Marengo Boy Tops Steer Show At Belle Plaine Junior Fair
Milt Nelson reports 13 year old Elle Plaine-Wayne Heitman won grand champion among 38 4 H and FFA steer pens at the Belle Plaine junior feeder show. Heitman son of Ralph and Mrs Heitman farms near Marengo. Reserve champion went to Leo Kinzenbaw of Blairstown. Steers from Marvin Dreucker Williamsburg weighed 1175 1180 and 985 pounds and topped bids from Citizens State Bank Belle Plaine Belle Plaine Feeder Pig Co and Wilson Packing Co. Average price across 117 steers sold was 24.25 per cwt with an average weight of 1037 pounds. Second high selling steer bought by Bob Wilmer for 27 per cwt. Carcass evaluation and top ten placings to follow Saturday.
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Milt Nelson
Elle Plaine
Wayne Heitman
FFA
Benton
Iowa
Belle Plaine
Ralph Heitman
Marengo
Leo Kinzenbaw
Blairstown
Duaine Kinzenbaw
Angus
Marengo Sale
Albert Dreucker
Williamsburg
Citizens State Bank of
Wayne
Belle Plaine Feeder Pig Co
Wilson Packing Co
Cedar Rapids
Gerald Wiedemeier
Guernsey
Bob Wilmer
Tama County
Louis I. Thompson
Bath Packing Co
Waterloo
Donald D. Dirks
Reinbeck
Tama County Cattle Feeders Association
Wilson and Company
Gazette
Belle Plaine Livestock Commission Co
Tubaugh Brothers
Leo
Morton White
Jelm
Wyo
Two Farms Sold Near Quasqueton in Cone Township
Everett Halstead sold his 217 acre farm 1% miles northwest of Quasqueton to Kenneth Johnson of Independence with possession March 1. Lee Kress sold his 160 acre Quasqueton-Walker road farm in Cone township to Lester Bures, the current tenant.
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Quasqueton
Everett Halstead
Kenneth Johnson
Independence
Lee Kress
Quasqueton-Walker Road
Cone Township
Lester Bures
Coming Farm Auctions Hit Iowa in September and October
Local notices announce a series of farm auctions led by Earl Girton in Marshalltown on Sept 7 for a Polled Shorthorn sale at Hawkeye Downs, Harold Wehrman and Son near Belle Plaine for Holstein dispersal on Sept 7, and a closing out sale by G. R. Hagerman near Marion on Sept 21. Additional auctions soon follow as G. R. Hagerman lists a misc sale on Sept 21 with machinery and livestock near Marion, and Harry Siver plans a closing out sale Oct 5 featuring livestock machinery grain and hay near Central City.
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Hawkeye Downs
Earl Girton
Box
Marshalltown
Holstein Dispersal
Harold Wehrman and Son
Belle Plaine
G. R. Hagerman
Marion
Harry Siver
Central City
Europe’s Wheat Crop Reduced By Bad Winter
Washington reports the 1963 wheat crop in Europe’s Common Market at 23.3 million metric tons, about 6.4 million tons below 1962 and a million below 1959-61 average. France bears the brunt with a 9.2 million ton harvest, down nearly 5 million from 1962 due to a severe winter. US exports to the Common Market may rise as European output falls and France pledges wheat to Red China.
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Washington
UPI
Foreign Agricultural Service
Europe
France
U.S
China
Iowans to Attend F B Dairy Conference
DES MOINES The Iowa Farm Bureau Federation will send four delegates to a Farm Bureau dairy conference Monday and Tuesday in Kansas City. They are Robert Ellis of Dallas Center Willis McAlpin of Villisca Mark Wescott of Waterloo and H S Nicol Iowa Farm Bureau commodity director.
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Des Moines
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Bureau
Kansas City
Robert Ellis
Dallas Center
Willis McAlpin
Villisco
Mark Wescott
Waterloo
H. S. Nicol
Iowa Farm Bureau
Wool Incentive Price Unchanged for 1964 Marketing Year
Washington reports unchanged wool incentive price at 62 cents per pound for the 1964 marketing year, with Mohair support at 72 cents, 4 cents lower than 1963. Government guarantees wool at 62 cents, paying the difference if market average falls short. In 1963 the average price was 47.7 cents. for every $100 of wool sold, growers received an extra $30 from the government.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Newhall Farm Officials To Host Evening Class Night
Newhall area farmers will attend the first session of the farmer adult evening class at Newhall Consolidated School Monday night. Jerry Goldsmith, vocational agriculture instructor, says participants may bring needs for identification as Everett Leach of Geigy Chemical assists.
