Farm Work Plans and County Fair Livestock Results
Asten days before sowing, Vande Noord reports 23 percent moisture and favorable early weather aiding oat harvest. He owns 20,000 acres of cropland, uses much equipment, and keeps livestock as part of famine operations. The Marion County fair will feature dairy heifers, market lambs, beef, and swine with judging by Minish, Jontz, and Ebbing. Market swine enter Quality Pork Program, carcasses displayed at Iowa Pack for comparison. The family lives near Oskaloosa with three boys and one daughter.
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Asten
Vande’ Noord
Vande Noord
Skunk
Vande Noords
Oskaloosa
Paul
Charles
David
Linda
Central College
Marion County
Bernard Ebbing
Dewey Jontz
Iowa
Larger Junior Livestock Show Entries Due This Week
Livestock entries for the Junior Livestock Show were due by Wednesday July 27 at the County Extension Office in Knoxville. The August 8 to 13 show dates are anticipated with entries already submitted.
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Alll
Knoxville
Soil Conservation Needed In Marion County
Marion County faces ongoing soil and water conservation needs as heavy rains stress the land. County Extension Director Richard Freeman notes low participation, while Iowa State University’s Charles Ballantyne cites statewide progress with ponds, terraces, waterways, tile, and drainage. Marion County totals include 694 ponds, 810 miles of terraces, 715 acres of waterways, 100 miles of tile, and 270 acres of drainage improvements.
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Marion County
Richard Freeman
Charles Ballantyne
Iowa State University
Iowa
Ballantyne
Market trend stabilizes hog prices amid fluctuating supply
Fragmented OCR text notes changes in hog markets with lower profitability for hog producers and a shift toward more uniform marketing. It suggests a stable price tendency due to commodity supply in late winter markets and references several uncertain terms and names.
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Kuti
Kutiah
Camp plans aid from Sears-Robyck and 4-H staff
In July 1960 a cooperative county 4-H camp will be directed by Eother Whetstone Harign Geiger and county extension personnel. The camp, named in honor of Mrs Henderson Reese Otley, receives final aid from the Sears-Robyck Foundation and aims to provide structured training and activities for youth.
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Hniques
Asurer
Henderson Reese
Otley
Sears-Robyck Foundation
Eother Whetstone
Harign
Geiger
Atate
County Extension
Farm portraits Clinic Planned At Agricultural Field Day
A field day clinic at the farm will feature students presenting their work and asking questions to qualified teachers in animal husbandry agricultural engineering and economics. The program starts at 1:80 PM on a Friday in August with the public invited to attend and participate.
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Generi
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John Minish
Dystart
Jim Borcherding
Des Moines
Angers
Taney
Federal Discount Corp
North Market Street
Martin Naaktgeboren
Hig Bea
Tri-Counties
Ted Nostoi
Speoria
Denniston & Partridge Lumber CO
Taintor
Harold Ozinga
Peoria
Mahask
Jasper
Poweshiek
Mari
Lynnville
Denniston & Partridge
Martin Osmond
New
Sharon
Tate Amin Teeta Beh
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