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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1973
Page
2
Officials say grain shipments on the Iowa to RI line have stalled for a month due to heavy rain and snow. Embargoes on shipments from Falls to Superior remain until conditions improve, with a feed booking deadline set for April 30 at the cooperative.
Land O Lakes Felco outlines soybean planting timing from mid May with guidance that there is no yield gain from early sowing and weed pressure rises. A delay of three days costs about one bushel per acre. Plant seed at 13 inches depth and increase seed quantity accordingly to ensure stand establishment.
Graettinger FFA Chapter plans representation at the State FFA Convention April 26 to 28 at the Ramada Inn Waterloo. Delegates Pam Stewart Greg Peton Cathy Graettinger along with officers Randy Nicol Terry Wegner Roger Schmitt and Bill Brown will attend with two chosen as voting delegates. A prominent guest will be the National FFA President.
Vernon Vanguards held a meeting at the Tim Wikert home with fifteen members answering roll call. Discussion covered 4H Camp and farm topics including proper soybean planting rates, row spacing, and weed control, plus railroad line improvements on the Rock Island line and co op grain shipments.
On April 23 1973 twenty four freshmen industrial arts and agriculture students toured the Winnebago Forest City plant known as the world’s largest motor home producer with four assembly lines producing about one hundred motor homes daily and the Artsway Armstrong Iowa plant renowned for efficiency building feed grinders for International and Massey Ferguson as well as its own Artsway model.
In April the mills borrowed heavily to fund a large grain inventory. Interest costs ran about 250 dollars daily, with at least 200 dollars of that due to the grain stock. The ships up to one million bushels per month highlight pressure on cash and financing.
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