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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1979
Page
12
The Fayette County 4-H Softball Tournament saw the Waucoma Urbanettes win the girls title by beating the Merry Hearts of Scott. In the boys division Eden Livestock defeated the Eldorado Eagles as the Fayette County 4-H Council hosted the event.
The top boar sold for 4600 dollars to International Boar Semen of Eldora at the National Landrace Sale in Ames. Forty head were sold at an average of 925 dollars, with boars going to buyers in six states.
Karl Aschofs of West Point led the men’s judging at the Iowa Brown Swiss Association picnic on the Alfred Fick farm near Boyden. Myron Van Howling and Elroy Koerner tied for second. In the women’s class Joan Hall Linda Fick and Brenda Church shared first. Louise Johnson won junior judging with Melvin Church second. About 125 attendees marked 76 years of Brown Swiss dairying in the Fick family.
James E. Nelson is named extension weed control specialist at Iowa State University in Ames. He succeeds Vivian Jennings as director of ISU’s integrated pest management program and will focus on corn and soybean production, perennial weeds, aquatics and horticulture.
The Elmer Zumbach dispersal near Ryan, Nebraska, last week saw a Ryan A grade Holstein cow fetch 2175 dollars, while 50 grade Holsteins averaged 1490. A yearling registered Holstein bull sold for 1775. Waterhouse Auctioneers of Central City conducted the sale.
Larry Beeler of Winterset, an Iowa State University student, is employed this summer as a student trainee with the Johnson County Soil Service in Iowa City.
More than 1,000 participants are expected to exhibit 4-H and FFA projects at the Linn County Fair July 23 26 in Central City. Entry cards must be returned to the extension office by Thursday July 5 at 950 50th St Marion.
More than 100 members attended the first 4-H Community Resource and Development meetings held in 11 communities across Delaware County. Twenty years ago, Godfrey Schmidt, an attorney for the St members Union, resigned.
At Cloverdale Indiana the Premier Angus Herd Partnership Liquidation sale saw 531 registered Angus cows and heifers bring $1.541 million. Prim Lassie 1375 sold for $63,000 to Indiana buyers Clover Hills Angus Carp Grubbs Hillsboro Costin and Round Barn Farm Shadymere Farm with her daughter selling for $50,000.
Eldo Meyer of a 270 acre farm won Benton County in the 1979 Iowa Soil Conservation Awards for land treatment, practices and husbandry and also won in the owner operated division. Allan Bell and tenant Craig Shropshire won in owner tenant. Dennis Frush won the new cooperator division. Emma Kapucian received an honorable mention. District luncheon in December honors Benton winners. State winner will be chosen in December at the Iowa conference.
AMPI president Irvin J. Elkin said the U S Department of Justice dropped a contempt action filed April 19, 1979, accusing the Amery based dairy cooperative of violating its 1975 consent decree by discriminating against producers not selling to AMPI. He said negotiations resolved the differences and expects court approval of dismissal.
Comedian Red Skelton will headline the Iowa State Fair with a show at 8 p.m. on Sunday August 19. The fair also features two Jerry Reed and Eddie Rabbitt performances on Friday August 24. Other grandstand acts include the Statler Brothers Barbara Mandrell Willie Nelson and Chic with ticket sales starting next month.
The Olin 4-H Youth and Fun Horse Show starts at 9 30 a m Sunday July 8 at Community Park Olin open to 4-H members from Linn Johnson Cedar Jackson Dubuque and Jones counties The piece also recalls the 1914 assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand in Sarajevo that sparked World War I.
Pfizer and Pier Mobile Research Laboratories conduct side by side field trials in this county to prove Banminth Mecadox effectiveness under local feeding conditions. Across 35 trials in Iowa Missouri Illinois Wisconsin, Banminth Mecadox shows superiority in 28 studies for daily gain and feed efficiency. Trials involve two field specialists under Dr Robert Rainier supervision with pork producers and veterinarians, aiming to reduce parasite and dysentery losses during growth.
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