Life of a tomato from vine to Heinz plant
The article traces tomato farming from hand picking to mechanical harvest at Heinz in Muscatine. It explains labor, crate packing, truck transport, a Mississippi River ferry solution, and the plant’s washing and grading line. It notes a shift toward mechanical picking and a unique local tomato ferry operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Heinz
Muscatine
Mississippi
Ilinois
Lee Osborn
Osborn
Fred Brown
Illinois
Heinz
Heinz Company
Women s Programs Planned At Dairy Cattle Congress
Daily programs for women at the National Dairy Cattle Congress in Waterloo Iowa run September 21 to 29 from 10 30 a m to 4 30 p m in Anniversary Hall North Auditorium seating over 60. Highlights include fashion shows hair styling floral arrangements and senior citizen youth achievement events with local stores and organizations presenting. Willie Wiredhand Talent closes the lineup with Jerry Smith a Cedar Rapids entertainer in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Dairy Cattle Congress
Wateroo
Iowa
Anniversary Hall
Castle Congress
Pitze
Beauty Salon
Waterloo
Ladies Store
Totto Teen Shop
Black’s Department Store
Russell W. Christensen
Skokie
Illinois
Home Service Department
Maytag Company
Newton
Midwest
Willie
Jerry Smith
Cedar Rapids
Carcass Contest Entries Open for 1968 Show
Ames August 31 marks the deadline for pork producers to enter the Fall Production Tested Carcass Contest, says Emmett Stevermer Iowa State University extension swine specialist. Entrants may submit one or two pigs open to purebreds and crossbreds with a 10 dollar entry fee and carcass value funding testing and prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Emmett Stevermer
Iowa State University
Stevermer
Ames Plans Fall Bull Testing Station Initiative
The Iowa Beef Improvement Association will open a bull testing station this fall with a 300 bull entry goal. Iowa breeders will get priority until September 15, with entries later from out of state on a first come basis. Tests run 140 days plus two weeks acclimation and post test ration, ending in a spring sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa Beef Improvement Association
James Hammingson
Newell
IBIA
Iowa
DeBaca
France risks scuttling international grain pact with underpriced wheat
Washington officials warn France may bypass IGA minimum prices by selling wheat below set levels. France bought about $220 million of U.S. farm goods last year, 8.4 percent of France’s total farm imports, while exporting soft wheat and buying U.S. durum and hard wheat for blending. If France continues such pricing, the United States could be forced to match competition and scrap the pact signed last June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
U.S
IGA
France
Départment
United States
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Iowa Swine Testing Station
Box A
Towa
Grandview
Jack McNett
Dairy
Skokie, Ilinois
Stephen’s
Ray Wuestenberg
Dial
West Liberty
S/M Service Company
Testrake
Testrake Brothers
Green Street
Robert deBaca
Dave Nichols
Anita
Angus
Montana
New Mexico
Oklahoma
S/M Service Co
Walcott
Muscatine and
Scott Counties
Muscatine Office
Walcott Office
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