Sociologists Forecast Effects Of Large Corporate Farms
University of Wisconsin rural sociologists told a Senate subcommittee in Eau Claire that large scale farming could shrink full time farming and rural towns, reduce local political participation, lower tax bases, and threaten schools and churches. They urged urgent research to guide policy amid a shift of industry toward rural areas.
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Eau Claire
Wis
University of Wisconsin
D. G. Marshall
United States Senate
Select Committee On
Marshall
W. K. Warner
Archibald Haller
Richard Rodefeld
Kurt Parkum
Midwest
Survey Shows Land Prices Leveling Off in Midwest Farmland
A Federal Reserve survey by Roby L. Sloan indicates seventh district farmland prices in Iowa and surrounding states have leveled after years of gains. Despite a 6 percent rise versus mid-1967, prices since April are up less than 1 percent. Iowa values July 1 are about 8 percent higher year over year.
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Chicago
Federal Reserve District
Roby L. Sloan
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
Michigan
Sloan
Rothlisberger’s Elgin Shorthorns mark 50th Fayette County fair run
Otis Rothlisberger of Elgin enters Shorthorns at the Fayette County fair in West Union August 21 25 for a 50th consecutive year. His 1919 debut as a 14 year old 4H member yielded grand champion baby beef in 1922. The Rothlisberger herd tracing to 1893 has long featured straight Scotch breeding and has shown at major fairs including the International Livestock Exposition in Chicago.
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Otis Rothlisberger
Elgin
Fayette County
West Union
Aberfeldy
Reford Gardhouse
Milton
Ont
Rothlisberger
Hampshire
Southdown
Fayette County Fair
Clyde Combs
Jim Probert
Wadena
Otis
Fred Rothlisberger
Iowa
Rothlisbergers
Chicago
Howard County
Cresco
Ben Studer
Wesley
Lawrence Lundy
Ridgeway
E. W. Maurer
Fayette
Demonstrations Chosen For Iowa County 4-H Contest
Marengo Iowa three senior demonstration teams were selected Wednesday to represent the county in the Iowa State fair 4-H demonstration contest. Forty five teams competed in the county demonstration contest with winners named in senior and junior divisions.
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Marengo
Iowa County
Ruel Wehde
Steve Weldon
Parnell Peppers
Cindy Heath
Marcia Schultz
Marionettes
Vicki
Carla Sayers
Marengo Merry Maids
Siefker's Hampshire Boars Lead New Hampton Sale
A trio of Hampshire boars owned by Andy Siefker of Belle Plaine topped the New Hampton sale. The tested boars averaged 1.96 lb daily gain and 0.89 inches backfat with a 30.8 inch carcass length, 5.1 square inches loin eye, and 44.1 percent ham and loin.
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New Hampton
Hampshire
Andy Siefker
Belle Plaine
Fifty Holsteins shown at Marengo fair district show
Fifty head of cattle were shown Thursday night in the Holstein show at the Iowa County fairground in Marengo. Floyd Arnold of Ames judged. Max Hall of Brooklyn won best bull and the junior and reserve grand champion female. Wendy Tompkins of Marengo displayed the grand champion female, also the champion 4-H animal.
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Marengo
Iowa County
Floyd Arnold
Ames
Max Hall
Brooklyn
Wendy Tompkins
Shover Guides Summer Dairy Shows and Duties
Larry Shover of Delhi, 20, serves as summer assistant field secretary for the Iowa State Dairy Association. He will help direct 42 district dairy breed shows, including the Monticello event, while preparing for a senior year in dairy science.
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Monticello
Larry Shover
Delhi
Shover
Iowa State Dairy Association
Iowa State University
Iowa State Dairy Science Club
Alpha Zeta Agricultural Honorary Fraternity
Rush
Alpha Gamma Rho
College of Agriculture
Weishen
James
Iowa
Delaware County
Jones County
Larry
Quaker Oats
Cedar Rapids
Wilbur Kehrli
Manchester
Shirley
Ship Fewer Feeders to North Central States
Stocker and feeder cattle moved into the eight north central states in June totaled 291000 head, down 8 percent from a year earlier, the Agriculture Department reports. Of the total, 139000 head passed through public stock yards, down 19 percent from June last year.
