Queen of Conservation Contest at Louisa Fair
The Louisa county Soil Conservation District sponsors a local Queen of Conservation contest at the Louisa county fair. The event on Aug 2 at Columbus Junction fairgrounds features judging at 4 p.m. est, corsages for winners, and a one minute soil conservation talk. Two local winners advance to a nine region final for the 1982 statewide title.
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Louisa Fair
Columbus Junction Fairgrounds
Floral Hall
Wwe Wineners
Louisa County
Farmy
Entranla Nanst
Uly
Atlantic
Envy Blanks
Wayne Carter
Letis
Don Sands
Columbus Junction
Floyd Reil
Wapella
Weber and
Soil Conservation Districts of
Iowa
Farmers Grain Dealers Association of
Lowa
Des Moines
Soil Conservation At Home Helps Urban Dwellers
A new 39 page bulletin from the U S Soil Conservation Service offers urban and suburban residents guidance on reducing water runoff and soil erosion on homesites. It explains soil types, conservation planning, water disposal, shrub planting, contour gardening, and wildlife-friendly practices with photographs.
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U. S. Soil Conservation Service
Apland
Soil Conservation Service
Muscatine County
Dairymen Unite to Promote June Dairy Month Markets
Dairymen join in a nationwide effort to expand milk and dairy product sales as June Dairy Month promotes greater consumption. The program, funded by a small dairy plant levy, supports market research, advertising, nutrition education, product research, and merchandising across 49 states.
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United
Halion
America
Association
Pickle Pickers Sought In Local Area To Fill Openings
In southeast Town the State Employment Service reports sixty pickers hired but four more needed for 235 28 total. Delassiing recruitment begun to balance farm worker supply with demand. Openings include 15 married hands, four single hands, and three seasonal workers. Row crops and haying under way with corn being laid in some areas and vegetable hoeing progressing.
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Town
Laws State Employment Service Office
Muscatine
Delassiing
Scacce
Durant Man Named Fieldman for Muscatine County Farm Bureau
Larry Thede will become Muscatine County Farm Bureau fieldman on July 2 succeeding Gary Digerness who resigned May 1 after four months in the post. Thede, an active Cedar County Farm Bureau member, served two years on the county board of directors and on the county budget committee. He is a V4 graduate of Durant Community High School and farmed 400 acres with his father LeRoy Thede. He left farming due to back trouble and has been a feed salesman in Tipton the past six months. Thede and wife Elaine have two sons, Bruce and Brian, and plan to move to Muscatine as housing is found.
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Muscatine County
Cedar County
Thede
Board of Diretors
Durant Community High School
LeRoy Thede
Jarry
Tipton
Larry
Elaine
Bruce
Brian
Harvest To Begin Soon Farmers Grow 2 500 A Vegetables
Muscatine area vegetable acreage totals about 2 500 acres per a survey. Potatoes show a large increase with 80 acres up from 100 last year. other crops adjust downward. Volume potatoes and cabbage expected first week of July, cantaloupes last week of July, watermelons by August 1.
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Muscalion
Lewis E. Peterson
Muscatine Island
Grealast
Peterson
Deeds Recorded In Muscatine Area Transfers
Deeds recorded for Jacob H. Grimm 10 Frank Weikert lot 3 block 4 North Muscatine and Robert F. Therese M. Isien to Iain D. and Doris P. Wright lot 9 block 41 Muscatine Pory A. and Trene R. Tanner to Richard A. and Beverly A. Gainor lot 4 block 138 Muscatine.
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Jacob H. Grimm
Frank Weikert
Cow exits milking parlor at Calvin Drumm farm
A cow is seen leaving the milking parlor on the Calvin Drumm farm after pushing opened the door. The scene shows cows navigating exits as milking ends, with a journal photo documenting one cow’s individual exit.
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Calvin Drumm
Prepare for Rock Island County Fair
Rock Island County 4 H clubs the Highlanders and Rural Govetters toil at the Moline fairgrounds building gates and cleaning pens. Club leaders Marvin Wyfiels and Frank Dekeyrel report over 100 gates built nightly with help from parents ahead of the August 22 show.
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Moline
Fairgrounds
Marvin Wyfiels
Frank Dekeyrel
Rock Island
$400 Premium Increase at All-town Fair
Cedar Rapids announces a $400 premium rise for swine show with plans for Pig Congress and Beef show at All-Town next month. Open swine premiums extend to 15 placings. beef premiums total $53.06 per class for Aberdeen Angus Shorthorn Hereford and Hereford breeds. Pig Congress limits entries to young pigs with new class structure including January boars and gift prizes. Events run August 12–15 for Pig Congress State Dairy show. beef junior livestock sheep shows close August 16–19.
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Cedar Rapids
Hanson
Wayne Schneider
Muscatine
Tamworth
Bure
Lone Tree
Agriculture clubs donate services for summer fair prep
Agriculture clubs pledge to donate their labor and expertise throughout the summer to finish essential work in time for the upcoming Fair, aiding organizers and ensuring completed exhibits and grounds.
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SCS
Sycamore St
George Apland
Work Unit
Butler
Butler Storn
Ralso
Chevron Bulk
Andalusia
Milan
Deciler
Durant
Fieldman
Farm Bureau
Moveo Mascaline
Larry Thede
Kilwdried
Wheeler
Grandview Avenue
George Greiner
Eastern
Ralph Reynolds
Dale Johnson
EILPC
Norland
Ray Wuestenberg
General Ay Insurance
Gervion
Dial’ma
West Liberty
DIAL
H. C. Stansell
Neidig Ave
Muscatine, Ja
Wapello Livestock Auction
Wapello
Rex L. Hanft
Ghoer the Packers and Stocktead Act
D.S.T
Hawkeye
Randy Krunchies
McKee Feed & Grain Co
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