State Fair Livestock Judging Schedule Set
National livestock show opens Friday at the Iowa Centennial State Fair with 4-H and FFA classes judged Thursday to Saturday. Open divisions for horses cattle swine and sheep begin Monday Aug 26 with daily rings and times listed including 8 am and 1 pm sessions and parades of winning stock.
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Aberdeen
Jersey
Ayrshire
Poland
China
Yorkshire
Guernsey
Hampshire
Oxford Down
Tamworth
Berkshire
Chester
East Ring
India Faces Severe Food Shortage Amid Population Surge
Agricultural engineer Mason Vaughn warns India’s half US land area cannot meet rapidly growing population even with land expansion and higher yields. He calls for mechanization and farm modernization while emphasizing limits of imports and shifting diet toward vegetables.
Peanut Growers Battle Insect Plague in South
In the Dothan area and across Georgia Florida and Alabama a campaign sprays half a million pounds of insecticide by ground and air to halt velvet bean caterpillar threatening a 75 million dollar peanut crop. Jackson county Florida reports as a worst spot with Alabama losses rising to 30 percent if unsuccessful. The 1945 crop across nine counties near Dothan was valued at 27 million dollars.
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Dothan
Ala
INS
Georgia
Alabama
Florida
Modine Marchbanks
National Peanut Council
Jackson County
Washington Hatchery July output falls sharply from prior year
USDA reported Monday that hatcheries produced 30,807,000 chicks in July, a 71 percent drop from July last year and 41 percent below the 1940 44 average, signaling a significant decline in production.
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Washington
USDA
Hampshire Swine Type Conference Scheduled for Cedar Rapids
The American Hampshire Registry votes to hold its ninth annual swine type conference at Hawkeye Downs Cedar Rapids next August. Local sponsors include the agricultural bureau of the Chamber of Commerce KR L Pemberton secretary says dates to be set after conference. More than 500 breeders attended the Columbus Ohio eighth conference.
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Cedar Rapids
American Hampshire Registry
Hawkeye Downs
R. L. Pemberton
Swine Registry Association
Agricultural Bureau of the
Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce
KR. L. Pemberton All-Iowa Fair
Wilson and Company
Pemberton Skid
Ence
Columbus
Ohio
Allen Nash
Nash
Hampshire
Corn Belt
U S Plans Record Grain Rush to India for September
The agriculture department announced 224000 tons of American food grains will be rushed to India in September, the largest single country shipment in a month. Total U S exports for September reach about 1.057 million tons, with major shares for UNRRA aid, Britain, and the British zone in Germany.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
India
U S
UNRRA
Britain
Germany
Consumer Income Key to Farm Prosperity
Ames report by R. P. Christensen of Iowa State College cites consumer income as the crucial factor in balancing anticipated large farm production. He credits weather and feed reserves for wartime gains but stresses better farming practices including livestock feeding, crop varieties, fertilizer use, and conservation measures as drivers of higher output and future efficiency.
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Ames
R. P. Christensen
Iowa Farm Science
Iowa State College Magazine
Christensen
Usda Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Lightning Sets Barn Ablaze at Buresh Farm Near Tipton
A large barn on John P. Buresh’s Tipton area farm burned to the ground after a midnight lightning strike. A hay mow, small grain and farm machinery were destroyed. No loss estimate is given amid a heavy rainstorm noted in the community.
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Buresh
Tipton
John P. Buresh
Wheat on ground piles in Pacific Northwest drought storage problem
Three million bushels of wheat in the Pacific Northwest cannot be stored due to an unprecedented crop and a shortage of railroad cars. The grain is being piled in large mounds on the ground, exposed to the weather as a survey disclosed on Monday.
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Spokane
Pacific Northwest
Pears Cato Gave Mentioned by Virgil in 40 B.C.
In 40 B.C. the poet Virgil referenced pears received from Cato. The remark places pears as a notable gift or topic in classical literary circles, highlighting interwoven personal and cultural exchange in ancient Rome.
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B.C
Virgil
Cato
Buchanan 4 H Girls Tour Cedar Rapids
Independence Iowa Buchanan county 4 H girls will tour Cedar Rapids Tuesday assembling at 8 a.m. at the county courthouse with riders from the south joining at Walker They will visit the Quaker Oats plant at 9 30 a m the Little Theater at the YMCA for a style show at 11 a.m. Lunch follows in the YMCA Keen Teen room at noon then visits to Penick and Ford plant at 1 p.m. and Peter Pan bakery at 2 30 p.m. Partridge
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Independence
Buchanan County
Cedar Rapids
Jay Partridge
Court House
Walker
Little Theater
Penick and Ford
Floris Field Day Set for Sept 3 at Hillculture Farm
The ninth annual field day at the Hillculture experimental farm one mile west of Floris will occur on Tuesday September 3. Dr J M Aikman of Iowa State College announces speakers Dr R E Buchanan and H H Kildee. More than 1 000 farmers are expected for tours clinics weed and disease specimens, soils for hilly land discussions, canning and demonstrations, with an afternoon general discussion. The hillculture farm was bought in 1935 for pasture demonstration and later turned to the Soil Conservation service and Iowa agricultural experiment station under a cooperative agreement.
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Davis County
J. M. Aikman
Iowa State College
R. E. Buchanan
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
Near East
H. H. Kildee
New Soil and Water Methods Aim for Steep Iowa Land
A rural program seeks to use hill country on a 187 acre Iowa farm for specialty crops. With less than 10 acres flat the project aims to conserve soil and water to profitably cultivate steep terrain. Expert Aikman outlined the plan to adapt agriculture to hilly, eroded fields.
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Iowa
Aikman
Common Stalk Borer Causes Heavy Losses
Iowa State College entomologist Harold Gunderson says the common stalk borer has caused extensive damage across the state, destroying one to five corn rows per field. He notes the pest can be controlled by destroying weeds around fields to deny egg laying sites.
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Ames
Harold Gunderson
Iowa State College
Tama County 4-H Calves Hit $25.38 Cwt Average At Auction
Eighty five 4-H baby beeves sold at the Tama county achievement show bringing an average of 25.38 per cwt. Loren Flamme of Gladbrook owned the reserve grand champion which sold to Wilson and company of Cedar Rapids at 35 cents per pound totaling 278.50. Wesley Tomlinson of Traer held the grand champion steer reserved for state fair exhibition. Dick Frundle of Montour sold his calf for 28.50, the second highest price. Market pigs averaged 31.90 per cwt and lambs 23.80 with top pigs at 40 and top lambs at 28.75 per cwt.
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Gladbrook
Tama County
Loren Flamme
Wilson and Company
Cedar Rapids
Wesley Tomlinson
Traer
Dick Frundle
Montour
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Allahabad Agricultural Institute
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United States
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Vaughn
America
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Hampshire Barrow
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Floris Field
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3Rd Ave
Phyllis Kinney
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Maxwell House
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Lydia Pinkhams
Ikweck
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Magnesia
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Colgate Care Tv
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Prince Albert
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