brood corn borers per 100 plants, five times the 1970 rate and over double 1969. Some 50 percent of plants show damage. Specialists urge costed, targeted control with dates: west central Aug 3 5, southwest Aug 3 5, northwest Aug 1 or 2 with Aug 9 10 as best.
The Linn county pork association plans a bus tour August 19 to 20 visiting three Illinois swine facilities en route to observe University of Illinois operations. Depart Cedar Rapids at 8:00 a.m. August 19, return about 7:00 p.m. August 20. Cost 20 dollars per person includes travel and lodging. deposits of 10 dollars per person required by August 10. Reservations via Don Lefebvre at 846 2623.
About 30 area sheep producers met at the Cedar Rapids extension office to discuss expanding flocks and inviting more farmers into lamb production. Eldon J. Haas urged maximizing output via selection, reproduction, and efficient ram testing, while speakers noted crossbreeding and selecting for rate of gain and carcass quality.
Texas officials accelerate horse vaccination and mosquito control to curb sleeping sickness. They warn of a swine fever outbreak in Latin America threatening livestock and urge lifting experimental vaccine restrictions for wider commercial use. Governor Preston Smith and Senator John Tower press for clearance as safety use expands.
Ames Iowa corn producers are urged to inspect Tcytoplasm and blend corn daily for southern corn leaf blight lesions. If lesions appear on leaves above the ear, apply fungicidal spray at once. when 10 to 15 lesions per leaf appear there, spraying has limited benefit. The disease thrives in tasseling and silking stages amid warm humid weather, with spore counts rising at Ames Burlington and Ottumwa air points. Farmers should line up fungicides and applicators, as eastern Iowa faces faster development than the west.
A two day tour of cattle facilities in west central Iowa is arranged by the Iowa county beef producers with the extension service. The itinerary includes Denison Shinrone Farms Odebolt a steak dinner hosted by Ida county producers a stay in the Sioux City area and visits to Art Salsness near Sioux City Iowa Beef Processors plant in Dakota City Nebraska and the Joe Moran farm before returning.
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