Iowa Farm Net Income Surges 46 Percent in 1965
Iowa farm operators saw total net income of 1.107 billion dollars in 1965, up 46 percent from 1964. Cash receipts reached 3.01 billion, with livestock receipts 2.311 billion and crop receipts 699 million. Government payments totaled 229 million, while farm production expenses rose to 2.3 billion.
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EL Moines
Iowa
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
California
Texas
Illinois
Linn REC Annual Meeting set for September 15
The Linn County Rural Electric cooperative will hold its annual meeting on Thursday September 15 in the Armar ballroom on Marion boulevard. Patronage dividends totaling 58191.78 will be distributed for 1948 and 1949. Three directors will be elected for three year terms. Nominees include Kenneth Balderston Central City H A W Koch Alburnett Lester E Mitchell Fairfax George W Young Palo Paul G Miller Iowa City and Raymond Zeni sek Solon. Registration starts at noon with the meeting at 1 p.m.
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Linn County Rural Electric Cooperative Assn
Armar
Marion Boulevard
Kenneth Balderston
Central City
H.A.W. Koch
Alburnett
Lester E. Mitchell
Fairfax
George W. Young
Palo
Paul G. Miller
Iowa City
Raymond Zenisek
Solon
Koch
Mitchell
Zenisek
George Rose
Springville
Jack Hicks
Marion
W. E. Adams
Central Iowa Power Cooperative
Linn Rec
CIPCO
Kick Off Meeting for Cow Testing Drive in Manchester
Omas L Lyon of Ames field secretary for the Iowa State Dairy Association will speak September 14 at 5 kick off information meeting. The Dairy Herd Improvement Cooperative aims to enroll 7000 cows in production testing programs in the county. The gathering takes place in the county Farm Bureau building Manchester following a free buffet dinner from 7 15 to 8 p.m.
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Manchester
Omas L. Lyon
Ames
Iowa State Dairy Association
Dairy Herd Improvement Cooperative
County Farm Bureau
Native U.S. grasses number about fifteen hundred species
A botanical note states that roughly 1,500 grass species are native to the United States, highlighting the country’s rich diversity in its grass flora.
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U.S
Delaware County Beef Tour Deadline Near Reserve Sept. trip
Delaware County cattlemen must reserve by next Saturday for a trip to southwest Iowa and northwest Missouri during the week of September 18. The deadline tightens plans for the Delaware County Beef Tour and includes details on participation.
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Manchester
Delaware County
Iowa
Missouri
Coming Farm Auctions On The Gazette Farm Pages
The Gazette farm pages list upcoming auctions across Iowa including Chester White boar gilt and feeder pigs by Jurgensen Brothers near Center Junction. Additional closings note Holsteins dairy equipment at James Weber near Independence and Milo Ahrens near Rochester. Other sales cover Linn county land by Frank Schulte Est near Walford, dairy and milking gear by Ehlinger near Martelle, Holstein herd dispersal by Kleiss near Brooklyn, Grove Peet near Martelle, Coppock near Whittier, and the Lester Smith estate near Prairieburg with dates from Sept 10 through Oct 1.
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Chester
Jurgensen Brothers
Center Junction
James Weber
Independence
Milo Ahrens
Rochester Corner
Highway 38
Linn County
Frank Schulte
Walford
Lyall Bryant
Yami
Mt. Vernon
Old-Timers Honored By Farm Bureau Picnic Marks Half-Century
More than 400 people attended the Jones county Farm Bureau fiftieth anniversary celebration at the Youth Center, on the county fairground. Four of the ten living charter members appeared while others were listed as absent from Anamosa Marion Monticello and Sioux Falls.
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Gazette
Milt Nelson
Farm Bureau
Jones County Farm Bureau
Jones County Fairground
Monticello
James Whitmore
Olin
Sam G. Thompson
Center Junction
Arthur R. Embree
G. Burton Brown
Anamosa
W. D. McLaughlin
Embree
J. Eugene Porter
R. A. Russell
John P. Merrill
Lee Voorhies
Marion
Ray H. George
Paul Hanken
Sioux Falls
S.D
Cedar County Beef Tours Set
Cedar County beef producers have two tours planned this month. An outlook meeting and feedlot tour occur Sept. 19 at 9 a.m. on the William Hinkhouse farm near Springdale. Directors will be elected at a noon Durant park lunch. A Sept. 25–26 bus tour to the Sioux City stockyards is sponsored by Mechanicsville Trust and Savings Bank and the Cedar County Beef Producers Association with pickups in Tipton Stanwood and Mechanicsville. Reservations cap two busloads.
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Tipton
Cedar County
William Hinkhouse
Springdale
Durant Park
Mechanicsville Trust and Savings Bank
Cedar County Beef Producers Association
Sioux City
Stanwood
Mechanicsville
Winneshiek DHIA Reports 13 Cows Over 500 Lbs Fat
Thirteen cows in eight herds enrolled in Winneshiek DHIA completed lactation records above 500 pounds of butterfat for August. Top fat was 693 pounds from a Holstein owned by Lawrence Elsbernd of Calmar, with another Holstein owned by Spencer Landswerk of Decorah at 615 pounds. The group notes rising dairy prices and farmer interest in testing, with testing options available and a Decorah lab at Main and Washington.
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Decorah
Winneshiek Dhia
Duane Engelhardt
Jim Wilder
Lawrence Elsbernd
Calmar
Spencer Landswerk
Paul Morgan
Ossian
DHIA
Main
Washington Streets
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Durant
Gerald
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Zingle
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Martelle
Grove E. Peet
Alfred Coppock
Whittier
Lester Smith
Prairieburg
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Keith Noll
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