Date and newspaper not listed (I hate it when that happens!) -probably 1976 (because that is the yr ours became a century farm) To Cite 24 Century Farms at Palo Alto County Fair Century Farm certificates of recognition will be presented to twenty-four farm families in Palo Alto County during a ceremony to be held Aug. 3 at 7 p.m. at the Palo Alto County Fair Grounds. The certificates will be presented by Joseph Conlon of Ruthven who will represent the Iowa Department of Agriculture. To qualify for the Century Farm Designation, a farm must have been owned by the same family for at least 100 years as of July 4, 1976, with the present owner having been related to the original owner. The farm must also be approximately 80 acres. About 5,000 farms in Iowa have qualified for recognition in 1976. The Century Farm recognition program is being sponsored by the Iowa Department of Agriculture and the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation, and is endorsed by the Iowa Bicentennial Commission. Iowans who have qualified for recognition will receive a certificate from the Iowa Department of Agriculture and a marker from the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation. Century Farms in Palo Alto County include: Myry ANDREASEN, Emmetsburg; Eddie and Ruth BRENNAN, Emmetsburg; Rex BROWN, West Bend; James BURNS, Emmetsburg; Benton CARTER, West Bend; James CONLON, Emmetsburg; Matt CONLON, Curlew; Keyron CURRANS, Emmetsburg; Mrs. Anna DOYLE, Graettinger; John and Irene FLANNEGAN, Emmetsburg; Mrs. A.L. HARVEY, Emmetsburg; Donald JACOBS, West Bend; Russell JOHNSON, Cylinder; Leo JOYNT, Marie KLAFFKE, Betty PRESTON, Elsie ATTEL and Mike JOYNT, Emmetsburg; Charles KRIEG, Mallard; Leroy LEUER, Mallard; Norman and Jeanette NAMER, Curlew; Joseph NEARY, Emmetsburg; Donald PETERSON, Graettinger; Harry SEELY, Whittemore; Merle SUSS, Ruthven; Clarissa SWANSON, Emmetsburg; Elmer SWANSON, Ayrshire and Vernon WHITE, Mallard. The Benton Carter farm at West Bend has been in that family longer than any other family farm in Palo Alto County. The Carter farm has been owned by the same family since 1855.