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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1960
Page
3
University notes suggest cattle prices follow a cycle with spring declines and winter gains, generally $1 to $2 below 1958 1959 levels. Calf marketing shifted earlier, with heavier cattle on feed and higher current beef output. Pork supplies stay tight through summer, with demand stable ahead of fall. A movie listing for Objective Burma on MOVIE 9 follows.
Ninety five Linn county Farm Bureau women attended the rural urban day luncheon at the Marion Methodist church. A post luncheon skit contrasted food preparation packaging and marketing today with 50 years ago. Vince Horst spoke on agricultural issues and farmer problems. A poultry farm tour was canceled due to bad weather.
Miss Becky Pollock, 22, Springville, was crowned Linn county dairy princess after June Dairy Month events. A Parkersburg teacher and former Iowa State Teachers College student, she will compete in the state dairy princess contest at Jefferson on Aug 10. Thirteen contestants entered the Linn county pageant. Judges hailed by the contest were Mrs. Deane Rinner, Mrs. Willard Palmer, Mr. Vernon, and Paul Andre.
William Verry, 75, an Iowa City farmer, was hospitalized after a tractor collision Tuesday afternoon. He sustained multiple fractures including broken ribs and a broken nose with a gash above the left eye and is listed in satisfactory condition. He was operating the tractor alone and could not explain the mishap. a hired man found him.
Washington AP reports the soil bank land retirement program is shaping into a key farm issue as the Eisenhower administration seeks authority to expand it, while Congress may adjourn without action. Vice President Nixon endorsed extending the program, signaling its role in the campaign amid rural community concerns.
Iowa’s 1960 spring pig crop is estimated at 10,691,000 head, 16% below 1959’s 12,752,000. Sows farrowing in spring 1960 are pegged at 1,551,000 head, down 15% from a year earlier. Pigs per litter stand at 7.08, down from 7.18 in 1959, with a shift toward April and May farrowings comprising 48.6% of spring litters.
The article states normal average daily gain targets for growing dairy heifers. Holstein heifers should gain about 1.5 pounds per day, Brown Swiss 1.4, Ayrshire 1.3, Guernsey 1.25, and Jersey 1.1.
Logan Utah Dr Norman L Jacobson a dairy nutritionist at Iowa State University won the 1960 Borden award in dairy production at the American Dairy Science Association meeting held at Utah State University The citation cites research on bloat control effects of feeding insecticide treated alfalfa hay and trichloroethylene extracted soybean oil meal Other honorees include William Peterson George Werner Earl Weaver Frank Kosikowski and W A Hardison in various dairy awards and teaching cheese research and extension categories.
The agriculture department announced a wool incentive of 43.2 cents per dollar of open market returns for the 1959 crop, amounting to 43.20 for every 100 dollars of wool sold. The program aims to lift domestic wool production and uses tariff duties for funding, with no Mohair payments this year due to high prices.
A pre emergence weed control result demonstration will be held at 7 p.m. Friday Daylight Saving Time at the Norman Axmear farm one mile south of North English.
The Iowa State Horticultural Society convened its 94th annual meeting in Des Moines with board members present. A morning coffee honored J. R. Harris of the agriculture department, and newly appointed secretary Mr. and Mrs. Winton Etchen. Cedar Rapids attendees included Dwight Hughes of the Nurserymen's Association and W. B. Taylor of the Gladiolus Society.
Livestock producers are advised that grain sorghum makes excellent feed for all livestock. For best results crack or grind the grain before feeding to improve digestibility and intake.
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