Calves Up Lambs Down on Minnesota Farms Crop Report
Minnesota and U S Departments of Agriculture release 1964 crop estimates for calves lambs and chickens. Minnesota 1964 chicken crop is 13 406 000 head down 3 percent from 1963 with 11 903 000 layers in June. Minnesota calf crop set at 1 639 000 head up 3 000 from 1963 while lamb crop falls 11 percent to 585 000 head. U S lamb crop totals 18 111 000 head down 6 percent from 1963.
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Minnesota
St, Paul
Crop and
U.S
United States
U States
Western
South Dakota
Texas
Alaska
Austin Herald-7 Brief Fragment Signals Local News Item
Readable fragments indicate a local Austin Minnesota story brief from the Herald-7. Details are sparse but point to community news coverage and upcoming events.
Adams High FFA Tour Draws Over One Hundred Attendees
About 110 Future Farmers of America, parents, and business men attended the Adams High School FFA tour to showcase farming programs. Other items note Safe Tractor Driving tests at Mower County Fair on Aug 1 and 8 and a new Doughboy Industries Food Products Group led by Howard E. Walsh with farms and plants across Minnesota and Iowa.
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Doughboy Industries, Inc
New Richmond
Wis
Faribo Turkeys, Inc
Food Products Group
Howard E. Walsh
Faribo Turkeys
Doughboy
Rochester
Minnesota
New Haven
Iowa
Faribault
Madeira
Minn
Crop Outlook Bleak Across Seven County Farm Zone
The Herald reports drought across seven counties including Fillmore Freeborn Steele Mower Dodge Howard and Mitchell with rains arriving late reducing corn and soybean yields. Oats remain decent at 50 60 bushels but pasture hay is short and farmers cut silage or hay from soybeans as second crops falter.
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The
Herald
Fillmore
Freeborn
Steele
Mower
Dodge
Minnesota
Howard
Mitchell
Grand Meadow
Racine
Sargeant
Spring Valley
Hasbargen
Lyle
Lansing
Adams
LeRoy
Sumner
Bloomfield
Milton Hoberg
Eldon Senske
Moscow
Senske
Edgar Dorow
Osage
MclIntire
Otranto
Dorow
Mee-Intire
Lim Springs
Chester
Riceville
Karl Griffith
Urges farmers to test corn for possibly lethal nitrate content
Osage Iowa farmers urged to test breuth damaged corn before silo storage. Five Riceville samples tested at Iowa State University showed two with lethal nitrate levels and three dangerous. Dorow advises freezing chopped samples and transporting to Ames for analysis, with possible cost-sharing and no current test charges.
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OSAGE
Mitchell County
Doron
McIntire
Bailey
Little Cedar
Mitchell
Otranto
James Runde
Dorow
Ames
Dorows Office
FFA Leaders Back Anti Smoking Initiative Training
Over sixty state and district officers of the Future Farmers of America completed a five day leadership training at the State FFA FHA Vocational Division Camp near Virginia Minnesota. They developed plans to promote anti smoking education locally and district wide with support from the Minnesota Division of the American Cancer Society.
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St, Paul
Minn
Future Farmers of America
FFA - Fha
Virginia
FFA
Minnesota
American Cancer Society
Beef Judging Expanded at Osage Fair
Mitchell County Fair in Osage Iowa expands beef judging to August 6 to 9. Junior entries baby beef and beef heifer projects judged Friday with baby beef at 8 30 a m and open class at 9 a m Saturday. Nearly 300 4H girls exhibit food products and bake goods demonstrations total about 50 sessions.
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Osage
Iowa
Mitchell County Fair
Dan McArthur
Mason City
Mitchell County
4-H
Farm Calendar Highlights Weekly 4-H Events
County wide 4 H Junior Leader swimming party 8 p m Spring Valley Park Tuesday 4 H Cleaning Bee at fair grounds Bring cleaning supplies and equipment Thursday Mitchell County Fair Osage Iowa Friday 4 H Dress Revue Judging 8 a m Austin High School 4H Clothing Construction Judging 9 a m Liebenstein Hall Iowa Saturday Sunday
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Spring Valley Park
Fairgrounds
Osage
Towa
Austin High School
Liebenstein Hall
Mitchell County Fair
Iowa
13 Is Lucky for Bidder 11 She Wins Gilt
Thirteen proved lucky for Roxanne Wilder 11 daughter of Mr and Mrs Alton Wilder Lyle Roxanne a bidder at the 13th annual Good Red Circle Auction is the owner of a Duroc gilt.
