Witwer Holsteins Dominate District Show Top Honors
Witwer Holsteins led the district Holstein show with grand champion bull and top female. Alfred Paper won seven first places while Martin Warren earned junior champions. Judge scores favored McElmeel in men’s division and Mrs Paper in women’s.
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Witwer Holsteins
West Liberty
Weaver Witwer
Cedar Rapids
Martin Warren
Iowa City
Alfred Paper
Stockton
Warren
Wayne Clausen
Grand Mound
Howard Fountain
Roy Blair
Marion
Bull
Witwer
Paul McElmeel
Greeley
Albert C. Timm
Muscatine
Monticliff Holstein Farm
Don
William Durant
Davenport
Fountain
Montcliff Farm
Paper
Montcliff Farms
Montcliff Holstein Farm
John Stewart
National Holstein-Friesian Association
H. O. Larsen
Dike
Virgil Paper
McElmeel
Hal Dane
Plumly Holsteins Lead Linn DHIA July Averages
Three Holsteins owned by Carl Plumly posted the top July butterfat yields in Linn county DHIA No 1 with 98.89 and 86 pounds. The Plumly herd led all testers with an average 53.7 pounds of butterfat. Ronald Dolan’s Holstein herd ranked second at 46.2 pounds and Albert Martin and Sons third at 46 pounds. Twenty-five herds and 353 cows were on test. Harold Chamness and Stewart and Hanna herds began testing in July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springville
Carl Plumly
Linn
Dhia
Plumly
Ronald Dolan
Albert Martin and Sons
Harold Chamness
Stewart and Hanna
Forward Pricing of Farm Products Proposal Outlined
A National Planning Association report criticizes current federal agricultural programs as wasteful and proposes a forward pricing system. Government would set future prices with subsidies when prices fall and a levy when prices rise. Authored by Oscar Heline and Donald Kaldor, the report urges shifts in production, farm labor, crop focus, and a crop insurance program.
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Washington
National Planning Association
Oscar Heline
Farmers Grain Dealers Association of Iowa
Donald Kaldor
Iowa State College
NPA
Agriculture Committee
Seegmiller and Sawyer Buy Dysart Farm Near Town
Rueben Seegmiller and Warren Sawyer have purchased the 120 acre Mrs Emil Caslavka farm five miles southeast of here for 320 dollars per acre. Possession will be given March 1 1951. The farm has been tenanted for several years by the Chris Krug family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dysart
Rueben Seegmiller
Warren Sawyer
Emil Caslavka
Chris Krug
Brannan Calls For Carbon Speculation Control
Washington AP Secretary of Agriculture Brannan accused profit driven speculators in farm and food products of harming the economy and war effort through excessive and unrestrained futures trading. He cited a Commodity Exchange Administration report showing growth in speculation since the Korean War and urged steps to curb it, though he did not specify measures.
