National Ayrshire Convention Returns to Cedar Rapids
The Cedar Rapids chamber and agricultural bureaus plan the 1967 Ayrshire convention April 20 to 22 in Cedar Rapids. Brandon Vermont's Ayrshire Breeders Association votes to host, with tours of eastern Iowa farms and a Friday banquet at the Roosevelt hotel. A sale of 40 Ayrshire females will occur April 22 at Hawkeye Downs, supervised by Richard Sears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Milt Nelson
Cedar Rapids
Ayrshire Breeders Association
Richard
Dick" Sears
Grinnell
Harry Lorenz
Davenport
Gerald Ross
Mt. Vernon
Harold F. Ewoldt
Lorenz
Iowa Ayrshire Breeders Association
Ewoldt
Agricultural Bureau
Roosevelt Hotel
U. S
Hawkeye Downs
Dick” Sears
Iowa
Ames Crop Association names East Iowa committeemen
East Iowa committee members for 1966 were announced by H. C. Cable Waldorf of Vinton, head of the Iowa Crop Improvement Association. The list includes appointees for hybrid corn and grain sorghum, Iowa corn yield test requirements, Master Corn and Soybean Growers contests, and education and legislative research, with terms of three years and several new appointees this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
H. C. “Cable
Iowa
Jay J. Partridge
Independence
H. C. Waldorf
Vinton
Harold Wingert
la Porte City
C. E. Herriott
Cedar Rapids
Gordon R. Strayer
Hudson
Don McGillivray
Belle Plaine
Harry T. Horak
Lee McKee
Muscatine
Milt Nelson
Norman J. Goodwin
DeWitt
Wayne Goode
Fairfield
Maurice Johnson
LeGrand
Eggerling
Herriott
McKee
Nelson
Goode
Johnson
Grain for Cement Deal Is Proposed
The agriculture department seeks offers to supply South Vietnam with a large cement shipment and accept payment in surplus U.S. farm products to be sold abroad. The deal aims to reduce the drain on American dollars amid a balance of payments deficit.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
South Vietnam
U.S
Food Firms Grow Bigger Across U S Food Sector
The USDA report shows a shift to fewer but larger firms in food processing, distribution, and retailing with meat packing as the exception. It notes declines in fluid milk bottling and egg plant counts, a move toward cooperatives, and increased output from remaining facilities.
Carlson's Corner Commitments Poem About Neighbor
A poem narrates a neighbor who promised to plant corn spray weeds and handle odds and ends while the speaker avoids farming tasks. The neighbor works from dawn to dark even Sundays, while the speaker lists wants. With a late wet spring the neighbor fears he may regret the commitments.
ISU Cattle Feeders Day Set for Sept 1
Ames officials announced the annual Cattle Feeders Day at Iowa State University will be held September 1. The program begins at 8 30 a.m. at the beef experiment farm west of campus with beef cattle research results presented at 10 30 a.m. in Memorial Union.
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Ames
Iowa State University
Memorial Union
Wheat fibers in strawberry beds improve water infiltration
Riverside California UC tests show planting wheat in furrows between strawberry rows reduces soil compaction and aids water penetration. Wheat was killed with oil spray or clipped at six inches to end growth.
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Riverside
Calif
University of California
Resolutions committee members named for 1966 Farm Bureau
Des Moines Eastern Iowa Farm Bureau resolutions committee lists District 1 Ronald Hood of Independence Buchanan county president District 6 Henry Grunewald of Blairstown Benton county president and District 7 John Wallace of Wapello Louisa county president.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Farm Bureau Resolutions Committee
Ronald Hood
Independence
Buchanan County
Henry Grunewald
Blairstown
Benton County
John Wallace
Wapello
Louisa County
Greece farming life and ancient lands through Epirus to Argolis
The piece surveys Greek agriculture from olive groves and vineyards to citrus and grain belts, noting small farm holdings, a population largely in agriculture, and remote Epirus and Argolis landscapes. It reflects on shepherds, donkeys, sheep, and goats, Easter imagery, and historical notes about Pyrrhus and Byron.
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Greece
Dodecanese Islands
Iowa
Athens
Ioannina
Joannina
Arta
Missolonghi
Lord Byron
Argolis
Peloponesus
Epirus
U.S
U.S. Hatchings Up Iowa Lagging in April Chick Totals
Des Moines reports Iowa commercial hatcheries produced 8.92 million chicks in April, 9 percent below last year and 36 percent under the 1960 64 five year average. For January–April 1966, total chick production rose 2 percent from a year earlier while U S production climbed 10 percent to a record 329.1 million. Broilers totaled 246 million, up 10 percent and a new monthly high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
U. S
Kansas Wheat Hit by Frost and Dry Soil
Russell Bowling of the Federal Crop Insurance Corp says it is early to estimate Kansas wheat losses. He forecasts insured losses over 3.25 million dollars across 22 counties, with potential to reach six million if the May 12 freeze and ongoing dryness persist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan
Kan
UPI
Russell Bowling
Federal Crop Insurance Corp
Kansas
Bowling
Minnesota Planting Latest in Ten Years
The U S weather bureau reports Minnesota planting of spring grains is the latest in ten years. The weekly crop bulletin notes rainy cool weather has hindered corn and other crops across many regions, especially the Midwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Washington
U.S. Weather Bureau
Bureau
Midwest
Keota Officials Appoint Assistant Commissioners
Assistant Commissioner Sigourney Lee J. Henry of Keota receives appointment for the Keokuk county soil conservation district. Leonard Bayliss, also of Keota, was named assistant commissioner last fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigourney
Lee J. Henry
Keota
Keokuk County
Leonard Bayliss
Milk price mix confusion prompts producer concerns
Rex Conn explains how the April Class I price rose to 4.56 per cwt, but producers overall received a blended price of 4.22 per cwt after applying Class II condensery pay. The note clarifies the monthly federal market order calculations and the authority of the market administrator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanitary Dairy
USDA
E. H. McGuire
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Pro-Ag Club Dinner Set at Amana Colony Inn
Members of the Pro-Ag club will hold their last dinner meeting of the year Thursday evening at the Colony Inn in Amana. Ted Biderman of Ely, a member of the State University of Iowa band, will present an illustrated report on the band’s three week tour of Russia.
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Pro-Ag
Colony Inn
Amana
Ted Biderman
Ely
State University of Iowa
Russia
Government wheat program to raise 1967 output and subsidies
The 1967 plan keeps subsidies on about 525 million bushels for human consumption while raising total wheat output. Farmers will produce more wheat to meet market prices or related loan rates with a 15 percent larger planting allotment and 45 percent of projected yield eligible for a subsidy. The market price hovers near the $1.35 per bushel level, with full support limited to the higher of market price or loan rate for the remaining 55 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department
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J. Hermann
Manchester
Donald Eggerling
Williamsburg
Jerry Naylor
Scotch Grove
Springer
Wesley Waterhouse
Central City, Iowa
By Ovid A. Martin
Ashington
Carlson's Corner
G.A.C
ISU
Walker Sales CO
Walker
Thessaly
Macedonia
The
Igoumenitsa
Corfu
Brindisi
Italy
Pyrrhus
Conn
Stickle Bull Rental
Anamosa
Don Stickle
Rex Conn
Denise Siggins
Steve
Kenneth Siggins
Lisbon
James Baker
Central City
Pro-Ag Club
Ambrose Hess
Worthington, Iowa
Klingers
Bary
Ray Arts
Klinger's
Klinger
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