Five Area Farmers Cited for Corn Yield at Meeting
Five Jones county farmers were cited for their corn yields at Antioch church Monday night during the Way side Park corn improvement contest. Don Starr led with 166.13 bushels, followed by Donald Brunscheen 136.48, Russell Etten 125.40, Ae C. Neilsen 110.66, and Richard Rohwedder 110.28. Merle Hillson of Cedar Rapids explained improvement methods, with Joe Legg conducting the session.
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Jones County
Antioch Church
Wayside Park
Don Starr
Wyoming
Donald Brunscheen
Russell Etten
Anamosa
Ae C. Neilsen
Richard Rohwedder
Merle Hillson
Cedar Rapids
Langworthy social notes recount visits and gatherings in two weeks
Anna M. Gerdes returns from a Fredricksburg trip visiting relatives in Austin Seguin and Commerce. The column lists numerous local visits including birthday anniversaries and dinners with the Oltman Oltman and Arduser families, plus a Sunshine Club Christmas party and card games at multiple homes.
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Sunshine Club
Arthur Reidel
Louis Helgens
Cliff Arduser
Ben Englehart
Carl Gerdes
Jack Buol
Cindy
George J. Smith
Brenda
Ray Poppe
Jerald Nelson
Raymond
Robert
Nelson
Susie Covington
Corn Awards Go To 3 County Men
Art Kromminga of Monticello Lawrence Kuehl and John Colony of Wyoming won top honors as champion corn growers in Jones county A Farmers Hybrid Seed Corn Company of Hampton sponsor announced Their yields adjusted to 151/2 percent moisture Kromminga 191 70 bushels per acre Kuehl 182 69 bushels Colony 123 45 bushels Plaques were presented at the Champions Recognition dinner in Marion The award recognizes 100 bushels or more per acre in a 5 acre plot
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Art Kromminga
Monticello
Lawrence Kuehl
John Colony
Wyoming
Jones County
Farmers Hybrid Seed Corn Company
Hampton
Kromminga
Kuehl
Colony
Marion
Trumm Farm Near Cascade Grows Feeds and Cattle
Robert Trumm operates Mystery Farm No. 134 seven years after taking over from his father. The 280 acre operation lies seven miles south of Cascade on highway 136. Trumm raises 80 beef cattle and 400 hogs annually with 70 acres corn and 40 oats in cultivation. He and John Trumm own the land and live in Cascade. The family includes three daughters Judy 5 Margie 3 and Donna 5 months.
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Robert Trumm
Cascade
Walter Kraus
Monticello
Lawrence Heeren
Anamosa
Trumm
John Trumm
Highway 136
Trumms
Judy
Margie
Donna
Six Areca Men Receive Expense-paid Trip
Thousands of farmers and ranchers flew into Milwaukee for a three day expense paid trip offered by Allis-Chalmers to buyers of their farm tractors. Dealers Geo C Schoon and LaVern Schoon of Monticello attended with their customers Carl Kintzle and
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Milwaukee
Allis- Chalmers
Allis-Chalmers
Geo. C. Schoon
LaVern Schoon
Monticello
Carl Kintzle
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Iowa
Mystery Farm
Express Office
Iowa State University
Ames
Joe Legg
Fay
May Oltman
Ray Kromminga
Herman Harms
George Seehusen
Carl H. Harms
Anna Seehusen
Center Jet
Mrs. Kromminga
Don Arduser
Gerald Weers
John Weers
Weers
August Dirks
Ervin Wilken
George Harms
Art Rigby
Esther Hanken
Alfred Mettler
Roger Oltmans
Louis Schafer
Diane Arduser
Linda Chaplin
Jack Chaplin
Hopkinton
Art Reidel
Stuart Leggett
Scotch Grove
Albert Siebels
Lynda Smith
Louis Tapken
Jerome Baum
Loris Don
Patty Kreeb
Dyersville
George Arduser
Gene Kuhn
Roger Oltman
Elmer Jacobs
Willis Harms
Melvin Hein
Armin Jacobs
Jerry Schneiter
Paul Schneiter
Willis Bauman
Glen Hein
LaVern Nagel
Everett Herndon
Richard Andreson
Willis Harrs
Glenn Hein
Elmer Schlemme
NFO National Board
Jones County Nfo
National Farmers Organization
Des Moines
Galen Covington
Cindy Buol
Glenview
Ill
Mr. Reidel
Richard Reidel
Richard
Chicago
Glen Gardiner
N. Je
Hunt
America
REM Electric
Ardreser
Monticello Monument Co
Wears, Inc
By Phillip Tuetken
R. Ph
Longs Drug
East Street
Areca
Louis Heiken
John Turnis
Vene Lamont
Bob Glynn
CTV Service
Zenith
Hetzler-Copley
Coop Creamery
Golden K Pig and Son
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