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Washington (Ap
Brannan
Commodity Exchange Administration
Truman
Congress
Federal Reserve Board
Neighbors Help Walford Harvest Oats After Illness
Walford, a farmer near Newhall, broke his leg in a wagon fall and fought pneumonia and a virus while hospitalized in Cedar Rapids. Saturday afternoon a crew led by Bill Boddicker and others harvested his oats with combines in his fields. Several neighbors assisted, and Mrs. Wilson Connor and Mrs. William Kunstorf prepared dinner for the crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newhall
Darce Walford
Cedar Rapids
Bill Boddicker
Larry Werning
John Meland
Everett Kunstorf
Walford
Elwood
Arleigh
Cyril
Henry Boddicker
Hurley Weekly
Emmett
West Branch DHIA Reports July Milk and Fat Averages
West Branch DHIA supervisor Herbert Whitmer reported July dairy results. average output was 794 pounds of milk and 231.6 pounds of fat from 371 cows tested, with 67 dry cows noted for the month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tipton
West Branch Dhia
Herbert Whitmer
Certification of Small Grains Nearly Doubled
AMES The number of acres of oats barley winter wheat and forage crops checked for seed certification was more than twice as large as last year. Joe L. Robinson Iowa Crop Improvement Association secretary reported Wednesday. About 150 of 1 400 fields inspected failed to meet requirements due to excessive variety mixture in oats and presence of noxious weeds and high smut counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Joe L. Robinson
Iowa Crop Improvement Association
Robinson
Iowa Nurserymen to Meet in Cedar Rapids
About 100 members of the Iowa Nurserymen Association are slated to attend a summer meeting in Cedar Rapids, with sessions starting Thursday at the Cedar Rapids Nursery and a convention banquet at the Roosevelt hotel. A Friday tour covers landscaped grounds, Brucemore, and the Quaker Oats plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Nurserymen’s Association
Cedar Rapids
Dwight Hughes
Wilson Avenue
Roosevelt Hotel
Brucemore
Quaker Oats
Daker Holsteins Top Volga Valley DHIA
Daker Holsteins of Volga Valley led July DHIA with herd averages of 1297 pounds of milk and 46.9 pounds of fat. Kenneth Roys Strawberry Point ranked second at 1106 pounds and 36.7 fat, Walter Boys Arlington third at 1083 pounds and 36.9 fat. Average production for 333 cows on test was 739 pounds of milk and 28.3 pounds of butterfat.
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Volga
Vance Daker
Edgewood
Volga Valley
Dhia
Kenneth Roys
Strawberry Point
Walter Boys
Arlington
Lembke Sells Farm To Lloyd Lamborn
John Lembke sold a 276 acre Monona area farm near here to Lloyd Lamborn of Luana for 20000 dollars with possession set for March 1 1951 Heins and Rathbun handled the transaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lembke
Lloyd Lamborn
Monona
John Lembke
Here
Luana
Heins
Rathbun
Antibiotics in Livestock Feeding Studied at Iowa Conference
Des Moines AP reports Dr. Damon Catron of Iowa State says extensive research is needed to determine which antibiotics to use for hogs at each growth stage. He defines antibiotics as chemotherapeutic agents from controlled fermentation, noting penicillin aureomycin and streptomycin. Dr. Elton Johnson reports mixed views on hens and egg production, while vitamin B-12 is cited as boosting chick growth and hatchability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ES Moines
Damon Catron
Iowa State College
Des Moines
Catron
Reed Institute, Inc
Elton Johnson
Poultry Husbandry
Iowa State
Irons Has High Herd In Jones DHIA No. 1
Clarence James Irons led Jones DHIA No 1 July with an average herd production of 43 4. A registered Holstein owned by Kelly and Has selbusch produced 13 886 pounds of milk and 514 8 pounds of fat from 34 cows in 305 days. A registered Brown Swiss owned by Irons followed with 11 153 pounds of milk and 497 7 pounds of fat from 503 cows in Jones No 1 with 66 dry.
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Clarence
James _ Irons
Jones Dhia No. 1
Kelly and Hasselbusch
Irons
Jones No. 1
Mrs Erna Maas sells farm and buys near Dysart
Mrs Erna Maas sells a 156 acre farm 31 miles south of Brandon to F Franklin of Garrison. She buys an 80 acre farm near Dysart and will move there this fall.
