Robins Man Named Top Young Farmer in 1955
Howard Quaas 35 of Robins was named Cedar Rapids Junior Chamber of Commerce Outstanding Young Farmer and will join the state contest. He farms 384 acres with his family supports hogs cattle and poultry while managing Robins city duties and local Farm Bureau work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Doughty
G. Quaas
Robins
Cedar Rapids
Franklin High School
Charles G. Quaas
Quaas
Kenneth
Linn Junction
Alburnett
Harry Horn
Miles Sutera
United Brethren Church of
Howard
Masonic Lodge No. 6
Marion
Linn County
Young Married People
Gerald Reed
Monroe Township
Plager Named Official At Midwest Hog Show
Wilbur L. Plager of Des Moines was chosen to officiate at the third annual Midwest Market Hog Show in Fremont. Plager, a field representative for the Iowa Swine Producers Association, promotes meat type hog programs and was recently named to Secretary of Agriculture Benson's livestock research and marketing advisory committee. The Hormel plant hosts the event to boost knowledge of desirable market hog type weight and finish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fremont, Neb
Wilbur L. Plager
Des Moines
Fremont
Plager
Iowa Swine Producers Association
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Hormel
Waukon Cooperative Elects New Officers
Henry Loven was elected president of the Equity Cooperative Association at the annual meeting in the Waukon Opera house. New officers include William Whalen as vice president and William Ashline as secretary-treasurer, with Loven and Albert Winke as new directors. Holdover directors are Grant Hagen and Harold Fossum. Sales for the year reached $800,000 with $9,000 in dividends. about 650 people attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
Henry Loven
Equity Cooperative Association
Waukon Opera House
William Whalen
William Ashline
Loven
Albert Winke
Grant Hagen
Harold Fossum
Ashline
Korean Veterans Meet at Mt Vernon Farm Group
Korean veterans plan a meeting at Mt Vernon High School at 8 p.m. Thursday. Don Thomas, instructor, invites all area farming veterans to attend and bring farm leases for review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Mt. Vernon High School
Don Thomas
Thomas
Kupka Buy 140 Acre Farm Near Chelsea
Chelsea residents Mr. and Mrs. John Kupka purchased the James Prusha owned 140 acre farm located near Chelsea, securing a sizable rural property in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chelsea
John Kupka
James Prusha
Sixtieth Dairy Industry Day Set At Iowa State
Sixtieth annual Dairy Industry Day at Iowa State College on March 23 will cover seven dairy topics. About 600 dairymen from Iowa and nearby states are expected, with separate sessions for buttermakers, quality fieldmen, creamery directors, ice cream men, cheese men, market milk men, and sanitarians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa State College
Iowa
R. A. Packer
Frank Barta
Matrix Engineering Corporation
Minneapolis
E. B. Fowler
Rex Paxton
Sutherland Paper Company
Kalamazoo
Mich
F. E. Nelson
Dairy Industry Department
Frank Robotka
Earl King
Iowa Institute of Cooperation
H. R. Southworth
Federal Food and Drug Administration
A. Rudnick
W. F. Selling
Beatrice Foods
Des Moines
Barta
E. L. Thomas
University of Minnesota
Gail McClure
Iowa State College Hospital
Charlotte Roderick
USDA Allows Wool Growers to Assign Payments as Collateral
The U S Department of Agriculture will let wool growers assign payments under the National Wool Act of 1954 as collateral for loans or advances under certain conditions. The move aims to stabilize prices during the transition to a free market and to help growers use incentive payments for current needs. Assignments must be to financing or marketing agencies, with a 60 day settlement after draft receipt, and only one assignment per grower. Information and forms will be available in county ASC offices by April 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Department
Agricultural Stability and Conservation County Ofce
Congress
ASC
D. J. Gatens & Sons
Iowa City
Iowa
Allamakee DHIA No 1 Averages Milk and Fat
Twenty five herds in Allamakee County DHIA No 1 averaged 805 pounds of milk and 30.8 pounds of butterfat per cow on February test. There were 507 cows milking and 89 dry. Cows over 305 days with more than 500 pounds butterfat were in herds of Walter Hagen Waterville Lyle Zieman Luana Karl B Simmons Waukon and Lloyd and Paul Schneider Waukon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
Allamakee
Dhia No. 1
Walter Hagen
Waterville
Lyle Zieman
Luana
Karl B. Simmons
Lloyd and
Paul Schneider
Public livestock and equipment auctions scheduled across March
A series of closing out sales listed with dates from March 17 to March 24 feature livestock dairy equipment hay silage grain and machinery. Auctions include Francis Kueny Bill E King Verne Osborne H Bellows George W Hill and R B Condit with locations ranging from near Vinton Coralville Center Point Quasqueton Cedar Rapids and Springville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Kueny
Vinton
Bill E. King
Coralville
Verne Osborne
Quasqueton
Hag Grain
H. T. Bellows
Center Point
Stotkie
George W. Hill
Cedar Rapids
R. B. Condit
Springville
Wees
Civicreuk
Virgil Heins
Dale Matheny
Joint Farm Bureau Meeting Set in West Union
Fayette county Farm Bureau members from Union Dover and Windsor townships will meet jointly Friday evening at the Odd Fellows hall in West Union. Earl Johnson officer manager for the Waterloo Social Security office will be the speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Union
Fayette
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Hampshires
Nebraska
Community Affairs
Harold
Rochester
New York
Hazel
Dwayne Oo
Wauek
Iowa Purebred Dairy Cattle Council
Roosevelt Hotel
Alagan
Iowa Dairy Promotion Association
Wallace McKee
Carlisle
Ralph Keeling
Bill Maynard
Waterloo
Floyd Arnold
E. E. Sovern CO
9Th Ave
A McKesson
Waukon Cooperative
D. D. Deane
E. O. Wright
Deane
W. S. Rosenberger
Virgil K. Johnson
Producers Creamery
Springfield
Vernon Lyford
Manly
Kendal Gibson
Sanitary Farm Dairy
Jack Swaner
Hometown Dairy
Ray Belkway
State Department of Health
Lydia Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham’s
Laporte City Sale Barn
Harold Miller
Jerry
Merchant Vinton
Barnes
Denver
1St St. SW
Cedar Rapids, Ia
Glass Road
Hiawatha
Isaak Walton Grounds
David Bradley
M. J. McCalley
Allamakee Dhia No
A.ne
The
Cedar Rapids Lumber CO
McKinley Street
Chevrolet
Rapids Chevrolet Company
First Avenue
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