Hereford Breeders Tour Eight Eastern Iowa Herds
Iowa polled Hereford breeders plan a two day tour June 28 29 visiting eight eastern Iowa herds. Stops include Marcus Buck Krug farms Cedar Rapids Montezuma Amana Lone Tree Kinross and nearby sites 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
Amana
Emi
Gladys Meyer
Lone Tree
Geerling Feed Co
Seitsinger Farm
Diane Galbraith
Lester Galbraiths
Connie Griffin
Clyde Griffins
Mauriene Olsen
Max Olsen
Minden
Delbert, Krug, Atkins
Farm receipts rise 2.6 percent in January-March period
USDA says cash receipts from farm marketings totaled 9.53 billion for the January through March quarter, up 2.6 percent from a year earlier. Livestock receipts rose 4 percent to 6.12 billion, crop receipts fell 0.3 percent to 3.41 billion, with regional gains and declines described across states.
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Washington
USDA
Linn county dairymen earn DHIA fat proofs above 450 pounds
Ten Linn county dairy farms qualified for DHIA production certificates by averaging 450 pounds of butterfat per cow in the year ended April 3. The 31 herds tested totaled 1,432 cows producing 10,813 pounds of milk and 404 pounds butterfat, below Iowa’s state averages. Certificate winners include Robert W. Bell Coggon 534 lbs and Wallace Mills Coggon 507 lbs among others in Central City Marion and Mt. Vernon with fat tells from 459 to 534 pounds.
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Linn County
DHIA
C. E. Herriott
Linn Dhia
Robert W. Bell
Wallace and Agnes Mills
Albert Marti
George Reyhons
Mt. Vernon
Harold Sperfslage
Central City
Chester L. Fuessley
Coggon
Farm employment dips but May shows small rise
Washington AP reports May farm payrolls edged up slightly from April yet remain 4 percent below last year. The Agriculture Department lists 5,080,000 people employed on farms in the week ended May 25.
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Washington (Ap
Agriculture Department
Department
Linn Fair Entries Close June 30 for Linn County Show
Four H and FFA members planning to exhibit at the Linn County fair in Central City July 30 to August 2 were reminded by Extension Youth Leader Tom McCormick that entries close June 30. Entry blanks are available from 4H leaders and vocational agriculture instructors.
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Four-H
FFA
Linn County
Central City
Tom McCormick
Vo Ag
Threshermen's Assn Buys Old Horsepower Thresher
The Midwest Oldtime Threshers' Assn purchases a 32 by 50 inch J I Case horsepower separator with a 20 foot stacker from the Benischek farm and will display it at Mt. Pleasant during the Old Settlers and Threshermen's reunion Aug 29 to Sept 2. The machine, used intermittently until 1914, recalls the transition from steam to gasoline engines in threshing history.
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Gazette
Rex Conn
J. J. Case
Midwest Threshermen's
Mt. Pleasant
8Enischek
Oxford Junction
Midwest Old-Time Threshermen’s Assn
Benisciek Brothers
Leonard
Herman
Beniscick Brothers
J. J. Casel
John Benischek
Midwest
Oldtime Threshers’ Assn
Old Settlers and Threshermen
Warren Coonrod
Toddville
Benisciek
May Grade A price set at 4.74 a cwt for Cedar Rapids Iowa City
Market Administrator E. H. McGuire announced the uniform May price of 4.74 per cwt for Grade A milk in the Cedar Rapids Iowa City market. Butterfat differential remains 7.6 cents per 0.1 percent variation from 3.5 percent. May Class I utilization fell to 48 percent from 54 percent in April. Producers delivered an average of 1,189 pounds daily in May, up from April and 1967 figures.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
E. H. McGuire
McGuire
Junior Cattle Feeders Sell Saturday in Cedar Rapids
Nine Linn County 4-H boys in the junior cattle feeder project will sell 36 head of cattle Saturday at Wilson plant in Cedar Rapids. They will appraise grade and dressing, choose between grade and yield or bid price, and evaluate four beef carcasses with cuts grading and a management decision problem. Steers bought Oct 18 for 27.75 per cwt from William Dohnalek and Son. average starting weight 567 pounds. Participants include Bill and Phil Hynek Swisher, Rick Hofmaster and Randy Cech Cedar Rapids, Dave Koch and Bill Bys Jr Mt. Vernon, Kenneth Klinsky Ely, Joe Kramer Center Point, Gordon 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 Geggen Coggon Harvest Home
An open class registered beef heifer show replaces the open steer event at the Coggon Harvest Home on July 19 and 20. Entries are available from Dr. H. B. Hunter of Coggon. Junior steer and dairy heifer entries are closed. Prizes include a purebred Angus heifer from Leo Palmer and the Coggon Lions Club, and a registered Ayrshire heifer from Gerald Ross and Sanitary Farm Dairies. The Holstein open class cow show is set for Friday morning, July 19.
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H. B. Hunter
Coggon
Leo Palmer
Alburnett
Coggon Lions Club
Gerald Ross
Mt. Vernon
Sanitary Farm Dairies
Entry judging and ranking details announced
Judges will assess entries while Marcus Kehbrli of Ryan provides the ranking results. The procedure outlines criteria and the anticipated timeline for announcing final scores.
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Marcus Kehbrli
Ryan
Linn 4 H Groups Prep With Weeklong Training Sessions
Three Linn county 4H project groups announce training sessions led by Extension Youth Leader Tom McCormick. The photography group meets Monday at Lagerquist Camera Shop Marion in two sections for different year levels. Daryl Hall leads the photography project. The horse club meets Monday at 8 p.m. at John Ketelsen farm east of Marion. Arc welding training is set Tuesday at 7 30 p.m. at Paul Viktor farm northwest of Mt. Vernon.
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Linn County
Tom McCormick
Lagerquist
Marion
Daryl Hall
Martion
Horse Club
John Ketelsen
Arc
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Linn
Threshermen's Assn
Geggen
Miller's
Max Millner
Vernon Zach Swisher
Earl Miller
Miller Farm
Miller & Co
1St Avenue
the Guarantys
Guaranty
Mr. Gibson
Chiverton
Dial
Iguarany Bank & Trust CO
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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