Dairy cow numbers decline slowly with 1974-75 trends
Iowa and national dairy data show cow numbers down modestly in 1975 season while total milk production remains slightly above 1974. Strain cites lower cull cow prices, unemployment, and more replacement cattle as factors. per cow production gains offset input costs and support modest price forecasts.
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Bob Strain
Iowa
Economist
Strain
Appreciation for Friends and Hospital Visit
A grateful note thanks friends for beauti ful cards notes and numerous callers who visited at the Municipal Hospital and says the mail brought joy.
Sand Blasting Injures Corn
Iowa State University extension plant pathologist Rob ert Nyvall explains that wind blown sand or dust causes tan spots on corn leaves 7 to 10 days after storms. The damage includes speckled lesions from sand impact and soil bacteria entering wounds, leading to bacterial leaf spot in susceptible hybrids.
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Robert Nyvall
ISU
Progress Riles as Government Funds Portable Sanitation Efforts
In Hastings Minnesota the Army Corps of Engineers plans to spend about $50 000 to build two outhouses with sewage vaults near the Rock Dam to meet environmental rules. Michigan considers a field sanitation bill requiring toilets in distant fields with screening ventilation and cleaning. portable facilities would cost about $50 monthly and move between fields. California bans the short handed hoe as unsafe in vegetable farming.
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Army Corps of Engineers
Rock and Dam
Hastings
Minnesota
Corps
Michigan
California
Regulation and progress in a changing world
The piece argues that regulation often accompanies legislative meetings and questions whether rules aid or hinder progress. It emphasizes that true progress lies not in speed or cost but in direction, criticizing current reliance on government controls as not clearly progressive.
Bicentennial Heritage Exhibits planned for Taylor County
Exhibits begin July in Bedford Library basement with laser themed displays and old books. Monthly shows follow through July 1976 featuring photos, china, quilts, rocks, toys, tools, heirlooms and travel artifacts sponsored by local clubs and societies.
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Taylor County
Bedford Library
Bedford Public Library Board
Bedford Twentieth Century Club
Craft and Hobby Group
Stone Rollers
Hawkeye Gem and Mineral Society
Delta Kappa Gamma Sorority
Lor County
Taylor County Genealogical Society
Bedford Nineteenth Century Club
Bedford
OUR Nation
American Legion Auxiliary
Bobwhite Nesting Depends on Quality Remaining Cover
Quail nesting success hinges on the amount and quality of cover preserved. As native habitat is cleared for intensive farming, the best strategy to sustain bobwhites is to enhance the value of the remaining cover.
Bobwhite Quail Nesting Signals Ready for Hunting Season
The article notes bobwhite quail sing seasonally as nesting begins. It contrasts bobwhites with ringneck pheasants, explaining the monogamous pairing and cooperative brood care. If a female is lost the male may incubate and raise the young.
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Bobwhite
Bobwhites
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