Heifer Awards Tilt Highlights Iowa 4-H Club Winners
DES MOINES Three Iowa 4-H club boys received pure bred beef heifers at the state fair in a nomination based award process. Ronald Paasch Floyd Peters and Bernard Larson each earned a champion breed heifer funded by the state fair board and beef associations. The event also showcased grand and reserve champions in Spotted Poland China and Chester White divisions along with showcase draft horse and cattle champions.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Ronald Paasch
Floyd Peters
Bellevue
Bernard Larson
Otho
State Fair Board
Mapleleaf Farms of
Chapin
Poland
A. J. Anderson
Charles Harrington
DeWitt
C. T. Keen and Sons
LeGrand
Clydesdale
L. C. Tice and Sons
Searsboro
C. G. Good and Son
Ogden
I. H. Laverty and Son
Indianola
Bianchi Hereford Ranch
Macon
Edellyn Farms
Wilson, Ill
Aberdeen Angus
Otto Nobis
Davenport
Jersey
P. R. Smith
Joplin
Melvin Montgomery
More Funds Sought for Erosion Control in Iowa Parks
The Iowa Conservation Commission will ask the next session for additional funds to expand its soil erosion control program. A year-end report will urge placing watershed areas of Iowa’s artificial lakes under 100 percent conservation farming to prevent silting. Highlights include Lake MacBride in Johnson County and Backbone State Park in Delaware County with ongoing plans and cooperative work by farmers, SCS, and state agencies.
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Gerald Bogan
Iowa Daily Press Association
Des Moines
State Conservation Commission
Iowa
Commission
W. W. Flickenger
Division of Lands and Waters
SCS
State Soil Conservation Committee
Lake MacBride
Johnson County
Coralville
Soil Conservation Service
Backbone State Park
Delaware County
Union Grove
Tama
Lightning Strikes Kill Cattle on Brandon Farm
Four head of cattle including two milk cows died when lightning struck the barn on Mrs. Larry Wyckoff's Brandon area farm early Monday morning. The bolt caused little other damage to the barn.
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Brandon
Larry Wyckoff
Hawk Named Manager of SCS Nursery in Ames
Virgil B. Hawk is named manager of the Soil Conservation Service nursery in Ames replacing Maurice Heath who moves to Elmira New York. Hawk, a Keokuk county native and Iowa State College graduate, holds a PhD in crop breeding earned this July after a decade in the SCS in the Pacific Northwest and a year at Oklahoma A and M Stillwater. The Ames nursery develops grasses and legumes for conservation and forage and works with Iowa State College's agricultural experiment station.
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Ames
Virgil B. Hawk
Soil Conservation Service Nursery
Maurice Heath
Elmira
N. Y
Hawk
Keokuk County
Iowa State College
Soil Conservation Service
Pacific Northwest
Oklahoma A. & M. College
Stillwater
Okla
SCS
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
Ross Cow Tops Linn DHIA With 91.4 Pounds Fat
A Holstein on the Douglas Ross farm near Marion led Linn No 2 DHIA in August with 1 987 pounds of milk and 91.4 pounds of fat. The second high figure was 79.9 pounds of fat from a cow in the L W Lensch herd. The association average for 507 cows in milk and 101 dry was 646 pounds of milk.
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Douglas Ross
Marion
L. W. Lensch
Association
Record milk fat yields highlighted by August results
Supervisor Perry Knapp reports 27.1 pounds of fat. Eighteen 305 day records were set in August. Witwer and Simonsen registered Guernsey led with 13 994 pounds of milk and 590.1 pounds of butterfat. Gensicke herd Guernsey ranked second with 554.8 and Lake Side Guernsey third with 540 pounds of fat.
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Perry Knapp
Knapp
Witwer and Simonsen
Guernsey
H. F. Gensicke
Lake Side
Postville Fair Opens Friday With Livestock Entries
Postville hosts the Big Four fair with livestock and exhibits. Baby beeves market pigs and lambs enter the show ring Saturday and go to auction Monday. Club livestock from Clayton Fayette and Winneshiek counties join 4-H demonstration teams and county booths.
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Postville
Clayton
Fayette
Winneshiek
Allamakee 4-H Program Planned for Sept 14
Allamakee county 4-H girls leaders and committee members will meet at the Farm Bureau office on September 14 to plan the club program. Miss Elizabeth Smith from the state 4-H club office in Ames will assist with the all day meeting and training schedules.
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Waukon
Allamakee County
Farm Bureau
Elizabeth Smith
Ames
Prices Received Index Slumped During August
Falling grain prices led to a three point decline in Iowa farmers prices received for August. The overall index slipped from 357 to 354. Dairy products dropped while poultry and eggs rose and meat animals hit a new high. Corn wheat oats and soybeans prices fell between mid July and mid August. All feeding ratios rose benefiting livestock producers as grains declined.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Lansing Farm Bureau resumes monthly meetings
Lansing Farm Bureau Community Club will resume its monthly meetings on September 17 in Lansing City Hall with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rissman in charge of the entertainment.
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Lansing F.B
Lansing
Lansing Farm Bureau Community Club
Henry Rissman
Doc Romer discusses farm, horses, cattle, and taxes
Clarence Romer, 47, owner of 386 acres near Wyoming, talks about horse showing success with six rib bons, raising horses, and selling two mares. He farms about 100 head of Angus cattle, 60 cattle to feed out, 260 spring pigs, and notes high prices and tax burdens. He started as a hired man 24 years ago, bought land in 1938, and recalls renting and a 1934 burn-out.
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Wyoming
Clarence
Romer
Political conversation about running for supervisor
An interview snippet shows a person learning they were among 130 men interviewed and only the third to become a candidate. The dialogue touches on politics, party loyalty, and potential straight-ticket voting versus voting for individuals.
Conway Predicts Larger Meat Supply This Fall
National Livestock Producers Association analyst H. M. Conway foresees a bigger meat supply in butcher shops this fall and a greatly increased stock by late spring and summer 1949. He cites heavier grass fed cattle sales and hogs born last spring as the source, but he does not forecast price effects.
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Chicago
LLP
National Livestock Producers Association
H. M. Conway
Conway
National Livestock Producer
Hultz Appointed Head of North Dakota School
The appointment of Dr. F S Hultz head of the animal production department at the University of Wyoming as president of North Dakota Agricultural College at Fargo was disclosed Tuesday. A Des Moines native, he earned BA, master's and PhD in animal husbandry at Iowa State. He previously was assistant beef cattle herdsman at Iowa State.
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Laramie
Wyo
F. S. Hultz
University of Wyoming
North Dakota Agricultural College
Fargo
Des Moines
Hultz
Iowa State College
Wyoming
Iowa State
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