Farms Account for 40 Percent of State Valuation
A Town Farm Bureau analysis led by Harold Anderson finds agricultural land and buildings in 1970 accounting for about 40 percent of Iowa's total property valuation. The report notes farm valuations rose 23.39 percent from 1967 to 1970 while taxes on farms climbed 43.4 percent, amid farm declines and land loss.
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Harold Anderson
Town Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Anderson
Director of Revenue
Industral and
Iowa Development Commission
Kirkwood College Harvest Underway On Farm at Kirkwood
Kirkwood Community College begins corn and bean harvesting on its farm. Agriculture head Larry Statler reports about 44 bushels per acre from one bean field, roughly nine bushels above state average. Corn harvest looks good though figures are incomplete. Food Service instructor Carol Wohlleben discusses the School Lunch Program on radio segment.
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Kirkwood Community College
Agriculture Department
Larry 3Latler
Statler
Carol Wohlleben
Kirkwood
Falk
Kcrgh Radio-1600
East African 4 H leader visits Marion farm on training tour
Josephine Nakiny of Uganda, 25, a home economics extension agent, visits Loyd Marlin farm north of Marion as part of a U S 4 H leadership program. She explains subsistence farming, high altitude benefits, and shifting to herbicides, while detailing Uganda's Young Farmers program for youths 10 to 25. Nakiny arrived in mid July and will stay from Sept 26 to Oct 13 with the Martin family after studying at Agricultural College in Uganda.
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al Swegle
Loyd Marlin Farm
Marion
Josephine
United States
Martin
Kampala-Bukalasa. Agricultural College
Uganda
Young Farmers of
Paddock Warns High Yield Grain May Harm World
Dr Willian C Paddock a tropical agriculture specialist cautions that efforts to create high yield grains may cause more harm than good for starving regions He cites population growth and natural laws as limits to ever rising food production Also mentions Nobel laureate Norman Borlaug and shifts to a TV movie note about Barbara Stanwyck in A Taste of Evil on ABC Movie of the Week.
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Ames
Willian C. Paddock
Iowa
Acelin
Marshalltown
Paddock
Washington, D.C
Far East
U.S
Norman Borlaug
Barbara Stanwyck
Barbara Parkins
ABC
World Baby Expo yields dairy crown winners in Wisconsin
MADISON Wis Harlan Decher and Sons of Odlwelh Iowa won the reserve junior champion Guernsey bell at the World Dairy Expo. Elroy and Ron Gruenwald of Lost Nation displayed two top animals including the senior and grand champion female and the reserve grand champion bull. Iowa writers David Kunde Kathy Kunde F L McHone Ralph Bright Bernard Monson and Dave Wilker earned top placings in dairy and beef cattle judging with Iowa state teams finishing first in intercollegiate and 4 H events.
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Madison
Wis
Harlan Decher and Sons of
Odlwelh
Iowa
Elroy
Ron Gruenwald
Lost Nation
Jows
Jows State University
Dave Wilker
Garnaville
David and
Kathy Kunde
Zwingle
F. L. McHone
Ames
Ralph Bright
Eldora
Bernard Monson
Gowrie
Two Elected to State 4-H Posts
EARLVILLE Geri Lou Grimm of Hartville and Reinking of Hawkeye have been chosen as the two Dubuque extension area representatives on the Iowa State 4-H Council. Geri Lou will cover the south half, including Clayton, Delaware, Dubuque and Jackson counties, while Mary represents the north four counties: Howard, Winneshiek, Allamakee and Fayette. The council links state area and county groups to guide 4-H program ideas and events.
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Earlville
Ger Low [Grimm
Hartville
Paul Grimm
Dubuque
Reinking
Hawkeye
Fayette County
Geri Lou
Clayton
Delaware
Jackson
Mary
Howard
Winneshiek
Allamakee
Fayette
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