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Roxanne Wilder
Alton Wilder
Lyle
Roxanne
Three Exhibitors Sue Chicago Stock Show for Damages
Three Illinois exhibitors Douglas Brent Susan McKelvie and Edward Feenedy filed a $750000 slander suit in Circuit Court over the 1959 International Live Stock Exposition disqualification of junior steers. They claim tests by a university lab upheld their innocence and the judges harmed their name and reputation.
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Chicago
Illinois
International Live Stock Exposition
Circuit Court
Douglas Brent
Stanford
Susan McKelvie
Little York
Edward Feenedy
Minooka
University of Illinois
Hog Raisers Win Plaques
Leo Bridley Lesley and Evelyn Peterson of Oakland Rt 1 and Earl Epley Austin Rt 2 received Sow and Pig Management Awards from Moorman Manufacturing Company. The honor recognizes hog raisers whose sows wean larger-than-average litters. Plaques feature a sow with nursing pigs, with the winner’s name engraved on a brass plate.
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Leo Bridley
Lesley
Evelyn Peterson
Oakland Rt. 1
Earl Epley
Austin Rt. 2
Moorman Manufacturing Company
Turtle Creek Watershed Unit Concludes Informational Meetings
The Turtle Creek Watershed steering committee reports five general meetings concluded. Over 250 area land owners attended to define boundaries under Public Law 566, with plans for boundary decisions and a preliminary survey contingent on state approval and no local cost.
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Albert Lea
Minn
Turtle Creek
Harry Kuiters
Kuiters
State
Soil Conservation Service
Buiters
Cut Corn at Blind Road Intersections
Osage Iowa safety chief Bill Clark urges trimming weeds and brush to improve visibility at rural intersections. He cites three Johnson County deaths this summer from corn obstructions and recommends 200 feet of clearance and topping corn to reduce hazards.
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Osage
Iowa
Bill Clark
Osage Future Farmers of America
Johnson County
Bill
USDA
Steam Rigs Bring Back Old Farm Threshing Style
In Jordan Minnesota a threshing bee will use two old steam engines and an early day separator to thresh rye. Ermin Morrall, who owns the equipment, arranged with farmer Wermer Kerkov to process about a dozen bundle loads of rye. Horse drawn wagons will haul cut grain to the rig and grain will be sacked in the traditional way.
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Jordan, Minn
Morrall
Wermer Kerkov
Jordan
Udolpho Boosters 4H Tour and Upcoming Events
The Udolpho Boosters 4H club held a July 20 tour starting at 9 a.m. at the Charles Nack erud farm with a picnic at Vernon Peterson’s home and a brief business meeting. A watermelon feed followed at Eldred Peterson’s home. Marilyn Schieck Rosemary Ellis Elda Radloff and Doug las Vaupel reported on the Citizenship Short Course in Washington D C this spring. Dave Morse reported on being Mower County’s Maryland delegate. A Junior Leader’s swimming party is planned for Aug 3 at Spring Valley and a dress revue fair opens Aug 10 with a CBC trip to Anoka for dairy or beef exhibitors age state fair. The group leaves Aug 18 at 8 a.m. from Brownsdale School. Fair booth work is scheduled Aug 7 1 to 5 p.m. and Aug 9 1 to 8 p.m. The office clipper can be borrowed. Record grading will occur Aug 27 at Liebenstein Hall with more help needed for livestock records. The Rose Creek Busy Beavers held a livestock tour Monday led by Mower County agent Don Hasbargen, with a picnic at Rose Creek Park, record submissions, and fair plans. Demonstrations by Judy Stephenson and a pig judging talk by Morley Johnson followed.
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Udolpho Boosters 4H Club
Charles Nackerud
Vernon Peterson
Eldred ePterson
Marilyn Schieck
Rosemary Ellis
Elda Radloff
Douglas Vaupel
Washington, D. C
Mower County
Dave Morse
Maryland
Spring Valley
CBC
Anoka
Rose Creek
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Austin (Minn
Herald—7
BY Darrel Koehler
Fillmore County
Gregory D. Luehr
Laverne
University of Minnesota
St. Paul
Bob Lee
Warren Strandell
Minneapolis
Bob
Warren
Des Moines
John Grasses
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Nebraska
Montana
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Maine
Vermont
New York
New Jersey
America
U.S. News & World Report
New Zealand
U. S
Darrel Koehler
Herald Farm Editor
Don Hasbargen
Steele County
Dodge County
Freeborn County
Howard County
E. R. Duncan
Extension Agronomist
Osage Fair
Turtle Creek Watershed Unit
Kaiters
Hollandale
Jordan Rye
Ermin Morrall
Dakotas
Udolpho
Brownsdale
10Th St. NE
Austin, Minnesota
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