Iowa Polled Hereford Tour Planned Across Eastern Iowa
Iowa Polled Hereford breeders plan a two day tour visiting eight eastern Iowa herds Friday and Saturday June 28 29 The event is sponsored by four associations and chaired by Delbert Krug It includes farm stops near LaMotte Cedar Rapids Montezuma Lone Tree and Kinross with judging contests and a queen crowning at the Seitsinger farm
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Iowa
Hawkeye
Northwest Iowa
Delbert Krug
Atkins
Raymond Marcus
LaMotte
Maquoketa
Highway 61
Marcus
Walter and
Grace Buck
Highway 30
Cedar Rapids
Atkins Road
Din
Ner
Holiday Inn
Iowa Pollettes
Marvin Ohrt
Clutter
Ohrt
Clyde Griffin
Montezuma
Lester Galbraith
Farm receipts rise 2.6 percent for January to March
US Department of Agriculture figures show cash receipts from farm marketings at 9.53 billion for the January-March quarter, up 2.6 percent from a year earlier. Livestock receipts climbed 4 percent to 6.12 billion while crop receipts fell 0.3 percent to 3.41 billion, with regional gains and losses across states.
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Washington
USDA
Linn County Fair entries close June 30
Four H and FFA members plan to exhibit at the Linn County fair in Central City from July 30 to August 2. Extension Youth Leader Tom McCormick reminded the public that entry blanks are available from 4-H leaders and vong instructors.
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Four-H
FFA
Linn County Fair
Central City
Tom McCormick
4-H
Vong
Linn County dairymen win DHIA certificates for high butterfat
Ten Linn county dairymen qualified for DHIA production certificates for herds averaging 450 pounds of fat per cow in the year ended April 30. The Linn DHIA tested 31 herds totaling 1,432 cows with average 10,813 pounds of milk and 404 pounds of butterfat, below the state averages.
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Linn County
DHIA
C. E. Herriott
Linn Dhia
Robert W. Bell
Coggon
Wallace and Agnes Mills
Albert Marti
George Reyhons
Mt. Vernon
Harold Sperfslage
Central City
Chester L. Fuessley
Farm employment dips 4 percent from year ago
Washington AP reports May farm payrolls rose slightly for the season yet remain 4 percent below a year earlier. The Agriculture Department says 5,080,000 workers were employed on farms in the week ended May 25.
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Washington (Ap
Agriculture Department
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Threshermen's Assn Buys Old Horsepower Thresher
Rex Conn recalls a 1880 J I Case horsepower threshing machine bought by the Benischek family and stored since 1914. The Midwest Oldtime Threshers' Assn. will display the unit at Mt. Pleasant during the Old Settlers and Threshermen's reunion, with Warren Coonrod coordinating shipment and setup.
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Rex Conn
Midwest Threshermen's
Mt. Pleasant
Benisciek Farm
Oxford Junction
Midwest Old-Time Threshermen's Assn
Benischek Brothers
Leonard
Herman
J. S. Case
John Benischek
Midwest Oldtime Threshers’ Assn
Old Settlers and Threshermen
Warren Coonrod
Toddville
Beniscick Farm
May Grade A Price Set at 4.74 a Cwt for Cedar Rapids Iowa City Market
Market Administrator E H McGuire announced a uniform May price of 4.74 per cwt for 3.5 percent milk in the Cedar Rapids Iowa City market. Butterfat differential is 7.6 cents per 0.1 percent deviation. May Class I sales averaged 188 773 pounds per day, 9 percent below April, with 48 percent of receipts utilized in Class I. Producers averaged 1 189 pounds per day in May, up from April and May 1967 figures.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
E. H. McGuire
McGuire
Junior Cattle Feeders to Sell Saturday in Cedar Rapids
Nine Linn County 4-H boys in the junior cattle feeder project will market 36 head at Wilson plant Cedar Rapids. Cattle appraised for grade and yield with option to accept bid price. Steers bought Oct 18 for 27.75 per cwt from William Dohnalek and Son. average starting weight 567 pounds. Enrollees include Hynek brothers Swisher Hofmaster Cech Cedar Rapids Koch Bys Mt Vernon Klinsky Ely Kramer Center Point Bull Palo.
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Linn County
4-H
Wilson
Cedar Rapids
William Dohnalek and Son
Bill and
Phil Hynek
Swisher
Rick Hofmaster
Randy Cech
Dave Koch
Bill Bys, Jr
Mt Vernon
Kenneth Klinsky
Ely
Joe Kramer
Center Point
Gordon Bull
Palo
Open Steer Show Added at Coggon Harvest Home
An open class registered beef heifer show replaces the open steer show at the Coggon Harvest Home on July 19 and 20. Entry blanks are available from Dr H B Hunter. Prizes include a purebred Angus heifer from Leo Palmer and the Coggon Lions, and a registered Ayrshire heifer from Gerald Ross and Sanitary Farm Dairies.
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H. B. Hunter
Coggon
Leo Palmer
Alburnett
Coggon Lions Club
Gerald Ross
Mt. Vernon
Sanitary Farm Dairies
Show judges announced for entry blanks availability
Entry blanks are obtainable from Marcus Kehrli of Ryan as shows are judged. Kehrli handles submissions and coordinates early entry details for participants.
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Marcus Kehrli
Ryan
Training Schools Planned for Linn 4-H Groups
Three Linn county 4-H project groups will hold training sessions next week. Daryl Hall leads photography with first to fourth year tracks at Lagerquist Camera Shop Marion. Horse club meets at John Ketelsen farm Marion. Arc welding training at Paul Viktor farm Mt. Vernon area.
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Linn County
Tom McCormick
Lagerquist
Marion
Daryl Hall
Horse Club
John Ketelsen
Paul Viktor
Mt. Vernon
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