Iowa State Fair Opens In Muscatine County With Many Events
The 1968 Iowa State Fair began today with 50 county youths taking part in 4-H and FFA contests. Exhibits, animal judging, and street acts preceded main events including performances by Bob Hope and the 5th Dimension. This year’s theme is the Gay 90s Heritage featuring an 1890s schoolhouse and barbershop quartet contest. Admission is $1 for adults, free for children under 12.
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Iowa
Bob Hope
5Th Dimension
Ed Ames
Harvesting potatoes and squash guidance for storage and picking
Iowa State extension horticulturist Ben Vance advises handling potatoes gently to avoid bruises that cause decay. After harvest, keep tubers out of sun to prevent greening and cure for 10 days to two weeks before storage at about 38 degrees. Summer squash should be picked young to maximize yield, as delaying harvest reduces flower and fruit production. Cucumbers also require regular picking to sustain high yields, with mature fruit production dropping if left to ripen.
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Ben Vance
Iowa State University
Vance
Varying Results Reported In Herbicide Applications
ISU Iowa State University researchers report varying herbicide effectiveness across Iowa plots. Some sites near Eldora showed excellent weed control in corn and soybeans, while a Kanawha field day speaker warned that chemical control is not universal. Weather, soil moisture, and timing influence post and preemergence results, with chemistry best used to supplement cultural weed control rather than as a sole method.
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Eldora
Iowa
ISU
E. P. Sylvester
Kanawha
Sylvester
Late Year Soybean Prices Likely To Meet Old Levels
Iowa State University economist Bob Wisner says soybean prices this fall and winter will likely match or fall slightly below last year due to record stocks and higher acreage. July 1 stocks totaled 284.5 million bushels with 165 million in loan/CCC/retail channels. exports and carryover projections suggest a crop near one billion bushels if yields average. Late July prices in Central Iowa stood around $2.53 a bushel.
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Bob Wisner
Iowa State University
CCC
Wisner
Iowa
Shadyrest Jersey Farm Tops Dairy at West Liberty Fair
At West Liberty Fair Shadyrest Jersey Farm dominated the purebred dairy cattle judging, taking junior and senior champion bulls grand champion bulls and grand champion females among Jersey awards. Egli Jerseys Lockridge won junior champion female, with multiple placements across Jersey categories.
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Shadyrest Jersey Farm
West Liberty
Egli Jerseys
Lockridge
Eg Jerseys
Shadyrest
Egli
Ivan Gates
Robert Scott
Wilton
Cow
Joseph 'O’neil
Karen Burmeistter
Junior Champion Female Leads Local Heifer Results
Bill Schroeder of Stockton dominates Brown Swiss shows earning grand champion bull junior champion bull and junior champion female. Lynn Schroeder shows senior champion female while Louis Chown and sons claim several top placings across bull calf heifer calf and cow classes with multiple Bockwoldt family entries placing highly.
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Bob Einfeldt, Jr
Durant
Hefzier-Haven Holsteins
Muscatine
Jean Holtz
Jeanette Holtz
Dennis McAllister
Walter Proske
Kathy Collier
Jim Collier
Bill Mortensen
Cow
Kautz Farm
Buffalo
Daryl Sywassink
Monica Lett
Wilton
David
Barbara Chown
Nichols
Gordon Collier
Guernsey
Tom Sulentic
Everett Clover
Herbert Sywassink
Tom’ Sulentic
Clarence Harper
Ricky Weiss
Ayrshire
Merle Schlapkohl
Stockton
Bill Schroeder
Lynn
Louis Chown
Jim Bockwoldt
Kathy Bockwoldt
Jane Bockwoldt
Ken Collier
Junior Hereford Officers Aim for Miss Iowa Hereford Title
Junior Hereford officers Dill Rise fifth from left Wilton Junction Iowa serving as Hereford Princess seeks Miss Iowa Hereford at the State Fair. Other officers Tom Bowlin president Tom Stregor Muscatine 1st vice president Johnny Hook 2nd vice president Linda Taylor secretary Jill Rife treasurer Mary Jean Neuzil historian Janet Ditter Jay Curran co editors of the association paper.
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Dill Rise
Wilton Junctions
Iowa
Johnny Hook
Linda Taylor
Jill Rife
Mary Jean Neuzil
Janet Ditter
Jay Curran
Marshall Girls 4 Her Club Enters Most Cherry Pies
The Marshall Miniature Farmettes 4-H club took the most entries in the Louisa County Fair cherry pie class with pies sold for the exhibitor. Exhibitors included Pam Buster Ruth Gieselman Connie Gipple Cathy Yakle Janet Gieselman and others with multiple blue red and white placements across clubs.
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Marshall. Miniature Farmerettes
Louisa County Fair
Marshall Club
Red
Pam Buster
Ruth Gieselman
Connie Gipple
Cathy Yakle
Janet Gieselman
April Wiegand
Patty Richers
Michelle Wiegand
Marilyn Jennings
Blue
Beverly Krueger
Livewires Club
Jean Bloomquist
The
Lucky Clovers
Jen Morris
Jolly Workers Club
Emelda _Runeau
Iowa State University
Peggy Huston
Iowa City
Pamela Buster
Morning Sun
Marshall Miniature Farmerettes
Signing of the Declaration of Independence dates
The Declaration of Independence was adopted on July 4 1776 but not signed then. John Hancock as President of the Continental Congress prepared and signed the document on August 2 1776 and many signatures were added weeks later.
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John Hancock
Congress
Local Girls Exhibit Color Harmony At Club Show
Gaye Boulton and Barbara Pontzuis lead Columbus Junction Wapello Grandview clubs in a textile exhibit. Exhibits by Busy Bees Busy Bees Club and Livewires Club display careful color coordination and design judged for quality.
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Laura Ostrem
Columbus Junction
The
Hopeful Workers
Rhonda Young
Winfield
Sparkettes
Barbara Finke
Livewires Club
Crawfordsville
Barbara Pontzuis
Busy Bees Club
Wapello
Nancy
Gipple
Livewires’ Club
Cathy Chatterton
Pollyanna Club
Grandview
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Muscatine, Va
Muscatine County
Ames
West Liberty Creamery Co
West Liberty, Iowa
Felco
Sweetland Sunshine
Sweetland
Sweetland Royal Busters
New Era
Joyce Sywassink
Rt. 3
Republic
Kaiser
Hawkeye
Don Shanahan
Hawkeye Lumberco
Muscatine, Towa Nichols
Julie Schiapkohl
Hereford
Marshall Girls
Ups
Don L. Lee
Lloyd Lee
Muscatine County Mutual Ins
Ass‘n
Cedar Street
Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Company
West Liberty State Bank
F.D
Federal Reserve System
Gaye Boulton
Kent
Kent Drive-In
Farmers Elevator and Exchange
Lone Tree Grain Atalissa Grain and Feed CO. and Feed CO
Lone Tree Atalissa
West Liberty Grain Nichols Grain and Feed CO. and Feed CO
West Liberty Nichols
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