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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1978
Page
7
A possum named Pauline struggles along a log at a Stone Mountain wildlife game ranch with her litter clinging to her back. The young climb on their mother as she moves, a natural scene of a mother marsupial carrying her brood in theoutdoor setting.
The Corn Belt Classic at the All Iowa Fair offers $500 to the steer grand champion and $250 to the runner up in a one day event at Hawkeye Downs Cedar Rapids. Judging is by Tom Reddy of Lakeland Community College Maroon IN. Kent Carrothers beef superintendent notes high prize money may position it as a preview show of the fair circuit.
The All-Iowa Fair unveils a first time one day beef judging at Hawkeye Downs with steers weighing in 430 to 630 PM and judging at 730 PM. Carrothers says premier exhibitors plan to attend size up the competition as space has run out for beef entries. Deadline to enter is June 1 with catalogues available from All-Iowa Fair Cedar Rapids Iowa.
Iowa State University in Ames reports two Holstein cows Sunshine and Seaman Adore produced over 30 thousand pounds of milk and over a thousand pounds of butterfat in 341 and 365 days respectively. June 1 is the Century Farm program deadline. qualifying farms 40 acres or more owned by the same family for 100 years by July 4 1978 receive a Century Farm market and certificate. Applications available from county Farm Bureau and extension offices.
Four sheep industry leaders were named as judges for this year's National Lamb Show in Albert Lea Minnesota. The market lambs judge is Bennie Dean of Lawton Oklahoma the pure bred breeding sheep judge is Darry Pearson of Sioux Falls South Dakota the wool show judge is Dr Don Warner of Ames Iowa and the carcass committee chairman is Dr John Mabry of River Falls Wisconsin. Entry deadline for market lambs is May 27 wool show deadline is May 31 and the junior adult and college judging contest will be held Saturday June 3 at 8 30 a m co sponsored by the University of Minnesota Ag Industries Club at Waseca. Catalogs may be obtained by writing Ed Czerwien P O Box 1059 Albert Lea Minnesota 56007 and the office phone number is 507 373 2361.
The 62nd annual Livestock Conservation Institute meeting is set for Des Moines May 16 to 18 at the Fort Des Moines Hotel. County by county, dairy princess contests, poster and essay entries, 4-H workshops, and judging jamborees unfold across Iowa with dates in May and June. notable events include a meat cooking demo by Harold Mindermann in Waukon and a North Linn Future Farmers of America parent-member banquet in Troy Mills.
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