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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1966
Page
12
In Cedar Rapids the champion hog sold to Fred Goodchild and Sons of Mallard for 380 dollars. The reserve champion hog brought 190 dollars, purchased by Richard Compart of Nicollet Minnesota.
The American Meat Institute voiced alarm over reports that the National Commission on Food Marketing proposed broad regulation of the food industry. The institute warned that such moves would stifle initiative, hinder product innovation, and push the industry toward government control. It criticized compulsory government grades and reduced advertising as detrimental to competition and public interest.
A near record crowd of 1,500 attended the Linn Co-Operative Oil Company thirty sixth annual meeting in the Armor ballroom Marion. Manager Bob Gibbs reported 1965 sales of 1 952 911 an all time high with refined fuels LP Gas contributing greatly. Open house followed at the new 420 000 facility at 225 South Thirty fifth Street Marion a 14 acre complex with offices warehouse LP Gas petroleum anhydrous ammonia and bulk fertilizer handling. Ernest T Lindsey of Kansas City executive vice president for production Consumers Cooperative Association was principal speaker. Three directors were reelected for three year terms Lumir Dostal among them.
Two Eastern Iowans from Jesup Cooperative Creamery join Mid-West Producers Creameries board. Alston G. Penfold re-elected as director and vice president. Leo Demuth named new director representing Mid-West on the National Milk Producers Federation board. Mid-West serves six states and is tied to national dairy and cooperative groups. Drive Safely.
Marion and Denny Neal of Mt Vernon along with Philip L Hand of Center Point participated in an open house for the cooperative’s new facility. The building, occupied since last fall, offered all day viewing on Friday.
The Iowa Hampshire Breeders Association show and sale at Hawkeye Downs Cedar Rapids sold 25 boars and 14 gilts. Boars averaged 273 dollars, gilts 153 dollars. Top boar sold for 760 dollars to William Urban and Sons of Andover Illinois and Bngwell Brothers of Hooppole Illinois. Champions and reserve champions were shown by two central and northwest Iowa teams.
The 1965 volume of Agricultural Statistics is published by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office in Washington DC. It is priced at 1.75 dollars and can be obtained from the government book office.
Public auction and closing out sales announced for Lisbon Mt Vernon Clarence Martello Independence Central City and Gelwein with items including dairy cattle Holsteins bred gilts oats hay machinery and a pony along with farm equipment and a Hawkeye Angus breeders sale at Hawkeye Downs
Johnson and Linn county Farm Bureaus extend a $10 reward for information leading to arrest and conviction of livestock rustling and related shooting. The program targets rustlers and those who shoot cattle in feedlots, with rewards available countywide and advance reservations for the eight hour course for licensed motorists.
Anamosa area driver improvement brief announces a two day course sponsored by Jones County Farm Bureau women. The program runs March 31 and April 1 at a local venue, offering foundational driving safety instruction to residents.
Illinois field trials show corn planted early from May to early May to June boosted yields. Early planting kept soils cooler, reduced mineralization of soil nitrogen, and heightened response to nitrogen fertilizer. Full season hybrids outyielded others across plant dates and N rates.
WEST UNION The Rev Laurence X Nelson of Bellevue a member of the state conservation commission will speak March 2 at the annual meeting of the Fayette county soil conservation district. The meeting will begin with dinner at 7 p.m. in the Farm Bureau building at Fayette. Mike Hill superintendent of engineering for the state conservation commission will also be at the meeting to answer questions concerning the proposed Volga river project in Fayette county.
Dr A E Maynor buys a 24 acre farm one mile south of Winthrop from Mr and Mrs Leo Brickley of Winthrop with a spring possession date.
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