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Washington
North Central States
Agriculture Department
Carlson's Corner A road that leads to home
The poem contrasts patched roads with modern highways and timber roads. It praises friendly winding streets and notes roads serve business, travel, or migration, concluding that any road leading to a place called home is a happy road.
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G.A.C
Corn Meetings in NE Iowa Planned This Week
Two corn production sessions sponsored by northeast Iowa vo ag departments will be held this week. Glen Norberg of Calmar voag announces the meetings at Upper Iowa College Fayette on Wednesday and Cliff House Decorah on Thursday. Iowa State University specialists and commercial firms will present.
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Calmar
Northeast Iowa Vocational Agriculture Departments
Glen Norberg
Calmar Voag
Northeast Iowa Vocational Agriculture Instructors Assn
Upper Iowa College
Fayette
Cliff House
Decorah
Iowa State University
Extension Aide Doyle Sanders Joins Benton and Iowa Counties
Doyle Sanders of Vinton, a Drake University rising senior, works this summer as an extension aide in Benton and Iowa counties.
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Doyle Sanders
Vinton
Drake University
Benton and
Iowa Counties
Merging of Creameries Is Advised
Iowa State University dairy expert Dr. V H Nielsen urged consolidation of cooperatives and plants in northeast Iowa to strengthen competition against artificial dairy products. He noted 25 plants process the majority of butter and nonfat dry milk, with 100 plants handling the remainder, and called for looser laws, stricter standards for synthetics, and stronger promotion and research to boost consumer appeal.
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Fayette
V.H. Nielsen
Department of Dairy and Food Industry
Iowa State University
Iowa
Nielsen
Iowa State
Dairy Show at Delaware County Fair Highlights Champions
Basil Eastwood of Ames judged junior livestock dairy classes at the Manchester Delaware County fair. Breed champions and reserve champions listed: Holsteins Shirley Shover Delhi and Loren Voelker Ryan. Jerseys Tom Keith Delhi and Bill Gearhart Dundee. Guernseys Craig Carruthers Masonville. Ayrshires Keith Johnson and Craig Johnson Delhi. Brown Swiss Brenda Smock Delhi.
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Manchester
Basil Eastwood
Ames
Extension
Delaware County Fair
Shirley Shover
Delhi
Loren Voelker
Ryan
Tom Keith
Bill Gearhart
Dundee
Craig Carruthers
Masonville
Ayrshires
Keith Johnson
Craig Johnson
Brenda Smock
More Fresh Vegetables This Summer Says USDA
The Agriculture Department reports plentiful supplies of fresh vegetables this summer. Production is expected to be moderately larger than last year and above the long term average.
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USDA
Washington
Agriculture Department
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Melanie Schutterle
Ellen Denson
Lucky I’s
Patty Wiebold
Leslie Heitman
Pilot Pals
Siefker
U.S. Highway
Mechanicsville
Eastern Iowa Livestock Commission, Inc
Elshada
Barn
Clifford Dickey
Barn Mor
Anamosa Ae
Wilbur Colby
Dubuque Packing Co
Colby
Irs
Dairy Assn
Coggon Livestock Sales CO
Coggon, Phon Springville
Bud Smith
Frontier Products Company
Walker, Iowa
Carlson's Corner
United States
Arizona
Hawaii
Gazette
Rex
U.S
Stormor
B.T.U
George Ohlen Stormer
Blairstown
Eesti
Tormor
Delaware Fair
Kennedys
Ireland
Wall
the Kennedys
Street
Associated Press
Kennedy
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Poughkeepsie N.Y
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