30 Percent Rise in Conservation Tillage This Year
Iowa farmers boosted conservation tillage by 2 million acres to about 9,385,000 acres of row crops left with soil residues this year, per a U S Soil Conservation Service survey. The prior year estimate was 7.2 million acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
SCS
Melvin Danielson
Danielson
Iowa Association of Soil Conservation District Commissioners
Fort Dodge
Northcentral Town
John Maddy
Maddy
Obituary notices span families in Iowa and Wisconsin
Obituaries report the deaths of Hervey Aeschliman 80 of Wadena and Kristal Jill Robinson 9 months in Stilzer Wisconsin with survivors including spouses children grandparents and siblings. Additional notices list Margaret Strempke 74 of Independence and other family survivors while a conservation report discusses soil management shifts across Iowa including tillage methods acreages and residue impacts.
Tax filing dates fast approaching for farmers and residents
Farmers face two options for 1977 income tax returns on a calendar year basis per Bremer County extension director Russ Solheim. Either file an estimated tax by January 16 and pay any balance by May 1, or file the final return by March 1. The piece notes the Farmer's Tax Guide and where to obtain forms and assistance, including the Bremer County Extension Office in Tripoli.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russ Solheim
Bremer County
Solheim
Main
Tripoli
Driver license renewal team rescheduled to Jan 7 1978
Sumner residents are told the driver's license renewal team will not be in Sumner on Saturday December 31. The next scheduled date is Saturday January 7 1978. Drivers with renewals due whose birthdays fall within the 60 days before or 30 days after January 7 may use the service then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumner
Gordon Garrett
Diercks Named Bremer County ASC Chairman in 1978
Eldon Diercks, a Bremer County farmer, was elected to the Bremer County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee for a three year term by 40 delegates at the ASC Convention on December 17 in Waverly. He joins Walter Ohmann and O.A. Wittenburg in the 1978 county lineup. The nine member panel oversees USDA farm programs at the county level.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldon Diercks
Bremer County
ASC
Walter [Ohmann
O.A. Wittenburg
Diercks
Lafayette Township
Harold Brandt
Jefferson Township
USDA
Sumner Gazette notes USDA programs and new committee
The article lists feed grain price support loans farm storage facility and dryer loans and the agricultural conservation disaster wool and lamb subsidies and the USDA Emergency Program for disasters. It also states the newly elected county committee will take office on January 1 1978.
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USDA
Japanese New Year Celebration Traditions and Festivities
The traditional Japanese New Year celebration spans three days with visits to friends and colorful parades. Bamboo stalks and tangerines symbolize longevity, homes are decorated with pine branches, December 31 marks the Grand Last Day, and merrymaking ends with Joya-no-kane featuring 108 temple bells at midnight.
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Hervey Aeschliman
Wadena
Good Samaritan Nursing Center
West Union
Pam
Presbyterian Church
Lee
Dunlay, WL
Elwin
Elizabeth) Nothohm
Carl Gehring
Blanche Fuller
Chicago
Elwood
Richard
Burlham and Wood Funeral Home
Kristal
Jill Robinson
Kristal Jill Robinson
Jack Robinson
Stilzer, Wis
Paula Johnston
Lloyd Johnston
Sarah
John Robinson
Conway
Mrs
Margaret Strempke
Peoples Memorial Hospital
Independence
First United Methodist Church
Littleton
Charles Edward
Riverside
Calif
Clinton August
Clair William
Marion
Clifford Frederick
Rowley
Clyde Arthur
Carl Cleo
Rustburg
Elaine Strempke
Tom
Bettyann) Atwood
Victor
Jayne) White
Oregon, Ill
Dale
JoAn) Ramsey
Jacksonville
Dorrence
Irene) Kremer
Fairbank
David
Ruthe) Beckham
Cedar Fails
Ed Strempke
Clarence Kremer
Juna Morrison
George Hultz
Jesup
Helen Cornell
Jacksonville Beach
Fla
William Brie
Brune
Tricia Whitter
Jane
Ida Grove
Tricia
Ron Ludwig
Jane Hamann
Bayard News
Plowboy
Hiway
Thur
Truth & Janey
Irma P. Jones
Hawkeye
Debra Elliott
Robert Gehrke
Carol Mullins
Los Angeles
William Stahlhut
Kay Yunptum
Waterloo
Fred Korman
Hulda Waskow
Peggy Reinert
Daryl Garner
Gailord Farnum
Weylord Kuker
Leo Burrow
Kay Yungtum
Cty
Sumner Gazette
Farming Frontiers
John Deere
Rela
John Deere Farming Frontiers
U.S
Canada
DeHaven & Kroeger, Inc
West Sumner
Sumner Building Supply, Inc
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