Danish Expert Talks Hog Research at Ames Meeting
Dr Hjalmar Clausen of the Danish agricultural college outlined four decades of pig testing work and future goals at Iowa State on the Ames campus. He cited war disruptions, rebound to 18 million Danish swine, and farmers funding research. Breeding Landrace hogs for bacon, carcass data guides farmer decisions, with private farms performing most breeding. Clausen arrived in New York from Denmark Monday night.
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MES
Hjalmar Clausen
Clausen
Danish Agricultural College
USDA
Swine Laboratory
Iowa State College
Denmark
New York
Molin Resigns Extension Post
Dewitt Clinton county extension director Ed Molin resigned from the Clinton County Farm Bureau board effective Sept 1 He will join Baum Realty Service in Manchester to manage his two Delaware county farms and his realty work He plans six weeks of travel to Corn Belt stations to study swine breeding methods after the resignation and after the regional lab meeting where 40 swine research specialists from 13 states reported progress.
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Dewitt
Ed Molin
Clinton County
Clinton County Farm Bureau Board of Directors
Molin
Baum Realty Service Company
Manchester
Delaware County
Corn Belt
Steinbrom Farm at Fayette Sold for 240 Acres
George Dunfrund of Strawberry Point bought the 240 acre Carl Steinbrom farm eight miles south of Fayette for about $24,000. Smith Brothers of Oelwein real estate brokers handled the sale.
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Fayette
George Dunfrund
Strawberry Point
Carl Steinbrom
Here
Smith Brothers
Oelwein Real Estate Brokers
Public Works Cut Order Won’t Hit Rural Electrification
Senator Hill said President Truman assured him the public works cut order will not seriously affect the rural electrification program. Hill told reporters there would be no substantial holding back on electrifying rural areas as he left the White House.
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REA Washington
Hill
D-Ala
Truman
White House
Butter costs double pre war, Dairy Assn says
The American Dairy Association reports dairy production costs nearly doubled from pre war levels. A Utah State College study by Dr. George T. Blanch and George Q. Bateman underpins the claim, with feed per cow rising from 51.58 to 118.30 dollars and man-labor per cow from 40.61 to 81 dollars annually. The organization notes feed and labor drive 90 percent of costs.
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Chicago
American Dairy Association
Association
George T. Blanch
Utah State College
George Q. Bateman
U. S. Bureau of Dairy Industry
Owen M. Richards
Utah
Richards
Robinson Angus Tops 4-H Show At Manchester
Clarence Cox reports from Manchester on the Delaware county fair 4-H show where Joan Robinson, 16, Masonville, won grand champion baby beef with a 1025 pound Angus and also captured first in purebred beef heifers. Winners span Angus Hereford Shorthorn Holstein and Guernsey classes with multiple youths earning top honors.
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Gazette
Delaware County
Manchester
Joan Robinson
Masonville
Clarence Cox
Angus
Willard Robinson
Joan
John McQuillen
Myron Brockmeyer
Greeley
Merle Schneider
Dick Wenger
Paul Robinson
Light
Harold McMahon
David Robinson
Heavy Herefords
McQuillen
LeRoy McQuillen
Marvin Schulte
Light Herefords
Joseph Falconer
Ryan
Robert Weber
Dick Lueck
Dyersville
Edward Schulte
Shorthorns
Donald Strief
Delhi
Joseph McMahon
Shorthorn Heifers
Packy McDonald
Angus Heifers
High Dairy Herd in Brattleboro Herd Test Record
Three registered Holstein-Friesian cows owned by Matt Birker of Vinton have completed herd test records showing more than 500 pounds of butter fat, as announced by the Holstein-Friesian Association of America.
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Brattleboro
Matt Birker
Vinton
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Guernsey
Cy Rickard
Ilass
Wilbur
Purdue poultry warns against misusing feed troughs
Feed troughs are to be eaten from not dusted or used as worm digging practice, according to Purdue University poultry department. The piece notes that farm accidents kill more people yearly than World War II fatalities.
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Purdue University Poultry Department
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