USDA Sees Satisfying Crop Outlook for Year
The Agriculture Department calls the crop outlook satisfying with total output likely higher than five of the last eight years. Acreage controls limit cotton wheat corn peanuts tobacco potatoes rice and dry beans reducing harvested land to about 339 million acres, the smallest since 1941, yet overall farm production should rise aided by improving crop prospects.
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Washington
INS
Agriculture Department
Amateur Contest Finals Set for Tuesday Night
The Linn county rural women's chorus sponsors the final contest at Hawkeye Downs Tuesday at 7 30 p m. Winners from last week's district contests compete for county honors and a chance to broadcast on KCRG. The chorus aims to raise funds for a Washington D C trip for the Sept 3 Washington Sesquicentennial celebration participants.
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Linn County Rural Women’s Chorus
Hawkeye Downs
Whittier
Lois Hoge
Reading
Karen Kay Thorpe
Sally Paul
Ruth Ann
Anita Petrusch
Alburnett
Judy Kirk
Sharon Fisher
Connie Holyoke
Delores Klouda
Leland
Washington, D. C
Washington
F B Women to Appear in State Fair Numbers
Des Moines Iowa Farm Bureau women will stage entertainment at the state fair with twelve county groups. Mrs Roscoe Eliason announces plans include rural choruses, plays, folk games, square dancing and musical numbers across August dates.
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Des Moines
Farm Bureau
Roscoe Eliason
Letts
State Farm Bureau
Adams County
Warren County
Story County
Mills County
Linn
Jackson County
Benton County
Cass County
Clarke County
Franklin County
Hamilton County
Mahaska County
Barn fire destroys Robert Rayman’s farm outbuilding
A hay-filled barn on Robert Rayman’s farm near Elberon burned early Saturday morning. Fire officials reports say no livestock were harmed and the Elberon department prevented spread to adjacent structures.
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Elberon
Robert Rayman
Dairy Empress Crowned in Strawberry Point Parade
Miss Patricia Chapman aged 18 daughter of Mr and Mrs Harold Chapman was crowned dairy empress on Friday evening. Eighty units participated in the parade Saturday witnessed by several thousand people.
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Strawberry Point
Patricia Chapman
Harold Chapman
Report Highlights Farm Family Spending Above Income
Iowa Farm Science reports some rural families spent more than they earned last year. A 105-family sample shows net income down 25 percent from 1948 to 1949 while essential living expenses fell only 5 percent. Savings and debt may explain the gap, with advice to monitor spending and use accounting tools to manage fluctuations.
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Ames
Iowa
Iowa State College
Iowa Farm Science
Betty Cruzen
Cruzen
Forty Drafters Exhibit At Central City Horse Show
Forty top drafters competed Sunday in the Linn County fair horse show in Central City. Judge George Sigwall of Lytton presided. Champions included Roy Tompkins of Wyoming with the champion gelding and Larkey Brothers of Wyoming with the champion mare. Firsts spanned horse foal to four-horse hitch with winners from Wendell Atk ins Eichhorn Fisher Peterson Tompkins Hindman Moffit and Larkey Brothers among others.
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Central City
Linn County
George Sigwall
Lytton
Roy Tompkins
Wyoming
Larkey Brothers
Harry Wendell
Atkins
Tom Eichhorn
Wendell
Fisher and Sons
Mechanicsville
Peterson Brothers
Charles Kline
Olin
L. L. Hindman
Alburnett
Hitch
Tompkins
Junior Hitch
Carson Moffit
Clarence
Plager and Helgens Named Judges for National Hog Show
Two Iowa officials join the National Barrow Show judging committee in Austin September 13 16 with Wilbur Plager as head judge Herman Helgens of Monticello serves on the advisory panel Also named are Prof A W Jordan of Ohio State University and Lew P Reeve Hormel hog buyer The advisory includes a farmer a college man and a packer buyer Breed judges will place all classes in nine breeds The championship committee will select breed champions and the overall grand champions.
