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Newspaper
Buffalo Center Tribune
Location
Buffalo Center, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1949
Page
2
Iowa's dairy industry shows a 27 percent rise in milk per cow over 15 years with averages exceeding 5200 pounds since 1946. Dairy Herd Improvement associations guide farmers in culling low producers while Iowa State College experiments refine feeding and breeding to raise herd quality statewide.
Government leaders witness the 1949 Dairy Month Proclamation signed by Gov. William S. Beardsley. Attendees include John Brockway of the Iowa Milk Distributors and Iowa Ice Cream Manufacturers associations, Frank Barker of the Iowa Dairy Industry Commission, John Quist of the Iowa Creamery Association, Folmer Hansen of the Iowa Dairy Industry Commission, and Earl G. Mason of the Iowa Creamery Butter Manufacturers Association.
Iowa authorities note dairy cows are highly efficient at converting feed into milk. Fertilizer use helps restore soil fertility for higher production. Through early 1949, milk per cow neared 5400 pounds, about a 10 percent rise from 1948. Iowa cows continue to lead national averages.
Iowa's Dairy Industry Queen contest offers a half ton butter prize to the state queen with a throne at the National Dairy Cattle Congress in Waterloo on October third. Local queens across Iowa will compete in nine district contests with strict rules and age limits for eligibility.
The Iowa Dairy Industry Commission marks June as Dairy Month for the tenth consecutive year in 1949. The commission promotes nutrition education and Iowa dairy products with cooperation from 39 other states. Members include Folmer C. Hansen as chairman, Marvin McLain, George Ruth, and others with Iowa State College officials C A Iverson and C Cannon, and Roy J. Sours of the Department of Agriculture. Frank Barker serves as secretary-manager.
The AAA sets June 30 1949 as the signup deadline for corn loans and related documents including chattel mortgages and producer notes. Corn samples must be submitted by April 23 1949 for testing, loan typing, and lien waivers, with producer and spouse and landlord signing forms by June 30 1949. Producer notes on corn loans must be cashed by July 15 1949.
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