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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1979
Page
11
DES MOINES Iowa. The attorney general's office ruled that state poultry farmers must pay state sales taxes on chickens eaten by their families despite earlier tax free certificates. Assistant AG Gerald Kuehn said the portion of the shipment used for home consumption is taxable.
Roswell Garst of Coon Rapids is inducted posthumously into Fortune Magazine’s Hall of Fame for Business Leadership. The pioneer in hybrid seed corn co founded Garst & Thomas Hybrid Seed Corn Co and Garst Co, ran the Garst Store, and launched ventures including the Iowa Savings Bank in Coon Rapids.
More than 500 cattle are dead and more are dying at a Grand Island area farm in south-central Nebraska officials suspect an organophosphate chemical used in insecticides and herbicides. Veterinarian Alex Hogg said preliminary tests on the cattle indicate organophosphate may be involved with full results due Friday.
The Iowa Farm Bureau and the state Agriculture Department search for Century Farm owners. Farms of at least 40 acres owned by the same family for 100 years or more by July 4 will be recognized. Applications due to the state or Farm Bureau by June 1.
Winton-Gene Wenthold Cresco was elected vice president of the Northeast Iowa district FFA. Other officers named include secretary Brad Bieber Anamosa reporter Deb Bietz Maquoketa Valley at Delhi treasurer Doug Dostal Linn-Mar Marion sentinel Mark Harvedt Decorah and district adviser Les Mardorf Maquoketa Valley at Delhi. Speaker and proficiency winners advancing to state competition are listed with multiple chapters and districts represented.
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