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Austin
Minn
Wilbur Plager
Iowa Swine Producers Association
Herman Helgens
Monticello
A. W. Jordan
Ohio State University
Lew P. Reeve
Hormel and Company
Holbert to preside at Minn beef meeting in Albert Lea
J C Holbert of Washington Iowa president of the Iowa Beef Producers Assn will act as master of ceremonies at the Iowa Minnesota Beef Cattle and the Land Institute in Albert Lea on September 26 The Iowa association has sponsored two similar institutes at Cedar Rapids and helps sponsor the Minnesota event.
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Albert Lea
Minn
J. C. Holbert
Washington
Iowa Beef Producers Assn
The
Land Institute
Iowa Association
Cedar Rapids
Minnesota
Linn County fair junior herdsmanship contest winners
Bill Thompson of Marion won first in the junior herdsmanship contest at Linn County fair. Patr Clark of Marion, Gary Goodlove of Center Point, Marilyn Jensen of Ely, and Ed Tiernan of Cedar Rapids followed in that order as prize winners.
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Central City
Bill Thompson
Marion
Linn County
Pat Clark
Gary Goodlove
Center Point
Marilyn Jensen
Ely
Ed Tiernan
Cedar Rapids
Soil sampling urged for Cedar Rapids ISU lab
Darrell Russel, head of the Cedar Rapids Iowa State college soils laboratory, urged farmers to take soil samples this fall. Samples from fields to be seeded next spring should guide lime needs and legume soil reactions, with analysis also yielding fertilizer recommendations and early delivery discounts. Composite samples should cover every 10 acres, aligned with soil type, topography, past crops, and treatments.
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Iowa State College Soils Laboratory
Cedar Rapids
Darrell Russel
Big Four fair dates set for Postville
Postville announces the Big Four fair will run September 1 through 4 with Secretary A. S. Burdick promising the finest program in years for the event.
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Postville
A. S. Burdick
Sheep and Lamb Exhibits Slated At All-Iowa Fair
The All-Iowa fair opens Saturday with a sheep and lamb exhibit showing a farm flock model, a lamb feeding setup, and daily parasite control demonstrations. Iowa State Sheep Association staff and Iowa Wool Cooperative experts will be on hand to answer questions and explain market grades and daily reports.
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Andy Hanson
Iowa State Sheep Association
Iowa Sheep and Wool Growers Cooperative
Iowa State College
State Sheep Association
Extension service promotes crossbred lambs and cheap starts
Pen of western ewes with good crossbred lambs showing the effect of breeding with good rams. Pen of cheap western ewes to show how a start can be made cheaply. Bulletins on sheep and lambs and spraying demonstrations. National Livestock Loss Prevention Board: Al Detjen bringing their Chicago International Livestock exhibit. Iowa Sheep and Wool Growers Cooperative: Grades of wool and sheepmen's supplies.
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National Livestock Loss Prevention Board
al Detjen
Chicago
Iowa Sheep and Wool Growers Cooperative
Russian grain crop prospects look good
The agriculture department says press statements indicate favorable Soviet grain prospects for the year. The harvest area is about 15 million acres above 1949, with roughly five million acres added to spring wheat. Winter grains figures for wheat and rye were not reported.
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Washington
INS
Agriculture Department
Stranger's Trap true detective mystery on KCRG
A radio mystery program titled Stranger's Trap airs today on KCRG 1600 at 4 30 p m. The show invites listeners to follow the serial piece presented in the afternoon schedule.
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KCRG-1600
Farm mortgage debt falls 18 percent from 1940 to 1950
The Institute of Life Insurance reports U.S. farm mortgage debt declined 18 percent between 1940 and 1950. Debt stood at 6.586 billion in 1940 and 5.413 billion in January 1950, with several Grain Belt states driving the drop while 25 of 48 states now owe more than a decade ago. States contributing to the decline include Massachusetts Connecticut Illinois Minnesota Iowa North Dakota South Dakota and Nebraska.
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New York
United States
Institute of Life Insurance
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Illinois
Minnesota
Iowa
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Wyoming Horse Show Set for August 25
Wyoming announces an annual horse show on August 25 with 26 classes for draft horses and children’s ponies A J Kutch of New Sharon will serve as judge for the event reported from WYOMING.
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Wyoming
A. J. Kutch
New Sharon
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