Record corn crop eyed at 4.56 billion bushels in 1968
USDA August crop report projects a national corn yield of 81.5 bushels per acre and a 4.56 billion bushel crop, a new record driven by favorable belt conditions except Nebraska. Other grains rise modestly while storage space concerns and price support dynamics shape market outlook. Retiree Dale Black ends 40 years with CB&Q railroad in southwest Iowa depots.
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USDA
Bob Wisner
Iowa State University
Iowa
Nebraska
Dale Black
Essex
Cb&q Railroad
Dale
Gardening tips for daylilies and lawns in late summer
The county extension column by Dale Shires and Ben Vance advises planting daylilies in late August or September for next year's bloom. It covers sun needs, drainage, iron chlorosis treatment with iron chelate, and where to buy. It also recommends starting a new lawn in late summer with guidance from ISU pamphlets on seed, fertilization, mowing, and watering.
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Ben Vance
Iowa State University
Ames
Iowa
Dodgers Discuss 1968 Fair and Plans for Next Year
Dayton club members met at the Allen Buhr home on Aug 12 with 15 members answering What I Like Best at Fair. Dean Buhr was chosen to go to the Iowa State Fair on Aug 19 and gave a boot jack demonstration. The group discussed ways to supplement the club treasury.
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Dayton Dodgers
Allen Buhr
Dean Buhr
Dean
Tim Buhr
Fair exhibits showcase blue ribbons for crops and florals
The Fair features numerous blue ribbon winners across herbs kale peppers corn and flowers. Exhibitors include Nancy Dove Janesville Linda Winter Debra Kuethe and Mary Harnisch among others with top oat entries totaling 94 and soybeans field corn and other crops also strong. Names cited span Fairbank Waverly Sumner Readlyn Nashua and Denver reflecting regional participation.
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Peggy Edwards
Tripoli
Kay Redies
Waverly
Janice Bahlmann
Nashua
Kristi Ellison
Diane Foelske
Denver
Jodean Minnaert
Readlyn
Doris O'Connell
Frederika
Kristi Dienst
Susan Zelle
Horticultural Speciman
Dana Ormston
Luann Pries
Linda Pries
Sumner
Nancy Wente
Linda Boeck
Patty Winter
Teresa Peters
Doris O’connell
Roger Steinbronn
Fairbank
Bruce Buhr
Jim Bohlen
Janesville
Roger Rudebeck
Robert Droste
Eric Boehm
Kurt Boehm
Dennis Epley
Gary Schneider
Wayne Schneider
Elieah Pries
Albert Manning
Tim Pleggenkuhle
Dickie Davidson
Plainfield
Glenda Nuss
Kimberly Plegsgenkuhle
Mike Kuethe
Bob Figanbaum
JY. Sumner
Margaret Herman
Allium Flower Grows In Dallas Center Garden
Harry Durkes of Dallas Center reports an unusual two year old allium bulb flower. The plant forms a tight purple cluster atop a narrow tall green spike of foliage and blooms at its peak.
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Harry Durkes
Dallas Center
Local Fair Hosts Blue Ribbon Entries in Crop and Livestock Shows
Fair exhibitors from Sumner Waverly Readlyn and surrounding towns captured blue ribbons in field corn poultry and rabbit divisions. Notable winners include Steve Kerr Fairbank and Kathy Rossel Waverly in horse show classes with 44 horses shown overall and champions named across pony and showman categories.
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Fairbank
Steve Kerr
Tripoli
Cleo Porath
Janesville
John Dilger
Waverly
Dennis Epley
Bill Foster
Denny Walters
Sumner
Guy Price
Gary Lantzky
Keith Olrogse
Wa- Waverly
Herb Platte
Roger Niemeyer
Kathy Rossel
Linda Guenther
Bob Duey
Barbara Holt
Bremer
Jerry Duey
Pam Walther
Pat Connell
Russell
Steve Swinton
Plainfield
Judy Dodd
Paula Bernard
Alan Betsinger
James McKenzie
Holstein showman Bruce Epley tops Waverly juniors
A Holstein show in Waverly crowned Bruce Epley as junior Holstein showman with a long list of blue ribbon winners across Holstein Ayrshire Guernsey Jersey Brown Swiss and beef classes. Dennis Wylam led blue ribbons in junior Holstein dairy herds and Denise Albrecht won Ayrshire junior calf honors. The event highlighted numerous exhibitors from Waverly Sumner Tripoli and nearby towns with top prices at an auction.
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Bruce Epley
Waverly
Jeff Bernard
Dennis Waverly
Ayrshire
Albrecht
Craig Clausing
Jersey
Dennis Wylam
Joe Gitch
Sumner
Gary Albrecht
Dennis Albrecht
Marvin Orth
Dan Walther
Lynn Burman
Julie Foelske
Janesville
Steven Wylam
Daniel Wedemeier
Tim Buhr
Dennis Epley
Gaylen Dewey
Karen Ostrogge
Tommy Milius
Denver
Tom Arns
Loren Gitch
Vickie Mueller
Kim Redies
Gene Reiter
Fairbank
Kent Harms
Tripoli
David Harms
Ken Hesser
Robert Joachim
David Ingham
Dale Pothast
Rl Waverly
Gary Schneider
Dale Brandt
Keith Ostrogge
David Joachim
Bruce Buhr
Bruce Foster
David Hennings
Joe Lageschulte
Wayne Schneider
David Lohmann
Steve Champion
Wylam
Ken Hesse
Lloyd Zander
Jim Droste
Carol Zander
Guernsey
Pam Walther
Donald Beine
Plainfield
Gary Lantzky
al. Waverly
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Bremer County
Robert J. Sassman
Cedar Falls
Dale Shires County Extension
Dale Shires
Rabbit
Allen Schwab
Shell Rock
Debbie Baumgardner
Patti Winkelman
Lyle Brase
Sonia
David Boysen
David Brandt
Waver
Duane Holm
Dial
Istate Farm Insurance Compu
Brington
Illinois
Butler
Carpenter & Kraft
West Union
Stanley Jensen
Gordon Howe
Gil Rich
Larry Burman
Mark Tellinghuisen
Hereford
John Rich
Debra Waverly
Kurtt
Jack Denver
Bremer Cou
Suppo Auction
Scotts Famous
Les Lauck
Tripoli Hardware
Tripoli, Iowa
National
Ingty Meat Packing
Neapolis
Minn
Kent Piperzine
Egies
Allan Bergmann
Larry Hanson
George Barnes
Tripoli Feed and Livestock
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