Waseca Station Plans Open House on July 9
The Southern Experiment Station at Waseca part of the University of Minnesota’s Institute of Agriculture invites farmers to Visitors Day on July 9. Tours start at 10 a.m. from the school building with staff on hand to answer questions about crop varieties fertilizer use and livestock management.
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Waseca
University
Southern School and Experiment Station
University of Minnesota
Institute of Agriculture
Minnesota
Southern Experiment Station
Terest
Calibrate Sprayers and Estimate Hay Yield in Minnesota Guides
Hay and crop care guidance from University of Minnesota experts. Calibrate sprayers by water tests, compute chemical rate per acre, and spray timing. A method to measure hay yield includes sampling six yard squares and weighing to estimate tons per acre. Also notes late blight control and available extension bulletins.
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D. W. Bates
University of Minnesota
University Agricultural Engineering
Minnesota
Herbert Johnson
Market report details veal and cattle prices by weight
Veal market shows 180-230 lb class at 4.30 to 4.50 a hundredweight and 150-230 lb at 10 to 14.50, with heavy cattle 240-300 lb quoted 15.00 to 18.00 per cwt. Calves over 200 lb discounted, calves under 100 lb no market. U S commercial cows 14.00-16.00. utility cows 13.00-14.25. cutters vary. Prices include various weight bands and discounts by weight and class.
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Aes
Ereeter
Gronseth Farm Featured in Friday Farm Tour
Gronseth Farm, one of three stops on Friday's farm tour, is a historic Pleasant Grove property once a store and post office. The owner, Stanley Gronseth, led erosion control efforts with a plan from the Soil Conservation Service and helped found the Mower County Soil Conservation District. Now debt free, the dairy and hog operation features a new barn, soils protection practices, and strong DHIA butterfat and veterans program ties.
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Mower County
Stanley Gronseth
Gronseth
Pleasant Grove Township
Stanley
Lawrence Streif
Soil Conservation Service
Ellen
Gronseth’s
DHIA
Minnesota Farm
University of Minnesota
Veterans’ Agriculture
Cooperative Farm Management
Bull Purchased for Tennis Farm
A. M. Tennis & Sons of Hayward bought Nyala B's Dictator, a registered Guernsey bull, from F. Bedford Greens Farms Conn. He descends from Nyala Prince's Fawn, listed with an official 16,796 pounds milk and 912 pounds fat over three daily milkings in a year. His sire is Hanover Hill Bondsman.
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A. M. Tennis & Sons
Hayward
Guernsey
Hanover Hill Bondsman
Barrow Show Sets Carcass Test Rules
The National Barrow Show carcass contest sets 200 pounds on entry day as the weight requirement with 180 day live weight targets. Carcass standards include loineye size backfat and measurements, while 10th rib chops from prize animals will be shown on the final day. Carroll Plager notes the contest rewards thrifty fast growing pigs.
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Barrow
Carroll Plager
Plager
Austin to Host State Ayrshire Show and Sale
The Minnesota State Ayrshire Cattle show and sale will be at the Mower county fairgrounds in Austin on Oct 11 and 12. The Ayrshire people will hold their state business meeting with the event, with Raymond Grenke of Glencoe in charge and the directors of the state association arranging.
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Mower County
Austin
P. J. Holand
Glencoe
Raymond Grenke
State Ayrshire Association
Closed tank method irrigation mixes fertilizer with water
University engineers E. R. Allred and J. H. Pomroy developed a low cost closed tank system to inject liquid fertilizer into high pressure irrigation lines with no pressure loss. The method uses a water pressure tank in the main line. when valves open, fertilizer exits into the stream and 90 percent of the tank content reaches the field in about 20 minutes. The system has seen successful tests at other agricultural experiment stations.
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University of Minnesota
E. R. Allred
J. H. Pomroy
University Agricultural Engineers
Allred and
Pomroy
Large flowers from dahlia buds guide
Removal of side buds yields large flowers in the formal decorative type of dahlia. Do not remove side buds if you prefer many blooms over a few maximum size flowers.
Milk drinking rises at meals with supper leading trend
Milk consumption has grown over the past two years with the largest rise at supper. Milk with meals and coffee afterwards are now common. Families are urged to ensure each adult member drinks at least three glasses of milk daily.
Keeping Meat Good in Freezer and Dishwashing Tips
Guidance from the University of Minnesota outlines how to preserve home grown meat for months and streamline kitchen cleanup. It covers selecting healthy animals, sanitary butchering, rapid chilling, proper aging, quality wraps, quick freezing, and storage times for beef veal lamb pork. It also provides step by step dishwashing techniques to save time and maintain cleanliness.
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W. J. Annan
University of Minnesota
4Het
Data Hochhalter
4 H Member of the Week Andrew Haarstad
Andrew Haarstad of the Dexterous 4 H Club is named member of the week. He served two terms as club president and one year as vice president, was a 4 H week delegate, and is 18 with nine years in club work and three years as junior leader. He studied agriculture and farm shop at Austin High School and is active in Luther League. he is the son of Mr and Mrs Andrew Haarstad of Dexter.
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Haarstad
Luther League
Austin High School
Andrew Haarstad
Dexter
Guernsey Cow Tillie Sets 523 Pound Fat Record
Wilds Lads Tillie, a registered Guernsey cow owned by Carl E Kehret Sons of Austin, completes an official Herd Improvement Registry production record. The five year old produced 9 831 pounds of milk and 523 pounds of fat, with supervision by the University of Minnesota.
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Guernsey
Wilds Lads
Tillie
Carl E. Kehret & Sons
Austin
American Guernsey Cattle Club
University of Minnesota
Milking Shorthorn Sire Sold in Society Transfer
Russell Mayrick of Austin Route 1 purchased a purebred Milking Shorthorn from Loren A Denison of Lyle. The ownership transfer is recorded by the American Milking Shorthorn Society in Springfield Missouri.
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Russell Mayrick
Austin Rt. 1
Loren A. Denison
Lyle
American Milking Shorthorn Society
Springfield
Nonfat Dry Milk Solids Boost Nutrients In Cooking
An inexpensive method to add milk nutrients is using nonfat dry milk solids in cooking and baking. The practice enhances nutrient intake without changing flavors significantly.
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Don Hasbargen
Mower
St. Paul
Federal Land Bank Farm Loans
G. E. Frederickson Secy
Blooming Prairie
Daily Market Report
Veal Market
Sheri
Arizona
Gmc’s
Gronseth Farm
John Guy
Lyall Larson
Bull
Tator
F. T. Bedford
Greens Farms
Conn
Ayrshire
West Allegheney
Denver
Colorado
Vincent Loftus
Col
Paul Hull
Kehret
Butler
Butler Bins
America
Butler Force-Aire
Rose Creek, Minnesota
Society
Sanderson
Aluminum
Madison St
Suilen
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