Ideal Iowa agricultural week boosts corn and grains
Federal Meteorologist Charles D Reed reported an ideal agricultural week in Iowa with ample heat and soaking rains up to 4.39 inches in Centerville. Corn ears gained size and weight, oats yield slightly better, timothy 4 to 8 bushels per acre, wheat poor, pastures and victory gardens improved, and sweet corn for canneries nearly ready.
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Des Moines
INS
Charles D Reed
Iowa
Reed
Mississippi River
Lee
Clinton
Centerville
Victory Gardens
Must Learn to Live with Corn Borer
Dr Carl J Drake Ames state entomologist told Cedar Rapids Farmers club about the European corn borer as a stubborn pest requiring cooperative control. He noted most borers yield two generations yearly and urged timing plantings and thorough plowing to reduce egg laying and harbor sites, warning losses of about three percent per stalk and impact on sweet corn canning in infested areas. County extension directors and Farm Bureau officials attended a district conference with the group.
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Carl J. Drake
Ames
Cedar Rapids Farmers’ Club
Drake
Farm Bureau
Cedar Rapids
Farmers’ Club
Hoover Purchases Rudd Hatchery in Rudd Iowa
West Union businessman Robert W. Hoover buys the William C. Frank hatchery at Rudd. Possession to be given on or before September 15. Hoover and family will move into the adjoining house after closing.
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West Union
Robert W. Hoover
K. C. Frank
William C. Frank
Rudd
Hoover
Marion Jersey Herd Sets Iowa Record In Type Classification
Wood Acres Jersey farm at Marion achieved a new Iowa record for uniformly good type in a single herd. Official judge E N Hansen assessed 13 animals with three excellent, six very good, and one good plus, plus another three later approved as very good. The average score was just over 88 percent, among the highest in the United States. Wood Acres, owned by George L Wood, becomes the only Iowa herd with three excellent individuals: Wood Acres Royal Bus, Royal Valiant La Belle, and Valiant Royal Barbara.
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New
Iowa Jersey
Wood Acres Jersey
Marion
E. N. Hansen
Ames
American Jersey Cattle Club
Hansen
Iowa
United States
Wood Acres
George L. Wood
Marion Restaurant
Royal Bus
Royal Valiant la Belle
Valiant Royal Barbara
Freedom Farms
Wayzeta
Minn
Brampton
Royal
Dick Bracket
Elk Mound
Wis
Wood
Canada
Fay LeClerc
L. C. Adams
Dairy Herd Improvement Traits Show In Springville Ratings
Springville reports ratings for herd bulls from Linn county Dairy Herd Improvement association supervisor. A 2 year old and a 3 year old bull earned good plus along with other cattle rated good plus in the evaluation.
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Springville
Linn County Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Balster Jerseys Classed by Ames Judge
Balster brothers in Monticello had seven purebred Jerseys rated by E N Hansen official classifying judge for the American Jersey Cattle club. The 6 year old cow Fashionable Foremost Ann was rated very good. four head were rated.
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Monticello
Balster Brothers
E. N. Hansen
Ames
American Jersey Cattle Club
Hansen
Prime Aberdeen Angus steer sale tops at Omaha market
A load of 24 Aberdeen Angus prime steers averaged 1,289 pounds and brought $18 per hundredweight at the Omaha Livestock Exchange on Tuesday, the highest since fall 1937. The cattle were sold by Ed Buman of Harlan, Iowa.
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Omaha
Omaha Livestock Exchange
Ed Buman
Harlan
Phosphate May Be Applied on Fall Seedings
Ames Iowa farmers can apply phosphate fertilizer this fall to alfalfa seedings pastures and new legume seedings. Apply 200 to 300 pounds per acre of 20 percent superphosphate when seeding, drilled or disced into soil. Phosphate aids stand establishment and is now available through the Triple-A program.
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Ames
Iowa
H. R. Meldrum
Meldrum
Butter Output Drops 4 Percent in Week
DES MOINES reports a 4 percent drop in the week ending creamery butter production from the prior week, within a 33 million pound output. Nationally, butter production is 8 percent lower than the same week in 1943.
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Des Moines
INS
Department of Agriculture
Gooseberry Pie Longs Fulfilled After Gooseberry Drive
Iowa officer 1st Lt. W. H. Elchling craved gooseberry pie while on furlough. A statewide fruit search failed until Cedar Rapids Mrs. Krug found canned berries. Two quarts were fetched and brought to Ames, ending an 18 month army chow spell with a pie.
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Young Artillery
Bill Eichling
Henry Eichling
Ames
Eiching
Eichling
Towa State College
Cedar Rapids
Gazette
Clarence Krug
Atkins
Krug
Mr. Eichling
Mrs. Krug
Timothy
Henry Elchling
W. H. Elchling
Field Artillery
Onslow Child Trampled By Horse in Pasture
Onslow, the two-and-a-half year old son of Mr and Mrs Marvin Holst, was trampled by a saddle horse in the orchard adjoining the yard where the animal was pastured. He suffered two broken ribs and internal chest injuries with condition improving after treatment at Anamosa hospital.
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Onslow
Robert
Marvin Holst
Anamosa
Farm Receipts In June Above May Figures
June farm marketings brought in about 1.505 billion dollars, up 4 percent from May and 9 percent from June 1943. Gains occurred across crops and livestock with fruits and nuts leading, as peaches grapes and apricots boosted fruit receipts.
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Washington
Usda Bureau of Agricultural Economics
North Atlantic
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J. Campbell
A. J. Latimer
Martin Gulbrandsen
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Wist
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Kenmore Food Shop
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Kix
Peoples Savings Bank
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the Bank
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