Heaviest corn borer infests Iowa warns Brindley
Dr Tom Brindley head of European corn borer studies at Ankeny lab predicts a heavy infestation in Iowa with last year’s crop losses estimated at 102 million bushels The North central regional bulletin cites insecticides as valuable for borer control Weather conditions to date favor development and propagation The extension service urges using insecticides alongside other measures and banker Keith Noll of Peoples Bank promotes financial services and parking reminders
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Iowa
Tom Brindley
Ankeny Laboratory
Brindley
Extension Service
Keith Noll
Peoples Bank
Noll
Peoples
Park Free
P.B
Four Iowans To Receive 4 H Alumni Honors
Two men and two women from Iowa will receive state 4 H alumni recognition awards at Iowa State College this month. John Gerald Brown of Hampton and Dr Hilton M Briggs of Brookings will be honored at the boys short course, while Mrs Walter Friedrichs of Manson and Mrs Blanche Spaulding of North Newton will be recognized at the girls convention. National nominations may follow for one man and one woman.
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Ames
Iowa State College
Walter Friedrichs
Manson
J. Lloyd Spaulding
North Newton
Kan
J. Gerald Brown
Hampton
Hilton M. Briggs
South Dakota State College
Brookings
National Committee On Boys and Girls Club Work
Chicago
Friedrichs
Spaulding
Blanche Brothers
Sac County
Boone County
Brown Farms
290 Acres
Brown
Church County Board of Education
Farm Bureau
Briggs
Iowa tops nation in 1957 egg production
Iowa led the United States in egg production in 1957 with almost five billion eggs, according to the Iowa Development Commission. The state accounted for more than eight percent of the national total, which was about 60 billion eggs.
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Iowa
Des Moines
UPI
Iowa Development Commission
Commission
Linn County Corn Detasseling Sign-Up Locations Listed
Iowa Employment Service in Cedar Rapids lists five detasseling sign up sites for Linn County with times on June 17 and 18 at Alburnett Coggan Central City Springville Marion Light Co. Applicants must be at least 15 and 5 feet 4 inches tall. Detasseling work noted amid June and early July weed control guidance. legal notice follows stating executor appointment for Winifred Boston estate in Linn County Iowa with claims process.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa State Employment Service
Linn County
Alburnett
Coggan Library
Central City Town Hall
Springville
Marion Light Company
Employment Service
Maine
Winifred
Boston
Iowa
County
Two Public Auctions Set Near Manchester and Williamsburg
On Wednesday June 18 a public sale of livestock hens oats and corn cataloged by John T. Wilson will be held 9 miles southeast of Manchester. A second sale occurs Saturday June 21 at 1 30 p m for a 160 acre farm run by Thomas M Lillis Sr four miles southeast of Williamsburg.
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John T. Wilson
Manchester
Thomas M. Lillis
Williamsburg
Two Jersey Parish Show Dates Announced in Iowa
Bill Maynard of the Iowa State Dairy Association announced two Jersey Parish shows. Jersey Parish 1 will exhibit at the Decorah fairground at 10:30 am on June 17. Jersey Parish 9 will display the same day at the Billy Robinson farm near Bedford.
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Waterloo
Jersey Parish
Bill Maynard
Iowa State Dairy Association
Decorah Fairground
Jersey Parish 9
Bedford
Farm Credit Men To Study at ISC For Two Weeks
Ames Iowa The annual agricultural credit school at Iowa State College opens Monday with 52 enrollees from Iowa banking and farm credit institutions. Director H B Howell says two weeks of intensive training cover farm credit administration and agricultural background. Conducted by the department of agricultural economics with the Iowa Bankers Association, the faculty includes 8 guest lecturers and 12 college staff members.
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Ames
Iowa State College
H. B. Howell
Iowa Banking
Agricultural Economics Department
Iowa Bankers’ Association
Dale K. DeKoster
Waterloo Savings Bank
Kent Emery
Des Moines
Samuel M. Fahr
Every of Iowa
Iowa City
I. Lee Huston
Columbus
USDA Increases Sugar Beet Acre Allotment
The Agriculture Department raised the 1958 crop planting allotment for sugar beets from 915000 to 935000 acres. The 20000 acre increase may be allotted by the sugar branch director to any of 22 sugar beet producing states to ensure sugar production for the marketing quota.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
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Ray Thompson
Gazette
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Sarwyard ,Chatter
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Little Rock
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Ieee
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the Gazette
Jersey
ISC
Tion State Bank
Vic B. Perkins
Farmers State Bank
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Julius A. Rowher
Schleswig
Roland H. Tornblom
City National Bank
Council Bluffs
Ed B. Wilkinson
Iowa Department of Banking
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