Area Jaycee seeks top young farmer candidates
Local Jaycee chapter invites nominations for the national Young Farmer award. Nominations due December 15 to the Jaycee Farmer Award at the County Extension Office in Austin. County Agent Don Hasbargen will coordinate, with 21 to 35 year old applicants asked to submit contest forms.
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Austin Jaycees
Austin
Don Hasbargen
Jaycees’ Agriculture Committee
Benson
Austin Area
John Larrick
Town State College
Ruth Marie Peterson
Bogota
Beef Feeders Tour Dec 16
Mower County beef feeders plan a Dec 16 county tour to view operations on several farms starting in Grand Meadow. Otis Jorstad and Farl Wennes organize the morning leg while Hotson Lukes handle the western leg. R E Jacobs UM extension livestock specialist will accompany and discuss feeding plans. County Agent Don Hasbargen coordinates the event.
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Mower County
Grand Meadow
Bud Hotson
Austin
Freeborn County
Otis Jorstad
Farl Wennes
Hotson
Charley Lukes
R. E. Jacobs
University of Minnesota Extension
Don Hasbargen
Hasbargen
Holst Jersey Herd Rated by American Jersey Club
Harvey J. Holst of Brownsdale owns a registered Jersey herd rated by F. W. Atkeson of Kansas State College. The 27 animals average 82.87 points on the breed scorecard with 1 excellent, 4 very good, 18 good plus, and 4 good ratings.
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Harvey J. Holst
Brownsdale
American Jersey Cattle Club
F. W. Atkeson
Kansas State College
Holst
Aberdeen Angus Adds 2559 Registrations
The Aberdeen Angus breed maintained rapid expansion with 2559 new registered herds in the past year. The American Aberdeen Angus Breeders Association leads beef registry groups with 30,591 breeders at the close of its fiscal year on September 30, 1955.
Neus Holsteins Lead Mower County DHIA
The Mower County Dairy Herd Improvement Assn reports a November average of 47.42 pounds butterfat for the high herd owned by Bernie Neus, with 24 Holsteins at 1,262 pounds milk. Imperial Ideal Ormsby Jan led cows at 2,046 pounds milk and 98.2 pounds butterfat for Virgil Bergene.
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Mower County
Imperial
Deal Ormsby Jan
Virgil Bergene
Farm Bureau Units Set Meetings Tuesday
Two Farm Bureau units schedule meetings Tuesday night with oyster stew served. The Waltham Sargeant unit meets at the Waltham School at 8 p.m. and Burson Rolfe leads the program with a food committee including Mrs. Bert Anderson, Mrs. Louis Schmidt, and Mrs. Herman Wachter. The Red Rock unit meets at the C J Oehlers home at 8 p.m. with officer elections and a card party.
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Farm Bureau
Waltham Sargeant
Waltham School
Burson Rolfe
Bert Anderson
Louis Schmidt
Herman Wachter
Red Rock
C. J. Oehlers
Herbert Schepler
Loren Brinkman
Wayne Nowell
Oscar Holst
Hasbargen and Seath to Attend Extension Meeting
County Agent Don Hasbargen and 4-H Club Agent Ronnie Seath will attend the annual extension agents conference at University Farm next week. The soils and fertilizer short course opens Monday with sessions at 9:15 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. The program includes out of town speakers and a Monday pre-conference for new agents.
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University of Minnesota Agriculture College
Hasbargen
Seath
Don Hasbargen
Ronnie Seath
University Farm
Lewis Nelson
Eastern Research Division
Department of Agriculture
Beltsville
W. L. Nelson
Midwest
American Potash Institute
West Lafayette
Ind
University of North Carolina
J. R. Kenner
Hebron
Neb
J. O. Christianson
Agriculture, Soil, Club and Home Agents
Skull H. Rutford
Henry L. Ahlgren
University of Wisconsin
George Beal
Joe M. Bohlen
Iowa State College Rural Sociologists
Otto C. Cray
Fletcher N. Farrington
National Association of County Extension Agents
Herbert F. Johnson
Minnesota Acp
Frank Peck
Farm Foundation of Chicago
University
Agriculture Extension Service
State Service
Producers Offer Their Ideas Swine Growers Adopt 3 Point Pork Program
At the National Swine Growers Council annual meeting in Chicago producers outline a three point plan to curb pork surpluses. Focus on organized selling consumer oriented products and an orderly market to avoid gluts. Proposals include pork burgers tenderloins new cuts and a baking contest using pork shortening.
