Maxfield 4-H Club News and Dayton Dodgers Notes
4-H reports include the Maxfield Merry Maids annual achievement show at Mickie Huebner’s home with Mrs. Burton Stumme and Miss Carol Tiedt as judges. A fair booth committee was chosen and planning meetings set. August Do R Best club and Dayton Dodgers meetings covered fair plans and demonstrations on topics like Beautiful Hands and Rel ish Tray.
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Maxfield Merry Maids
Mickie Huebner
Burton Stumme
Carol Tiedt
Carol Wehling
Susan Oltrogge
Tiedt
Janice
Joyce Strottmann
Linda Matthias
Dorothy Buhr
Waverly
Vickie Mueller
Vivian Nuss
Jacquelyn Bossom
Dayton Dodgers
Platte
Roger Lantzky
Allen Weidler
Harold Platte
Lyle’ Schnadt
Tomatoes Ripening On Vine Best For Taste And Color
Horticulturist Ben Vance of Iowa State University advises leaving tomatoes on the vine until ripe for maximum flavor and vitamin content. Indoors ripening is okay but avoid direct sunlight and temperatures above 86 degrees which cause orange coloring and hinder red pigment formation.
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Ben Vance
Iowa State University
Vance
Tripoli
Degrees From SUI Grads Dominate Iowa Private Colleges
A study of recent college catalogs shows more than 20 percent of the faculty across Iowa’s 23 private four year colleges and universities are graduates holding degrees from the University. The finding highlights SUI alumni as a significant presence in private higher education in the state.
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SUI
Iowa
SUI enrollment climbs by nearly 500 in summer session
Summer session enrollment at the State University of Iowa rose to 4,816, up from 4,320 in 1941, with women numbers leading the rise. The 435 additional women account for most of the increase, reflecting shifting demographics in the 1950s.
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State University of Iowa
Turkeys Face Low Prices as 1961 Crop Surges
Farm Economist Francis Kutish of Iowa State University notes the 1961 turkey crop is over 25 percent larger than last year, sending prices to the lowest in 19 years. Government purchases may stabilize briefly, but storage and continued oversupply threaten any early price recovery.
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Iowa
Turkey
USDA
Kutish
Wheat quota vote set for Aug. 24 in 39 state area
Farmers in Bremer County and across the 39 state commercial wheat area will vote on August 24 whether marketing quotas will govern the 1962 wheat crop. If two thirds approve quotas, cooperators may receive price support later. if not, no quotas and 50 percent parity price support with acreage allotments remains. Local polling places will be announced by county ASC committees.
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Bremer County
ASC
Freeman
Tripoli feeder cattle market report finds steady bids
The Weston area sales in late July showed choice steer calves at 24 to 25 cents with fancy calves at 26 cents. Choice heifer calves contracted at 22 to 23 cents. October delivery, overnight stand and short haul noted. Two year steers for August and September delivery sold around 20 cents with yearling heifers 20 to 21 cents and steers 21 to 22 cents for immediate or late delivery.
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Weston
Montant
1961 Soybean price support set for Bremer County
The Bremer County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee set 1961 price support at 2.27 dollars per bushel for Grade No 2 soybeans, up from 1.82 in 1960. Eligibility requires 1961 production and keeping 1959-60 average acreage of conserving and idle land, with 14 percent moisture maximum. Loans or purchase agreements run through Jan 31, 1962, with a May 31, 1962 maturity.
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Bremer County
ASCS
Begin Next Year’s Crop With a Soil Sample Says C E D
County Extension Director Gene B. Vincent urges summer soil sampling to guide fall fertilizer plans for alfalfa and plow down, noting ISU lab processing can return results in about five weeks. Soybean and meadow sites are open, corn land is largely closed. County Extension office in Tripoli supplies sampling info and containers.
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Bremer County
Gene B. Vincent
Vincent
George Hawkins
Iowa State University
Foil tips to protect ranges and ovens
A guide to using heavy duty aluminum foil correctly to avoid damage to porcelain enamel and heat circulation. It covers lining reflector pans with center openings, crumb trays, and broiler pans, and warns against placing foil on oven racks, the oven bottom, or near electric plug points.
Governor Erbe urges line on local property taxes proclamation
Governor Erbe designates August 1 as budget hearing month for local property taxes at state and local government levels. He urges taxpayers to attend hearings to express opinions on the desirability fairness and equity of proposed property tax procedures across towns counties school districts and state programs.
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Erbe
Wans
National Farmers Organization Meets in Des Moines
In Des Moines Veterans Auditorium about 13 000 farmers attended the National Farmers Organization meeting claiming it to be the largest farm gathering in U S history. They voted a holding action for soybeans and corn this fall with prices set at 1 49 and 2 59 per bushel and adopted a no buy no sell campaign to pressure processors into contracts.
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Veterans Auditorium
Des Moines
United States
National Farmers Organization
NFO
Packers and Stockyards
Law College at Iowa Founded in 1868
The college of law at the State University of Iowa was the first professional college established there. Set up in 1868, it is the oldest law school that has operated continuously west of the Mississippi River.
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College of Law
State University of
Iowa
Mississippi River
Legion set to elect commander at Iowa convention
The 43rd annual convention of the Iowa Department of the American Legion will be held in Sioux City from August 6 to 8. The election of a new department commander is among the highlights with candidates Maynard Coffey of Humeston and Kenneth Herbster of Spencer seeking the post.
Tractor accidents blamed on rear blind spot load pull
A fragment notes accidents during the four summer months last year investigated by the State Agricultural Medicine, State University, finding 37 of 77 tractor incidents were caused by operators pulling loads that blinded their rear view.
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State of Agricultural Medicine
State University of
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