Big Evening for 4-H at Marion County Fair
Marion County 4-H Night at the fair on Thursday July 31 features a livestock parade led by the Marion County Saddle Club and music by the Pella High School Band. Smokey Smith of KRNT will host with the Gold Coast Boys. Includes a Girls 4-H Style Show, various acts, a calf scramble with $76 prizes, and prize awards donated by Marion County merchants. The event is free to attend.
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Marion Co
Melcher
Keith
Carol
David Robuck
Charlotte Shivers
Mary Templeton
Marion County
Attica
Pella
Bleaanceie
Mi Club
Marion County Fair
Dairy Breed Sire Contest Ends Aug 1
Deadline August 1 for nominations in the twenty third Iowa Meritorious Breed Sire Contests. All living sires proved in Iowa between July 1 1951 and June 30 1952 are automatically considered. Eligible sires proved outside Iowa but now in the state may be nominated. Entries to Robert Fincham at Iowa State College. Awards to top 10 at the Cow Conference September 11.
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Iowa
Robert Fincham
Iowa State College
Towa
Towa Dairymen
Fincham
State College
RCA Victor TV or Radio Set Offer Seals Big Story Access
A brisk sales pitch urges readers to attend via home access, promising firsthand coverage from the convention next week. It touts an RCA Victor television or radio as a “ring side seat” to the drama romance and truth, urging immediate purchase through a special deal.
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RCA Victor
Marion Co Banks Take Over Handling Of Support Loans
Marion County banks will handle price support loans on 1052 farm crops entirely through local banks and county PMA offices, replacing the prior system of selling notes to the Chicago CCC. Effective July 1, banks and county PMA committees will retain loan documents and settle without delay, with drafts issued at county PMA offices for 1952 crop loans.
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PMA
Paul Brown
Marion County
Knoxville Journal
Commodity Credit Corporation
Chicago
Iowa
Stable Fly Bite Harms Cattle Productivity Says Expert
Toward cattle under annual attack from stable flies Harold Gunderson extension entomologist at Iowa State College notes bites reduce milk yield and slow beef gains. He warns residual chemicals fail, recommending an activated pyrethrin repellent with 1 percent piperonyl butoxide and 1 10 percent pyrethrins providing 28 to 80 hours protection and daily application. To curb breeding, clean manure piles and old stack bottoms. spray barn walls and fence posts if cattle stay near buildings.
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Towa
Harold Gunderson
Towa State College Extension
Gunderson
Abely
Gunderton
Controversy in County Seat Over Fluoride in Water
A 62 signer petition presented to Knoxville city council protesting fluoridation of drinking water and any additional chemicals. The council referred the matter to the water board after initial discussion as they consider fluoridation to prevent tooth decay. The water board and council had previously acted to seek approval as a fluoridation test city with Foxville and Fort Madison among the 12 Iowa towns named by the state board of public health.
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Knoxville
City Board of Health
E. O. Osborn
See Little Profit In Beef Expansion
Iowa State College extension animal husbandman William Zmolek cautions farmers against expanding beef cow herds on borrowed capital. He notes national cattle numbers rose from 79 million in 1949 to a record 88 million, with beef cows growing from 16 percent in 1945 to over 20 million head. He warns drought and feed shortages could flood markets and depress prices, suggesting better uses of roughages and selective culling for established raisers.
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William Zmolek
Iowa State
Zmolek
Chicago
United States
Water board to vote on Knoxville fluoridation offer
The water board announced that water users will be asked to vote for or against fluoridation of the Knoxville water supply when they pay their bill at the water office. The move comes after an earlier application was rescinded and the city offer rejected.
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Water Board
Knoxville
Knoxville Journal
Iowa Insurance Executive to Head 1953 March of Dimes Campaign
Basil O Connor announces W. Niemann as Iowa Chairman for the 1953 March of Dimes Campaign to run January. Niemann, a Bankers Life Des Moines manager and Polk County NFIP chairman, notes growth from 2500 to 80000 in 1952 and stresses voluntary giving. He predicts Iowans will complete 15 years of NFIP work.
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Iowa Insurance Executive
March of Dimes
W. K. Nimann
Iowa
Nieman
The
Aniversty of
Michigan
Bankers Life Company
Des Moines
Polk County
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Niemann
Attendance Record Set in Iowa Parks in June
Over a million visitors flocked to Iowa State parks in June, beating the 1949 record of 830,086 with a total of 1,028,120. Heat relief, more autos, and park appeal drove out-of-town crowds, straining facilities and prompting emergency parking areas. The note ends with a stray line about Cairo being the "Mother of the World."
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Iowa
State Conservation Commission
Extension Director Forecasts Good Farm Prices for 1952
Extension farm economist Frances Kutish of Town State College notes Americans are consuming more poultry and eggs with an average per person of 85.7 pounds last year, up from 81.1 in 1950 and 62.9 in 1941. Red meat per person fell to 18 pounds as buyers switch to poultry. Beef prices may be influenced by the farm by products market, with low by-products prices easing into beef pricing dynamics.
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Frances Kutish
Town State College
Kutish
Broiler
Gordon Bivens
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