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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1968
Page
6
A McCormick-Deering threshing outfit on Route 3 helped harvest oats when the field was too wet for a modern combine. Local growers said the old machine proved handy this year as moisture slowed mechanized threshing.
Harvest wrap shows oats yielding widely from 34 to 120 bushels per acre across farms and elevators in Austin area markets. Test weights hover around 34 to 36 pounds for oats, with wheat generally 40 to 57 pounds and barley mostly not making quality. Prices average about 51 cents for oats and 1.35 dollars for wheat, with weathered oats noted in heavy rains and rust cited as a factor in poor test weight.
The Department of Agriculture funds a 34 year study with Texas Technological College to solve cattle feedlot manure disposal. The aim is to return millions of tons of waste to land as fertilizer while cutting volume and preserving fertilizer value. The research will also examine feed impacts, feedlot designs, animal density, rainfall and management factors.
Six teams have confirmed participation in this year's College Division of the National Swine Judging Contest at the National Barrow Show in Austin. The event opens Sept. 9 with judging at 9:30 a.m. and includes eight market and breeding classes plus hog carcasses.
John True University of Minnesota extension agricultural engineer offers safety tips for silage filling. Run blower 15 to 20 minutes before reentering partly filled silos and ventilate chute. Evacuate if you smell bleach like fumes and keep people animals away after filling.
The Midwest Breeders Guild completes a 72 by 127 foot production barn near Stewartville for 100 bulls with completion set for September 15. The old facility near Coon Rapids is sold to Orrin Thompson Homes and bulls along with equipment move to the new site by October 1.
The Department of Agriculture started stamping and grading beef across the United States in 1927, establishing standardized quality marks for meat products.
The LeRoy Independent covers national GOP farm platform ideas from Miami Beach and previews Democratic plans in Chicago. It recalls Donald Haugland’s death, praises his quiet work at LeRoy Ostrander High, and notes fair coverage, barley price shifts, CCC payments, and 4-H blue ribbons. It lists entrants for state fairs, wheat and feed payments, and FFA activities.
Preston Minn DHIA announces the latest unit three report by Milton Hoberg showing 1033 cows on test with 8827 pounds average milk and 4.2 percent butterfat. Butterfat per cow averages 43.56 pounds while testers for units two four and five are on vacation.
Fourteen Lytton swine producers unite to tout the town as the Purebred Hog Capital of Iowa. They pool advertising across newspapers and magazines, boost breeding programs, mentor young breeders, and aim to lift local farm income. Members raise Chester Whites Yorkshires Hampshires Poland Chinas Durocs and Hampshires plus Sports.
United States Agriculture Department reports Argentine meat exports fell 50 percent in the first half of 1968 from the previous year. The drop is linked to a UK ban over hoof and mouth disease, lifted for frozen beef and pork on April 15 but still in place for lamb and mutton. Officials warn exports will stay lower for the rest of 1968.
Soybeans can replace soybean meal in dairy rations when soybeans cost less than the meal per unit. If meal is 5 cents a pound, soybeans are economical under 3 dollars per bushel, says Bill Mudge of the University of Minnesota. Soybeans have 37 percent protein versus 40 to 44 percent in meal, requiring about one-fifth more soybeans to match protein.
The 1968 Minnesota State Fair runs Aug 23 to Sept 1 in St Paul with coronation of Mrs. America Aug 23 and headlining acts Including Allen and Rossie Frank Sinatra Jr the Fifth Dimension Hank Williams Jr Sonny James Marty Robbins Connie Smith Jack Jones and the National Ballet of Mexico Aug 24-Sept 1 plus the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Musical Ride and Machinery Hill an 80 acre display. More than 65000 will be shared by race drivers during 10 days of racing at the grandstand.
Forty eight Fillmore County 4-H members took part in Demonstration Day in Preston. Twelve were selected for the Minnesota State Fair, including twin sisters Mary and Marion Hingeveld, 17, from Spring Valley, who presented a team demonstration The Work Skipper. Elizabeth Blahnik of Spring Valley won blue for Easy Come Easy Go.
Eleven dairy farm girls travel to St Paul on August 21 for judging for the Milky Way XV Princess Kay title to be crowned August 24. Barbara Ann Kruegel, 18, Preston native and 1958 Preston High School graduate, represents multiple Minnesota counties.
Enrollment for all classes is being taken at the University of Minnesota Southern School of Agriculture at Waseca. Deadline for enrollment is Sept. 1. Opening of the fall term is Sept. 26 with a six week term ending Dec. 13. All students accepted will have an opportunity to finish the four year program. For further information contact the school.
In St Paul Minnesota Sharp and Richard Bridges married atop horses after growing up with horses and meeting through riding. Attendants rode in formal wear, with the minister grounded. A horse shoe shaped cake and custom 24 carat gold horseshoe rings completed the equestrian event, reflecting their shared passion.
In Port au Prince Haiti the Mardi Gras celebration will occur twice with a Spring Festival on April 26 27 and 28. Parades street dancing musicians and dancers in costumes will fill the streets. Floated floats beauty queens and masks with voodoo symbols will decorate the event.
Austin couple Rog er Wambeam and wife Mrs Wambeam take Cheviot sheep into focus as their ram lamb and ewe gain reserve and championship potential at the 1968 Minnesota State Fair. They balance farming with full time work and local 4-H guidance.
Nearly four thousand Minnesota 4-H youths will converge on the State Fair grounds August 24 to September 2 to compete for state awards. Demonstrations run August 24 to 31 with 800 demonstrators on seven platforms. The livestock show closes the event with 4-H and FFA in the tractor driving contest and a 4-H building hosting 80 county booths and 1,200 exhibits. Leonard Harkness invites the public to view the variety of demonstrations and festivals.
Only one unit in each Mower and Freeborn counties submitted data this month due to tester vacations. Mower County unit four tested 1,141 cows across 35 herds, averaging 35.2 pounds of butterfat. Freeborn County unit one reported milk 1,063.12 pounds and butterfat 39.98 with an average test of 3.76 percent. Results for the two reporting units follow.
Extension dairyman Bill Mudge says springing heifers should receive one pound of grain per 100 pounds of body weight in the last 30 days before calving. The extra milk from these heifers covers grain labor and adds profit.
The article notes that body hair from cattle is utilized in making felt while ear hair is employed for brushes.
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