Atalissa Plant Wins Hooker Company Award
Cecil Swart, manager of Hooker Farm Chemicals Atalissa plant, wins the March 1968 contest for total business improvement over 1967. Rich Wolf, assistant manager, aided the Atalissa operation. Hooker Farm Chemicals expands with hydrous ammonia and liquid fertilizers as it broadens outlets across the Midwest and mid-south.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Swart
Hooker
Ataliesa
Leonard W. Gopp
Farm Chemicals Division
Atalissa
Hooker Company
Farm Chemicals
Hooker Chemical Corporation
Hooker Retail Fertilzer
Swart
West Liberty
Rich Wolf
Hooker Farm Chemicals
Midwest
Mid-South
Arkansas
Tennessee
Mississippi
Coralville Dam Sets 4000 CFS Outflow for Crop Season
The Rock Island District Corps of Engineers announced that maximum outflow from Coralville Dam on the Iowa River will not exceed 4000 cubic feet per second for May through December 15. Downstream farmland can expect steady releases unless floods demand emergency operation. No flood storage has been needed and pool elevation stayed at 670 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island District
Corps of Engineers
Coralville
Iowa River
Spring gardening notes on flowering crabapples and lilacs
Unusually colorful flowering crabapples in Iowa this spring faced wind damage on early varieties but later ones fared well. Extension horticulturist Ben Vance suggests small fruited crabapples reduce lawn fruit drop and attract wildlife. Spring Snow is a sterile, 15 to 18 foot tree with white blossoms. The article also covers container plants, Blue Lake bush beans, and lilac pruning tips to promote 1969 flower buds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Ben Vance
Iowa State University
Towa State
Vance
Prospects Bright for '68 Agriculture Grads
Midwest land grant universities report stronger 1968 job markets for agriculture grads. 14 universities show 7.8 percent higher starting salaries, with demand highest in sales and management, and in business, industry, and teaching. Military service and private industry shapes the notable placement patterns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midwest
Illinois
Iowa State
Kansas State
Lincoln
Michigan State
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
North Dakota
Ohio State
Purdue
South Dakota State
Southern Ilinois
Wisconsin
Ronald Kay
Iowa State University
Agricul
Slight Increase In U S Corn Use Report
The U S Department of Agriculture April stocks report shows October through March domestic corn use up three percent from 1966 67 with exports up 28 6 percent, making total use six percent higher. Carryover stocks remain higher than last April and price outlook suggests steady to a few cents higher into summer, with potential short term gains if conditions worsen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Bob Wisner
Towa State University
Wisner
May Beef Month promotes USDA style diet in Iowa
May Beef Month materials target weight watchers and home economics departments. The Iowa Marketing Division credits Director Dale Awtry for the promotion and describes packets featuring Spring Slim Liners with BEEF. A 35th anniversary of national farm relief legislation is noted with a banquet planned in Des Moines on May 15, to honor Triple A participants and officials, including Secretary Orville Freeman and Governor Hughes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Awtry
Iowa Marketing Division
Awtry
Iowa
Fred R. McLain
Iowa Asc
Clarence R. Metcalf
Nichols
Ralph Lowe
Letts
Franklin Roosevelt
Des Moines
Orville L. Freeman
Hughes
Iowa Beef Producers’ Association
Iowa, Marketing Division
Town Farm Bureau
National Live Stock and Meat Board
Awtry Said
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Muscatine
Friday
Earl L. Campbell
Journal
Don Schweitzer
Blue Lake
ISU
Albert Chapman
Lucas Street
Custom Farm Service
BO TY
Bob Brunson
the Journal
Tural Economics, Industry
Ated
Agriculture
U.S
Els
Muscatine Farm News
Monsanto
Mr. Farmer
A.A. Price
Uscatine Seed & Supply CO
Dial
Durant
Carl Semsch
Don Gultenfelder
Marv Prohosky
Chub Welnard
Bob Toborg
H. E. Smith
Atrazine
Randox T
Ramrod
S/M Service Company
Scott and Muscatine Counties
Walcott Office
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