Master Farm Award Bestowed on Wilbert H Frye of Independence
Buchanan county farmer Wilbert H Bill Frye of Independence is among five Iowans named Master Farmers at a Des Moines luncheon. The group, totaling 263 since 1926, includes Duane Boyd Lester Johnson Morris Kluver and Dale Sorensen. Frye, 1 500 hogs and 75 cattle, is noted for farm machinery ingenuity and leadership roles in local farm groups and school boards.
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Des Moines
Buchanan County
Wilbert H. “Bill” Frye
Independence
Duane Boyd
Charles City
Lester Johnson
LeMars
Morris Kluver
Crystal Lake
Dale Sorensen
Harlan
Boyd
Johnson
Kluver
Sorensen
Frye
Buchanan County Historical Society
Cornell College Area
Carrington-Clyde
Fryes
Presbyterian Church
Bill
Richard
Robert
Nebraska
Calculating Aid Delays for 1974 Corn Crop in Linn County
Farmers face suspense as ASCS offices tally disaster aid for 1974 corn. Many are still harvesting a wet crop and must bring samples to ASCS within 15 days after harvest. Donella Brady, Linn county ASCS director, evaluates damage for 50 to 75 applications pending processing.
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Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
ASCS
Donella Brady
Linn County
Four Weigh-In Sites for Washington County Fair Hog Derby
Washington county fair swine derby entries will be weighed in and identified at four locations Saturday March 29. The competition is open to adults in Washington and adjoining counties with up to 10 pigs per farm. Entries must be bars of 50 pounds or less and born after Feb 1. Hogs will be weighed 9 to 11:30 a.m. at the Washington county fairground and at Oscar Mayer hog buying stations in Kalona and Ainsworth. An additional weigh-in runs 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the Brighton stockyards.
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Washington County Fair
Washington
Iowa
Washington County Fairground
Oscar Mayer
Kalona
Ainsworth
Brighton
Flying Farmers Honor Several Eastern Iowans
Eastern Iowan Joyce Faltis 17 of Fairfax named Iowa Farmerette by Flying Farmers of Iowa. Geraldine Hillyer Webster City chosen state queen. C Keith Kerr Postville new president with officers J M Perry Creston William Shurr Bettendorf Phyllis Barber Marion. elections at Fort Dodge. International convention set July 27 to Aug 1 at Purdue Lafayette. Missouri Chemical to build 200000 sq ft plant in St Joseph, announced by Farmland Industries president Ernest Lindsey.
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Fort Dodge
Joyce Faltis
Fairfax
Iowa
Flying Farmers of Iowa
Joyce
William J. Faltis
Prairie High School
Geraldine Hillyer
Webster City
C. Keith Kerr
Postville
Russell Sampson
Terris
J. M. Perry
Creston
William Shurr
Bettendorf
Phyllis Ann Barber
Marion
Cindy Kerr
Keith Kerr
Flying Farmer Youth Organization
Flying Farmers
Purdue University
Lafayette
Ind
ST. Joseph, Mo
Ernest T. Lindsey
Farmland Industries, Inc
Missouri Chemical Co
St. Joseph
Coming Farm Auctions and Rural Law Enforcement Advisory
Des Moines notes a farmer from The Gazette area Paul McNutt of Iowa City is named to a state Farm Bureau advisory committee on rural law enforcement. The Friday and Monday auctions list multiple farm goods cattle machinery and house goods with times and locations near Hopkinton Cedar Rapids Mechanicsville Parnell Quasqueton Independence and Independence area auctions.
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Perle Zumback
Hopkinton
Tom Swisher
Cedar Rapids
Mach
Delmar Findley
Mechanicsville
A.m
John Dawson
Parnell
Robert Lawrence, Sr
Kenneth Welsh
Quasqueton
Verlan Smith
Independence
Des Moines
Gazette
Paul McNutt
Iowa City
State Farm Bureau
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