Threshermen Gather For Steam Engine Reunions
After the harvest season, former threshers plan reunions to rekindle steam engine talk and swap tall tales about the threshing days.
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1965
Page
2
Steam Power on the Farm Retains Weathered Threshing Lore
A book by Reynolds Wik surveys the steam engine era from 1812 to 1925, noting the shift from horse-drawn and stationary engines to self propelled models. It traces production peaks around 1904 to 1914 and the rise of gasoline tractors, while preserving vivid memories of engine crews and nostalgic threshing days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prof. Wik
Bob Richardson
the Gazette
Reynold M. Wik
Mills College
Oakland
Calif
The
Univer
American Historical Assa
England
Wik
Philadelphia
Donated USDA Food Up 11 Percent in Nine Months
U S Department of Agriculture donated more than 1.6 billion pounds of food to schools families and charitable institutions from July to March in the current fiscal year. Schools received 582.8 million pounds and households 887.7 million pounds. The cost of donated foods totaled 391.4 million dollars with beef and canned beef delivering most of the rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Consumer and Marketing Service
Tottal
Iowa
Freeman Sees Record Farm Exports in 65
Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman said that fiscal 1965 would be a banner year for farm exports. He projected agricultural exports to reach a new record of $6.1 billion, the second straight year with total farm exports above $6 billion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeman
Washington
Orville L. Freeman
Tottal
Sigourney Man Wins Poultry Show Award
Art Prall of Sigourney won the Best Showman award at the South Iowa Poultry Association show in Clarinda. He also exhibited the best trio of Cornish Bantams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarinda
Art Prall
Sigourney
South Iowa Poultry Assn
Summer heat not sole cause of dairy slump finds ARS study
U S Department of Agriculture research with Georgia and Louisiana stations shows milk decline in summer links mainly to indirect heat effects. Dr. Robert E McDowell reports cows adjust to heat humidity, field trials support findings and suggest managers ensure quality feed, shade water and reduced travel to feed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
USDA
Agricultural Research Service
Georgia
Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Stations
Robert E. McDowell
ARS
Beltsville
McDowell
Louisiana
McMann Joins AFBF Information Staff
Chicago report notes Robert E. McMann of Albuquerque New Mexico has joined the American Farm Bureau Federation information staff. McMann previously served on the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation staff in Des Moines from 1957 to 1963.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Robert E. McMann
Albuquerque
N.M
American Farm Bureau Federation
Charles B. Shuman
McMann
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Des Moines
Price Spread Narrower Between Livestock and Meats
An agriculture department report shows smaller wholesale and retail markups on beef and pork versus last year. Beef spreads averaged 19.59 cents per pound in April, pork 20.86 cents, down from 22.47 and 23.66 cents, while lamb spreads edged up to 22.93 cents. Lamb and hog prices rose. beef carcass value up 1.4 percent per pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
Agriculture Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Brown Swiss Show At Gladbrook Wed
Brown Swiss cattle will be shown Wednesday at the Tama county 4-H fair ground in Gladbrook as part of a district event leading to the state dairy show in Cedar Rapids. Prices for steers averaged 57.4 cents per pound in April, up 14 percent from last year, with cattlemen averaging $24.25 per hundredweight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladbrook
Alltowa
Cedar Rapids
Yo-Ag Teachers Meet in Des Moines
The annual vocational agriculture teachers conference takes place July 6 to 9 at the Fort Des Moines hotel in Des Moines. In service training sessions are planned for the final day at Iowa State University in Ames. Hampton Hall, retired after 36 years in vo ag work, will be honored at the banquet Wednesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yo-Ag
Des Moines
Vocational Agriculture Teachers
Fort Des Moines
Iowa State University
Ames
Hampton Hall
Voag
Clayton 4-H Members Plan Carolina Visit
Thirty seven Clayton county 4 H members and four leaders will depart by bus on July 8 for an exchange visit with 44 members in Iredell county North Carolina. They will tour Gettysburg battlefield and spend a day in Washington at the national 4 H club center. They return July 17 with overnight stops planned in Nashville Tennessee and Springfield Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleader
Clayton County
Iredell County
North Carolina
Statesville
N. C
Gettysburg Battlefield
Washington
Nashville
Tenn
Springfield
Two Hog Cholera Conferences Set
Keith Myers of Grundy Center announces two regional Hog cholera eradication conferences sponsored by Live stock Conservation Inc. The Sioux City meeting July 27–28 covers states west of the Mississippi, and Purdue University July 23–30 addresses states east of the river. The programs discuss moving from reducing incidence to complete eradication of swine disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grundy Center
Keith Myers
Grundy ‘Center
Livestock Conservation, Inc
Sioux City
Mississippi
Purdue University
West Lafayette
Ind
Myers
Freeman Sees Meat Imports Below Quotas
Secretary of Agriculture J Orville L Freeman forecasts 1965 red meat imports at 675 million pounds well under levels that would trigger quotas. He notes imports may hit 336 million pounds this year without triggering limits, a figure 65 million pounds below 1964, with livestock prices rising and expected to stay strong into 1966.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeman
Washington (Ap
Secretary of Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Farrowing stalls shown to save a pig per litter
Experiment station records indicate that using farrowing stalls reduces losses by an average of one pig per litter, suggesting improved efficiency and yield for swine production.
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Baiet
Iowa County
Sigourney Man
Poultry Show Award
AFBF
Gladbrook Wed
Gladbrook— Brown
Clayton 4-H
Carolina
American Oil Research
Oi Divisio Amtmicam
American
OTL Company
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