New lespedeza discovered near Cedar Rapids named Towa 6
Iowa State agronomists and Iowa farmers prepared a new lespedeza strain, Towa 6, valued for high yield, disease resistance, and early maturation. Origin traces to roadside Korean lespedeza near Cedar Rapids in 1938, with seed selected by Iowa State and Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station. This spring about 4,400 pounds of Iowa 6 seed are released to farmers in 23 southern counties for seed increase.
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Iowa State College
Iowa
H. D Hughes
College
Cedar Rapids
The
Highway Commission
C P. Wilsie
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
Closing Out Sale and Hog Sanitation Advice
The Walter and Irven Wyman families plan to move to Oregon after a closing out sale near Prairieburg. The piece advises buyers to consider 314% mortgages from The Peoples Savings Bank of Cedar Rapids for Linn County farms and stresses sanitation, clean ground, and careful farrowing for healthy hog production, including clean quarters, washing sow feet and udders, and hauled transport to pasture.
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Walter
Irven Wyman
Prairieburg
Oregon
Linn
Peoples Savings Bank of
Cedar Rapids
Newhall
Center Point
FENCE DRIFT and soil humus loss in Iowa farming
The farm editor recalls plowing oats before discs and harrows and notes soil humus depleted by seven decades of cropping. He cites heavier soil, reduced water absorption, and increased runoff, echoing Professor Albrecht on soils washing away. He urges practices to rebuild humus reserves for better crop yields.
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Albrecht
Missouri University
Iowa
Seeds Selected for Growth Across Three East Tiers
Seeds chosen for growing for seed come from three tiers extending east from Madison Union and Ringgold.
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Madison
Union
Ringgold
U S Leader In World Dry Milk Industry
Chicago Sunday feature notes American Dry Milk Institute director Boud McCann says the United States led the dry milk industry with wartime exports totaling 934 million pounds from 1941 to 1946 and supplied allied nations and forces. He explains sun drying used by Tartars and credits U S innovations for the global spread of dry milk production.
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U.S
Chicago
Marco Polo
Orient
Boud McCann
American Dry Milk Institute
United States
McCann
United Kingdom
Red Cross
Europe
Public Sale Near Urbana Sells Holsteins and Machinery
Lawrence Kramer runs a complete closing out sale two miles north of Urbana on Saturday February 22. The listing includes many Grace Holstein cattle aged from calves to nine years, bred heifers, cows milking up to four months, and a good Holstein bull, plus Duree brood sows, 20 feeder hogs, White Leghorn stock, and extensive machinery. Catalog spans tractors, plows, binders, wagons, hay gear, milking equipment, hay and grain, household items, and miscellaneous farm gear under usual terms.
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Urbana
Cheney
Ohio
Minnesota
H.p
Lawrence Kramer
Feeding Hogs Beats Sealing Corn Outlook For 1947 48
USDA urges Corn Belt farmers to convert current corn into hogs and other livestock rather than seek government loan. Hog prices expected to rise into early 1948, offering profits above loan price. Soybeans YoY better price than corn. reduce corn acreage to balance soil‑depleting crops. Postwar soil rebuilding urged with larger pastures and better crop rotations. Poultry demand to ease, egg and poultry prices likely fall.
Byrd sees Antarctic as world refrigerator for food storage
Rear Adm. Richard E. Byrd proposed Antarctica as a permanent refrigerating store for bumper crops. He said nations could place surplus food there to help during famine years, noting he found food bought 20 years earlier preserved in snow tunnels at Little America.
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Little America
Richard E. Byrd
Antarctic
Byrd
Little
America
Coming Farm Auctions Around Iowa This Week
A dense list of farm auctions and public sales in Iowa published in The Gazette. Items include Duroc and dairy auctions, closing out sales near Morley, Coggan, Prairieburg, Vinton, Ryan, Toddville, Marion, Urbana, Stanwood, Center Point, Alburnett, Olin, Shellsburg, Anamosa, Cedar Rapids, and nearby towns. Names include Glenn Brokaw Frank Bys and Sons Art Wachal Tom Dowd Art Bezdek Dick T. Cox Dorr Rawson Henry Boesenberg Mer vin Nelson Lawrence Kramer Ira Kline Emil Meier Harry Gunn Earl Bach August Kray Sunset Knoll Farms Wm. C. Boddicker Charles Holub Luedeman Sam Meyer Harold Thompson Kirk Beatty and others. Dates span February 20 to March 10 with various locations and mileage references.
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Glenn Brokaw
Morley
Duroc
Frank Bys
Emil Meier
Stanwood
Harry Gunn
Urbana
Earl Bach
Center Point
August Kray
Alburnett
Sunset Knoll Farms
Washington
Wm. C. Boddicker
Linn County
Kirk
Keith Beatty
Cedar Rapids
Hybrid Sweet Corn Varieties Are Recommended
AMES lowans should look over the new hybrids on the market before buying sweet corn seed for spring. E S Haber Iowa State College vegetable crops specialist said. He notes Golden Bantam remains excellent but newer hybrids resist smut wilt have larger ears. Various forms like Marcross C6.13 Gold Rush Improved Carmel cross Jogold Early 45 Ioana Golden Cross Bantam Sil vercross Bantam and Logents offer adaptation and early or late maturing options.
