Fertilizer Use Promises Big Crop Gains, Coleman Says
Russell Coleman of the National Fertilizer Association told soil experts at a Midwest meeting that higher fertilizer use can reduce corn and wheat surpluses without cutting farmers’ net income. He projected lower production costs per bushel, higher yields, and possible shifts to fewer acres with increased fertilizer applied, citing figures for corn and wheat.
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Chicago
Russell Coleman
National Fertilizer Association
Coleman Gaid
Coleman
Midwest
M. B. Russell
University of Illinois Agronomy Department
Russell
John M. MacGregor
University of Minnesota
MacGregor
Waterloo Swine Show Set for February 28 at Dairy Cattle Congress
The Black Hawk County Meat Hog show will be held Monday February 28 at the Dairy Cattle Congress grounds in Waterloo. Entries in junior and adult divisions are open to the county and adjoining townships in neighboring counties. Judges are Leroy Faint and Tom Wickersham. A hog grading contest is set for 9 a.m. Hogs will be slaughtered at the Rath plant after the show and the carcasses graded, then displayed there on Thursday March 3.
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Waterloo
Black Hawk County
Dairy Cattle Congress
Leroy Faint
Ackley
Tom Wickersham
Iowa State College
Creamery at Garrison Elects Two Directors
Garrison Cooperative Creamery names Merle Koser of Vinton and Merritt Canady of Garrison as three year directors. Other directors include Lloyd Doerzman president Byron Irwin vice president L E Kaiser secretary treasurer Dean Kramer and Raymond Rindersknecht. The creamery produced 719863 pounds of butter last year. Paul E Zimmer is manager.
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Garrison
Merle Koser
Vinton
Merritt Canady
Garrison Cooperative Creamery
Lloyd Doerzman
Byron Irwin
L. E. Kaiser
Dean Kramer
Raymond Rinderknecht
Paul E. Zimmer
J. D. France Hereford Sale Averages $304
Eighty eight Hereford lots sold in a Tipton dispersal at Hawkeye Downs Cedar Rapids. Bulls averaged $313 across 14, cows and related lots totaled 74. Top price went to CA Larry Domino 20th a 4 year old herd sire sold to Valley View Farms Gladstone Illinois for $600. Sale overseen by Bewett M Fulkerson Liberty Missouri.
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J. D. France
Tipton
Hawkeye Downs
Cedar Rapids
Larry Domino
Valley View Farms
Gladstone
Ill
Bewett M. Fulkerson
Liberty
Single Tillage Cuts Corn Cost Advise Agronomist Says
Michigan State agronomist R L Cook told a joint meeting that once over tillage behind a moleboard plow can save at least three dollars per acre in corn prep. He warned against excess tillage, noting soil damage and lower yields from overworking fields.
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Chicago
Michigan State College
R. L. Cook
MSC ‘Agronomy Department
Aconomists
Cook
Linn County Board approves liens and settlements February 1955
Linn County Iowa Board of Supervisors meets February 8 1955 approves transfer of a lien on real estate tied to Eleanor Foster care account and settles Antonia Trokosh estate lien for 2000.00. The body authorizes payments from road funds and disburses numerous claims for institutes officials and vendors.
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Fone Board Upervn
State of
Iowa
Linnis
Board of Supervisors
Sutera
Wiley
Hood
State Institutional Ledger
Linn County
Eleanor Foster
Homer P. Foster
Mental Health Institute
Independence
Mcrew
Cedar Rapids
Owa
Nely
Pfaniog
Ely
Antonia Trokosh
Ernest Trpkosh
Antonia Trpkosh
Tvisours
Towa
Ernest Trokosh
Ania
Clarence Creamery Annual Meeting Set for Saturday
The Dayton Creamery and Locker Company will hold its annual meeting at 1 p.m. Saturday in the Clarence Legion hall. Directors will be elected to succeed Melvin Hasselbusch and George Ibsen, and 1955 butter milk will be auctioned. John Quist of Ames will speak on the future of butter in Iowa.
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Clarence
Dayton Creamery and Locker Company
Legion Hall
Melvin Hasselbusch
George Ibsen
John Quist
Ames
Iowa
Multiple Farm and Livestock Auctions Across Iowa in February
A string of public sale events runs from Feb 19 to Feb 26 across Iowa. Listings include livestock, machinery, grain, straw, and real estate auctions in Marion, South English, Hawkeye Downs, Ryan, upkinton, Central City, Ely, Swisher, Ainsworth and nearby areas with sale managers and precise locations.
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Beauregard
Marion
Otha
Hal Huber
South English
Ivan Rold
Upkinton
Gale Cooper
Central City
Anton Horsky
Ely
Ben W. Dubishar
Swisher
Tamworth
J. H. Jones
Ainsworth
Truck Crops Hit by Cold in Far South
Weather bureau reports last week's cold slowed or damaged truck crops across the South with Texas hardest hit. Cantaloupes lettuce sweet corn and young cabbage nipped while citrus largely escaped serious harm as producers rushed harvests to prevent frost damage.
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Washington
INS
Weather Bureau
South
Texas
Soybean Yields Boosted by Limed Fertile Soils in Iowa
Iowa State College agronomists report soybeans achieve highest yields on limed fertile soils. They note little or no response to direct fertilizer applications to soybeans in Iowa.
