Aultfather Farm Hosts Centennial Minnesota Red Poll Meet
About 75 Red Poll breeders from Minnesota and Iowa gather Monday near Austin to mark the centennial of Clover Lawn farm. Myron Aultfather our farm and family history outline the dairy and beef herd, Poland China hogs, and DHIA records guiding breeding and sales.
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Minnesota
Aultfather Farm
Myron Aultfather
Clover Lawn Farm
Austin
Iowa
Myron
Jim
Austfather
David Aultfather
Ohio
Cedar River
Austin and
Lyle Townships
William Aultfather
Harvey Goetsch
Kenneth Rosenthal
Aultfather
DHIA
Adams Creamery
Rochester Dairy Cooperative
Soil study in Mower County tracks nutrients and yields
A 10 year project in Mower County links soil nutrients to crop yields with support from the Soil Conservation Service and University of Minnesota. Eldon Reed farms Skyberg soil plot as the main test site to monitor rain, fertilizer, practices and cropping effects. Ruth Marie Peterson, American Dairy Princess, met President Eisenhower at the White House. Local 4H youths work in rain on sidings for a new club building as dedication plans begin for a horse drawn vehicle exhibit
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Mower County
Minnesota
Soil Conservation Service
University of Minnesota
Eldon Reed
eBay
Larry Strief
Ruth Marie Peterson
Lansing
White House
President Eisenhower
Gettsburg
Carl Peterson
Reeve Heads Truck Lot Hog Judging Staff
Packinghouse hog buyers will judge the truckload division at the National Barrow Show September 11 to 14 in Lew P. Reeve named chairman and George A. Hormel & Co. will supply hog buying leadership. Other judges include executives from Wilson & Co. Oscar Mayer Cudahy Swift John Morrell and Rath Packing Co among others.
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Reeve
Barrow
Lew P. Reeve
Geo. A. Hormel & Co
William Dusek
Wilson & Co
Albert Lea
Fred Gunkel
Oscar Mayer & Co
Madison
Reeve F. B. Johnson
Cudahy Packing Co
Omaha
F. E. Knutzen
Swift & Co
Chicago
J. J. Mitchell
John Morrell & Co
Ottumwa
J. P. Riley
Armour and Co
Mason City
Harold Stone
Rath Packing Co
Waterloo
Four-H Club Week Farm Calendar Highlights Events
The Farm Calendar lists multiple 4H club activities across Windom, Lansing, Jolly Youth, Frankford and more. Demonstrations, livestock judging, beef talks, health camp sessions, dairy princess events, soil conservation field day, and related county meetings are planned at Enterprise, Grand Meadow, Rochester, Brownsdale, Owatonna, and surrounding communities.
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Enterprise
Todd Park
Don Hasbargen
Frankford
Grand Meadow
Nettie Engen
Jolly Youth
Ron Seath
Lansing Farm Bureau
Cory Hanson
Harlow Sayles
Windom
Matt Adams
Carroll
Waltham
Don Ingvalson
Pleasant View
Windom - Austin Farm Bureau Unit
Enterprise School
Kathy Bartlett
Aaron Robertson
Farm Bureau
Woodbury
Lyle Hall
Lansing
Rochester
Brownsdale
Brownsdale School
Steele County
Owatonna
Volume and Labor Efficiency Key to Modern Farming
Charles Painter, instructor, told a farm management class that volume of business and labor efficiency are essential. Eight farm cases showed how farm size, work units, and labor productivity affect profits, with examples from 160 and 320 acre farms, dairy herds, hogs, and crop choices to illustrate gains and losses.
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Charles Painter
Painter
Brownell Herd Tops May Mower County Dairy Tests
H. R. Brownell of Grand Meadow led May testing with 26 Guernseys averaging 868 pounds milk and 45.46 pounds butterfat. The Mower County Dairy Herd Improvement Assn report shows 30 herds totaling 834 cows on test, with top records including Wilfred Denison’s grade Guernsey herd and Frank Coburn’s Holsteins among others.
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H. R. Brownell
Grand Meadow
Mower County
Guernsey
Wilfred Denison
Frank Coburn
Julius Schottler
Walker, Meurer and Schaefer
Crestwood Farms
Guernseys
Obert
Virgil Narveson
Brookholm Farm
Pappe and
Westby
Regional Dairy Princess Contest Opens Freeborn Dairy Days
Freeborn County hosts a three day Dairy Days June 28 to 30 with a regional princess crowned at the dairy banquet in Hotel Albert June 30. Candidates from southeastern Minnesota compete June 28 and the Freeborn winner is chosen at the Dairy Days ball game. Events include an ice cream contest, cooking school, Black and White show, talent contest, and the Dairy Day parade. Judging June 23 at 9 30 a.m. for the Freeborn princess, prizes of 15 10 and 5 for floats, with 4 H and FFA entries urged to participate.
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Freeborn County
Hotel Albert
Minnesota
Fairgrounds
Fountain Lake Park
Freeborn County Holstein Breeders Assn
Lowell Lundke
Hayward
Eldon Lenske
Albert Lea Armory
FFA
Joel Nelson
Interstate Power Co
Senske
Red Oak Grove
Mower County
4-H Club Week Delegates Head to State Center
Mower County sends 28 delegates to State 4H Club Week at the University of Minnesota campuses in St Paul and Minneapolis. Connie Peterson serves as county delegate and will help elect officers while Patty Eblen and Paul Winkels attend the good grooming workshop replacing the former contest. State events include tours, speeches by Osgood Magnuson and Dr Keith McFarland, and a closing gingham denim party.
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Mower County
Minnesota
St. Paul
University of Minnesota
Connie Peterson
Patty Eblen
Paul Winkels
Minneapolis
Osgood Magnuson
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Using Milk in Cooking Vegetables and a Rhubarb Marmalade
A reader advocates using milk instead of water to cook vegetables to preserve nutrients and add variety. A rhubarb marmalade recipe is shared, followed by notes on federal meat inspection’s role in safety, pricing, and confidence in the U. S. meat supply and processing standards.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
United States
Wisconsin dairy scientist devises butterfat test in 1890
Dr. Stephen M. Babcock of the Wisconsin agricultural experiment station developed the first practical method to determine the amount of butterfat in milk by 1890, marking a milestone in dairy science.
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Stephen M. Babcock
The
Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station
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Austin Daily Herald
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Herald Farm News
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