Midwest Friends of the Pleistocene Tour in Iowa
Near century old geological event discussed as about 180 attendees from 15 states and Canada toured Grundy and Tama counties. They examined soil cores and heard Iowa State researchers present findings on the Iowan drift area while meeting in Marshalltown Traer Waterloo and other stops. The 16th annual event ends with a focus on The Iowan Problem.
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Gazette
Rex Conn
Friends
Joe Heriik
Clutter
George F. Hall
Iowa State
Hall
Rex
Grundy
Tama
Midwest
Friends of the Pleistocene
States
District of Columbia
Canada
Midland
America
Ruhe
Nebraska
Robert V. Ruhe
Agronomy
Marshalltown
Traer
Waterloo
Iowa
Dr. Ruhe
W. P. Dietz
T. E. Fenton
G. F. Hall
Dairy Banquet Set in Winneshiek County
Decorah hosts the second annual Winneshiek county dairy banquet on June 22 at the Decorah Lutheran church. Louis J. Elpert chairs the dairy council and announces crowning of a county dairy princess, a tally of the county’s outstanding dairy man, and a talk by J Martin Jensen of Hiawatha, WMT state house reporter. Kathy Wangsness, 1964 winner, will crown the 1965 princess. princess candidates are sponsored by local dairy plants.
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Decorah
Winneshiek County
Decorah Lutheran Church
Louis J. Elpert
Dairy Council
J. Martin Jensen
Hiawatha
WMT
Kathy Wangsness
Mills Holstein Records Reported
COGGON Jane Model of Maplewood owned by Wall ace and Agnes Mills has lifetime production of 111,590 pounds of milk and 4,345 pounds of butterfat in 2,838 days in milk according to the Holstein-Friesian Assn of America.
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Coggon
Jane Model
Maplewood
Wallace and Agnes Mills
Holstein-Friesian Assn. of America
Eastern Iowans among top Chester White recordings
Rochester Indiana report notes Walter Schminke and Son of Van Horne placed twelfth with 152 recordings and Kenneth Wendt of Buckingham thirteenth with 146 registered animals in the national Chester White counts. Iowa ranking third overall. Illinois and Minnesota led.
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Rochester
Ind
Iowa
Chester White
U.S
J. Marvin Garner
Chester White Swine Record Association
Walter Schminke
van Horne
Kenneth Wendt
Buckingham
Illinois
Minnesota
Swine Breeders Hall of Fame Honors Set at OSU
Harvey Richardson of Elmore City Oklahoma will be named to the Oklahoma State University Animal Science Hall of Fame during the OSU Feeders Day program in Stillwater. Richardson has won numerous top awards as an exhibitor at the National Chester White and Poland China Spotlight shows in Cedar Rapids Iowa.
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Stillwater
Okla
Harvey Richardson
Elmore City
Chester
New Healing Substance Promises Quick Relief for Hemorrhoids
An advertisement touts Bio-Dyne as a breakthrough treatment for itching piles. It claims rapid relief from burning and pain and shrinking hemorrhoids without surgery, with doctor verified improvements over months in long-standing cases. Preparation H suppositories and ointment are promoted as available nationwide.
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New York
N. Y
Anti Poverty Loans Aid Rural Families Expansion
An agriculture department official says a new anti poverty loan program will raise incomes of several thousand rural families. The loans of up to 2500 aid low income farmers and non farm families, with about 6600 loans issued so far. Most funds support small farming, while one third funds small non agricultural services. A North Carolina case funds a fishing venture for extra income. The program aims to lift yearly gross income by 700 to 800 dollars.
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Ashington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Howard Bertsch
Department
Farmers Home Administration
North Carolina
Bertsch
Iowa native to receive USDA distinguished service award
Theodore C. Byerly, Melbourne Iowa native and University of Iowa alumnus, is to receive the USDA distinguished service award Tuesday. Byerly is administrator of the Cooperative State Research Service, a branch of the department of agriculture, and earned his BA in 1923, MS in 1924, and PhD in zoology in 1926 from Iowa.
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Washington
UPI
Theodore C. Byerly
Melbourne
Iowa
University of Iowa
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Byerly
Cooperative State Research Service
Department of Agriculture
AMES ISU Regents approve pre veterinary course changes
Iowa State University officials won state board approval last week for updated pre veterinary requirements aimed at easing entry for junior college and non agricultural students and increasing emphasis on pure science. Effective fall 1967 changes raise physics from three to twelve quarter credits delete animal and poultry science courses require one mandatory American government course with American history now a recommended elective expanding total electives from 18 to 20 credits.
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Ames
College of Veterinary Medicine
Iowa State
State Board of
April Milk and Egg Output Dims in Iowa
Iowa reports April milk production at 529 million pounds, down five percent from April 1964 and one percent above the five year average. First third of 1965 totals 2 058 billion pounds, down one percent from last year. Iowa flocks yielded 323 million eggs in April, down six percent from a year ago and 26 percent below the five year average. Nationally milk output rose for April while egg production fell slightly from last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Iowa
U. S
Decorah Pork Banquet Postponed to October in Spillville
Decorah Winneshiek county officials announce the annual pork banquet has been rescheduled from early June to October 14 at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Spillville. The change affects attendees and local participants planning the event.
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Decorah
Winneshiek County
St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church
Spillville
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Millhiser- Smith
2Nd Ave
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Complete Insurance Service
Charles King
Mills’ Holstein Records
Chester White Asso
By Bernard Brenner
FHA
House
Classified
Usda Honor
Herink Farm
G. W. White
University of Illinois
Charles Roth
University of Wisconsin
M. L. Jackson
Bob Morse
el Paso, Il
Iowa State of
Hollywood Bed
Hollywood
Peoples
Peoples Furniture
First Avenue
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