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Chicago
National Swine Growers Council
Wilbur Plager
Blairsburg
Iowa
LaVerne Johnson
Clare, Ill
Committee On
Plager
Robert Parkison
Francisville
Ind
Charles Maas
Evansville
Wis
Albert Keller
Parker
S. D
Clare
18 Year Old Runs Family Farm With Home Built Machinery
Roger Jensen runs a 115 acre farm near Corning Minnesota, feeding 300 hogs yearly since age 15. He uses improvised power units including a washing machine motor and self feeders, and built an elevator, door, and auger system to cut labor. Edward Jensen, unable to work due to heart attacks, relies on Roger who held a special work permit for afternoon farm duties.
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Corning
Minn
Edward
Roger Jensen
Here
Roger
Jensen
Austin High School
Eward Jensen
New House
Jensens
Keeping Glassware Safe and Pie Tins in Winter
A collage of home tips covers cleaning glass utensils to prevent scratches and clouding. It also advises drying pie tins to avoid rust, explains why darkened tins yield better pies, and notes lighting details for fabric hems and clothing care alongside farm notes on hogs, tractors, and a Star Farmer award recipient Roger Jensen.
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Lucile Holiday
University of Minnesota
Taylor Herd Tops North Mower DHIA for November
Chester Taylor of Austin Route 4 led North Mower Dairy Herd Improvement Association November results with 31 grade Holsteins producing an average 42.3 pounds butterfat. Test supervisor Clarence Otterson reported other high herds: Marcus Pundall 17 grade Guernseys 40.4 BF, Ernest Tune and Son 24 grade Holsteins 40.2 BF, John H. Hill 17 grade Holsteins 40.1 BF, Clinton Becker 10 grade Holsteins 40.0 BF. A total of 547 cows were tested producing an overall average 28.2 pounds BF.
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Chester Taylor
Austin Rt. 4
North Mower
Clinton Becker
Cash receipts in first eight months rise farm marketings
Minnesota farm price levels fell 8 percent from October and 10 percent from November 1954 as hogs and cattle led declines. Cash receipts for January-August 1955 totaled 799 million dollars, up 3 percent from 1954, with a 25 percent surge in crop marketings offsetting a 5 percent drop in livestock receipts.
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Minnesota
Federal Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Ing
Farm Calendar outlines weekly 4-H clubs and notices
The Farm Calendar lists Jolly Youth 4-H Grand Meadow Racine Ramblers Frankford Enterprise and Pleasant View Waltham Sargeant Bur eau Red Rock and Village elections Adams Woodbury Lansing Rose Creek clubs with weekly meetings. It advises submitting notices to the farm editor and gives watering guidelines for grasses.
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Jolly Youth
Grand Meadow
Racine Ramblers
Frankford
Enterprise
Pleasant View
Waltham Sargeant Farm Bureau
Waltham
Red Rock
C. J. Ochlers Farm
Adams
Woodbury
Lyle
Lansing
Rose Creek
Winter Coats Demand Care For Durability And Value
Winter coats whether fur or fabric represent a big investment and deserve proper upkeep to extend life. Proper cleaning storage and mild maintenance can preserve appearance and warmth.
Wild Plants for Collection Mentioned in Text
The passage lists various wild plants to include in collections such as grasses sedges cat tails milkweed bittersweed globe thistle sumac oak leaves fern fronds tumble weed mullein evening primrose and curled duck. It emphasizes these are all wild species.
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By Dave Owen
Minnesota 4-H Club
Gregg Sample
Spring Valley
Gregg
James Dice
Lincoln Arc Welding Foundation
RFD
Ezra Taft Benson
Washington
Mammy Yokum
Santa Claus
CARE
Milwaukee
Jersey
Aberdeen-Angus
Austin Daily Herald
Neus Holsteins
Dhia
Bergene
Brookholm Farms
B. J. Huseby and Sons
Duane Wallgram
Guernseys
Paape
Farm Bureau Units
Johnson
Vintam
Bent County
Board of Directors
Dad
U. S&s. Department of Agriculture
Jensen Farm
Duroc-Hampshire
Poland
China
Austin Ffa
Taylor Herd
TRE Farm
Federal Land Bank Farm Loans
W. Johnson
Concrete Products Co
Tan
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