Purebred Sheep Breeders Meet at Ely
Iowa Purebred Sheep Breeders Association held a Sunday dinner meeting in Ely Legion hall hosted by Mr and Mrs John Worley. Officers were re elected Russell Whitney Ft Dodge president Don Pullin Waterloo vice president John Worley secretary treasurer. Roy Gilman Stuart named delegate to the American Hampshire Sheep Registry with Worley as alternate. Rotter West Point and Pullin chosen to represent the breeders on the Iowa State Sheep Association board. Attendees toured Worley farm to view Shropshire Dorset and crossbred lambs ahead of the Lamb of the Future show June 15 17 at Hawkeye Downs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rex Conn
Lamb OF the Future
Page
Melody Worley
Iowa
Beeders Assn
Ely Legion Hall
Hawkeye Downs
Iowa Purebred Sheep Breeders Assn
Elgare
John Worley
Russell Whitney
Fort Dodge
Don Pullin
Waterloo
Dewey Jontz
Iowa State Sheep Assn
State Department of Agriculture
Ely
Legion Hall
Melody
Ft. Dodge
Roy Gilman
Stuart
American Hampshire Sheep Registry
National Sheep Producers Council
Ernest Rotter
West Point
Pullin
Iowa State Sheep Assa. Board
Worley
Shropshire
Dairy Day Set At Davenport in Bettenorf
Davenport plans the sixth annual Scott County Dairy Day at Duck Creek Plaza Bettenorf Friday. Dairy farmers and wives sponsor with help from banks creameries milk handlers Duck Creek Plaza Merchants Association and the Davenport Chamber of Commerce. Mary Ver Meer of Pella Iowa Dairy Princess will crown the new Scott county princess.
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Davenport
Iowa
Duck Creek Plaza
Bettendorf
Iowa Livestock Auction Market Assn Elects Officers
New officers named at Des Moines annual meeting include Lloyd Laughery as president and George Wendelin as vice president. Directors are Jim Schaben Harold Schager F D Smylie and Wade Rubey. Story City sale barn named outstanding auction market of the year.
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Des Moines
Iowa Livestock Auction Market Assn
Lloyd Laughery
Guthrie Center
George Wendelin
Avoca
Jim Schaben
Dunlap
Harold Schager
Alden
F. D. Smylie
Columbus Junction
Wade Rubey
Red Oak
Story City
Oxford Ram Tops National Sale At Davenport
Forty-one head of sheep sold at the National Oxford sale held at the Mississippi Valley fairground in Davenport. The top yearling ram signed by Neary and Son of Oskaloosa went for 240 dollars to Bonnie McBride of Coultersville Illinois. The top yearling ewe from the W. B. Clausen flock in Wisconsin sold to Albert Rosing of Illinois for 150 dollars. Eight ewe lambs brought 65 dollars each. The sale averaged 147 dollars and 50 cents for the top ten head. Merrill Neary of Oskaloosa managed the event.
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Davenport
Mississippi Valley Fairground
Neary and Son
Oskaloosa
Bonnie McBride
Coultersville, Il
W. B. Clausen
Wisconsin
Albert Rosing
Iinois
Merill Neary
2 County Lamb Day Again Set at Ossian
DECORAH The annual early lamb grading demonstration and sale for Winne-shiek and Fayette county stock owners is set June 24 at the Ossian sale barn. Grading runs from 9 a.m. to 10 30 a.m. with the auction starting at 11 a.m. The event aims to show lamb quality, with top lambs bringing around 83 50 and other prices noted.
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County Lamb
Ossian
Decorah
Winneshiek
Fayette County
Everett J. Weigle
Winneshiek County
Minish Sells Cheviot Ram to N H Breeder
Minish of Springville sold a three year old Cheviot ram to A L Barney and Son of Tilton New Hampshire. The Barneys chose the ram at the Minish farm while in the Midwest for the Oxford show in Davenport.
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Springville
A.R. Minish
A. L. Barney and Son
Tilton
N.H
Barneys
Minish
Midwest
Oxford
Davenport
Elkader Man Elected National Holstein President
Arthur J. Johnson 66 of Elkader was elected president of the Holstein-Friesian Association of America at the Seattle convention. He owns Rockcrest Dairy Farms, served as state senator for Clayton county, and was Elkader city treasurer. He becomes the first Iowan to head the national Holstein group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur J. Johnson
Elkader
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Seattle
Wash
Othe National Dairy’ Association
Iowa
Wallace McKee
Carlisle
Ornson
Johnson
The
Holstein Association
Rockcrest Dairy Farms
St. Olaf
St. Olaf College
Northfield
Minn
Clayton County
National Holstein Group
Berkshire Picnic Planned by Iowa Berkshire Breeders
Berkshire breeders will gather next Sunday at the CCA swine testing station near Lisbon for their annual picnic. Le Roy Faint, station manager, announced a noon picnic dinner, judging contests and activities. Berkshire entries will come from Milo Woirab’s Wayside Farm near Mt. Vernon. Gilbert Reeves of Graettinger is president of the Iowa Berkshire Assn.
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CCA
Lisbon
LeRoy Faint
Berkshire
Milo Woirab
Wayside
Mt. Vernon
Gilbert Reeves of
Graettinger
Iowa Berkshire Assn
Linda Barrett Named Hampshire Queen for 1965
Linda Barrett aged 17 of Granger was crowned 1965 Hampshire Queen at the Iowa Hampshire Association picnic near Lisbon. She is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Barrett, with her father breeding Hampshire hogs. Linda has been a 4-H member eight years and will study home economics at Iowa State. Awards in judging contests went to several youths, with Linda succeeding Yvonne Schulte as queen. Hog judging was supplied by Stephens and Greene of Ainsworth and James Irons of Clarence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
Linda Barrett
Granger
Iowa Hampshire
Iowa ‘Hampshire Association
Yvonne Schulte
Norway
Hampshire
Linda
Robert Barkett
Bruce
Brett
Beaver Valley Club
Woodward-Granger High School
Iowa State
Betty ‘Crocker
Steve Lingren
Marengo
Mable Cox
St. Anthony
Steve Settles
Winfield
Dale Cox
David Schulte
Lila McGraw
Pleasantville
Joe McDonald
Clemens
Tom Meeker
Letts
Merle Keppy
Eldridge
Terry Ver Ploeg
Iowa Hampshire Association
CCA
Millers Bakers Plan To Fight Wheat Program
A coalition of millers bakers and two wheat and bakery labor unions oppose Secretary Freeman's wheat program. They argue it benefits a few large farms and would raise costs for millers producers and consumers through $1.25 per bushel certificates used to fund grower payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
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Weigle
N. H. Breeder
Straigh
Schenley
Holstein
Washington
Tiger Country
Bonneville
Leme
McGrath Pontiac, Inc
Second Avenue
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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