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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1969
Page
23
A Washington report notes city residents favor rural living with many urbanites sharing the Iowa farmer view. Secretary Hardin urges rural development to balance growth, planning for future population shifts and funding basic utilities in small towns.
Cedar Rapids public relations director John W. Megown told the Ohio Young Farmers and Homemakers Convention in Columbus that agriculture is the backbone of the U S free enterprise system. He noted wage gains and rising costs in medical care and housing. Vigortone Products is Cedar Rapids based.
The Fayette county soil conservation district will host a speech contest for junior and senior high students at 7 30 p m March 20 in the West Central school auditorium in Maynard.
Hudson area soybean growers began the fund last August and have raised over $50,000 toward a world market development program. About $38,000 comes from voluntary half-cent per bushel self assessments on 1968 sales, with the rest from agri business. The first year goal was $100,000 set at the ASA meeting in New Orleans last August, and the halfway point came in just over five months.
Officers elected at the annual Ames Angus Association meeting in Nevada include J. L. Sullivan of Ankeny as president, Howard Evans of Collins as vice president, Gene Upstill of Ames as secretary, and Steve Brooks of Ames as treasurer.
A sequence of farm auctions and livestock events is listed for March and April. Hawkeye Downs hosts a Hampshire Boar and Gilt show and sale. Multiple estates, farms, and auctions across Davenport Ames Cedar Rapids Tipton Marengo Earlville Springville Urbana Prairieburg Mt Vernon Columbus Junction Central City and other locations are scheduled. Details include real estate machinery livestock and miscellaneous goods with dates ranging March 3 to March 22 and show times mostly in the afternoon.
Iowa’s corn harvest shows 43 percent shelled corn from 1968 crop and 902 million bushels sold directly from the field. Combined with 57 percent harvested by mechanical pickers, the report notes shifts from 1967 and earlier years and outlines drying methods across on farm and off farm storage, including in storage layers and batch and continuous flow methods.
The United States Department of Agriculture announces a donation of 288 million dollars worth of food to U.S. schools this year. The program supports school meal programs and aims to bolster nutrition for students nationwide.
About 116 persons attended the South Winneshiek FFA parent son banquet in St. Wenceslaus gym Spillville. Awards were presented to Edward Shileng as outstanding faculty member, Roger Kuhn as star Green Hand, Larry Kuennen as outstanding sophomore, Mark Humpal as outstanding junior, Loren Lensing as outstanding senior, and Dale Leuenberger for Winneshiek Co fair showmanship.
The Farmers Mutual Insurance Association of Traer held its annual membership meeting in Toledo with about 250 members attending. Re-elected to the board were Adolph Karkosh of Hudson and Eldon Wiese of Gladbrook, while Donald Boldt of La Porte City was elected to succeed his retiring father John Boldt. Merle Cavanaugh was re elected president and David E. Martin reappointed secretary treasurer. financials showed fire, windstorm, and crop hail in force totaling over 82 million with a premium income of 166,007 and losses of 70,193. The policyholders surplus reached 91,008. Holdover directors were Oscar Anderson, Merle Cavanaugh, Orville Lauterbach, Marvin Ohrt, G Edw. Wilson, and Alfred Woehlk.
Blairstown men John Grunewald and Ross Kimm won three year terms on the Blairstown Grain Co. board. Charles Sick Jr was elected president and Grunewald vice president while Kimm became secretary treasurer all from Blairstown.
Minneapolis based National Farm Stores plans agribusiness centers on 40 acres to serve farming families. Centers will host farmer supply stores, automotive dealers, grain facilities, discount lumber, pet care, groceries, and services. Construction targets 20 centers in Mid-America with $3 million each and $20 million annual sales per center.
Mr and Mrs Cleve Morse of 402 Twenty-fifth Street NE Cedar Rapids plan to move March 1 to a farm four miles east of Marion from Mr and Mrs Otto Happel Brusha Realtors handled the transaction.
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