Freeborn DHIA Herd Averages Highlight June Milk Output
Freeborn No 2 DHIA reports June averages of 36.42 pounds butterfat and 968.5 pounds milk per cow with 3.76 percent test. Top herds include Robert Schoen and Chester Tollifson with 1225.1 pounds milk and 45.55 pounds butterfat total. Dagestad and Pirks plus Jolson show 500 plus butterfat in 305 day records. High cows feature Hansen, Tollifson, Miller, and Dageotad with strong daily milk and butterfat figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
No. 2
Dhia
Robert and
Gordon Hansen
Allen Jolson
Dagestad and Pirks
Jolson
School Board approves seven unit mower on installment
San Angelo Texas voters approve a seven unit mower totaling 5800 dollars to be bought on an installment plan. The decision reflects a buy now pay later approach for school district equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Angelo
Tex
Hollandale Marketing Association Through Peatland Growth
The Hollandale Marketing Association, started in 1926 by the Payne Investment Co, supports Hollandale growers in peatland. It expanded with washing and storage plants in 1947 and 1960, added a 16 bin and 20 bin buildings, and plans another 20 bin unit by Sept. 1. The operation ships predominantly potatoes and onions from 12 states, using a 500 gallon per minute flume, with 13 year‑round staff and 25–30 more seasonal workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollandale
Payne Investment Company of
Omaha
Neb
Hollandale Marketing Association
Henderson
Drum Sandwiches for a Patriotic Holiday Spread
Carol Opsahl County Home Agent promotes Drum Sandwiches as a festive, rollable finger food for a holiday table. The recipe uses ham and pimiento cheese filling with apricots and peanuts, rolled in enriched bread, chilled, then sliced to form eight drum shapes garnished with green onion drumsticks.
Farmers Split Over Farm Programs Unity
A midwestern farm leader, Ralph H. Cole, says farmers are more unified than farm groups on federal programs. He cites divides among organizations over Kennedy supply control plans while praising unity among farmers and the National Wheat Growers Association for backing a Kennedy endorsed long term wheat program. Cole notes farmers must choose and back one plan to improve their economic position.
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Washington
Ralph H. Cole
U.S. Farm Policy Council
Cole
Nebraska
Council
Dekalb, Ill
Kennedy
National Wheat Growers Association
Ziemer Cow Sets 649-Pound Fat Record on Test
Meadow Views Royal Fancy, a Guernsey cow owned by Kenneth Ziemer of Waltham, completed an official production record of 13 622 pounds of milk and 649 pounds of fat under University of Minnesota supervision. The five year old cow was milked twice daily for 365 days on test.
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Guernsey
Meadow Views
Royal Fancy
Kenneth Ziemer
Waltham
University of Minnesota
Farm Calendar: 4H Tours Across Town
Elkton 4H tour meets at Elkton at 9 am on Wednesday. Racine Rockets 4H tour meets at Racine School at 10 am on Thursday. Woodbury 4H tour meets at Dale Rugg farm at 1 pm on Thursday. Frankford 4H Club tour meets at Leland Ottmans farm at 9 am on Monday.
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Elkton
Racine Rockets
Racine School
Woodbury
Dale Rugg Farm
Frankford
Leland Ottmans Farm
Hollendale and Nearby Farmland Rich in Peat and Corn
A travel note highlights Hollendale Minnesota as a peat bog region near Maple Island with flat peat land contrasting onion and potato fields, plus corn and rye outlying areas. It cites local observations of shore-like bog borders and durable potato crops.
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Maple Island
Duroc Group Plans 1961 National Duroe Congress
The Missouri Duroe Breeders will host the 1961 National Duroe Congress July 26 to 28 in St. Joseph Missouri. The Purebred Sales Pavilion at the Stock Yards will stage two sales on July 28 with prize money totaling 3800 dollars for winners.
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Peoria
Stock Yards
St. Joseph, Mo
Ayrshire Records Set by Iowa Herd Members Duke’s Polled Ada and Anna
Duke’s Polled Ada, a six year old Ayrshire cow owned by N D Rockafellow of St Ansgar, posted 13210 pounds of milk and 487 pounds of butterfat in a 305 day test while milking twice daily. Duke’s Polled Anna, also owned by Rockafellow, yielded 12550 pounds of milk and 454 pounds of butterfat in the same testing period.
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Duke
Ada
Ayrshire
N. D. Rockafellow
St. Ansgar
Anna
Rockafellow
Minnesota 4-H Federation Elects State Officers
Richard Carroll of London Minnesota 4-H Group is secretary as Philip Schneiderman of Elmer becomes president at the State 4-H Federation installation held after the Junior Leaders Conference at the University of Minnesota St Paul campus. Klammer and Brinkman also win top posts with plans to study at local colleges.
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Richard Carroll
London
4-H
Minn
Minnesota
Philip Schneiderman
Elmer
University of Minnesota
Schneiderman
Karolyn Klammer
Mankato
Mary Brinkman
Roseau
Dick Carroll
Carroll
London Willing Workers
Mower County
Toivola
Busy Bees
Miss Klammer
Kate Klippers
Miss Brinkman
Mary
Evelyn Harne
Robert P Ches
Federation
Band Sets at Steele County Free Fair Owatonna
Seven Southern Minnesota high school bands along with the Faribault American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps and the Owatonna Community Band will perform at various times before the grand stand show. The Steele County Free Fair in Owatonna invites different bands to play prior to the main performances.
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Faribault American Legion
Owatonna
Steele County
Centralia Sits as Population Center of United States
Centralia Illinois with about fourteen thousand residents is the population center. The actual center from the 1960 census lies on a farm 642 miles northwest of Centralia.
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Centralia
Illinois
United States
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Chester
Albert Toliifson
Pirks
August Lembke
Merlin Geath
George and
Donald Miller
Gerald Wacholz
Lewis Sullivan
Jack and William Jensen
Alvin Alland
Yt and Schneider
Gordon Hanson
Albert Tollifson
Don Miller
Bob Kraushaar
Dageotad and Pirk
Warren Ditlerson
Warren Ditterson
Pay Miller
Fred Drescher
By Jarrell Skrivseth
Harold E. Henderson
Midwest
Wisconsin
Red River Valley
Colorado
Texa
Archie Johnson
Hollandale Farm Labor Service
Dick Delgado
Raymond Delgado
Carol Opsahl
Austin
THE
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Herald Aerial By
Aerial Photos Inc
Hormel
LeRoy Co-op Grain & Elev
Lyle LeRoy
Sween Produce Farmers Exchange
Grand Meadow Waltham
By Ovid A. Martin
Francis Lightly JR
Oak
Land
Western Lamb
Freeborn
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Albert Lea
Chicago
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A. M. Ulland
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Steve Guy
Robert Guy
Ethel
Jim Wicks
Selmer Wicks
Austin Rt. 4
Iowa
Union
Minne
Sota
Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Departments of Agriculture
Senate Agriculture Committee
Senate
National Milk Producers Federation
Sen
William Proxmire
Commodity Credit Corporation
House Agriculture Committee
Duroc
Ayrshires
Mower County Oil CO
8Th Ave
Lyle High School
St. Olaf College
Mankato State Ga
Allis Chalmers
Mr. Willis At
B. F. Goodrich Store
Austin, Minn
Sir Yous
Tredemart
Dow Chemical Company
Thill Implement CO
Rose Creek, Minn
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