Mower County 4-H Tours Highlight Taopi Rustlers Jelly Roll
More than 800 4-H members toured farms this month visiting every member’s home to display projects and progress. Taopi Rustlers tour featured Charlotte Johnson age 10 demonstrating a jelly roll and apron making while other projects covered gardens dairy swine rabbits home beautification and cemetery care.
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Mower County
4-H
Ron Seath
Don Hasbargen
Tappi Rustlers
Tappi
Charlotte
Wayne Johnson
Wayne
Fisk's
Robert Kellogg
Farm Calendar Highlights Local Tours and Events
A series of farm tours and community events listed by day and location. Tours include Silver Maple Enterprise Nevada Woodbury Blooming Prairie Elkton Rose Creek Racine Waltham Windom and more with open houses, parades, preliminary judging for 4-H andSoybean queens, dairy contests, a regional dairy princess event in Rochester and a Spring Valley centennial celebration.
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Enterprise
Nevada
Woodbury
Blooming Prairie Creamery
Elkton
Old Settlers
LeRoy
Grand Meadow
Woodson
Rose Creek
Racine Rockets
Rochester
Red Rockets
Garden notes for soil prep and lawn seed selection
Prepare soil with six inches of nutrient rich top soil. If tests show lacking nutrients, amend before planting. For shady lawns use fescues. Kentucky bluegrass remains common for home lawns. Merion bluegrass stays greener in drought, with tighter turf and a finer growth habit. Most grasses benefit from a nurse crop.
Simple Tests Determine If Old 2.4-D Weed Killer Remains Effective
Agronomist K L Blanchard of the Minnesota Department of Agriculture outlines a practical test to gauge remaining efficacy of stored 2.4-D. Test both esters and amines by mixing with water in jars, shaking, and waiting two hours or days to detect oil layers cream formation or crystals. any such signs indicate the product should not be used.
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K. L. Blanchard
Minnesota Department of Agriculture
Farmers vote June 25 on wheat marketing quotas
Mower County wheat farmers vote June 25 in the national referendum on marketing quotas and support prices. Only growers over 15 acres are eligible. Penalties apply for exceeding quotas. parity levels to be announced before voting. North Dakota is seen as a key pivot state in this nationwide decision.
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Mower County
Ernest I. Tune
ASC
Grand Meadow
Department of Agriculture
Minnesota
North Dakota
Farm Bureau Calls Wheat Choices Bad
The Iowa Farm Bureau Federation said wheat farmers have no desirable choice in the June 25 referendum. Directors meeting in Des Moines described the options as a frying pan or the fire with a yes vote preserving quotas and penalties and only low supports. A no vote would drop quotas but leave acreage limits and 50 percent parity supports. They urged a third alternative and noted merit in recent Farm Bureau proposals to Congress.
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Des Moines
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Bureau
American Farm Bureau
Congress
2 4D Pasture Weed Control Shows Seasonal Benefits
A Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Stations test finds that applying 24-1 per acre once yearly during early summer cleanly reduces broadleaf pasture weeds and boosts grass yields from about 1 ton per acre to over 1 ton. The study notes three key lessons: 2 4D controls most broadleaf weeds, a single well timed treatment lasts the season, and yields increase.
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Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Stations
Select and Test Breeding Stock to Build Better Swine Herds
W. N. McMillen argues in the Breeder's Gazette that selecting and testing breeding stock is essential for workable farm swine programs. He lists seven common errors including late boar purchase, choosing the wrong boars, selecting extreme growth rates, and buying lower quality stock. He urges farmers to start now, keep records, and use boars with generation testing to improve market weight and overall herd quality.
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W. N. McMillen
McMillen
Corn Belt
Cattle feeding project boosts 4-H and FFA youth in county
A group of 4-H and FFA youths in Mower and Freeborn Counties pursue a practical cattle feeding program. Fourteen boys enrolled last year, buying five steers, tracking feed costs and gain rates, with prizes from Geo Hormel Co and The First National Bank. Judging on the rail determines top pens, with a Chicago livestock trip for one participant and a July project tour planned by an advisory committee.
