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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1969
Page
11
The Conservation Service and the state nursery provided assistance in planning this area to support habitat restoration and sustainable management.
A gas grill was installed this year near the Lloyd Crumly pond shelter to aid picnickers and provide convenient cooking facilities close to the shelter.
Washington AP report says the Agriculture Department will hire about 20 veterinarians and 20 inspectors to fill gaps in the federal meat inspection program. The moves are replacements for resignations and yield little net gain, as the department already employs over 1,300 veterinarians and about 6,600 inspectors across more than 3,000 plants amid a payroll rollback mandate.
Washington AP Agriculture Department economists warn that unless the tight money market eases, farm land borrowing will continue to decline. A 1968 report shows total farm mortgage loans at under 1.6 billion, down from 1967 and well below 1965 peak, with 1966 losses mostly in the second half amid higher rates and tighter credit.
Washington reports a surge in cereal leaf beetle attacking wheat as farmers harvest a large crop. The 1969 winter wheat output is forecast at 1.161 billion bushels, with total wheat potential near 1.51 billion. The pest, spreading from Illinois to Pennsylvania and Kentucky, causes rising losses and spurs new research with a $32,100 two year program at Michigan State University to find control methods.
The Agriculture Department reports nine of the ten leading vegetable crops for processing are expected to show a 15 percent drop from 1968 and an 11 percent fall from 1967. Total bal crops acreage is estimated at 1,732,450 acres with declines in green lima beans snap beans beets sweet corn cucumbers for pickles green peas spinach and tomatoes.
Shelby County High School drama and speech teacher in Shelbyville faces confusion over a misnamed identity Bob Shy in an awkward naming incident that drew attention at a school event.
The 1969 spring wheat crop in the northern states started slowly but is advancing well. The Crop Reporting Board will not issue its first production estimate until July, though early growth is generally favorable. Seeding nears completion in Minnesota and North Dakota. Also, John, Robert, and William Cacherell of Muscatine were named to junior membership in the American Milking Shorthorn Society, announced by secretary Harry Clampitt.
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