Milk and freezing tips from Minnesota home agents
Mrs. Nettie Engen outlines daily milk quotas for various groups and stresses milk as a key nutrient. The article also provides scalding and freezing directions for asparagus and strawberries, stressing quality retention and the role of ascorbic acid in sugar-free preservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Winter
Shirley Trantanella
Frozen Foods Laboratory
University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota Frozen Foods Laboratory
Dairy Cows and June Dairy Month Remembered
The famous cows linked to Mrs. O Leary’s fire are honored with June as Dairy Month. Since 1938, Dairy Month highlights milk products and the dairy industry, celebrating cows like Bessie pasturing in June and producing protein rich milk across America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. O Leary
Bessie
Iowa Duroe Week Declared By Governor Hoegh
DES MOINES Iowa Gov Leo Hoegh proclaims the week of July 24 as Iowa Duroe Week recognizing Iowa as the nation's largest swine producer per a Department of Agriculture proclamation issued Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Department of Agriculture
Leo Hoegh
Iowa
Converted Water From Sea Sees Big Cost Drops For Farms
Spurred by a water shortage, scientists report progress in converting sea water to fresh water. Costs have fallen 75 percent in under five years, with large scale production at about 125 dollars per acre-foot and a pilot below 30 dollars. Officials predict further cuts in 10 to 15 years, aiding farming and coastal industry.
Brandt Herd Tops DHIA May Dairy Standings
Albert Brandt Jr. of Grand Meadow led the North Mower Dairy Herd Improvement Association May test with 13 Holsteins averaging 47 pounds butterfat. Other top producers included Lee Machacek 16 cattle 46.4 BF, Chester Taylor 29 cattle 42.4 BF, N G King and Ken Rasmussen 40 Jerseys 40.7 BF, Ole Helgeson 17 Holsteins 38.3 BF. May test encompassed 475 cows averaging 33.1 BF.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Brandt, Jr
Grand Meadow
North Mower Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Clarence Oterson
County Extension Office
Lee F. Machacek
Chester Taylor
N. G. King
Ken Rasmussen
Ole K. Helgeson
Illinois Develops Simple Field Test for Crop Nutrition
The University of Illinois and the Potash Institute unveil a low cost kit to assess soil nutrients. Farmers squeeze plant juice on tissue, add acid and powder, and read color changes to determine nitrogen potash and phosphate levels. A scientist notes that about 70 percent of Corn Belt farms run short of nitrogen before maturity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
University of Illinois
Potash Institute
Illinois University
University of Minnesota
Raising Hogs Specialty With St James Man
Clayton Johnson of St James farms hogs using a three point plan management marketing and research. He buys rundown land to repurpose buildings into a farrowing operation producing 400 to 500 hogs yearly with no hired help and a focus on volume production and scientific feeding practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. James
Johnson
Milk as prime calcium source across life spans
Nutritionists note the body’s calcium turns over every few years and highlight milk and dairy products as the most practical calcium sources from infancy to old age.
Liquid Fertilizer Options and Application Methods
Advice on liquid fertilizers covers availability across Austin and much of southern Minnesota and northern Iowa. Three transfer and three application methods are outlined including gravity, pump, and air pressure systems with notes on storage tanks and safety. Soil testing guides advice from soil conservation services and county extension offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Minnesota
Iowa
Soil Conservation Services
County Extension
Beef Project Meeting Set
Beff project meeting set for Monday at Austin Area Vocational School. County extension agent Donald Hasbargen will discuss show date possible tour and progress of the five calf beef feeding project. Committee members include Lee Arneson Hasbargen George Leland Don Ritland and Ronald Seath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FFA
Austin Area Vocational School
Donald Hasbargen
Lee Arneson, Hasbargen, George Leland
Don Ritland
Ronald Seath
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Nettie Engen
Leo
Loretta Treptow
Alice Hatten
Loretta
Alice
Wells
Mower County
Adams Township
Bert Godfredson
John Bissen, Jr
Joe Lammers
Austin Township
Albert E. Gemmel
Myron
Austfather
Oliver Hillier
F. Gerlach
Weed Insp
Bennington Township
Otto Kohn
Milo Christenson Laird Guy
Clayton Township
Art Peterson
Ed Kiefer
Albert Nachson
Joe Prescott
Dexter Township
Earl Robson
Arnold Arntzen
Harold Boeft
Willie Erie, Weed
Frankford Township
R. L. Zimmerman Ben Ellinghuysen
E. W. Hermon
Grand Meadow Township
Lansing Township
Alvin Bandler
Sandy Noble
Ole A. Niehuis
LE Roy Township
Enoch Sorenson
Fred Hamlin
George Barber
Roy Ridenhour
Lodi Township
Lyle Township
Marshall Township
Irving Anderson Ray Scott Lawrence Johnson
Nevada Township
Newell Nelson
Eddie Fossey
Ray Reuter
George Peterson
Pleasant Valley
A. R. Drewes
Eimer
Quandt
Lester Himmer
Racine Township
Theo
Eppord
Lange Eugene Vomhof Eimer Thompson
Red Rock Township
Milo Anderson
Richard Clayton
George Madison
Sargeant Township
Adolpho Township
Emil Ingvalson
B. M. Christians Co. Sr. Christianson
Waltham Township
Walter L. Christian Werner A. Fett Howerd Herr
Windom Township
David J. Sayles
Parl Gordon John Thill, Sr. L. Lonergan
Council
Adams
Ernest Meister
Brownsdale
Harold Hartson
Dexter
Lewis Drake
Elkton
R. E. Lagervall
R. D. Burns
le Roy
M. E. Chesebrough
Lyle
Wayne Hartson
Mapleview
Charles McAlister
Rose Creek
John Thill, Jr
Sargeant
M. J. Heydt
Waltham
Wayne Schnirring
City of
C. R. Hanson
the Board OF County Commissioners
Robert Shaw
Henry Schillcting
Milo D. Morse
H. D. Austinson
Leonard Decker
Herbert Peterson
LeRoy, Minn
Illinois
Knoedler
Coats
Ati
Clayton Johnson
St. James Farmer
Ulland Bros
Minnesota Liquid Fertilizer
Kenneth Wagner
Blooming Prairie
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