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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1968
Page
6
Washington reports that consumer prices would be higher without postwar gains in farm and food distribution efficiency. Labor productivity rose 2.7 percent yearly in food distribution and over 5 percent in agriculture from 1948 to 1963 and beyond, with farm output up about 40 percent while labor fell nearly 50 percent.
Wisconsin grows about 500000 barrels of cranberries yearly on 5000 acres with a 1967 gross of over seven million dollars. The industry is largely mechanized and uses water efficiently via solid set sprinkler systems. A major marketing cooperative opened a fruit grading plant in Babcock, the world’s only one. Cranberries thrive on land unsuitable for other crops, while water use has declined in recent years.
A sequence of public sale notices listing dates in March for closing out sales and public auctions. Items include machinery livestock hay straw and various goods with locations such as Keystone Winthrop Tipton Edgewood Elberon Cosgen Marion Norway and Hawkeye Downs. Specific times and proprietors named with multiple farm and estate references.
Nelson Bunker Hunt paid a record 77 500 dollars for a French Charolais cow with calf at side at the Texas Charolais Breeders Assn sale in Houston. Other top lots included a 40 000 dollar cow from Florida and a 37 000 dollar bull from Raymondville. The sale showcased strong demand for French breeding and set an overall average of 8 777 dollars for 44 1/2 percent lots.
The Iowa county DHIA plans its annual meeting on April 18 at Colony Village restaurant near the Amana interchange on Interstate 80.
Seventy six hogs were shown in the Benton county spring market hog show at the Cedar Valley sale barn in Vinton. Grand champion was a crossbred exhibited by Dallas Kaestner of Newhall with Marian Schminke of Newhall reserve grand champion and champion trucklot. Other winners included Bernard Freese of Van Horne reserve champion trucklot and Marlene Bottema of Dysart with champion pig and champion pen of three in the junior division. Hogs were judged by Bernard Ebbing of Rath Packing Co and sent to Rath plant in Waterloo for slaughter and carcass evaluation. Carcass placings expected by Wednesday. County Extension Director Jerry Goldsmith noted ongoing drive to enroll new cooperators.
Iowa City area farm families are invited to an introductory dinner meeting Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Nugents Chuck Wagon west of Coralville on highway 6. County Extension Director Clair Hein says the program spans three to four years and covers farm business and home management topics including records, farm visits, economic analysis, credit, legal affairs, and family relations. More than fifty farm families have already joined.
Iowa State University extension agronomists will hold a corn production clinic March 13 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Elkader.
Secretary Orville Freeman says the administration will submit concrete farm bargaining recommendations to Congress this year to seek fair prices for farmers. He expects favorable action on farm bargaining and related programs and notes hearings may precede legislative action.
Twenty seven grade Holstein cows including first calvers and two unsound cows averaged 328 per head at the W B Hanna dairy dispersal five miles south of Central City on highway 13. Top cow sold for 520 while many mature cows freshening brought 400 to 450. Thirteen bred heifers averaged 319 with 380 top, sixteen open heifers averaged 201 and ten fall calves 110. The Hanna herd, founded six years ago with 18 sired by Budd Farm Master Duke, used AI sires and Carnation service for matings. Auctioneers Wesley Waterhouse and Bud Smith. First National Bank of Marion clerked.
Hazleton supervisors report thirteen cows on Fayette DHIA No 1 produced 305 day records above 500 pounds butterfat in January. Top dairy yielded 700 pounds by a Holstein from Hamlett and Jones at Lamont. Fifteen Buchanan DHIA cows surpassed 450 pounds with Kemper and McCarthy of Oelwein owning the top herd cow at 17,760 pounds milk and 637 pounds butterfat.
Rex Conn argues Iowa State University emphasizes social and economic studies alongside agriculture. He notes the Center for Agricultural and Economic Adjustment at Ames earns praise while warning public programs face suspicion and resistance.
IOWA CITY the Johnson County Beef Producers Assn will hold its annual banquet and business meeting on March 14 at 6 30 p.m. in the West Branch school Four directors will be elected Directors whose terms expire are Larry Quinlan Oxford Lawrence Dvorsky Solon Don Schott Riverside and Harold Schuessler Lone Tree
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