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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1977
Page
9
The Hampshire boar led sales at Austin Minnesota with a $15,000 price. Shown by Jerry Steele of Coatsville Indiana, it sold to Indiana breeders Jack Rodebaugh and Dennis Shoup from Michigan Pound. Other top prices included a $2,500 Hampshire gift a $3,700 Landrace boar a $2,500 Chester White gilt and a $7,500 Chester White boar.
Two Williamsburg farmers David O. Jones and Randy Schmidt won the grand and reserve hog titles at the Iowa county fall market show held in Williamsburg. Gingerich brothers of Parnell claimed central tested show champions. Banquet Sept. 29 will honor winners with Earl Butz as keynote speaker. A Holstein cow from Linn Dairy Herd Improvement produced 921 pounds butterfat and 21,980 pounds milk in 305 days. Cedar and Johnson county Parkettes plan a Farm Wife forum bus trip to Kansas City December 6-9. Grain prices remain weather dependent as autumn harvests loom.
Fairfax farmer Emil Merta 60 harvested corn in his field after a damaging hail storm last month. He reports 26 percent moisture with yields of 80 to 90 bushels per acre, about 30 percent lower due to hail, and notes soybeans have suffered a 60 percent drop. Merta and others began harvests across Kalona Harper and Ainsworth areas as seed corn work continues. locals report generally wet fields and delayed start due to rain.
Farmers attending the Farm Progress Show in Washington county will see Iowa State University displays on energy conservation from grain drying to dish washing. The September 27 29 event at Maurice Crawford farm includes corn stalk heater solar heat collector rainfall simulator and swine waste fertilizer demonstrations. More than 250 000 attendees expected with no admission and 100 acres of parking.
Des Moines based American Farm Bureau forecasts treaty rejection by Senate. AFB President Allan Grant cites volatile Panamanian politics and warns loss of canal could hurt overseas grain sales especially to Japan. Grant notes Panama negotiator threatened violence if the pact is endorsed.
A sequence of auctions is announced: Robert Vincent Callan Estate 160 acres near Troy Mills on Friday at 11 a.m.. Lester J. Smith Estate 1160 acres farmland plus 5 acres timber near Prairieburg on Saturday. Max Dutcher machinery near Center Junction. Mrs. Fred Kromminga antiques near Prairieburg. Virgil Barclay antiques near Bennett. Chester White hog sale by Walter Schminke and Son near Van Horne on Friday night. Also note a 30 year old clipping recalling Norris E Dodd on voluntary rationing to avert famine abroad.
Five area Iowa Farm Bureau women leaders travel to Washington for the annual Farm Bureau congressional trip. The group includes Laverne Chalupsky Palo Linn County and others from Fairfax, Marion, Vinton, and Clut ter Tama County. They meet with officials including the wife of Agriculture Secretary Bob Bergland during their visit.
At the Clayton county 4-H rally night in Elkader Art Donlon of Elkader Poultry and Rabbit superintendent for 30 years received the county 4-H meritorious service award Mrs Marvin Schulte of Edgewood was named honorary county 4-H member Eight 4-H members were named to the county council Elaine Appleton Edgewood Diane Kickbush Guttenberg Julie Knight Strawberry Point Sandra Miene Luana Marilyn Wessel Greeley Jon Mohning Garville Doug Moser Garber Dean Waly Monona and about 350 attended the Opera House event in El kader.
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