Harvest Time Prompts Iowa Crop Outlook in Fall Spotlight
Autumn arrives as Iowa farmers anticipate a strong harvest with corn yields above 77 bushels per acre in the state. Washington county fields near a hundred bushels, soybean combining begins in the south, and safety notes accompany busy harvest days across the corn belt. The 1963 Iowa Grange convention in Grinnell opens with focus on committees, exhibits, and awards while national farm progress and dairy shows unfold in Illinois and Waterloo. A slate of farm shows, equipment displays, and regional meetings reflect broad agricultural activity and policy debates shaping the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Washington County
Illinois
Kansas City
National Agricultural Hall of Fame
Waterloo
National Dairy Congress
FFA
America
Ames Woman Visits At Boshart Home
Ames resident Miss Mary Caulk stays overnight with Mrs Edna Boshart. Several local residents attend church dinners and general conference events. Families visit relatives in Mt Pleasant Parkview Home and Lake Darling while others plan moves and property transfers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayland
Mary Caulk
Ames
Edna Boshart
L. J. Zehr
Eda Boshart
Clara Wenger
Edith Boshart
Town City
Ellis Kondora
Omer Nisley
T.A. Vandersmissen
Eicher Church
Iowa General Conference
Milton Miller
Isaiah Litcheler
Parnell
Lake Darling
Mabel Rinner
Clark Bauer
West Chester
Mervin Grosscup
L. H. Rinner
Washington
Aledo
Dwight Wittmer
Quincy
Til
Dwight
Sam C. Wittmer
Hilda
Lillian Kreibiel
Donnellson
James Lowenberg
Ella Pink
Parkview
Nettie Christner
Grace Payne
Stanley Trabert
Milford
Neb
Jake Roli
Ora
Orpha Graber
Roths
Traberts
Nebraska
Trabert
Clarence Rhum
Merle Kerr
Mt. Pleasant
Ervin Reschlyn
Chris
Mark
Monroe
Mich
David Reschly
Mabel Clevenger
Everett Monson
Sharps Corner
Salina Hall
Ray Baldosier
Mt. Ple
Mary Haberman
Omaha
Warren Johnson
Walter Ottos
Master Farmer Meeting Networks In Ames And Surrounding Towns
Ames residents and guests recount a busy week of visits and gatherings surrounding the Master Farmer meeting. Among those noted are Ainsworth residents, Prescotttynes, Lennox families, and relatives visiting Columbus Junction Washington and Mount Pleasant for meals, worship, and campus tours. The piece lists numerous social visits, family trips to Cedar Falls, Wellston, and Washington, plus events at the American Legion and a chicken barbecue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainsworth
Wayne Helheate
Prescott
William Westlake
Lennox
Helheate
George Gabies
Ed Gable
Columbus Junction
Carl Crossett
Crossett
Washington
Richard Stephens
Richard Allen
Ames
Memorial Union
Boyd
Carolyn
Gene Lintz
Crawfordsville
Blanche Stephens
Des Moines
Dewey Stephens
Bobe Kurtz
Machine
Kennet
Paul Beard
Agnes Bowmen
Hendrick
Darold Jones
C. A. Thompson
Dave Livingston
Paul Snyder
American Legion Auxiliary
Myrla Henderson
Mae McCreedy
Emma Peterson
Thelma and Virgil
Denver
Colo
Clarence Ity
Keota Music Group meets at school
Keota Sept 13 The first Music Boosters meeting of the year was held Thursday. On display was one uniform for the baton twirlers and band instructor Mr Clay ool hopes new uniforms arrive for Homecoming September 27. Sixty students in concert band and 50 marching band members, six baton twirlers and drum majorettes. Next regular meeting planned for the second Thursday in October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
Music Boosters
Clayool
Virginia Woman In Visit at Wellman
Mrs. Atchison of Virginia visits her brother Mr and Mrs Ezra Shenk in Wellman. The Shenks travel to Goshen Indiana with Mrs Atchison for visits with two sisters. Dean McNeal accompanies them, stops in Chicago to see his sister. Other Wellman items cover W Q V Club new year meetings under Doris Lewis and officers, plus local community notes and visitors including Debbie Miller recovering from a fall and the Crow family helping to settle in a rest home. A separate item notes Japan developing reflecting cloth to reduce traffic accidents using tafetta polyester with glass specks for safety and decoration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellman
