Muscatine County 4H Club News Tour changes and actions
The Spirit of 76 4H Club tour day moved from June 20 to June 27 starting at 8:00 a.m. at Orville Meeker, visiting Bill Hargrafen Plaine Watson Charles Gaeta Ted Nell Anton Tometich James Newman Ed Furlong Leo Purivag and Morris Furlong, with a picnic at the township hall after. A scrap metal drive began June 5 with contact to Bernard Noll or Joe Furlong.
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Orville Meeker
Bill Hargrafen
Plaine Watson
Charles Gaeta
Ted Nell
Anton ‘Tometich
James Newman
Ed Furlong
Leo Purivag
Morris Furlong
Dorate
Bernard Noll
Joe Furlong
Pike Plucky Pikers
Fike Grange Hall
Gettysburg
Penn
IFYE
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Patsy
Renae Best
Nancy Jewett
Kathleen Fischer
Kathy Colbreese
Theresa Schmidt
Iowa State Fair Swine Show To Feature New Growth Contest
Des Moines reports detail the first annual Iowa production tested barrow contest within the 1965 Iowa State Fair swine program. Winners share 81,000 in prizes. top prize 590. hogs tested at Ames for growth rate on high energy rations, with exhibit pride at the fair Aug 17.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Ames
H. M. Duncan
Columbus Junction
Ames Station
Duncan
Iowa Duroc Breeders Association
Mike Vaupel Named FFA Member of Week
Michael Vaupel a Muscatine high school senior is named FFA Member of the Week for his farm project work. He has kept a small herd of purebred Angus cattle and calves and earned a reserve championship with feeder cattle. He is active in swimming chorus De Molay and MYF and plans to continue his herd after graduation.
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Mike Vaupel
FFA
Michael Vaupel
Maynard. Vaupel
Muscatine High School
Mike
de Molay
MYF
Michael
Two Area Men Complete Farm Credit School at ISU
Richard A. Utter of Columbus Junction State Bank and Delmar L. Frick of Durant Liberty Trust and Savings Bank earned certificates from the 20th Annual Iowa State University Agricultural Credit School. The two of 36 officials completed a two week program begun June 7, designed to improve lending institution skills in agricultural credit.
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ISU
Richard A. Utter
Columbus Junction State Bank
Delmar L. Frick
Liberty Trust and Savings Bank of
Durant
Iowa State University
Utter and
Frick
Iowa
Towa State University
Iowa Bankers Association
Livestock Prices Rise With Low Production
New York based AP reports fewer livestock entering markets and rising meat prices. Beef and pork lead gains with sirloin at 1.09 a pound, up from 0.89. producers cut back after last year's high output, cattle on feed and heavy weights down. Mehren notes food prices about 15 percent higher than a year ago, retail meat up about 3 percent. Hog prices up 3 to 6 per hundred pounds, cattle up 5 to 7 per hundred pounds feeding gains cited.
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New York
George L. Mehren
Hog Price Rise Depends On Farm Breeding in Fall
AP Farm writer reports USDA field reports will project hog production plans for late summer, fall, and winter. Hog prices sit about 45 percent higher than last year due to smaller hog and cattle slaughter, with June 21 release predicting spring crop shrinkage around eight percent.
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Ovid Martin AP
Washington (Ap
Agriculture Department
Low Quality U S Soybeans Threaten Foreign Markets
The American Soybean Association warns a few growers risk spoiling overseas markets by shipping low quality beans containing jimsonweed seed. Some shipments are returned at foreign ports. seeds can be poisonous to livestock in some countries. The group urges crop cleaning on combine and at elevators to protect a potential 850 million bushel crop.
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Washington
American Soybean Association
The
Association
U.S
Tipton To Host Pork Appreciation Day Event
Eugene Mathern, Muscatine County Extension Director, urges producers to attend the Pork Appreciation Day at Tipton fairgrounds on June 23. The event, one of ten in the state, features a pork barbecue, entertainment, a district pork queen contest, and meetings for producers and Porkettes, with Dr. M. D. Whitaker of Iowa State University delivering the main address. Sponsors include the Iowa Pork Producers Assn, Consumers Coop Assn, and Farm Bureau in cooperation with Iowa.
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Eugene Mathern
Muscatine
Tipton Fairgrounds
M. D. Whitaker
Iowa State University
The
Iowa Pork Producers Assn
Consumers Coop, Assn
Farmbest
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