Lisbon Test Station Ships Two Hampshires by Air
Lisbon swine test station shipped two registered Hampshire hogs by air from O'Hare to San Francisco for California rancher William Silveira. Officials Steve Clouse and LeRoy Faint drove to Chicago, delivering hogs in a custom crate. First air shipment for the Lisbon station, crate stood three and a half feet tall.
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Lisbon
Steve Clouse
LeRoy Faint
Hampshire
O'Hare Field
Chicago
San Francisco
California
Clouse
Faint
Pacific
O'Hare
Farmland
Agriservices
Farm Estate Tax Plan Tied To Tax Legislation
Washington senators Mondale and Nelson back a bill to raise the farmers heirs exemption from 60 000 to 150 000 and to allow installment payments. They argue the tax reform bill could carry the measure despite the cost to the treasury of about 1.7 billion annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Walter F. Mondale
D-Minn
Sen
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
Senate Finance Com
Mittee
Ford
Mondale
Treasury
Junior Exhibitors Top Delaware Spring Hog Show
Edgewood last Saturday saw 161 hog entries in the Delaware county spring market show as junior exhibitors claimed grand and reserve grand in 235 pound crossbred and Hampshire classes. The Wilbur Kehrli family dominated the derby with two champions, while Doug Miller and Jim Shover took open champions. Judges included Virgil Christiansen and Ray Cheever, with slides of carcass and live show to premiere March 9 in Manchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgewood
Delaware County
Karen Maurer
Don Maurer
Manchester
Hampshire
Carl Drees
Ray Drees
Wilbur Kehrli
Ken
Chester
Wilbur
Kehrli
Doug Miller
Jim Shover
Delhi
Virgil Christiansen
Hawkeye Institute of Technology
Ray Cheever
Rath Packing Co
Waterloo
Herb Zumbach
Ryan
Duane Gibbs
Earlville
Prairie Livestock
Maquoketa Valley Future Farmers of America
FFA
Salebarn
West Delaware Junior High
Robert Hall
Coming Auctions Web Mar 3 Auction Listings
Auction notices list multiple sales with times, owners, and locations across Iowa and nearby towns. Entries include livestock dairy cattle tractors machinery real estate and household goods. Locations include Postville Pasteille Marengo Maraisville Hiawatha Troy Iowa City Walford West Chester Westpoint Oxford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alan Johnson
Ted Green
Postville
Fri
Mach
Raymond
Mike Martin
Pasteille
Sat
Jerseys
Mitch
Tom Ahtried
Praineburg
West Chester
Herold Bopp
Iowa City
Francis Shotwell
P.m. Mach
Jim Schrader
Walford
Bil Spratt
M. Woof
Consignment Auction Set for March 13 at 11 A.M.
A partial listing for a March 13 consignment auction at 11 A.M. includes items such as a 16 inch International plow, 24 foot International harrow, 7 foot mounted mower, Allis-Chalmers hay gear, Oliver plows and cultivator, a Farmall F-30 with mounted picker, cement and mixer, two bottom steel plow, two Allis-Chalmers 5-foot combines, 24-foot PTD elevator, 7-foot Massey clipper, 10-foot International spring tooth harrow, a disc, hog feeders, and various implement tires. Full item list to be published in Sundays Cedar Rapids Gazette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alliss Chalmers
Allis-Chalmers
Oliver
Cedar Rapids
Black Cutworm Options Narrow in Southeastern Iowa
Southeastern Iowa farmers face narrowing cutworm control options as 1976 regulations limit treatments to emergency use. ISU entomologist Harold Stockdale notes poorly drained fields with stalk residue, especially soybean straw, are most at risk, with weather and frequent rains needed for cutworms to develop. Farmers have used aldrin heptachlor and chlordane Belt as preventives.
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Ames
Iowa
Harold Stockdale
Iowa State University
Stockdale
Emergency cutworm control options for 1976 farming
Stockdale reports broadcast aldrin heptachlor and chlordane use limited by 1975 shortages. For 1976 non dairy fields may apply two pounds a.i. per acre in a broadcast mix or seven inch band at planting, with dairy farmers relying on emergency methods. Diagnosis at emergence essential, with five percent plant damage triggering treatment. options include Levin apple pomace bait or over the row sprays, noting efficiency depends on soil moisture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockdale
ISU
Vinton Farms Bring $510 and $420 an Acre
Two land tracts four miles north of Vinton sold at auction for $510 and $420 per acre. A 267 acre farm owned by Lester Hilleshiém sold for $420 to Lorra ine Willer. 135 acres tillable with river border. A separate 22 acre timber tract owned by Charles Savers sold for $5.10 per acre. Auctioneers were Long and Barkdoll of Vinton and Garrison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinton
Lester Hilleshiém
Lorraine Willer
Charles Savers
Long and
Barkdoll
Vinton and Garrison
Belle Plaine
Joe Kriva
Cholera Found In New Jersey Hog Outbreak
Health authorities report a hog cholera outbreak in Gloucester county New Jersey affecting about 5,350 hogs. The outbreak is the fourth U S incident in two years, with earlier cases in Hereford Texas Puerto Rico and Mississippi.
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Washington
New Jersey
U.S
Gloucester County
Camden
Hereford
Texas
Puerto Rico
Mississippi
Farm Sells for 1800 Per Acre at Tipton Auction
A 90 acre farm on Tipton's south edge sold Saturday for 162000 dollars, equaling 1800 dollars an acre. Buyer was Cletus Kaska of Atalissa, purchasing from Dr. Keith Reilly. Auctioneer was Ron Wingert of Tipton.
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Tipton
Cletus Kaska
Keith Reilly
Ron Wingert
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William Silveira
5 and S Ranches
Tulare
Calif
Silveira
Robert Walker
Mystic
Loyd Martin
Marion
Delaware
Springville Jaycees
Karen Johnson
Ken Reimers
Stan Capron
Vinton Farms
Qe Aid Manish Mai Bakery Ae
Lou Kellner
First National First
First National
Don Healy
32Nd Street
Oakland Rd
First National Bank
First National Bank OF
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