Build Waterways In Early Spring
Agricultural engineer Dale Hull of Iowa State College urges farmers to plan terrace and waterway projects for spring 1950 51. Seed grasses such as bromegrass timothy red top reed canary grass and bluegrass ensuring no alfalfa or sweetclover. Mulch soil and apply manure to secure a good stand. Fill gullies with topsoil stockpiled by bulldozers and seed promptly for rapid grass growth.
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Dale Hull
Iowa State College
Hull
Iowa
Malvern Calf Sets Regional Weight Record at Worstall Farm
A Holstein cow at the Marion Worstall farm near Malvern gave birth to a 155 lb calf, a record for the area. Both the calf and its mother are reported to be doing well.
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Marion Worstall
Malvern
Price Support on Hogs Delayed as Congress Presses for Details
Your congressman joined fellow House members from hog states in urging the Secretary of Agriculture to immediately announce the hog price support level after March 31 1950. The act authorizes a level from zero to 90 5 percent of parity and producers seek clarity amid delay and confusion. The piece also touches British election impact and U S imports of Polish ham dried eggs from Communist China with rising shipments in 1949.
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House of Representatives
Secretary of Agriculture
Des Moines
America
Congress
Labor
Labor Party
Britain
Department of Agriculture
Committee On Agriculture of
China
United States
Fire Burns Brooder House at Glen Lillie Farm
The brooder house and day old chicks burned last Tuesday morning at the Glen Lillie farm. Numerous relatives and acquaintances visited and stayed with nearby families across the region in the days surrounding the incident and social visits.
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Glen Lillie
Henry Nelson
Aurelia
Alvin Stern
Arlin Bumann
Sioux Falls
S. Cak
Herman Bumann
George Bumann
Orren Bumann
Peterson
Sioux City
Albert Lang
Albert City
Leo Gray
Newell
Merel Madsen
Rembrandt
Gust Glienke
Rochester
Minn
Wm. Glienke
Storm Lake
Charles Zwemke
Harlan
Richard
Diane Hogrefe
Linn Grove
Erwin Radke
John Holtz
Galva
Robert Rohlk
Antone Larson
Lorenz Roth
Fort Dodge
George Cockburn
Met Metals Lab Plans Wide Temperature Atomic Tests
The University of Chicago Institute of Metals will test metals from thousands of degrees to near absolute zero once equipment is installed. X rays and photos will be taken under these extreme conditions. It is part of the universitys peacetime atomic research program worth 12 million dollars.
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University of Chicago
Institute of Metals
New Soil Testing Equipment For Farmers In Iowa
Iowa State College adds an ultramodern soil testing lab with its own building. New crushing and PH testing machines process 4000 samples monthly, using 12-sample racks and automated chemical jets to speed determinations of acidity and nutrient needs.
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Iowa
Iowa State College
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