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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1969
Page
8
Washington AP reports thousands of turkeys contained tepladhlor residue likely from land treated to control chiggers. About 150,000 live birds and four million pounds of meal were held from Thanksgiving sale after heptachlor residue was found at a Minnesota plant.
At the Iowa statehouse a subcommittee heard beef industry lobbyists and farmers argue over replacing the personal property tax with a cow tax and a smaller tax on other livestock. Beef spokesmen said the tax, about five dollars per head, hinders Iowa breeding stock development while Farm Bureau observers noted inequities from disparate personal property inventories and urged reform.
Mechanicville reports Cedar county Shorthorn breeders calf sale averaged 176.93 dollars, up about 20 dollars from the previous year. Forty nine steer calves grossed 96,070 dollars with top steer shipped by Gamble and Stork of Mechanicsville to Gary Robertson of Martelle. Buyers came from Iowa and Illinois. Bob Stork is association president, Gamble serves as secretary, Eli Shada acted as auctioneer.
Eastern Iowa Farm Bureaus issued statements noting Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co pays a reward equal to loss, up to $100, for information leading to arrest and conviction of thieves. Presidents Grant Schnoebelen and Bar Zumbach cited rising theft vandalism and rustling in the region.
Ames reports a prolonged period of above average hog prices and good profits in the hog business over the last five years. The update notes the price trend has moved beyond the prior fluctuating cycle, signaling continued vigor for hog producers in the area.
In Iowa County extension elections set for Friday and Tuesday November 18 voters will choose candidates for English township Pitot York Greene and Farm Bureau posts. English Valley school North English hosts English township race at 6 30 pm with Owen Jones and Earl Hall. Farm Bureau basement election at 7 pm lists Pitot Myron Heitiman Harold Joseph. Troy Jack Driscoll Sally Wille. Greene Leslie Mochsteiler Duane Brenneman. York Albert Wille Jr James Austin.
The Rural Electrification Administration rescinded its May bulletin banning borrower political activity and an accompanying July amendment. A spokesman said no further directives will be issued on the subject. Rep. Henry Seuss led criticism that the action overstepped authority. The agency emphasized loans to coops at 2 percent and noted no plans for new guidance.
ASCS office managers from Iowa districts JIT will gather at Upper Iowa college on Thursday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Gene Brownell Fayette county ABCS office manager says the meeting’s major aim is to discuss administrative procedures within ASCS offices. Ten attendees oversee offices in Howard Winneshiek Allamakee Chickasaw Bremer Fayette Clayton Blackhawk Buchanan and Delaware counties.
On the William Hernik farm near Belle Plaine two fields were harvested. The drilled field, planted at 24,000 to 39,000 kernels per acre, yielded 133 bushels per acre versus 104.28 for the aerial seeded plot. The Belle Plaine Future Farmers of America collected about 15 bushels per acre of core soft after harvest. The 1964 comparison suggests drilled corn may reach or exceed conventional yields, though no direct 1964 data yet.
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