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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1968
Page
10
Interview with Lester Ledvina, a 53 year old Iowa farmer near Chelsea, discussing cattle feeding, crop mix, grain costs, and fear of buying cattle. He advocates production controls and government bargaining power, criticizes farm organizations, and signals likely Democratic support for Franzenburg and Bandstra.
Williamsburg vocational agriculture adult night school begins at the high school at 8 p.m. with sessions scheduled for September 11 on herbicides and crop protection September 18 on grain handling and storage management September 25 on credit trends and October 2 on meat animals of the future.
Eastern Iowa reports show early corn ripening tied to stalk rots rather than moisture. Extension specialist Viv an Jennings notes Gibberella Fusarium infections cause lodging and pale leaves with pinkish node discoloration, while Diplodia produces brown node staining. Dry early summer followed by rain after silking favors rot development, with borers and fertility issues increasing risk. Harvest sooner when rot suspected to minimize losses.
The Iowa convention of the National Farmers Organization calls for halting diagonal highways pipelines and power lines across farms. It adopts resolutions for guaranteed marketing payments through insurance and bonding, limits on nonfarm corporate ownership of farmland, and federal food reserves with set minimum parity prices. Melvin Zubrod is nominated to the national board along with James Stewart and Willis Rowell for one year terms.
Manchester Delaware county Swine Producers Association expects 900 people at its 10th annual pork barbecue at 6 p.m. Wednesday. Emmett Stevermer extension swine specialist from Iowa State University will discuss what's under the pig skin, and two directors will be elected.
John Henning of Hartwick sold 29 Angus steers averaging 1 412 pounds on the Chicago market for 30 25 per cwt. Gragg and Drahos Commission Co. handled the sale.
A sequence of farm and livestock auctions scheduled in September. Items include two farms with machinery for John C. Himschool estate near a highway exchange, a dairy herd dispersal of 70 Holsteins by Fred Hoffman near Walker, a 72.5 acre parcel with grain and hay by Frank Dusilest northwest of Marengo, and a machiney hog cattle sale by Vernon Owens northeast of Atkins, plus a Poland China boat and slit sale by Ed Helgens and Son southeast of Monticello.
At Hawkeye Downs the Iowa Poland China Breeders Assn sale saw 13 boars average $300 and 14 gifts average $192. Top boar from Paul J. Humnker Ridgeway sold for $800 to Bennetts Polands Martinsville IL. Second high boar from O B Solerich Rolfe brought $575 to Robert Everett New Bloomington OH. Top gilt from Brown and Brown Hampton sold for $520 to Charles Curtis and Sons Churdan. Second gilt at $370 was Everett Hughes McIntire purchased by Wayne Yakley Stockton MO. Drive safely.
Mrs A K Stoutner of Keota was elected chairman of the U S Country Women Council at a conference of the Associated Country Women of the World held at Michigan State University East Lansing. Iowa delegates and attendees are noted with theme Learning To Live and remarks by several Iowa speakers. The organization includes over 200 rural women societies in 50 countries.
Emmet C. Gardner former county extension director will keynote the Johnson County Farm Bureau 50th anniversary banquet at 6 30 p m September 17 in Montgomery Hall at the Johnson County Fairgrounds Iowa City Dale Williams WOI sports director and former Iowa City resident will serve as master of ceremonies
Neil Hart from Iowa State University will discuss farm corporations at a northeast Iowa district meeting for attorneys. The session is Sept. 17 at 4 p.m. at the Elks Country Club in Oelwein.
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