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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1966
Page
6
A detailed look at farm income by sales class shows large variations. While the $20,000+ sales group earns a high realized net per farm of $13,547, many smaller farms rely heavily on off-farm income, with those under $2,500 averaging $3,502 off-farm per farm. Overall, total cash receipts reach $41.6 billion, with realized gross income at $44.9 billion and net income at $14.2 billion.
Rep. Graham Purcell and his wheat subcommittees will meet this week to press forward the inquiry into rising bread prices. A decision on new public hearings hinges on a subcommittee study of reports from the Federal Trade Commission and the National Commission on Food Marketing. The FTC report was requested by Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman, who announced the food price inquiry in August during New York hearings on milk costs.
Buchanan county 4‑H dairy judging team won the Iowa 4‑H dairy judging contest at Waterloo during the National Dairy Cattle Congress. Members were Darryl Funk, Judy Kane, Kent Carruthers, and Vickie Beckman with coach Guy Williamson. Individual champion judge was Roger Woodruff of Warren, while Carruthers placed second and Mark Benda third. Twenty two teams competed as breed champions were named in Holstein, Jersey, Brown Swiss, and Milking Shorthorn events.
Rex Corn reports hog producers curb production despite favorable price ratios. The September pig crop is 8 percent above last year for June to August, foreseeing 7 percent rise in fall farrowings and a 7 percent year over year winter quarter gain. Higher feed costs and labor shortages limit small producers while eastern Iowa hog raisers continue expanding.
A sequence of public auctions and selling events scheduled from Sept 27 to Oct 15 detailing beef cattle machinery corn hay straw purebred Jersey Yorkshire and Holstein stock dairy dispersals public auctions live stock and estate sales led by numerous sellers including Kenneth Kirkpatrick Henry Schminke Merlin Rupp Nick Hamiing Lester Smith James L George Carl Covington Leo F Smith and J Clair Evans with locations spanning Martello Jesup Vinton Central City North English Walker Hiawatha Prairieboro Shelisburg and surrounding areas.
In a letter from retirement in Phoenix Arizona Robert Beckmann former farmer and horse-shoer recalls an apprenticeship in Davenport 1910 to 1914 and shop work in Durant 1914 to 1918. He notes winters in Mt. Vernon helping Bob Barnes with horses and sent a photo of a founder pony trimmed in Tipton years ago. He reads The Gazette via his wife's cousins the Krebs of Ely.
The United Community school of Boone won the combined dairy cattle and dairy products judging contest at the Dairy Cattle Congress in Waterloo. The team will represent Iowa in the national dairy products contest in Chicago next week. The Royal FFA team posted the high score in cattle judging.
Rex Conn, 52, owner of 120 acres near Swisher, discusses fence posts, cattle, hogs, and a future tractor. He comments on Vietnam, farm income, prices, taxes, and political leanings, noting a 1945 tax base of $80 versus $700 today and undecided support for Schmidhauser or Schwengel.
Iowa City 73 head of Durocs sold for 161.50 average at the Johnson county 4-H fairground sale by Howard Berry Iowa City and Keith Enochson Williamsburg. Top boar brought 760 to Mapes and Rucker Moore Okla. Enochson second boar sold to Varis Duroc Farm Dumont Minn for 485. Berry gift 485 to Floyd Blessingham Stanford Neb. Two gifts to M W Wiltse St Charles Minn at 320 and 310. Joe Harper Colo served as auctioneer.
Omaha news reports the District Federation of Federal Land Bank Association Managers and Fieldmen elected Wayne W. Snyder as president, William J. Blaha as vice president, and Henry Osantowski as secretary-treasurer at a two day annual convention. Board members for next year include Gerald T. Lehman LaVerne A. Anderson Wayne McNeil and Lyle Smith with current Iowa directors Wallace B. Sandager and Harold A. Wissink continuing.
Washington officials say the Department of Agriculture announced the purchase of 2.1 million pounds of fresh frozen U S Grade A chickens for use in the national school lunch program.
Cedar Rapids Pro-Ag club sets a Thursday dinner at 6 30 p m in the Roosevelt hotel. Vernon Owens will deliver an illustrated report detailing his month long cattleman tour of five South American countries. The informal group gathers men in agriculture or related occupations.
Ames A Mable from Iowa State University tops the state junior two year old class with a 305 day record of 19 610 pounds of milk and 646 pounds of butterfat. Bred in the university herd.
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