Farmer of the Week Potatoes and Onions Near Maple Island
Herb Brand and son operate 215 acres near Maple Island focusing on potatoes and onions. They plant 3,800 bags of seed potatoes and harvest about 85,000 bushels yearly. They rely on migrant labor, dread machinery costs, and emphasize market-driven production with plans to expand while avoiding price controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herb Brand and Son
Hollandale
Minnesota
Red River Valley
Twin Cities
Brands
Maple Island
Hollandale Marketing Association
Mitchell 4-H Club Meetings Review Fair Results
Mitchell County 4-H clubs discuss the Mitchell County Fair at August meetings. IFYE visitor Carlos Barretto Ramos will spend three weeks in September with Marion Smaley near Riceville, Iowa, followed by a Costa Rican guest in October. Team members Elaine Blake and June Bissen led demonstrations. four Mitchell 4-H members placed in the state poultry judging at the Iowa State Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell
Osage
Iowa
Brazil
Mitchell County
Marion Smailey
Riceville
Carolos Barretto Ramos
Delaware County
Ramos
Smalley
IFYE
National 4-H Club Foundation
Cooperative Extension Service
State Department of
United States
Mitchell County Fair
Stacy Stars
Newbery Beavers
Mona Merry Makers
Colleen
Donna
Maryann Massey
Boone
Franklin
Elaine Blake
St. Ansgar
June Bissen
David Beland
Rosalie Pitzen
Stacyville
June
Elaine
David
Rosalie
Larry Goergen
Robert Barrick
Rolland Rodemaker
Don Jensen
Poland
Barrow
Robert Gadd
Geo. A. Hormel & Co
Fort Dodge
Francis Callahan
Milford
Ill
Richard Wahlstrom
South Dakota State College
Cecelia Neville
Lafayette
Ind
National Barrow Show Opens With Return of Past Winners
The National Barrow Show starts September 10 at Mower County Fairgrounds for a four day run. Hog breeders compete for breed honors across three divisions while judging and carcass contests showcase meat type hog progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mower County Fairgrounds
Cow Testing Averages for Fillmore County Dairy Herd
Fillmore County Dairy Herd Improvement Association reports unit results with 599 cows in unit 1 and 627 in unit 3 and 598 in unit 5. Unit 1 averages milk 944 pounds and butterfat 3.33 percent. high herd owned by James and Murrell Jacobson Harmony. Unit 3 averages 1101 milk and 3.52 BF. high herd Everett Junge Harmony. Unit 5 averages 853 milk and 3.59 BF. high herd B J Witt Spring Valley. List of outstanding herds includes James & Murrell Jacobson Harmony and Fay & David Sikkink with 2360 milk 99 fat, among others.
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Fillmore County
Everett Junge
Harmony
Curtis Broadwater
B. J. Witt
Spring Valley
Myron Henderson
James & Murrell Ja- Sons
Louise Runge
Bruce Williams & Sons
Mabel
Fillmore
Ralph
Herb Gunder- BO
Berogs Weiss
High Herds and Cows Lead Fillmore County Show
The record lists top high herd scores with B J Witt of Spring Valley 1086 for 36.6, Vernon Scheevel of Preston 1059 for 36.7, Fred Dennstedt of Harmony 1030 for 35.5, and others. In high cows, Witt appears again with 1780 and 82, Dennstedt 2510 and 78, Scheevel 1840 and 74, Miller Bros 2140 and 73.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. J. Witt
Spring Valley
Vernon Scheevel
Preston
Fred Dennstedt
Harmony
Wallace Grooters
Floyd Kuehnast
Lanesboro
Milo Nagel
Ostrander
Miller Bros
Whalan
Farm Calendar Listings for Monday to Wednesday
A regional farm schedule lists 4-H club meetings across multiple communities. Activities include Enterprise 4-H at Enterprise school and Taopi 4-H at Taopi Townhall on Monday, Pleasant View 4-H at Liebenstein Hall and Rangers 4-H at Waltham on Tuesday, and Woodbury 4-H at Lyle K. P. Hall plus North Star 4-H at William Show Home on Wednesday with additional groups at Windom, Dexterous, and Ramsey locations.
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Pleasant View
Liebenstein Hall
Rangers
Waltham
Waltham School
Woodbury
Lyle K. P. Hall
North Star
William Show
Windom
Burr Oak School
Skyline Club Manager Charged In Late Night Liquor Fine
Ben Franklin, manager of the Skyline Club in Estherville, was fined 25 dollars in Emmet County justice court for allowing liquor to be sold after 1 a m. The case marks the county’s first prosecution under the new state liquor law.
