Better Land Use Aided by Soil Districts
Postwar Iowa saw a surge in soil conservation as 13 counties formed districts this year, bringing total districts to 74 since 1940. Officials predict rapid adoption of conservation farming, noting tests show a net $549 annual gain for compliant farmers. By year end 86 new districts are expected. by 1947 districts may reach every county.
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Iowa
Mensdell
Mendell
Marion County
Montgomery County
Clyde Spry
State Soil Conservation Committee
Soil Conservation Service
Wapello
New Yampshire
Connecticut
America
Esviver
Georgia
Two More Counties Form Soil Districts
DES MOINES AP Scott and Muscatine counties authorized county-wide soil conservation districts as the state reports 74 districts in 73 counties. Scott county voters 87 to 14 in favor chose commissioners Errett Calderwood Richard Schmidt and J W DuBois. Muscatine county voted 94 to 7 for a district with Forrest Kirchner Stewart McBride and Walter Coxon named as commissioners. Calhoun county set to vote Saturday on a district proposal.
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DES Moines
Scott
Muscatine
State Department of Agriculture
Pottawattamie County
Scott County
Errett B. Calderwood
Eldridge
Richard L. Schmidt
Davenport
J. W. DuBois
Princeton
Muscatine County
Forrest Kirchner
Nichols
Stewart McBride
Walter Coxon
West Liberty
Calhoun County
Patton denies third party plan at Chicago meeting
Denver UP James G. Patton president of the National Farmers Union denies any role in forming a third political party. He says he did not attend the Chicago farm and labor conference or participate in the movement and only agreed to sponsor a call for a discussion, not for a third party effort.
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Denver
James G. Patton
National Farmers Union
Patton
Chicago
Boy Receives Adopted Collie as Family Returns Dog
In Columbus Junction, within hours 17 offers to adopt a big white collie were directed to G. W. Weber after the dog’s owner had paid taxes. John Lee Peters, 2-year-old son of Mr and Mrs Roger Peters, nearby farmers, was given the dog. The animal had been bought for a boy who had since moved away.
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Columbus Junction
G. W. Weber
John Lee Peters
Roger Peters
Here
Spray card service returns this year at Farm Bureau
The spray card service is available again this year from the Farm Bureau office. Reminder cards are sent to those on the mailing list when another spray is due on fruit bearing trees and scans are distributed accordingly.
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Marengo
Farm Bureau
Veterinarians to Hold Clinic at Waterloo May 28
Committees for the Eastern Town Veterinary association practitioners clinic at Waterloo on May 28 have been announced by Dr. C. C. Graham, association secretary. Leading the general committee is Dr. C. B. Strain of Dunkerton, with Drs. Grant B. Munger, Iva Dunn, C. H. Banks and Dr. Graham among the members. Starting at 9 a.m., the program features surgical demonstrations and discussions, with sessions in the Dairy Cattle Congress pavilion.
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Eastern Town Veterinary Association
Waterloo
C. C. Graham
Wellsburg
C. B. Strain
Dunkerton
Grant B. Munger
Cedar Rapids
Iva Dunn
Atkins
C. H. Banks
Tipton
Graham
Dairy Cattle Congress
Marengo-Cow Herd DHIA Yields March Butterfat Total
The Marengo county DHIA report shows cows averaged 930.2 pounds of butterfat in March, with production 2.4 pounds higher than February, reflecting steady dairy output in the district.
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Marengo
Iowa County
DHIA
Heifers Donated for Shipment to Europe
Five heifers were assembled Monday at Hawkeye Downs and trucked to the Des Moines Valley Church of Brethren at Elkhart where a total of 26 head has been collected by the denomination's middle district of Iowa. After passing health tests the heifers will be turned over to UNRRA for European relief. Donors include A. J. Fike and Morpheu families of Clarence, B E, R. McGrew of Springville, and Brethren churches at Robins and Cedar Rapids.
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Europe
Hawkeye Downs
Des Moines
Smaller Pig Crop in Winneshiek County 1946
Decorah Iowa reports Winneshiek county pig crop for 1946 coming in late but litters are at average. Farrowing is below normal due to feed and labor shortages, fewer sows kept over, and hog price ceilings influencing the smaller crop.
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Decorah
Winneshiek
Winneshiek County Lamb Crop Offs Early Decline
The region reports a smaller lamb crop this year but notes higher lambs per ewe and overall good quality. Local producers indicate steady demand and steady prices despite reduced numbers.
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Winneshiek
Bovine Quints Parade at Fairbury Neb Fair
Quintuplet calves the first of their kind in animal husbandry were exhibited in Fairbury Nebraska. The five calves named United States Russia England China and France weighed about 200 pounds at birth and roughly 1000 pounds now. They were born November 20 1945 to a grade Shorthorn cow and a non registered Hereford bull. The parade, staged by the Chamber of Commerce, featured red halters and white blankets with their names. France is the only heifer. two calves have white faces, one red, and two red and white.
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Fairbury
United States
Russia
England
China
France
Chamber of Commerce
Nebraska
Leo
Husking Finished in Highland Township Corn Field
County Supervisor Peter N Wennes of Highland left his 1945 corn in the field over winter as it was too soft to husk in fall. He finished husking the last of the crop early Saturday morning by flashlight. The corn dried rapidly in the final weeks and shelled out like aged corn.
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Decorah
Winneshiek County
Peter N. Wennes
Highland Township
Wennes
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Mendel
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Sytron
E. Cohn & Sons
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Dr. D. Jayne & Son
Jayne
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