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Newspaper
Buffalo Center Tribune
Location
Buffalo Center, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1948
Page
2
Healthy plants resist pests and disease better than undernourished ones. Soil condition drives crop vigor, with loose, organic-rich soil providing a strong root system and robust growth. poor soil reduces yields. Regular management, nitrogen phosphate and potash fertilizers, deep-rooted legumes, and returning manure boost soil structure and organic matter for higher per acre yields.
Grass silage now covers all ensiled crops except corn and sorges and requires specific precautions for preservation. Legumes such as alfalfa clovers soybeans lespedera and peas cereals oats wheat rye and barley grasses timothy sudan grass canary grass brome grass and orchard grass are possible silage crops in various mixtures.
Crop plants can be protected from 2 4-D harm by pre planting dusting of powdered activated charcoal on roots before planting. This treatment is especially valuable for young plants already rooted, greatly reducing losses caused by 2 4-D.
Iowa tests on 26 dairy herds show a 3.3 pound per cow daily milk rise during an 80 day period, about 10 percent, when fly control and DDT sprays are used. Clean sanitation and barn spraying with 50 percent wettable DDT were key factors, with cows sprayed every two weeks and early sprays adjusted during the study.
A June Dairy Month message from Frank Barker, Iowa Dairy Month chair, reports nearly record dairy use by U S families. Milk, evaporated milk, cheese and ice cream show high per capita figures, butter benefits noted but faces price pressures, and Iowa dairy products support a $3 million weekly cash income while fueling national markets.
The creation of the American Dairy association brings together dairy farmers from 42 states. An Iowa led educational program in cooperation with the National Dairy council is highlighted. Commission members include Folmer C. Hansen and Willie others, with Iverson and Cannon affiliated to Iowa State College. Willard Sours leads the Dairy and Poultry Department of Agriculture.
In dry windy weather cream contamination increases dirty sediment tests. Fieldman Marion Ingebritson notes many farmers lack dust proof rooms and proper hot water or sterilizing chemicals, leaving utensils outside. Filtration through a clean pad in a good strainer, plus clean can and covered storage, raises sediment test grades.
Postmaster and Mrs A Rank with Mr and Mrs Eddie Kilgore of Fort Dodge depart Wednesday for a week with Mr and Mrs John Nelson in Remer Minnesota. They will also try their luck at fishing.
An insurance and service ad from Buffalo Center invites readers to contact Bernie Stey at 138R2 for auto, tractor, fire, life, and hospitalization coverage. It promotes calling or visiting the Cony Barber Shop to place a Tribune Want Ad.
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