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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1971
Page
10
Agri culture Secretary Clifford M. Hardin faces growing mail from housewives and consumers upset by his assertion that food is a bargain and higher prices are needed. He cites farmers’ lower income and middleman markups as reasons for higher retail food costs, with varying per-item shares in a typical grocery dollar.
A series of sale notices list multiple close out auctions and sales across central Iowa. Items include machinery, cattle, hogs, grain, hay, and mobile homes. Listings specify sellers such as Don Hatfield, Leonard Stewart, Garrett Bremer, Cecil Gersh, Orval Weshburn, Forrest Huyser, Don Gardner, and Marlin Schminke with locations near Shellsburg, Springville, South English, Millersburg, Oskaloosa, Vinton, and Cedar Rapids.
Nelson Weir Nelson president of Nelson's Meat Markets in Cedar Rapids will present at the Iowa Locker and Meat Processors convention in the Savery hotel Des Moines March 21 23 He will discuss Cut Yourself a Bigger Slice of Pork and Beef Profits A pork products contest sponsored by the Iowa Pork Producers Association will be held with the locker convention Judges include Monte Filette David Topel and Mike Ford
Linn county 4-H clubs set a new enrollment record of 1 059 members with nearly 400 new enrollees this year. Four new clubs formed and three more planned. age changes allow nine year olds to join.Girls make up 679 and boys 380, with 158 adults serving as leaders across 68 clubs.
Budapest contracts Babolna state farm to exterminate 2.5 million rats in the city using Rakumin-57 poison. If all rats die by end of 1972, the farm earns 182 million forints. failure yields nothing. The initiative marks Hungary's NEM economic mechanism in action.
Farmers may petition county ASC committees for conserving base reductions from March 1 to April 9 under this 1971 set aside program change. Linn County ASC director Bob Wegmuller noted the old 15 day limit and March 12 deadline for corn base appeals remain, while the conserving base appeal window expands.
Subdistrict FFA results highlight district advancement for several students and teams. Doug Schulte of Manchester and Gary Zumbach of Monticello won gold emblems and moved to the district public speaking contest. Freshmen David Gibbs Delhi Jim Wacker Manchester David Lubben Monticello and Mike Henderson North Linn advance in creed speaking. Extemporaneous speaking saw Mike Frasher Anamosa and Denny Kinley North Linn reach the district. Manchester and North Linn parliamentary teams also advance. Delhi chapter earned a gold emblem. Manchester Maquoketa and North Linn chapters advance in activities contests. North Linn earns third gold emblem. Anamosa and Manchester advance in conduct of meetings.
Richard Matter of Postville was re elected president of the Winneshiek county Holstein Breeders Association with about 125 members. David Hegg of Decorah was elected vice chairman and David Schwinefus of Postville re elected secretary treasurer. State directors for 1971 are Merlin Falder of Decorah and Everett Sollien of Mabel. The group reported over 1100 dollars in 1970 transactions. expenses included 86 dollars for halters for first year purebred 4 H members. A trip to New York to view Holstein herds is planned for March 30 31 with Iowa and Illinois breeders. The State Holstein Sale is set for Waterloo on March 20 and the district show for June 12 at West Union fair grounds. The Iowa Iowa event aligns with the national convention in Des Moines the last week of June.
Anamosa hosts a Jones county beef cow day Tuesday in the Farm Bureau building with Vernon Owens a Palo cattleman and two Iowa State livestock specialists. Mitchell Geasler and Tom Wickersham discuss cow herd management feeding and breeding. Owens talks about his 300 to 400 head operation near Morley. Event runs 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Extension chief Joe Legg notes Jones county stock cow numbers rising to 12 700 from the census.
The Russian freighter Klek delivered 250000 bushels of Yugoslav hybrid seed corn resistant to Midwest fungus to New York. The seed, bought for 1 million dollars by Edward J Funk and Sons of Kentland Indiana, will be sold to American farmers at premium prices due to transport costs. A second Russian freighter, the Tuhobic, is en route with more seed corn.
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