4-H Club News from Pike and Montpelier Meetings
Pike Peppy Pals and Pike Plucky Pikers 4-H clubs held all day meetings with picnics and tours. Activities included demonstrations on cooking and packing foods, illustrated talks, and plans for a July achievement show. The Montpelier Merry Makers met at Linda Kratt’s with multiple illustrated talks and a display project. A later Sweetland meeting reviewed science and table setting projects. The Goshen Gleamers discussed fair preparation and labeling foods. Washington note: cattle feed lots over 1,000 head increased to 1,635 between 1962 and 1964, with 6.9 million cattle sold by all feed lots in 1984, about 41 percent of total sales.
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Pike
Peggy Eichelberger
Judy Steinacher
Lanfier
Amana
Cindy Porter
Pam Kaalberg
Betsy Rudman
Bill Freiberg
KWPC
Ee School
Washington
Agriculture Department
Increase in Feed Grain Planting Possible Under 1967 Program
AP reports under the 1967 federal crop control plan live stock feed grains may gain acres alongside wheat. Johnson boosted the 1987 wheat allotment by 15 percent to ease shortages amid dwindling corn barley oats and sorghum stocks.
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Ovida
Martin AP
Washington {Ap
Johnson
Agriculture Department
Milk Prices Rise As Production Falls Across U S
Milk production is down and prices are up as weather and drought affect farming. Major producers General Mills and Pillsbury plan to lift flour and dairy costs, with butter cheese and ice cream prices higher, and bread costs rising due to labor and packaging. Spinach broccoli corn cauliflower and lima beans may be scarce.
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New York
General Mills Inc
Pills
New Bloat Preventative Found At Iowa and Kansas State
Poloxa lene marketed as Bloat Guard after FDA clearance shows promise as the most effective preventive for legume bloat. Studies at Iowa and Kansas State Universities demonstrate 5 to 10 grams twice daily to dairy cows prevents bloat during alfalfa or clover feeding, with minimal absorption and no milk or meat residues.
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Iowa State
Kansas State
Food and Drug Administration
Kansas State University
Towa State University
Spring Vegetable Production Up 4 Percent in Washington
The Agriculture Department reported on Thursday that spring vegetable production reached 39.4 million hundredweight, up 4 percent from last year and 3 percent above the long term average.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Thistle Control Is Simple At Right Time
County Extension Director Eugene Mathem reports that biennial thistles are easiest to control if treated promptly. Iowa State’s E P Sylvester notes they affect pastures, ditch banks, and roadsides. nonseeding methods help long term, with 2 4 D spraying most effective when rosettes size of large dandelions. Spray on a calm warm day, restrict animal access for a week, and use coarse spray low pressure. In heavily infested areas plowing and seeding to a clean crop works. near unsuitable fields, two to three close mows reduce thistles, with mowing also advised in legume pastures.
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Eugene Mathem
Iowa
E. P. Sylvester
Iowa State University
Sylvester
Basutoland Moves Toward Independence as Lesotho Kingdom
Basutoland, the small enclave in eastern South Africa, plans to declare independence this year and become the Kingdom of Lesotho. The move signals a historic transition from protectorate status to a sovereign state with a royal designation.
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Basutoland
South Africa
Lesotho
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Wayne Kraft
Sean Scheafer
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Andrea McElroy
Joyce Marxen
Jeraldine Marxen
Marilyn Rinnert
Barbara Rinnert
Jeanette Marxen
Cindy Fix
Sweetland
Sweetland Sunshine 4-H
Sweetland Methodist Rehurch
Judy Buermeister
Jean Holtz
iBonnie Burmeister
Joyce Nussibaum
Holly TeStrake
Cathy Fullman
Dawn Sywassink
Denise Barthus
Patty Tiecke
Joy Brammen
Judy Schneider
Barbara Todd
Sue Cline
Cathy Puhlman
Raymond Hetzler
Ralph Sywassink
Robert Rohner
James van’ Camp
Nadine Clark
Anne
Goshen Gleamers
Goshen Gleamers 4-H Club
Connie Madsen
Rolf Call
Fair Usis
Connie Simon
Vicki
Vonda Fix
Carolyn Stucker
Terri Wertzbaugher
Pam Lenker
Greenback
Tipfiller
Jon
Park Ave
Me-Jon
JON Incorporated
Don
Don Campbell
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Ronald Oostendorp
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Ronald
Lonewood Feed and Grain
Lonewood Feed & Grain
County Mutual
Donald Lee
Muscatine County Mutual Ins
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Cedar Street
Wall Mutual Reinsurance
Thistle
Smith Kline & French Laboratories
Philadelphia
Farmers Elevator & Exchange
Wapella
KENT
Atalissa Grain and Feed Co
Atalissa
Lone Tree Grain and Feed Co
Lone Tree
Nichols Grain and Feed Co
Nichols
West Liberty Grain and Feed Co
West Liberty
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