Cows Repaid For Inconvenience Of Boarding Out
Arlington associate farm editor reports Mike Cunningham’s cows return to a new 36 by 86 foot basement barn with milking parlor after a fire. The $15,000 structure includes hay mows, feed chutes, and no interior pillars allowing tractor access. Cunningham also built two 30 by 60 foot poultry houses for 1,400 hens using deep litter and timed fluorescent lighting.
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Arlington
Mike Cunningham
Cunningham
Leonard Gamm
Atomic Bomb Sale Assertion Sparks Debate
A controversial claim urges selling the atomic bomb to South Korea for a dollar and other considerations. The text asserts Russia has supplied North Korea with powerful war equipment, arguing it endangers soldiers and that Russia is not at war.
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South
North Korea
Egg Nest System by Cunningham Aids Iowa Coop Hens
A hinged slot door on the nest back allows egg gathering and material replacement. Cunningham designed the system to darken nests and ease collection. An egg cellar beneath the laying house protects eggs from freezing and cools them in summer, with a 10 by 12 foot space featuring a sink and work table for farm cooperatives of Iowa Nebraska South Dakota and Wyoming owning stock in the Omaha Bank for Cooperatives.
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Gazette of
Cunningham
Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
Wyoming
Omaha Bank For Cooperatives
Heline Re elected to Farm Credit Board
Oscar Heline Marcus Jra a farmer from Omaha has been reelected to the Omaha Farm Credit Administration board of directors for another term.
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Heline
Farm Credit Board
OMAHA
Oscar Heline
Marcus, Jra
Farmer
Omaha Farm Credit Administration Board of Directors
FENCE DRIFT on measuring chopped hay by weight
Farmers ask how to estimate hay quantity from chopped hay. Iowa State tests show 8 to 12 pounds per cubic foot, with 10 pounds as average. loose hay about 4 pounds per cubic foot. Weight varies by cut length, fineness, settling, and hay condition. When moving hay, use scales if possible.
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Sherwood de Forest
Extension
Agricultural Engineer
Iowa State College
Feeder Cattle Prices Hit New High Peak at Sioux City
Feeder cattle prices on the Sioux City market last week averaged 29.12 per hundredweight for feeding steers, up from 20.72 a year earlier. Steer calves averaged 33.63, versus 22.81 the prior year, and over 18,000 head moved to farms and feedlots during the week.
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Sioux City
Unofficial Monday Livestock Estimates Released
Chicago reports unofficial Monday livestock totals with cattle at 14000 hogs at 15000 and sheep at 2500 reflecting market activity for the period.
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Chicago
INS
Farm Editor Broadcast Schedule Details
The Gazette's Farm Editor announces twice daily broadcasts on KCRG-1600 from Monday to Saturday at 6 00 a m and 12 15 p m.
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the Gazette
KCRG-1600
Hansen Drove Every Nail in His Buildings
West Branch resident Hansen built a farmstead from a wilderness acre by acre over 41 years. He bought 70 acres in 1909 and now owns 240 acres with 80 tillable, five miles of fences, and numerous self built structures. He crafted furniture and rebuilt a 1914 Model T, saying I put them up myself I ve driven every nail.
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Hansen
Bernie Corbin
West Branch
Hans Hansen
Tom Budd
Aaton
N. M
Paul
Esther Pierce
Clarence Feldeman
Downey
Walter
Raton Pass
New Mexico
Mr. Hansen
Hans
Closing Out Sales Soon Across Iowa Towns
A string of closing out sales listed by owners includes Mrs. Francis Hempy at 7 2 miles northeast of Lisbon on December 5 at 11 30 a.m. John Lima and Paul Jera bek host December 6 at noon one mile north of Covington and John Pendergast at four and a half miles north of West Branch. Rodney Petersen and Frank Bellon slated December 19 three miles west of Fairfax.
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Francis Hempy
Lisbon
John Lima
Paul Jerabek
Covington
John Pendergast
West Branch
Rodney Petersen
Frank Bellon
Fairfax
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