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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1957
Page
12
A rural diary describes a cold front, spring-like sunshine, and daily farm tasks. It mentions ponies and a Shetland, a cat and bantams, pruning, cardinals at the window, ironing, and a flower show lesson. The writer notes visitors, meals, canasta, and garden crops amid town visits and local groups.
Wisconsin study of 225 farm magazine issues from 1950 to 1955 shows readers encountered over 2 000 distinct economic terms describing nearly 400 concepts. Production, price and market dominate, with business operation terms like buy sell bank loan profits taxes most common. no special agriculture curriculum deemed essential for youth.
Joe Brink, president of the Clayton County Beef Producers Association, tests four Hereford bull calves for rate of gain and feed efficiency. Calves are fed a standard ration and weighed every 30 days, with early results showing variable gains. Brink aims to provide buyers with accurate performance records as his herd grows on a 320 acre Elkader area farm near St Olaf cooperative, with diversified cattle, dairy, and hog operations.
Washington reports US feed exports likely to stay high but fall as much as 25 percent from last season due to weaker European demand. In 1956 European farmers expanded feed grain sowings to substitute winter killed wheat.
Carlson's Corner dedicates a short poem to its new grandson Thomas Bruce, noting his tiny pink form and thoughtful brow. The writer jokes about crises and inflation while praising the baby's genteel name and promising to call him Tommy.
Urbana Illinois veterinarians urge humane handling of milk cows to prevent mastitis and udder injury. Keep barns clear of sticks and ice, use deep bedding, and ensure milking equipment is clean. Buy healthy cows, preferably heifers, and work with a veterinarian to establish a control program.
Fast growing meat type boars from major breeds will be shown Friday and Saturday at the Iowa State Spring Market Hog show at Hawkeye Downs. The exhibit aims to show breeding stock performance and desirable carcasses, with records from the Ames swine test station and inputs from breeders across Iowa. Ralph Durham leads the display, alongside carcass and feeding exhibits from Wilson and Company and Iowa State College.
Mr and Mrs Roy V Johnsons purchase Bartosh farm south of Mt Vernon on highway 261 once owned by Dick Bartosh family. House recently damaged by fire plans for reconstruction are indefinite and Bartosh will farm the land in conjunction with the Bednashek farm he bought recently.
Clarence Hartwig of Clarence receives a junior membership in the American Angus Association at St. Joseph Missouri. The event marks his entry into a national cattle breed group with the Mitchell family noted in attendance.
Transportation costs absorb eight cents of each shopping dollar for food, up from 5.5 cents a decade earlier. A study by the Agricultural Marketing Service cites longer hauls, more year-round supply, higher rail and truck rates, and broader services like refrigeration as driving the rise. The cost of moving farm goods to market now shapes the overall food bill, with further increases likely as marketing and transportation services evolve.
Purdue agronomist Lester H. Smith says zero grazing is most efficient on dairy farms with herds over 39, ample labor and equipment to cut forage twice daily, and a dedicated feed area separated from buildings. He warns against overuse of alfalfa and bromegrass and notes advances in silage storage and additives.
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