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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1967
Page
12
An Ames training session at ISU Memorial Union on April 14 teaches Bidrin use for elm trees. Topics include elm bark beetle development, Bidrin safety and application, tree crown classification, and licensure exams. Practical prep and Vapam root graft demo are included. a registration fee applies.
West Union Cooperative Company reports a 5 percent boost in sales volume for 1966, reaching 420 462 dollars. Total assets stood at 277 208 dollars. Plans for expanded grain handling in 1967 were announced, including a new continuous batch grain dryer. George Halstead was elected to the board for a three year term. Herbert Vagts and John Lueder Jr were re elected. About 200 attended the oyster and chili supper at the North Fayette county elementary in West Union.
Hawkeye-L B. Liddy state secretary of agriculture and Hawkeye native son will speak March 15 at the Hawkeye Cooperative Company annual meeting in the Hawkeye community hall. Free lunch will be served at noon.
A sequence of farm sales and auctions scheduled across several Iowa locations from March 1 to March 18 includes Mrs Anna Selfrecht near Center Point Ambrose McElligott near Mesonville and Mrs Harold Larson near Anamosa with livestock machinery grain and hay noted. Hawkeye Shorthorn and Polled Shorthorn sale at Hawkeye Downs and other auctions list bidders managers and farm equipment and livestock lots.
Market Administrator E H McGuire announced the March Class I price for the Cedar Rapids Iowa City federal order area at 4.81 per cwt for 3.9 percent milk. February’s price was 5.12, reflecting a base price drop from 86 to 66 cents. The February Class I price averaged 3.98 per cwt, with butterfat differentials at 8 cents per cwt for March and 7.3 cents for February Class II per 0.1 percent fat above or below 3.5 percent. The uniform price for Grade A milk delivered in February will be announced Friday by the market administrator.
The USDA will publish by March 20 the nationwide farming plans for spring crops including wheat corn barley sorghum tobacco potatoes soybeans rye peanuts dry beans and flax seed. Officials urge cautious expansion to avoid surplus risks while signups for wheat feed grains and cotton programs near closing.
Leslie G. Kral of Cedar Rapids will substitute for Herbert B. Howell as panel leader at the March 15 Eastern Iowa farm labor seminar. The event starts 7 30 p m in the 4 H auditorium at Clinton county fairgrounds in DeWilt.
W K Webster area agronomist will hold two corn production meetings on land fertilizer use in Winneshiek March 14. One session is at 1:30 p.m. in Decorah Community Building and the other at 7:30 p.m. in the vo ag room at Calmar.
USDA revisions show total U S cattle at 108 5 million head down from 108 9 million due to a 5 percent cut in dairy cattle while beef cattle rose 1 percent from last year. Beef cows two years and older edged up to 34 6 million and yearling heifers rose 3 percent, signaling higher beef production potential in coming years.
Des Moines reports Don Guthrie of Pierce City Missouri a rabbit authority and Small Stock magazine co owner will hold seminars in Iowa the week between Palm Sunday and Easter He is a field rep for Albers Milling Company The schedule lists March 2 Polk county Farm Bureau building Des Moines March 21 Holiday Inn Davenport March 22 Waterloo Recreation Center Cedar Falls March 23 ZCBJ hall Cedar Rapids all events start at 7 30 p m
A USDA survey to track pesticides used by farmers in 25 Iowa counties during March aims to cover 417 counties nationwide. State statistician R H Sutherland says the study measures sprays and dusts for crops and livestock insects and weed control, including costs and application methods, with interviews already starting.
Winneshiek county DHIA supervisor Oran Benzing resigned March 1 to start farming. Duane Engelhardt and Mr. and Mrs. Jim Wilder will cover duties until a replacement is hired. Fifteen members had 24 cows with 305 day records above 300 pounds butterfat in February, led by a 16 pound Holstein from Everett Solien of Mabel Minnesota.
Ames Four H and FFA members can buy Holstein heifers at a discount at the annual Spring sale of the Iowa Holstein Breeders Assn. on March 18 at the Cattle Congress ground in Waterloo. 20 selected heifer calves rated for production type will be eligible for a 20 percent discount for 4 H or FFA buyers. 30 young cows and bred heifers from Iowa’s leading Holstein herds also will be offered.
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