Interview With Harold Wingert on Swine Farming and Politics
Rex Conn interviews Harold Wingert a 54 year old Benton County pig producer near LaPorte City. Wingert discusses his hog operation about 800 head a year, marketing at Rath's in Waterloo, breeding for soundness, farrowing patterns, sheltering sows, feeding cattle, and his political support for Goldwater Hultman Kyl Bandstra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Wingert
LaPorte City
Marilyn
Dean Arbuckle
Kathy
Bruce
Benton County
Farm Bureau
Iowa Swine Producers Assn
Benton County Swine Producers Assn
Hamilton County Farm Bureau
Wardle Warns of Harvest Mishaps
Iowa State safety specialist Norval Wardle warns harvest workers to stay careful after reporting 204 injuries needing doctors in 1963 up from 1962. Elevators, gears, huskers and tractors caused most injuries with amputations rising to 54 and hitches hitting a record 12. The average cost per accident is about $1,000 and most incidents occur between 4 and 5 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wardle
Meat production tops half‑billion pounds for three weeks
Federally inspected meat production has exceeded 500 million pounds in each of the last three weeks, indicating sustained high output across the industry. Officials note continued demand and processing capacity maintaining strong weekly totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Auction notices batch across Keosauqua Walker Prairieburg and Belle Plaine
A sequence of public sale notices lists auctions for Angus cattle machinery poultry oats hay and grain at locations near Keosauqua Walker Hopkinton Prairieburg and Belle Plaine with dates October 13 November 10 October 17 November 17 and times from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Auctioneers Pettit and Rogers Rex J Yerkes Kenneth Benter Raymond G Holub Est Ben C Knipp and others are named as sellers or contact points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pettit and Rogers
Keosauqua
Chinery
Rex J. Yerkes
Walker
Kenneth Benter
Hopkinton
Raymond G. Holub
Prairieburg
Linn-Jones
Ben C. Knipp
Belle Plaine
USDA Approves Federal Milk Order Changes
The USDA recommends amending four Iowa federal milk marketing orders Cedar Rapids Iowa City Des Moines North Central Iowa and Quad Cities Dubuque. If approved by producers bottling milk prices would be based on the Minnesota Wisconsin price series plus specified differentials, without altering current Chicago fed order tied price levels. The decision follows a July 29 Cedar Rapids hearing prompted by market handlers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.s.department of Agriculture
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Des Moines
Quad Cities
Chicago
Farm Labor Force At New Low in September
The agriculture department reported that farm employment in the last week of September fell 12 percent from a year earlier and reached a record low for the period. Total workers were 7,211,000 versus 8,187,000 a year ago, with family and hired labor included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agriculture Department
Study Indicates Supports Doubled Net Farm Income
A study by Senators McGovern McCarthy and Young, with Dr. Walter Wilcox, credits price supports for nearly doubling net farm income over three years. It estimates $12 billion 1964 income would drop without programs, and notes CCC and wheat and feed grain programs boosted farm earnings significantly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
George McGovern
South Dakota
Eugene McCarthy
Minnesota
Milton Young
North Dakota
Walter W. Wilcox
Legislative Reference Service
Library of Congress
USDA
Agricultural College
Wilcox
Jones County
Iowa State University Economics
Commodity Credit Corporation
Delaware County 4-H Leaders Banquet Planned
The fifteenth annual Delaware County 4-H leaders recognition banquet is set for October 21 at the Methodist church basement in Delhi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware County
Manchester
Methodist Church
Delhi
Acreage Change Hands Near Center Point
Mr and Mrs Larry E Algers of Cedar Rapids purchased a 54 acre farm three miles northwest of Center Point from Mr and Mrs Frank McDonald. Possession was October 1 and the McDonalds have moved to Cedar Rapids. The deal was handled by Doolittle and Co of Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry E. Algers
Favenue
Cedar Rapids
Center Point
Frank McDonald
McDonalds
Prairie Drive
Alger
Doolittle and Co
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rex Conn
Rath’s
Waterloo
Farrow
Ft. Dodge
Goldwater
Hughes
Hultman
Kyl
Bandstra
Congress
America
The
Melvin Bartachek
Keystone
Sam Potter
Vinton
County Line Rd
Beneficial Finance Co, OF
Linn County
Beneficial
Beneficial Finance CO. OF
Second Ave
S.E
Empire
Consumer
Taos
Milt Nelson
FFA
Future Farmers of America
Iowa Valley Community School
Marengo
Gerald F. Barton
Iowa Future Farmer Newsletter
Denny Frimml
South Amana
Larry Algers
Cadillac
Allen Motor CO
First Avenue
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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