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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1961
Page
7
UPI reports the agriculture department projects 1961 milk output will exceed 1960 by about 1 billion pounds with January-May output up 1 percent from 1960. Lower April May pasture growth and a shift to Grade A tanks influence totals and fluid sales.
Iowa State agronomist J A Stritzel reports several farmers saw corn burn from fertilizer applied too near seeds. Cases include liquid fertilizer banded with seed and split boot ammonium phosphate entering the row. Proper placement to avoid salt injury is stressed.
Benton 4-H boys in Vinton will meet at 8 p.m. June 29 in Lincoln junior high gym. Extension Associate Steve Boliman announced the event featuring a clothing production by the group and the annual business meeting and officers election.
The forecast segment on KCRG TV 9 runs Sunday through Friday at 10 15 PM led by Al Evans with regional weather updates and overnight temperature outlooks.
Buchanan county delegates plan a bus trip to the National 4 H Citizenship Short Course in Washington July 3 to 7. Leaders and staff join the group from Manchester and extension offices. They depart June 30, stay in Toledo, visit Gettysburg, and return by July 9 with an overnight in Toledo.
Ames The annual reunion of the Two Year Alumni will be held Sunday in the Iowa State University Memorial Union. Registration starts at 11 15 a m with dinner at noon. Speakers include the Rev Ward A Hougas Des Moines and Arthur Hanson Inwood state representative from Lyon county and former speaker of the house. Lynn W Fitzsimmons Charles City is president and Wayne Doo little of Nevada secretary.
Tipton Mrs Ed David, son of Stanwood, and Mrs Norman Bergman of Clarence will represent Cedar County at the state Farm Bureau women's conference in Des Moines next week.
The May hatchery report shows Iowa egg type chick hatchings peaking earlier this year with May output at 13.4 million, down 18 percent from May last year while 5 month total reaches 41.5 million, up about 4 percent. U S egg type chicks for January through May total 360 million, 9 percent higher than 1960 but 16 percent below 1959 peak. Broiler chick production in Iowa over five months rises 6 percent. May output down 5 percent from last year.
Poultry producers face stiffer competition as turkey production rises sharply. For the first five months, total turkey hatchings are estimated at over 78 million, up 26 percent from last year, signaling intensified consumer price pressures and market dynamics.
Peiping radio reports drought has menaced winter wheat crops for the third straight year in four northern Chinese provinces. The broadcast notes some losses due to drought and adds that windstorms hail and frost in April and May affected areas, but it provides no figures on harvest size or losses.
Independence Iowa farmers will attend a field day at the Carrington Clyde farm north of Independence on June 30. Har vey Thompson of Iowa State College reports demonstrations on flame cultivation, chemical weed control, tillage methods, and fertility trials for corn oats and meadow with a 9 a.m. to noon program. Junior and senior agronomists will supervise demonstrations of Atrazine and 2 4-D as pre emergent weed control.
Masonville area to host a joint dinner meeting by the Delaware and Buchanan county soil sampling and testing advisory committees next Monday at 7 p.m. in the LC parish hall. The groups plan soil testing stations, a soil sampling week, and public information on soil and crop management to boost farm income.
A Benton County tea for county women is being organized by the family living committee of the extension council for early August. Details on date and time will be announced later.
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