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FFA
Mower
Freeborn
George Leland
F. L. Liebenstein
Don Rilland
Lee Arneson
First National Bank
Geo. A. Hormel & Co
Schleswig
Iowa
Leland
Bank
Cluub
Chicago
Hormel Yards
Hormel
Jack Koopal
Lyle
Leo Bridley
Don Capek
Russ Husemoller
Sam Koopal
Allan Gerlach
Harry Damen
Henry Runde
Everett Wherry
Jerry Lenz
Lewis Lenz
Sheldon Lukes
James Fickholm
Paul Ellis
Norbert Ellis
Luther Larson
Leland, Arneson
D. D. Rutland
Don Hasbargen
Ron Seath
Chicago Trip Offered in 4 H Livestock Contest
The 1955 4 H livestock conservation demonstration contest will be in Chicago during National 4 H Club Congress on November 29. State champions will compete for a national trip. Minnesota winner earns an all expense paid Chicago trip. County, state, and national judging timelines are outlined by Livestock Conservation Inc.
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Chicago
Livestock Conservation, Inc
Ronald Seath
Minnesota
Northwest Division, Livestock Conservation, Inc
Livestock Conservation Inc
N Exchange Building
South St. Paul
U. S. Producers Seek Foreign Markets
The June issue of Better Farming reports a proposal to ease production curbs on export crops and allow producers to compete for larger foreign markets. The plan could apply to wheat, cotton, rice and possibly tobacco growers.
Freezer tips boost turnover and rhubarb quality all year
Mrs. Nettie Engen urges planning freezer space to improve satisfaction and reduce costs. She notes rhubarb should be harvested early and frozen quickly in proper bags or sugar syrup, with careful defrosting and orderly packaging to avoid quality loss.
Foolproof hard meringue recipe with cornstarch aid
A historical style recipe explains making a very stiff meringue to avoid chewiness. Beat four egg whites with salt and cream of tartar, then gradually add sugar and cornstarch with vanilla. Bake at 250 degrees until golden, in foil lined pans or mounds, then cool in the off oven. Store dry.
Dinitro-DN Sprays Improve Corn Weed Control in 1954
University of Minnesota and midwest stations report selective dinitro-DN sprays like Premerge or Linux PE reduce annual grasses and broadleaf weeds in corn during 1954 tests. Agronomist Edwin H. Jensen notes 2 to 4 pounds per acre in 20 to 40 gallons of water at coleoptile stage, with risks of leaf burn at higher rates.
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University of Minnesota
Agricultural Experiment Station
Midwest
University Extension Agronomist
Edwin H. Jensen
Jensen
Army worm outbreak fears hit Freeborn Steele counties
State entomologists warn army worms are severe in Freeborn and Steele counties with no reports yet in Mower. Hasbargen urges field inspections, noting a potential second outbreak this year. Worms threaten grasslands, then corn, with sizes from .625 to 1 inch and colors from straw to nearly black. Sprays toxaphone dieldrin and heptachlor recommended, bulletin available at the extension office.
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Don Hasbargen
Freeborn
Steele
Mower
Hasbargen
University of Minnesota
Mustard in flax lowers yield says University of Minnesota agronomist
Edwin H. Jensen cites Canadian trials from 1952 and 1953 showing mustard plants cut flax yields. With 10 to 25 plants per square yard yields dropped from 22 bushels to 3 bushels per acre in 1952 and from 14 to 4 bushels in 1953. Early spraying recommended. Minnesota tests show 2,4-D and MCP reduce flax injury but 2,4-D slightly more harmful.
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Edwin H. Jensen
University of Minnesota
Minnesota
Jensen
Strip Grazing Cows Boost Milk Output in U S Farms
The strip grazing method using movable electric fences doubles milk per acre in some California and Wisconsin dairies. Wisconsin and New Zealand practices show cows per acre dropping from 1% to 2 acres to 0.5 to 0.75 acre. Some Wisconsin dairymen earn up to 160 to 200 dollars per acre with pasture plus grass silage.
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New Zealand
California
Wisconsin
Better Farming
U. S
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