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Newhall
Newhall Consolidated School
Jerry Goldsmith
Everett Leach
Geigy Chemical Co
Webster couple buys 40 acres pasture land
Mr and Mrs George Sorden purchase 40 acres of pasture land adjoining their home farm to the north from Mr and Mrs S T Wheeler and Wayne and Grace Yoakam.
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Bay
Webster
George Sorden
S. T. Wheeler
Wayne
Grace Yoakam
Nat's Forest Timber Sales Reach New Highs in 1963
Secretary of Agriculture Orville L Freeman reported a record 10 billion board feet of timber cut in the national forests during fiscal 1963, with timber harvested valued at 134.4 million dollars. Sales totaled 12.2 billion board feet, up 1.9 billion from 1962, driven by Oregon leading with 3.9 billion board feet in sales and 3.1 billion harvested. Washington and California followed in both harvesting and sales.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Freeman
Oregon
National
Washington
California
Oregon National Forests
Sept Class I Milk Up a Cent in Cedar Rapids Iowa
The minimum Class I milk price for September in the Cedar Rapids Iowa City marketing area is 4.11 per cwt for 3.5 butterfat, announced by Market Administrator E H McGuire. The August price is 4.10 and the September test differential is 7 cents per cwt per 0.1 fat. August Class II is 3.12 with a 6.4 cent differential. The blended price for August deliveries will be set next week based on market receipts split between classes.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
E. H. McGuire
McGuire
Economists Study Southern Iowa Farm Income Gap
Iowa State economists Earl O Heady and Loren Ihnen study nine southern Iowa counties to determine how large farms must be for family incomes to match state averages. They find farms must be larger for productive economies and that land must be cheaper to yield nonfarm income parity. The September Iowa Farm Science reports the study with reprints available.
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Ames
Iowa
Iowa State University
Earl O. Heady
Loren Ihnen
Iowa Farm Science
Williamsburg Adult Class Topics Told
Williamsburg high school will host Tuesday evening adult farmer classes announced by Oscar Steele. Topics include quality pork production September 10 and 17, beef outlook September 24, beef nutrition October 1, selecting swine breeding stock October 8 with Bob Greene of Ainsworth as speaker, and social security for the farmer October 15 and 22. Future meetings will cover soil conservation and weed control with a tour to conclude the series.
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Williamsburg
Williamsburg High School
Oscar Steele
Bob Greene
Ainsworth
Soil District Session Opens Sunday in Des Moines
The 17th annual soil conservation district commissioners conference begins Sunday in Des Moines with contests for queen of conservation and soil conservation speech prizes. Nine regional winners compete for the queen title, a $250 cash award, and hostess duties at the 1963 field day near Garrison on Sept. 17.
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Des Moines
Soil Conservation District Commissioners
Queen of Conservation and Soil Conservation
Garrison
Karen Kruse
Little Rock
Shirley Leuschen
Earling
Susan Kay Woodfi
Iowa Association of Soil Conservation District Commissioners
Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Co
Ellen Broome
South Sioux City
Neb
Cheryl Draheim
Carroll
David Barker
Benton
Robert Pratt
Algona
Lance Fahlenkamp
Montezuma
Lois DeTar
Albia
Mike Moyna
Elkader
Maxine Rickert
LaPorte City
Marilyn Morris
Cotter
Hastings Animal Research Station Studied by Budget Bureau
The budget bureau studies USDA plans for a Hastings Nebraska livestock experimental station to research cattle swine and sheep breeding and nutrition. A 10 000 acre transfer from a WWII depot is sought with a fall decision hoped for, but a bureau sale to private interests remains a possible alternative.
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Washington
API
Hastings
Neb
Budget Bureau
Agricultural Research Service
USDA
United Press International
U.S. Food Consumption Up in 1963 USDA Says
USDA estimates total U.S. food consumption will rise about 2 percent in 1963 from 1962. Per capita beef use may climb about 4 percent and chicken consumption could rise even more.
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Washington
USDA
U.S
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