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Iowa State College Agronomists
Iowa
Pioneer Hibred to Build Seed Corn Plant in Toledo
The Pioneer Hibred Corn Company of Des Moines will construct a corn processing plant on a 31 acre tract at Toledo's west edge. The facility aims to produce seed corn for at least 2 000 acres in the Toledo area this year and should be ready by next harvest.
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Toledo
Pioneer
Hibred Corn Company
Des Moines
The
Corn Company
Toledo Chamber of Commerce
Tama County Farm Bureau
Swine Meeting Slated For Fayette Four-H
West Union reports a Fayette county 4 H swine meeting set for 8 p m Tuesday led by Harold Boulton county extension youth assistant. Tom Wickersham ISU extension livestock specialist will cover sow and litter care feeding disease prevention and show fitting. Olton notes expected rise in swine projects across the county this year.
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West Union
Fayette County
Harold Boulton
Tom Wickersham
Iowa State College Extension
Olton
Central City Farm Sold to Marion Couple
Central City Mr and Mrs W Ed Smith sold their 90 acre farm southeast of Central City to Mr and Mrs Delwin Howe of Marion. Possession given March 14. Marengo Walter Reier longtime manager of Pioneer Hi Bred corn plant in Marengo transfers to Downey plant. Donald Lininger to replace Reier in Marengo.
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Central City
W. Ed Smith
Delwin Howe
Marion
Marengo
Walter Reier
Downey
Donald ‘Lininger
Reier
Record January for DHIA cow culling in Iowa
Iowa dairy farmers in the Dairy Herd Improvement Association culled 1,239 cows in January 1955, a January and overall monthly record. December saw 1,167 cows culled, also a high for the period. Production rose to 31.1 pounds of butterfat per cow, the best January figure, with low production cited as the main culling driver.
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Ames
Iowa
Dairy Herd Improvement Associations
Iowa Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Donald Voelker
Iowa State College
Iowa Dairymen
Dhia
Postville Creamery Elects New Officers and Directors
Alvin Thoreson was named president of the Postville Farmers Cooperative Creamery Company at the annual meeting in Postville. Kenith Schultz and E. C. Brandt were named vice president and secretary-treasurer, respectively. New directors include Clarence Everman Orville Meyer and Thoreson with holdovers Lester Smith Schultz Irvin Dickman Clem Waters Charles Ohloff and Brandt. The creamery produced 775876 pounds of butter and 396934 pounds of cheese in 1954 and butter sales totaled 466133 with 425713 shipped outside. Cheese sales reached 126575 with 126403 to outside markets. Butter fat averaged 68.18 cents per pound. butter fat in milk averaged 67.25 cents and skim milk price per hundred pounds was 57.15. Butter sold averaged 59.69 cents per pound and cheese 33.67 cents. It was the first year for cheese making at the creamery.
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Postville
Alvin Thoreson
Postville Farmers Cooperative Creamery Company
Kenith Schultz
E. C. Brandt
Clarence Everman
Orville Meyer
Thoreson
Lester Smith
Schultz
Irvin Dickman
Clem Waters
Charles Ohloff
Brandt
Two Men Honored by FFA at Sigourney
Sigourney event honors Don J. Adams editor and C. M. Stoner principal with honorary FFA degrees at Memorial Hall dinner attended by about 100. Des Moines speakers Al Haven and Gerald F. Barton praised agricultural education and FFA work. Eight members received pins for scholarship and service.
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Sigourney
Don J. Adams
Sigourney Review
C. M. Stoner
Sigourney High School
FFA
IFFA
Memorial Hall
al Haven
Des Moines
Iowa Dairy Promotion Association
Gerald F. Barton
Iowa Ffa Association
Darrel Linder
Duane Bunting
James Lucas
Duane Steinhart
Jacque Deweese
Terry Rowe
Ed Morrison
Charles Gries
U S Calf Crop Reaches Record High in 1954
The Agriculture Department reports the 1954 calf crop at 42,210,000 head, up three percent from 1953. This marks a fifth consecutive year of gains and exceeds the 10 year average by 20 percent, reflecting strong cattle production patterns.
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Washington
INS
Agriculture Department
Hill Farm Sale At Columbus Jct Noted For Livestock And Crops
A farm sale at the N. D. Hill property northwest of Columbus Jct. sold sons and six week old pigs for 80 dollars. Small pigs brought 11 to 13 dollars and Brown Swiss cows sold 150 to 190 dollars. Corn brought 1.37 per bushel baled hay 60 cents and baled straw 42 cents per bale.
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Columbus
N. D. Hill
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Leon Casten
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T. LeRoy Scott
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McKesson and Sbbins
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Seeley Oil Co
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Kern
BOR tRie
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Rent Ad Mercy Hospital
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St Joseph Mercy Hospital
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McConkie
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Sam Fernow
McNeill Grocery
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Matt Parrott & Sons Co
Dockers Security Laboratories
James An Smith
Frank Plummer
State Institution
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Dewey Alexander
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Re Ritze
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Terence Roy Schatzle
John Soukup
Clarence Creamery
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China
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Fayette
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Bud) Miller
LaPorte City
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Ryan
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Silver Master Jr
Seerp
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Solon and
Ely Road
Parizek & Donohoe
First Trust & Savings Bank of Ely
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