Breakfast club plans Achieve Day at Oakland Center
Lucky Clovers 4-H club hosted a Monday 1am breakfast at the Oakland Community Center with Becky Gartzke and Dianne McCullough as hostesses. Demonstrations covered muffins and cocoa from mixes, while roll call, pledges, music, and recreation were led by club members. Plans for Achievement Day July 24 and an all-day workshop April 30 were announced, with exhibits due by 11 am and attendees invited to the afternoon program.
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Lucky Clovers Conesville
Lucky Clovers Girls
Oakland Community Center
Becky Gartzke
Dianne McCul
Debbie Wagoner
Linda Murdock
Janice Forbes
Dianne McCullough
Linda Shull
Doves McCullough
Margaret Bloomquist
Dee Ann Yocum
Oakland
Farm Bureau
Fortify Swine Rations and 4-H Club Notes
ISU swine specialist Emmet Stevermer says corn and soybean meal rations are excellent for pigs, but vitamin and mineral supplements remain essential. The Bloomington Best 4-H club met with plans for Achievement Day, July 2, and an upcoming workshop. Goshen Gladiators and Pollyanna Seniors reported on tours, drives, projects, and July 4 preparations.
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Stevermer
ASC Rescinds Diverted Acres Clipping Date
Muscatine County ASC Committee withdraws the July 20 clipping deadline for diverted acres. Weeds must be controlled on diverted land at all times and failure to do so could affect program payments. The committee still recommends periodic clipping if weeds are a problem, but is not mandatory otherwise.
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Muscatine County
ASC
Marvin Coder
Coder
Plan to Improve Rural Iowa Roads for Safer Travel
Norval Wardle of Iowa State University outlines a point by point plan to reduce rural road accidents. He identifies five major shortcomings in Iowa counties including nonuniform signs obscured intersections and narrow roads. Proposals include uniform signs at needed locations improved intersection visibility lighting at railroad crossings and reflective markings to cut crashes and deaths.
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Towa
Iowa
Norval -Wardle
Towa State University
National Safety Council
Wardle
Wardie
Michigan
Automotive Safety Foundation
29th Year for Observance of Conservation Week Here
Muscatine County marks the 29th annual Soil and Water Conservation Week in June 1986. County Extension Director Eugene Mathern notes since 1947 the Muscatine Soil District has spurred 515 landowners to apply practices affecting 84,000 acres, with programs including 52 farm ponds, 192 miles of terraces, contour planting on 20,393 acres, 2,740 acres of strip cropping, 176 water control structures, 1,643,911 feet of tile, 836 acres of waterways and 72,476 feet of open drainage. The week also includes recognizing three farms by the Muscatine Chamber of Commerce Agricultural Committee.
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Muscatine County
Eugene Matthern
Mathern
Muscatine
Muscatine County Pork Producers Plan First Activity
The Muscatine County Pork Producers Association will hold its first official activity at 6:30 p m Wednesday June 30 at the Duane Nett farm south of Nichols. Marion Fitzgerald will lead a school and discussion on selecting gifts and boars for 4 commercial swine producers. Membership is $10 yearly, includes state and national dues.
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Muscatine County
Duane Nett
Hog Farmers Responding To Prices
The Agriculture Department reports 1968 spring pig crop up 10 percent over last year, higher than forecast. With hog prices strong, producers expect a larger six month fall crop and possible continued expansion, raising pork supply and potentially dampening prices for beef, chicken, lamb, and mutton.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Farmington Township Stanley Coffee Event Planned
Durant report notes the Farmington Township Stanley for Senator club will sponsor a coffee on Wednesday June 29 in the Municipal building. Senator David M. Stanley will speak briefly and take questions. The event invites Farmington Township residents and nearby community members, with chairmen and assistants listed.
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Durant
Farmington Township
Stanley For Senator Club
David M. Stanley
Wayne Tank
Irving Deihl
Delmar Frick
Jerry Mays
Herbert Oveson
Muscatine and Louisa 4H Members Attend State Camp
Thirty 4H club members from Louisa county and 32 from Muscatine county attended the state 4H camp at Madrid this week. They traveled by bus to Ames for activities including hiking, swimming, nature study, photography and crafts, with camp fires and a cook-out. County officers and counselors accompanied, and Louisa county handled kitchen duties and flag duties while planning a mixer and an evening camp fire.
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Louisa County
Muscatine County
Madrid
Ames
Iowa State University
Gaylord Elliott
Emogene Brown
Eugene Mathern
Bill Freiberg
Suzanna Townsley
Letts
Dean Bultington Winfield
Mary McAtee
Conesville
Michelle West
Oakville
Linda Massey
Columbus Junction
Jane Paisley
Harold
Psychologist Tests Young Men on Driving Attitudes
Grinnell Mutual Insurance promotes a driving attitude test for men under 25 to determine insurance rates. The test, offered through County Mutual agents, claims rate reductions up to 75 percent for top scorers and 60 percent fewer accidents among low-risk youths.
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Grinnell
Owa
Iowa Insurance Company
Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Company
County Mutual
Grinnell Mute
Grinnell Myaval
Corn Harvesting Meetings Planned at West Liberty
Two corn harvesting storage and drying meetings will be held July 6 and 7 at 4 p m in West Liberty Elementary School. Sponsored by Extension services of Muscatine Johnson and Cedar counties and ISU Extension. Dale Hull will discuss harvesting and storage July 6 and Larry Van Fossen will discuss drying shelled corn July 7. Open to the public for latest corn storage and handling information. July 27 deadline.
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West Liberty
Extension Services
Muscatine
Johnson and Cedar Counties
Iowa State University Extension Service
Dale Hull
Larry van Fossen
Extension Agricultural
Cedar County contest entries due July 27
Cedar County Farmers planning to enter the 1966 10 acre corn and soy bean contest sponsored by the Cedar County Extension Service must have their entries filed in the Extension Office by July 27. Detailed rules and regulations available at the Extension Office.
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Cedar County Extension Service
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