Brown Exhibits Champion at Independence Hog Show
Bert Brown of Hazleton showed the champion 220 lb York Hamp crossbred barrow at the Buchanan county spring market hog show in Independence. Nineteen exhibitors presented 33 barrows. Donald Willworth of Fairbank took reserve with a 210th Duroc Hamp crossbred. Second and third place hogs went to Merlin Graf and Tom Willworth, with Ken Partridge also placing in both divisions. Mrs. Francis Toale won two Bake It with Lard firsts plus multiple other winners across cookies, pies, cakes, and rolls.
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Independence
Bert Brown
Hazleton
Buchanan County
Independence Sale
Donald Willworth
Fairbank
Merlin Graf
Tom Willworth
Ken Partridge
Winthrop
Francis Toale
Pat McKinley
Brandon
Elizabeth McKinley
Ralph Kremer
Paul G. Copenhaver
Toale
George Kremer
Aurora
Sara Belz
Ruth Lund
George Kopf
Copenhaver
Jay Partridge
Independence Buchanan
Gene Steffen
Buchanan County Pork Producers
Buchanan
Flood Storage Available in ASC Grain Bins
Vacant government owned grain storage bins may be used by Iowans for personal flood storage with ASC approval. Farmers with grain under a CCC loan may seek early delivery or move grain to warehouses, paying storage until maturity and then resealing under loan.
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ASC
Des Moines
Leon Werner
Iowa
Werner
Commodity Credit Corp
Ascs County Committee
East Iowans on Credit Program at ISU
Three eastern Iowa bankers will join the agricultural credit conference at Iowa State University on Tuesday and Wednesday. W. D. Willer of Decorah State Bank will speak on agricultural financing, Robert D. Patten of Monticello State Bank will discuss farm management, and Leland F. Beneke of State Bank of Vinton will cover financing large scale farming units.
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Ames
Eastern Iowa
Agricultural Credit Conference
Iowa State University
W. D. Willer
Decorah State Bank
Robert D. Patten
Monticello State Bank
Leland F. Beneke
State Bank of Vinton
Rural Women of Fayette County to Hear Dr Raplus Monday
Fayette County rural women plan Monday activities at Maynard Community hall with registration at 9 30 am and a 10 am session. Mrs Alfred Stewart says the program will honor township event books and publicity chairmen It features Dr Harry E Raplus of Upper Iowa college as afternoon speaker He brings extensive education and 34 years in teaching and counseling Also planned are a Center township homemaker skit crafts displays door prizes and a noon luncheon by Fremont township homemakers.
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Fayette County
Alfred Stewart
Maynard
Robert Miller
Oelwein
Harry E. Raplus
Upper Iowa College
Iowa State University
Raplus
FFA
Escuela Agricola Panamericana
Honduras
Central America
Clude
Center Township
Fremont Township
Illinois Group Sees Mandatory Crop Controls
The Illinois State Committee on Agriculture urged Congress to amend the Food and Agriculture Act of 1965 to allow mandatory crop controls when a majority of producers vote for them. The proposal calls for 100 percent parity prices during strict controls, contrasting with current voluntary programs offering parity below that level.
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Washington
Illinois
Congress
Illinois State Committee On Agriculture
House Agriculture Committee
Monticello Man Becomes Junior Member of Breeders’ Association
Donald Zim merman Jr of rural Monticello has joined the Brown Swiss Cattle Breeders Association as a junior member in a rural community rural Monticello area.
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Monticello
Donald Zimmerman, Jr
Brown Swiss Cattle Breeders’ Association
Farm Quarterly Names F Thomas Hubeey Editor
Cincinnati Ohio announces the appointment of F Thomas Hubeey as editor of The Farm Quarterly. Hubeey joins from an agricultural journalism background and takes the helm effective immediately.
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F. Thomas Hubeey
the Farm Quarterly
Iowa February egg production falls 15 percent from 1968
Iowa egg output in February dropped 15 percent from a year earlier with the extra day in 1968 accounting for part of the decline. Layer numbers averaged 13.3 million, down from 14.4 million, and the rate of lay was 17.16 eggs per layer versus 18.68 a year ago. US production fell 8 percent from January and 6 percent year over year.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
United States
U. S
Soviet scientists claim perennial wheat breakthrough
Moscow reports Soviet researchers developed a perennial wheat variety that can yield multiple harvests from a single sowing, according to a Russian farm newspaper.
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Moscow
UPI
Health groups fault fats in meat and dairy in heart risk
Dr. V R Damla of Tata Steel in Jamshedpur counters studies linking saturated fats to heart disease. He notes high heart disease rates among Hindu vegetarians at the plant and describes extensive worker benefits and subsidized living conditions despite health concerns.
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V. R. Damla
India
Tata, Engineering and Locomotive Company
Jamshedpur
U. S
Damla
Tata
Mental disease rate in the U.S. rises near double
A public figure notes that mental illness remains a major issue as figures show the rate nearly doubles expectations in the United States. He also reflects that simple life brings its own frustrations and worries.
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U.S
Iowa Farmers Plant 2000 Acres With Aid Program
Iowa farmers planted over 2000 acres to trees last year using cost sharing from the Agricultural Conservation program as reported by the Iowa State ASCS committee.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Ascs Committee
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East Iowans On Credit
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Alvin Collmann
Prairieburg
Leona Prusha
Belle Plaine
Herman Hartman
Ryan
James E. Long
Fred Schenk
Walker
Don Griner
Hills
Hampshire
Lisbon
C. W. Smith
James Irons and Sons
Elvin Roberts
Keota
Poland
China
Hawkeye Downs
Hawkeye
Frank Hartl
Mt. Vernon
Bernard Stoecker
Central City
Hay
Leeon Kiler
Don Emerson
Mil
Vernon
Faun News
Fayette
West Union
Eeee
Ayrshire
Regims
Frank M. Hulshizer
Westland Road
Cedar Rapids
Kory GA
Cincinnati, Ohio
Gedar Rapids
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