Mt Vernon farmers launch Peerless Hy-Cross hog line
Mt Vernon area farmers form a new seed stock association to develop the Peerless Hy-Cross hog line from Adolph Biderman. With inbreeding and hybridization over nine years the line shows Poland China Chester White and Berkshire ancestry, and is entering expansion with trials from Iowa State College breeders and Minnesota stock.
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Lee Schwantz
Mt. Vernon
Adolph E. Biderman
Biderman
Poland
China
Chester White
Berkshire
Iowa State College
L. N. Hazel
W. A. Craft
Minnesota
Bidreman
George Vislsel
Gazette
Adolph, E. Biderman
Spud Disposal Plan Draws Fire
Washington plan by Secretary Brannan to sell 25 to 40 million surplus potatoes to farmers at one cent per hundred pounds sparks GOP criticism. Dyeing the spuds blue for animal feed shifts food from hungry kids, prompting Sen. McCarthy to urge human distribution of surpluses.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Brannan
Senator McCarthy
R-Wis
McCarthy
G.O.P
Aiken
R-Vt
Elsbernd Purchases Farms Near Calmar
Frank Elsbernd buys 130 acres from Dan Novak southeast of Calmar and plans new buildings. He sells his 153 acre farm to his son Romoald for immediate possession. Cletus Elsbernd buys W. J. Korbel farm north of Calmar with possession on March 1.
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Elsbernd
Calmar Calmar
Calmar
Frank Elsbernd
Dan Novak
Romoald Elsbernd
Cletus Elsebernd
W. J. Korbel
Carlson's Corner voices on surplus and farmer income
Poetic bulletin quotes Brannan and Kline urging surplus use and fair prices for farmers, while defending liberty and free enterprise. The piece notes public debate over economic policy, praising both sides as ultimately correct.
Hog Shows and Sales Set at Hawkeye Downs This Week
Hawkeye Downs hosts state hog events with two Iowa breed associations. Friday opens with the Iowa Chester White Breeders show at 10 a.m. and a sale at 1 p.m. led by Clair Mason. Saturday features the Iowa Poland China Breeders Association show at 9 a.m. and auction at 1 p.m. Auctioneers are H. S. Duncan, H. M. Duncan, and Joe Reisch. Awards for 4-H and FFA members, plus named trophy winners, are presented before the sale.
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Iowa
Wilbur Plager
Oscar W. Anderson
Gilbert Carver
H. S. Duncan
Creston
H. M. Duncan
Columbus Junction
Joe Reisch
Mason City
Edward E. Forest
Mt. Vernon
Fred Morgan
Des Moines
Iowa Poland China Breeders Association
F.F.A
Darrell Tucker
New London
Robert Fickel
Batavia
Jimmy Havill
LeClaire
Jack Spear
Adel
Clifton Sonberg
St. Ansgar
William Metge
State Center
John
Shucks on Brannan plan echoes and farm policy debate
The farm editor defends balanced farm policy amid charges of bias toward the Brannan plan. He revisits postwar production, export demand, and Marshall Plan effects, noting shared aims of price supports, loans, and acreage controls, while contrasting Brannan and 1949 Act approaches and stressing production discipline and domestic demand.
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Brannan
Allan Kline
Glen Oliphant, Jr
Anamosa
Hoover Farm Board
Increase in Commission Approved at Sioux City
The Agriculture Department ordered higher sale rates for farmers in Sioux City, effective March 1. Cattle rates rise to 5 dollars per 10 head and 86.75 per 100 head, calves up similarly, hog rates for 100 head rise to 27.85 from 27.70, while sheep and bulls remain unchanged.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Rates Commission
Sioux City
Commission
Chicago Livestock Receipts For Monday Expected
Chicago market estimates indicate salable hogs totaling 18 000 head, cattle 14 000 head, and sheep 4 000 head for Monday. The figures reflect early trade expectations and indicate steady supply levels across hogs cattle and sheep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Jackson County 4-H Youth Wins Iowa Award
Floyd Peters 18 of Belleview receives Iowa 4-H achievement award after prior state honors in 1947 for field crops. The Chicago based National Committee on Boys and Girls Club Work sponsors the award. Peters has twice attended the Ames short course and served as Iowa 4-H secretary treasurer in 1948. He plans to continue farming with his parents.
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Ames
Floyd Peters
Alfred Peters
Bellevue
National Committee On Boys and Girls Club Work
Chicago
G. A. Lineweaver
Peters
Iowa
Jackson County
Dairy herd average for Linn DHIA No. 1 in January
The Linn DHIA No. 1 report shows 327 cows tested in January produced an average 715 pounds of milk and 29.3 pounds of fat per cow. High fat producers include Harry Latta Springville 46.2 pounds from 14 Jerseys and Ronald Dolan Central City 41.3 pounds from 15 Holsteins. A grade Guernsey owned by Lester Hoffman Springville yielded 9,886 pounds of milk and 542 pounds of fat.
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Springville
Linn Dhia
Louis Taber
Harry Latta
Jerseys
Ronald Dolan
Central City
Dolan
Pearson and Knight
Lester Hoffman
Hollstein
Albert Martin and Sons
Marion
Molasses Seed Lamb Gains in Waterloo Test
Bath Packing Company feeding yards report lambs on a 50 percent corn 15 percent molasses 24 percent linseed meal 32 percent ground alfalfa diet averaged 0.42 pound daily gain with 15.24 dollars per hundred gain cost. Initial cost 23.25 and selling price 23.13 per hundred. margin over feed cost 1.84.
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Waterloo
Bath Packing Company
Cr. C. Culbertson
Iowa State College
Moe
Culbertson
Holstein Cow Sets Record Milk and Butterfat Pulse
Elkader area herd announces Holstein Posch from Art Johnson's stock achieved a 324 day lactation yielding 15,000 pounds of milk and 537 pounds of butterfat.
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Art Johnson
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Tony Schmitz & Son
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Mechanicsville
Wilton Savings Bank
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Linn Dhia No. 1
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