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Estherville
Ben Franklin
Skyline Club
Emmet County
Minnesota fairs end as fall winds in with autumn
A Minnesota reader’s column notes the close of the Minnesota State Fair and likens it to past fairs in Dodge Freeborn Steele Mitchell and Mower counties. It also shares impressions of Austin and Hollandale, plus agricultural notes on maple syrup, wild rice, milk testing, dehorning, and pig salt use.
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Minnesota
Dodge
Freeborn
Steele
Mitchell
Mower
Austin
New York Mills
United States
Taylor Wins Beef Carcass Part of Show
The Mower County Junior Beef Feeding project results were announced at the Geo A Hormel plant. Roger Weness Adams FFA won overall honors with six Holstein steers posting a 2.40 lb daily gain and low feed cost yielding $51 profit per head over 258 days. Mike Taylor Blooming Prairie FFA placed second. in the carcass contest Hormel sponsored, Taylor first with Cummings Austin second and Vernon Wood Blooming Prairie third.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Wood
Blooming Prairie Ffa
Mike Taylor
Mower County
Geo. A. Hormel & Co
First National Bank of Austin
Roger Weness
Adams Future Farmers of America
FFA
Roger
Blooming Prairie Ffa Chapter
Hormel Company
Taylor
Richard Cummings
Austin
Cummings
Smith
Weness
Wood
Hog Prices Have Passed the Peak
The Agriculture Department says hog prices probably peaked for the year as barrows and gilts across eight major markets averaged 18.44 dollars in July, up 14 cents from July 1962. Prices are expected to ease as hog supply rises but should stay near last year’s year-end levels through fall.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
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Irineo Ramos
San Juan
Tex
Brand
Herb
Farm Bureau
Southern Minnesota Vegetable Growers Association
Hollandale Labor Association
Herb Sr
Son
Herb Jr
Herb Brand
Ana Mariea Monge
Costa Rica
Central America
Lawrence Weinberger
Sahara
Stacy
Blake Sisters
Jane Renner
Jane and
Karen Blake
Judy Krebsbach
Marian Smith
Joyce Bissen
Newbury Beavers
Larry Hanson
Roger Frank
Lester Madsen
Justin Collier
Darwin Feldt
Linda Roberts
Karen Roberts
Donna Massey
Renk Research
Conrad Stemson
Rt. 1
Austin, Minn
Earl Subra
RENK
S&h
Renk Seed CO
Sun Prairie, Wis
Robert Smith
Adams
Angus - Hereford
China
Hampshire
Berkshire
Berkshires
Yorkshires
Oscar Anderson
Leland Ill
Milo Wolrach
Mount Vernon
Robert Green
Ainsworth
Charles H. Willey
First Christian Church
Molinen
Soviet Union
Middle East
Europe
Bernard Ebbing
Rath Packing Co
Waterloo
Hampshires
Jack Rodibaugh
Rennselaer
Chester Whites
Harry G. Russell
University of Illinois
Duroes
H. W. Jones
Purdue University
Chester White
Duroc
Carl Hirsch
Indianola
R. C. Hillier
Oklahoma State University
Harvey Richardson
Elmore City
Okla
Jones
Purdue
Beryl Keen
le Grand
William G. Zomlek
Iowa State University
Ames
Barrows
Packer
Carroll Plager
Geo. A. Hormes & Co
Plager
L. F. Dumann
Oscar Mayer & Co
J. J. Mitchell
John Morrell & Co
F.B. Johnson
Cudahy Packing Co
Gordon Rhodes
Swift & Co
J. P. Riley
Armour & Co
Harold Stone
Austin (Minn
Herald
Kenneth Scheevel
Ralph & Herb Gunderson
Herb Gunderson
Mabel Peers
Merlyn Ray & Sons
Porter Broadwater
Seen
Sons
Fillmore No
Enterprise
Frankford
Taopi 4 - H
Taopi Townhall
Ramsey
Hormel
Oakland Farmers Elevator
Nemitz Elevator
Huntting Elevator
Ss. W. Stephenson Elevator
Oakland
Minn
Hayfield
Rose Creek
Dexter, Minn
BY Darrel Koehler
Labor Day
Larry Reynen
Massachusetts
Powerite
Electric Street
Powerite Electric Motor Service
Tenth Street
Austin, Minnesota
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