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Brandon
Erna Maas
F. Franklin
Garrison
Dysart
Oats Test Weighs 34-36 Lbs Per Bushel in Wyoming Fields
Wyoming samples show average oat weight between 34 and 36 pounds per bushel. One Cherokee field yielded 38 pounds per bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Concrete feed lots aid cattle health and footing
Iowa State College Veterinarian Dr J B Herrick urges farmers to build concrete feed lots to protect dairy cows and beef cattle from foot rot. A large foot bath using copper sulfate or antiseptic solutions helps treat plans and prevent spread. Also notes bank loan offers for farm repairs, a stove explosion injuring Mrs C A Doe of Ryan, and Thomas Kennedy building a corn crib west of Ryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
J. B. Herrick
Iowa State College
D. D. D. Prescription Promises Fast Relief
The ad touts D D D Prescription as a greaseless cream for eczema pimples scabies athletes foot and other itch conditions. A trial bottle costs 35 cents with money back guarantee and asks readers to request the druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D.D. Dennis
D.D. D. Ealion
Allamakee Fair Set to Open August Fourteenth
The Allamakee county fair in Waukon runs August 14 to 17 featuring 85 livestock exhibitors in the 82nd annual event. Fifteen new or remodeled buildings cost 75000 with a ready baseball field. Highlights include agricultural exhibits livestock poultry fruit vegetables flowers arts and club work. The dairy empress will be crowned August 17 and advance to state competition at Waterloo. Board officers are B C Helming Harvey L Stock Lynn Probert and A M Monserud with Monserud listed as director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
Allamakee
Fair Board
B. C. Helming
Allamakee County Dairy Empress
Waterloo Dairy Cattle Congress
Allamakee Fair Board
Harvey L. Stock
Lynn Probert
A. M. Monserud
Monserud
Local Officials Named in Community Records
Herbert Larson Henry Palas Mel vin Steffenson Alfred Hausmeier and Guy Mason appear as individuals named in a community records segment listing officials and contributors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Larson
Henry Palas
Melvin Steffenson
Alfred Hausmeier
Guy Mason
Mollenhauer Tops Linn DHIA No 3 Cow in July
Center Point Jersey cow owned by Ernest Mollenhauer led Linn county DHIA No 3 in July production with 1,490 pounds of milk and 78.9 pounds of butterfat. Holstein cow owned by Fay Bickle of Anamosa was second with 2,170 pounds of milk and 78.1 fat. Daniel Rogers of Central City posted the highest herd average for the month at 1,318 pounds of milk and 42.6 fat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Point
Jersey
Ernest Mollenhauer
Linn County
Dhia
Fay Bickle
Anamosa
Daniel Rogers
Central City
Allamakee DHIA No 2 July milk production report
Allamakee county DHIA No 2 for July reports average production for 467 cows, with 33 dry cows, at 821 pounds of milk and 32 pounds of butterfat. Twenty-five herds participated in testing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
Allamakee
Dhia
HADACOL Endorsed By Louisiana Woman In Ad Claim
An advertisement features Betty Jo Prejean of Ville Platte Louisiana praising HADACOL for relief from colds, nervousness, and weight gain after using the vitamin and mineral supplement. The copy emphasizes deficiencies of vitamins B1 B2 iron and niacin and markets trial and family sizes with prices. Copyright 1950 The LeBlanc Corporation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Jo Prejean
East Pine St
Ville Platte
China
The
LeBlanc Corporation
Elkader Fair Opens August 13 with Horse Show and Livestock Event
The Elkader fair starts Sunday August 13 for four days. The highlight is a light horse show with ten classes for horses and ponies. A junior livestock show for 4 H and F F A members runs as a feature, with S A Evans supervising. The dairy empress will be chosen Tuesday evening. Association officers include George Hochhaus as president W C Reimer vice president and E F Seifert secretary treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkader
S. A. Evans
Clayton County Dairy Empress
George Hochhaus
Elkader Fair Association
W. C. Reimer
E. F. Seifert
Winneshiek Farm Bureau Reaches 1800 Members in Iowa County Group
As of July 29 Winneshiek County Farm Bureau reports 1800 members, 14 fewer than the previous year. The organization ranks among Iowa’s top 21 counties for Farm Bureau size.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah
Winneshiek Farm Bureau
Iowa
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Dial
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Complete Optical Service
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Optometrist
Third Street SE
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Third Avenue
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Peoples Bank & Trust Company
West End
Third Avenue Bridge
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Ryan
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Allen Lang and Son
Elwood Burlingame
Larry
Myron
Richard Sears
Grinnell
Lawrence VanderWerff
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Walter Kusel
Leland Skoog
Elberon
Allamakee Fair
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Allamakee Dhia NO
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Twelfth Avenue
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Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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