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Ames—Lowans
E. S. Haber
Iowa State College
Haber
Marcross
Iowa
Agricultural Experiment Station
Silvercross Bantam
Record milk feat by five-year Brown Swiss cow owner Martin Rice
A five year old Brown Swiss cow owned by Martin Rice of Cedar Rapids completed a 305 day record with 13 079 pounds of milk and 546 pounds of butterfat The record was achieved on a two time milking schedule as reported by the Brown Swiss Cattle Breeders Association on Wednesday
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Martin Rice
Cedar Rapids
Brown Swiss Cattle Breeders Association
Iowa Farmers Asked To Double Flax Acreage
DES MOINES AP The state committee of the Production and Marketing Administration said Iowa farmers are being asked to quadruple in 1947 the flax acreage of 1946 when 35 000 acres were grown. The nation is asked to almost double last year's flax plantings to alleviate a fats and oils shortage including linseed oil.
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Des Moines
State Committee of the Production and Marketing Administration
Iowa
PMA
Public ownership of forests defended in Denver speech
Regional Forester John W. Spencer told a Denver audience that organized livestock interests seek to carve national forests into private grazing lands. He said the forest service can work with private individuals on grazing and warned that public fishing hunting and recreational facilities would be endangered if forests were privatized.
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Denver
INS
John W. Spencer
America
Spencer
U. S. Forest Service
Cheese Factory At Frankville Had Good Year
Frankville cheese factory produced 440141 pounds of longhorn cheese in the year, bringing its seven year total to 2,411,000 pounds. 1946 gross income reached 169,662 dollars and 48 patrons delivered 4,391,481 pounds of milk, averaging 1,045 dollars per pound of butterfat. Notable patrons included Paul Behn, Edna Bollman, William Kruger, J E Kneesbern, and Ralph Flage.
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Frankville
Henry Hoffman
Paul Behn
Edna Bollman
William Kruger
J. E. Kneesbern
Ralph Flage
Halvor Myron
F. J. Ambrose
Walter Pilgrim
Alvin Walby
Gerhard Haugen
Lyle Bollman
Otto Hughes
Roy Kneeskern
Edna Letchford Bollman
Lyle
Letchford
Bollman
Hampshire
Volga Farmers Creamery Meeting Rescheduled
The Volga City based Volga Farmers Creamery association has set a new date for its annual meeting. After two postponements, the gathering is now slated for February 25 with members urged to attend and participate in proposed agenda items.
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Volga City
Volga Farmers Creamery Association
Two Soils Groups Are Formed at Riverside
Two soil cooperation groups were formed near Riverside to work with the Washington county soils district. Farm Planner Paul Boettcher and District Commissioner Joe Knotek led the meeting. North group leaders and members include Peter Schneider, John Gase, Shabek Brothers, Earl Waldschmidt, Edward Schneider, C. B. Rice, Lawrence Yeggy, Henry Scherrer, Leonard Armbruster, F. C. Yeggy, Leo Brophy, and Joseph A. Yeggy. South group leaders and members include Alvin Stransky, Otto Novy, F. A. Simon, Arthur Lorack, and John R. Yeggy.
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Riverside
Washington
Leo Brophy
Joseph A. Yeggy
Alvin Stransky
Otto Novy
F. A. Simon
Arthur Lorack
John R. Yeggy
Dairy Meeting At Anamosa Set For Monday
Harold Benson of Chicago and Prof A W Rudnick of Iowa State College will speak at a Monday meeting for dairymen and creamer y operators from 10 eastern Iowa counties in the Anamosa courthouse. The Iowa Creameries Association arranged the event with topics on the daily dairy outlook quality program and dairy legislation. Counties represented include Benton Linn Johnson Jones Cedar Jackson Clinton Scott and Muscatine.
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Benton
Iowa
Linn
Johnson, Jones
Cedar
Jackson
Clinton
Scott and
Muscatine
Seven Vets Enroll in Manchester Farm Training Course
Seven veterans are enrolled in the veterans on the job farm training course run by Manchester High School's vocational department. Names include Floyd Thacher Raymond Sharp Clarence Moore Maurice Willenberg Wilbert Stoeffler Joe K Sharp and Raymond Klein. A second class will begin February 25 as more applications come in.
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Gazette
Manchester
Man
Chester High School
Floyd Thacher
Raymond Sharp
Clarence Moore
Maurice Willenberg
Wilbert Stoeffler
Joe K. Sharp
Raymond Klein
R. D. Pulse
Pulse
Donald F. Potter
W. K. Webster
John Runkle
C. O. McCarthy
Harry Gibbs
First poults hatched at Volga City hatchery
The Volga City hatchery reported the season's first turkey poults hatched on Wednesday from incubators. The eggs originated in California.
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Volga City
California
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