Three Extension Aides Hired in Delaware County
Susan Shearer of Delhi and Mary Jean Oberbroeckling of Manchester join Delaware county extension to work on a summer pilot program in community resource development. They train in Elkader with Dubuque area staff and collaborate with Iowa State University extension and Upper Iowa College work study. Don Schlichte also hired for part time summer duties before military service, starting June 5. Oberbroeckling and Shearer are juniors at Upper Iowa and Iowa State respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Susan Shearer
Delhi
Mary Jean Oberbroeckling
Delaware County
Delaware County Extension Council
Iowa State University Extension Service
Upper Iowa College
Oberbroeckling
Shearer
Elkader
Dubuque Extension Area
Iowa
Don Schlichte
Earlville
Don
Schlichte
Iowa State University
Fayette
Iowa State
Linn ASC Waives Seeding Deadline and Clipping Rule
Linn county ASC committee waives May 30 seeding deadline for diverted acres due to wet fields and sets no penalty for late corn and soybean planting. It also waives early July clipping requirement for diverted acres, basing July payments on farmers promising to clip when practical. Over 300 farmers visited the ASC office in Marion to check July payment compliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation
ASC
Robert Wegmuller
Alburnett
Linn County
Wegmuller
Marion
On the move Sell those leave behinds with a cheap ad
Dial 398 8234 to place a low cost classified want ad for selling leave behinds quickly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dial
Junior Hereford Field Day Planned June 19
Iowa Junior Hereford Assn Field Day will be held Monday June 19 at the Bill M. Haines Hereford farm in Greenfield Iowa. Highlights include morning judging queen contest to name the 1972 73 Iowa Hereford queen with speakers AHA director Alfred Meeks Upstream Ranch Taylor Neb and Mike Andrews director American Junior Hereford Assn Prosser Wash. IJHA will present a skit Hereford Ecology and want ads seek sellers dial 398 8234.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Bill M. Haines
Greenfield
Iowa
Iowa Junior Hereford Assn
Kay Knop
Atlantic
IJHA
AHA
Alfred Meeks
Upstream Ranch
Taylor, Neb
Mike Andrews
American Junior Hereford Assn
Prosser
Wash
Hereford Ecology
Jones County 4-H Council Elected
Eight 4-H members were elected to the Jones county council at the annual rally in Monticello. New members include Cindy McQuillen Cas cade Lou Ann Denlinger Wyoming Linda Mardorf Beth Devaney Mark McDowell Steve Barber Oxford Junction Dave Soper Olin Wayne Embree Amamosa. The group presented 657.10 to the L. J. Takes kidney transplant fund for Monticello resident medication assistance. Dick Wahl, a Jones county native, shared Peace Corps experiences. IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Jones County Council
Cindy McQuillen
Cascade
Lou Ann Denlinger
Wyoming
Linda Mardorf
Beth Devaney
Mark McDowell
Steve Barber
Oxford Junction
Dave Soper
Olin
Wayne Embree
Anamosa
Jones 4-H
L. J
Jones County
Dick Wahl
Plentiful Food Supply Forecast by University Economist
University of Illinois economist L. H. Simerl reports abundant food supplies for the year. Beef per person rising to about 116 pounds with 4 to 5 percent more cattle, pork output down about 5 percent, broilers up 4 to 6 percent, and turkey production up 4 to 5 percent. Milk and eggs remain higher than last year while fish supplies stayed tight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Urbana
Ill
Turkey
Amish and Neighbor Planting Methods Near Wooster Ohio
An Amish man and a neighbor work soil in Wayne County near Wooster. The Amish man uses horse-drawn plows while the non-Amish neighbor employs a tractor to pull a disc, illustrating contrasting farming approaches in the same Ohio field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Wooster
Wayne County
Voss urges timely nitrogen sidedressing for corn
Regis Voss of Iowa State University extension urges farmers to sidedress nitrogen after planting but before corn reaches 10 to 14 inches tall, about 35 days after emergence. He cautions against delays amid rains and notes adjusting nitrogen rates for crop sequence population and prior nitrogen sources while warning about possible burn from non pressure solutions and stressing soil seal and early knifed-in application to limit root pruning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa State University Extension
Regis Voss
Voss
Coggon Harvest Home junior livestock show entries open
Entries are now open for the Coggon Harvest Home junior livestock show on Friday and Saturday July 21 and 22. Beef and dairy junior shows cap at 90 entries each with premiums for all participants and trophies for grand champions and top exhibitors. An open beef heifer show accompanies the junior event with classes in Angus Shorthorn and Hereford limited to 16 entries each.
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Farm Coalition
UPI
National Farm Coalition
St. Louis
Coalition
Roy Reed
Columbia
The
Missouri Farmers Association
MFA
Fred V. Heinkel
Tony T. Dechant
Denver
National Farmers Union
Raymond Watson
Odell
Illinois Farmers Union
Charles Frazier
Washington
National Farmers Organization
Harold F. Breimger
Columbia, Mo
University of Missouri
Linn Asc
L. H. Simerl
University of Illinois Economist
Gos
Lindale Plaza
Grover Miehe
Monticello Vocational Agriculture Department
Target
Ani
Dana
Eau de Cologne
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