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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1957
Page
9
Fire on farms last year caused 3 000 lives and 152 million dollars in property damage. Hay straw gasoline and heat sources ignite easily while remote farm locations hinder firefighting response.
The National Board of Fire Underwriters stresses farm building spacing and fire safety tools. A USDA study from Beltsville shows dairy heifers fed mostly hay with limited grain reach normal growth without large grain use, reducing rearing costs.
Washington reports 454 543 agreements signed under the 1957 Acreage Reserve part of the Soil Bank through February 8 covering 13 533 570 acres. The combined total includes 644 767 acres of corn 1 475 840 of cotton 77 498 of rice 33 549 of tobacco and 11 301 916 of wheat including winter wheat. Deadlines to enter land into the 1957 Acreage Reserve are March 1 for cotton and tobacco and March 8 for spring wheat corn and rice.
Purdue Extension veterinarian Dr. F A Hall advises dehorning cattle in winter to reduce fly irritation and prevent injuries with increased housing. Calves are easiest to dehorn using caustics or electric devices, while adults require saws or clippers. anesthesia can be used with minimal impact on milk yield and pregnancy.
The USDA reports over 22 000 head of purebred livestock were imported duty-free last year, up 5 percent from the prior year. About 20 000 were purebred cattle mainly Holstein Friesian from Canada, with a few Jerseys from the Channel Islands. 516 horses, mostly thoroughbreds of English and French origin, were imported by leading racehorse breeders.
On a Palo farm three miles north, Rehder and his sons in law Lint and Young feed 3000 lambs with a system to reduce losses and push to prime grades. They rest lambs, vaccinate for enterotoxemia, use aureomycin and sulfathiazole, worm with minerals, and shift from oats to corn as weight nears 100 pounds, with some reaching 126 pounds.
Grundy Center dairy herd owned by Francis Winslow completed a yearly production test with an average of 14 872 pounds of milk and 548 pounds of butterfat per cow on a 305 day two milking mature equivalent basis in a Holstein herd.
Iowa State college extension service survey of successful Iowa farmers yields five key traits: ambition to succeed, knowledge of modern farming, wife's interest and help, liking for farming, and business judgment.
Agronomist Rodney Briggs of the University of Minnesota reports plastic silos and covers reduce silage spoilage. Tests show 5 percent loss with plastic bags versus 14 percent with concrete stave silos, with plastic storage costing about 93 cents per ton the first year.
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