District FFA Test Saturday District
Twelve Muscatine area FFA members from Muscatine, Lone Tree, Wapello, Columbus Junction and West Liberty will compete in the Grinnell district contest. Muscatine High School advances include both the chapter program and parliamentary procedure team. Winners from Stanwood and Farmington sub districts qualify. events include seven categories.
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FFA
Muscatine
Grinnell
Stanwood
Farmington
Muscatine High School
Gary Glenney
Ken Kennedy
Lysle Hitchcock
Steve TeStrake
Roger Eichelberger
Joe Wathan
Dean Holzler
Lone Tree
Terry Kruse
Jerry Morgan
Fred Noble
Wapello
Clark Smith
Columbus
Wayne Chelf
West Liberty Ffa
Space Secrets To Be Revealed Soon
Space secrets will be revealed next week as data from six satellites are made public. NASA has invited scientists worldwide to a four o clock symposium to hear the reports. Speculation grows that significant new discoveries may be included.
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Washington
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Signups Grow for Muscatine County 1963 Feed Grain Program
ASCS County Committee reports 462 farms signed up as of Thursday evening for the 1963 feed grain plan in Muscatine County. The signups, extending through March 1963, reflect expected higher participation than 1962 due to better payments and support for livestock, with details on payment rates, diverted acres, and base reduction requirements provided by local officials.
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Muscatine County
ASCS
Harold van Zandt
Ana
Pease
Anthrax Outbreak Report Near Spink Farm Quarantined
An outbreak of anthrax on the Roy Abraham farm near Spink 17 miles west of Akron was confirmed by Dr. Robert Garvin the Akron veterinarian. Five pigs and four cattle were burned, remaining livestock to be vaccinated, and samples sent to South Dakota State University with confirmation by Dr. John B. Taylor. The disease likely spread from infected pastures via rain or earthworms, and can be fatal to humans if contracted.
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Akron
Here
Robert Garvin
Roy Abraham
Spink
M. D
Callie
Abraham
Garvin
Sor Dakota State University
John B. Taylor
New School
Taylor
Milk Protest: NFO Dumps Milk on Pasture in Minnesota
About 4 500 gallons of skim milk from a Minnesota creamery under contract with the National Farmers Organization were dumped on a pasture by 450 NFO members. Protesters said they faced boycott and inability to sell milk, spilling it onto the pasture of Albion French Lake Cooperative Creamery president Marlin Lampi.
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Annandale
Minn
Creamery Association
Albion-French Lake
National Farmers Organization
NFO
AP Photafax
Mint
Minnesota
Crow River
Marlin Lampi
Albion, French Lake Cooperative Creamery
Lampi
1St Dis Association
Land O'Lakes
Litchfield
Oren Lee Staley
Rea. Mo
Foster Phillips
1St District Association
Williams Family Heads to California
Williams Go To California as Oakville group including Mrs. Wilbur Williams and son depart Thursday for an extended trip to California. Daisy Waterhouse returns home from Burlington hospital on Wednesday.
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Oakville
Wilbur Williams
California
Daisy Waterhouse
Burlington Hospital
Realized Net Income of Nation's Farms Reaches Record High in 1962
The Agriculture Department says the national farms averaged $0,448 in realized net income in 1962, a record high driven by fewer farms and a small rise from 1961. Leading states included California with $24,223 per farm, while West Virginia averaged $898.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Avivonadarmyers
West Virginia
Avivona
Nebraska
Sues Owner of Hog for Car Damages
A Mus caline district court case names Joan Mac Bouihien as plaintiff against Francs Slecher owner of a hog. The claim seeks 275 dollars plus interest and costs for a traffic accident near Highway 6 and Bipston when a hog entered the road and caused Hackett to lose control of the 1935 car. The narrative includes unrelated church program notes and farm income data from 1962.
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Muscaline
Joan Mac Bouihien
Francs Slecher
Raymond Hackett
Bipston
Hackett
Jose
PB Women's Leaders to Washington
A group of nine percent county Farm Bureau women from Towa will visit Washington DC for a week to learn about national government and discuss legislation with Iowa’s Congressional Delegation. They will meet senators and representatives, attend an information breakfast, and tour historic sites before visiting the Department of Agriculture and staying at the Congressional Hotel. They return to Iowa on March 15 with accompanying area leaders and several named members from Cedar County and Muscatine County.
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Farm Bureau
Towa
Washington, D. C
Iowa
Senate
House
American Farm Bureau Federation
Tawa
Mt. Vernon
Lincoln Memorial
Arlington Cemetery
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington
Congressional Hotel
van Wert
R. C. Hodgson
Will Schmidt
Arnold Klein
Olin
Cedarco
Emmett G. Messer
Yarmouth
Des Moinnes Co
Louis L. Lord
Town City
Johnson Co
Dean Hudson
Morning Sun
Louisa Coy
Herbert Holdert
Stockton
Muscatine County
Hay Drop Saves Cows Near Van Meter Iowa
A National Guard hay drop on the William Wilson farm northwest of Van Meter saved 22 cattle stranded by ice and high water on a 10 acre pasture between the North and South Coon rivers. One calf drowned. the rest were unharmed after neighbors and Wilson chopped a path through the ice to drive them to safety.
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van Meter
Iowa National Guard
William Wilson
Wilson
North Coon
South Coon
National Guard
Junior Miller
Good News for Hog Producers in Washington Report
The Agriculture Department released a Livestock report noting a possible leveling of pork consumption decline as beer popularity rises. It said the beef pork price gap at retail may narrow, offsetting consumer beef preference and supporting hog producers.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Hveslock
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State Fair
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Iowa State Fair Board
Yatal
Harold Hughes
Town Industries
Iowa Cooperative Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Williams
Kent
Kent Drive-In
Farmers Elevator & Exchange
Atalissa Grain and Feed CO
Atalissa
Nichols Grain and Feed CO
Nichols
Lone Tree Grain and Feed CO
West Liberty Grain and Feed CO
Oakville Methodist Church
Elaine Swank
W.S.C.5
Doris Shipman
Lorraine Wuntz
Marjorie Strawhacker
Eileen Siverly
Marguerite O'Brien
Groun
W.S.C.S
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Judy
Gerst
Sass
SEC
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Iowa State University
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Durent Bros. Durant
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