Slater Cows Complete Production Records
Registered cows in the Slater dairy herd, George Slater and Son, completed Holstein records supervised by Iowa State College and the Holstein-Friesian Association of America. Top producer Cloverbrook Hazel Posch Mercedes yielded 679 pounds butterfat and 18,054 pounds milk in 365 days with two daily milkings at age 3 years 5 months. Second place Cloverbrook Posch Spot Ormsby Inka produced 615 pounds butterfat and 19,467 pounds milk in 365 days at age 5 years.
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Iowa State College
Association
Little Herd Tops Jersey Show At West Branch
Jerseys from Wilbur Little West Branch topped the fourth district show in West Branch with senior yearling bull as junior and grand champion and a heifer calf as junior and grand champion. An aged cow from Everette Davis Crawfordsville was senior and reserve champion female. Thirty four Jerseys exhibited. winners advance to All Iowa Fair Cedar Rapids. Judging contest led by Ivan Gates West Liberty with a three way second place tie among Charles Shaver Sigourney Mrs Ivan Gates and W Morrison Iowa City. Milking contest won by Mrs Nellie Morison with four pounds in two minutes. Placings list multiple class winners led by Gates Little Davis and Davis in various categories.
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Gavette
West Branch
Wilbur Little
Little
Everette Davis
Crawfordsville
Cedar Rapids
Ivan Gates
West Liberty
Charles Shaver
Sigourney
W. S. Morrison
Iowa City
Business Women
Nellie Morison
Faye Randall
Hazel Barnes
Anna Edwards
Gates
Claire Gates
Davis
Gale Gates
Gene Snakenberg
Webster
Snakenberg
Lodwick To Speak at Fayette Sports Meet
Des Moines resident Lodwick former Fayette county extension director will speak at the Fayette county Farm Bureau picnic on August 8 at Upper Iowa University in Fayette. He is state director for the Farmers Home Administration. An afternoon sports schedule includes softball winners advancing to the state Farm Bureau sports festival in Ames.
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Lodwick
Fayette
West Union
B. W Lodwick
Des Moines
Fayette County
Fayette County Farm Bureau
Upper Iowa University
Farmers Home Administration
State Farm Bureau
Ames
Institute Sees Larger Supply of Meat This Fall
CHICAGO INS A 10 per cent increase in the nation's meat supply this fall and winter was forecast by R. J. Eggert of the American Meat Institute. He told the National Association of Retail Meat Dealers the rise should occur by November due to bigger marketings of grass fed cattle and hogs. He said favorable feed grain prospects could lift overall meat output in 1949 and predict large pork supplies in early 1950s with seasonal shifts throughout next year.
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Chicago
INS
R. J. Eggert
American Meat Institute
Eggert
National Association of Retail Meat Dealers
Hagedorn Family to Receive Skelley Award
E L Hagedorn family of Garwin will receive the W G Skelley award for superior achievement in agriculture at a breakfast in Traer Methodist church on Aug 14. About one hundred guests will attend the presentation which will be broadcast over NBC. Hagedorn is a noted hog producer and early adopter of a complete soil conservation program on his Tama county farm and has been active in Farm Bureau work.
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Traer
Ervin L. Hagedorn
Garwin
W. G. Skelley
Traer Methodist Church
NBC
Hagedorn
Tama County
Northeast Iowa Contour Contest Set for Sept 18
The annual northeast Iowa contour plowing contest will be held Sept 8 at the Corlett Brothers farm near Farmersburg at the junction of highways 13 and 290. Residents from 12 northeastern counties may compete and the winner advances to the state contour plowing match in Dexter on Sept 18. Demonstrations of terrace building and quack grass control will be included.
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The
Gazette
McGregor
Iowa
Corlett Brothers
Farmersburg
Clayton County Farm Bureau
Dexter
Clayton County
REA Grants Loans to Iowa Cooperatives
The Rural Electrification Administration announced on Monday loans totaling 6,106,000 to 15 borrowers for electrical service in farming areas. Iowa loans include Plymouth Electric Cooperatives Association in LeMars for 542,000 and Cooperative Electric Co in St Ansgar for 222,000.
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REA
Iowa Cooperatives Washington
Rural Electrification Administration
Iowa
Plymouth Electric Cooperatives Association
LeMars
Cooperative Electric Co
St. Ansgar
Farmer Claude Hopkins Looks at GI Farm Training and Markets
Claude A Hopkins owner of 240 acres near Independence Iowa discusses GI agriculture training, plans to hire help for cornpicking, expanding sheep and cattle, and views on grain prices inflation and politics with Rex Conn. He backs Dewey and Warren for national tickets.
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Claude A. Hopkins
Independence
Kenneth
Iowa State College
Public Auction of 160 Acre Benton County Farm
At public auction in Benton County a 160 acre farm will be offered Tuesday August 10th at 2 PM. The property lies 4 miles south and west of Van Horne and includes a full set of improvements and all tillable Tama silt soil. See the farmers market section under farms for sale this Tuesday and Sunday for full announcement.
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Benton County
van Horne
Farmers and politicking in the 1948 era remarks
Dewey’s farm ties prompt talk on farmer woes and party loyalty. The speaker doubts farmers feel ungrateful if they oppose the Democratic ticket, praising Democrats for aiding farmers while weighing Republican prospects. Henry Wallace’s tenure as agriculture secretary is praised overall despite some recent remarks.
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Truman
Henry Wallace
Henry
Berney Sells Farm For 200 Per Acre north of Brandon
Berney BRANDON Russell sold his 80 acre farm north of Brandon to J Nolta of State Center for 16000 dollars at 200 dollars per acre. Berney bought the property from Ed Donavan five years earlier for 11000 dollars.
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Brandon
Russell Berney
J. Nolta
State Center
Berney
Ed Donavan
U S Producing Smallest Lamb Crop Since 1924
The agriculture department reports this year's lamb crop at about 20,467,000 head, the smallest since 1924. Declining sheep raising, labor shortages, and more profitable farming, plus dry weather in Texas, the top lamb producer, are cited as main causes.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Texas
Oats Harvest Record Reported Near Newhall
Merrill Koopman in the northwest of Newhall harvested 70 acres of oats averaging 79 bushels per acre. A 40 acre field of Clinton oats yielded 93 bushels per acre.
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Newhall
Merrill Koopman
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14Th Avenue
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Claude
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Iowa Iron & Coal CO
B Avenue
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Dowstown
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L St
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Pearl
America
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Sauerkraut
Neo
Aoa
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