Atchison
Virginia
Ezra Shenk
Shenks
Goshen
Indiana
Dean McNeal
Chicago
Doris Lewis
Jeanette Evans
Madona Dror
Elizabeth Henn
Joyce Belcher
Daytonville
Maplecrest
Mable Foster
Federation
Joyce Bush
Madona Droz
Helen Durst
Janette Evans
Evalyn Fordyce
Mary Freese
Norma Gardner
Virginia Gingerich
Cecil Miller
Kathryn Miller
Alta ‘Munson
Marie van Dorn
Vic Young
Jaquie Huggins
Frank Webster
Port Huron
Ohio
Charley Webster
Debbie Miller
Willard Miller
Orval Crow
Buffalo
New York
Josie Yoder
Laura Crow
West Liberty
UPI
Japan
Textile World
McGraw-Hill
Philco
H.C. St
Singer
Elect
Lakeside
Sylvania
Todd
Kirby
Harley & Sylvia Cover
Harley Cover Jr
Millersburg
Iowa
Lyle V. Smith
John J. Tremmel
Sigourney
Clarence Grimm
Price on CCC Soybeans Holds Through September 1964
The Department of Agriculture announced that the minimum price for soybeans will continue through September 1964 to aid price stability during the fall marketing season. The minimum equals the 1963 No. 2 soybeans county support rate plus 19 cents per bushel, with adjustments for quality discounts freight and carrying charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Howard Lins
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County Committee
Lins
Washington County
CCC
Dandelion control tips for lawns in late September to October
County Extension Director Jim Frier notes dandelions in yards now before spring blooms. Ed Cott of Iowa State urges using 2 4D in late Sept or early Oct after a frost, with amine form preferred, and cautions against ester forms and brush killers for thorough, longer-term kill. Rake, spray on a calm day, and apply to moist plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Frier
Ed Cott
Iowa State University
Towa State
Cott
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Grinnell’s Memorial
Iowa Farm Group
Loren Murphy
Carrol Beam
National Grange
Ed Hadley
Atalissa
Transporta
Warren Hillier
Manchester
Wigim
Louis Holland
Davenport
Catherine Zierenberg
Nichols
Vern Graham
Grinnel
Dave Hagedorn
Newton
Helen Smith
Grange
Andrew Fischer
Aberdeen
South Dakota
Keith Elwick
Vinton
England
Queen Elizabeth
Elwick
Benton County
Canada
Russia
Freeman
Monticello
U.S
LB. Liddy
Liddy
NFC
Wisconsin
Farmers Union
Towahas
Ken Schuman
Ed Arends
Allison
Clarksville
Art Dreath
Lyon County
State Farm Union
Towa
Hawans
Ida County
Fred Grell
Galva
National
Erwin Dubbert
Laurens National Livestock and Meat Board
Spencer
Denison
Atlantic
Chariton
Mason City
Cedar Rapids
Rural Electric Co-Op
Carl Kruempel
Independence
A. R. Hagerstrand
Cherokee
George Hall
Anamosa
Town Rec Association
Albert Lund
Brooks
Albert Ramaker
Sioux Center
Bob Cejka
Joel Clark
Elkader
Jim Melvin
Bloomfield
John Powley
Woodbine
Eldo Meyne
Greene
Boshart
Ezra Wittmer
Hampshire Boars Farm
Lee C. Norris
Fremont
West Third Street
John K. Sowash
Kot
Venst
Lee Norris
Orie O'Connor
Cle
Orris
George Colthurst
Orville Tappan
Bill Preiter
Howard Schultz
Darold’ Jones
Ronnie Orndet
Lee Hunt
Mable ‘Thompson
Clarence [Richards
Veterans Hospital
Iowa City
Cleo Orris
Milo Orris
Ralph Boyd
Keith Williams
Oskaloosa
Bob Mallinger
Sigourney, Iowa
National Auctioneers Assn
Keota Music Group
Mrs. Boyd Sanders
George Yancy Ottumwa
Mrs
0. B. Godber
W.Q.V. Club
A. C. Gingerich
Blanche Bock
East Ringgold St
Coverdale Trailer Court
C. L. Jennings
New London
Lowa Wee Ee
Faming
Morning Sun
Sharon Church
Massey-Harris
Buster Brown
New Holland
Century
Bowser
J. D
IHC
Jungers
Richard C. Inghram
H. H. & M. M. VanSycc
Ralph Pennebaker
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