West Liberty 4 H crop show banquet with sponsors
The photo shows guest speaker Garren Benson, district agronomist, at the West Liberty 4 H crop show and banquet. Two Liquid-Grow salesmen Ron Kerr and Dale Moby stand beside sponsors while 4 H members Pat Furlong and John Petersen attend.
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West Liberty
Garren Benson
Ron Kerr
Dale Moby
Pat Furlong
John Petersen
4-H
Joe Furlong
Tim Furlong
Tom Furlong
Chuck Hermann
RED
Muscatine
Dean Hetzler
Darwin Krebs
Stockton
Steven TeSiake
RID
Tom Windman
Reds
David Chown
Nichols
Mike Fridley
David Lindt
Pythian Sisters of West Liberty
4 H County Crop Show Highlights Youth Learning Plus Yields
The West Liberty event drew 350 crop project members and families as Garren Benson urged members to pursue learning beyond corn. The Muscatine County crop program saw average corn yields around 421.4 bushels per acre amid five years of progress, with hy brids and management factors driving gains. The Blackhawk Dairy Herd Improvement Association convened in Rock Island to elect officers for 1965 and welcome new members, while a separate meat production report noted federal meat output trends.
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Garren Benson
West Liberty
Liquid Grow Liquid Fertilizer Company
Davenport
Benson
Ate
Muscatine County
Corn Project
Chuck Herman
Furlong Brothers
Pat
Joe
Tom
Rock Island
Blackhawk Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Try to Save Cattle in 30 Below Weather
Montana livestock face brutal blizzard conditions as Robbins of Glendive Station reports cattle mired in four foot drifts and unable to reach food or shelter. Government teams push heavy equipment to carve paths while observers fear heavy livestock losses across the plains.
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Montana
Robbins
Glendive
Exgn-Tv
Cattle Stranded by Blizzard Suffer Heavy Losses
Reports describe cattle trapped along fences and on ridges during a blizzard. As conditions worsen, twenty three head are confirmed dead while many survivors are weak and frostbitten. Feed is scarce, with brutal winds and drifting snow exhausting animals on exposed ridges.
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Muscatine Seed & Supply CO
East Second Street
Dial
Jerry Robbins
Associated
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Mont
Ind
Wapello Livestock Auction, Inc
Wapello, Iowa
Southeastern
Iowa
Packers and Stock Yard Act
Mediapolis
Surrell Barton
Rex L. Hanft
Mgr
Ralph Danner & Sons of
Chicago
Bill Hargrafen
Hawkeye
McKee
Spring Street
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