Hidden Norwegian Valley in Iowa Feels Like Home
A wandering writer visits Northeastern Town in Iowa to meet Eunice Steen and her Bohemian and Norwegian heritage. The piece sketches farms, a Norwegian Lutheran church, Steen haugen, and nearby Spillville with Bohemian roots and Dvorak history. It portrays shared landscapes uniting two cultures through a blended local life.
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Mississippi
Eunice Steen
Eunice
Big Canoe Norwegian Lutheran Church
Steenhaugen
Eunie
Wilbur
Blue Harvestore
Old Country
Steen
Eynice
Spilsville
Iowa
St. Wenceslaus
Spillville
Antonin Dvorak
Turkey
Dvorak
Ohio 4 H'ers place sixth in national dairy judging contest
Ohio four member 4 H team finished sixth overall at the 66th National Dairy Judging Contest held October 1 during World Dairy Exposition in Madison Wisconsin. Team members Eric Schultz Mark Ziegler Mike Temple and Chris Lang earned notable rankings in Over All Breeds Guernseys Holsteins and Jerseys with coach Jeff Ziegler and extension specialist Pete Spike citing oral reasons as part of the scoring.
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Columbus
Madison
Wis
Ohio
Eric Schultz
Grafton
Mark Ziegler
Bellevue
Mike Temple
Bellville
Chris Lang
Big Prairie
Pete Spike
Ohio State University
Spike
Schultz
Ziegler
Lang
Jeff Ziegler
Ohio State
Ohio Expositions Commission
COBA/Select Sites, NOBA Inc
The
Ohio Purebred Dairy Cattle Association
Ohio Cooperative Extension Service
Amish Farmer Upholds Old Ways in Modern Ohio
David Miller of Fredericksburg Ohio farms 120 acres with horse power and a hand of children. He uses minimal mechanization, rotates crops, and sells grade A milk while living by Amish thrift and mutual aid. He plans about 25 000 profit from dairy and crops this year.
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Fredericksburg
Ohio
Nea
David Miller
America
Miller
Cleveland
Weather and crop outlook as harvest slows in wet northwest
Wet soils and standing water delay harvest across the northwest while farmers shift to better drained fields. Four days suitable for fieldwork in the week ending Oct 10. corn and soybean harvest lagging behind typical progress. Winter wheat planting remains two weeks late. pastures gain from recent rains and hay yields are limited by moisture.
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Ohio
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Norway
Valley
Pat Leimbach
Tim Castor
Gahanna
Ohio Village
Tim
Trey
Tom Tiede
Washington
Reagan
Charles Grassley
Browa
Mike Synar
Dekla
Scheafer’s
Belden
St Gams
Shell
Wwe
Rotela
Cae Ava
Betwwie
Mstewest
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