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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1968
Page
7
Homeowners should read seed labels to avoid low quality seed. Bargain Kentucky bluegrass at about 50 cents per pound may be only 36 percent pure live seed, with 60 percent purity and 60 percent germination. Iowa law requires accurate labeling and advises choosing fine textured Kentucky bluegrass or creeping red fescue rather than mixes.
The 1968 Iowa Conservation Field Days and Plowing Match will run September 5-6 near Eldora. Hours are 8 am to 5 pm both days with free admission. The event anticipates about 25 000 attendees and features a 200 acre watershed, new agriculture research station, seed corn exhibits, 40 ISU plots testing varieties, herbicides and insecticides, wildlife habitat displays, large and contour plowing contests, helicopter rides, a 30 acre commercial exhibit area, and food stands by four Kiwanis clubs. Transport via 80 farm wagons will shuttle visitors along a 3 ½ mile conservation area loop.
Iowa State Extension Economist Gene Futrell forecasts fall and early winter hog prices 50 cents to $1 above 1967 levels if spring pig crop estimates materialize. September to December prices could average $18.50 to $19.00 per cwt with near-term hog supplies rising slightly in 1969.
Futrell projects hog prices averaging moderately below this year's levels if demand holds. He cites the market average in the $16 to $17 range as a real possibility, with corn bids seen staying low through the fall and demand conditions improving by next year. Political advertising text appears after the article content.
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