Rotation and Fertilizer Test Results Summarized
ISU agronomist J Murdock reports a decade of rotation trials at Clarion-Webster Farm showing how different cropping systems and nitrogen rates affect corn and following crops. Nitrogen applied only to corn. rates 0, 30, 60 and 120 lb ac. Key findings cover corn responses, legume meadow effects, and soybean and oat yields under residual N. Some rotations changed in 1965 to compare row spacings and fall versus spring nitrogen, with preliminary results noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa State University
J. Murdock
ISU’ Agronomist
Murdock
Clarion - Webster
Towa
Manchester FFA Awards Banquet Highlights Chapter Honors
Manchester FFA members awarded honorary Chapter Farmer honors to Bernard Schlichte Willard Hawker and Edwin Fangman at the annual parent son banquet at Lambert Elementary School. Harold Schmidt and William Bockenstedt were named outstanding FFA parents and father respectively. Fifteen members received FFA Foundation awards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
FFA
Bernard Schlichte
Willard Hawker
Edwin Fangman
Lambert
Harold Schmidt
Greeley
William Bockenstedt
FFA Foundation
Melvin Essex
Coggan
North Linn Vong
Steve Zumbach
Weekend auction listings across Iowa farms and towns
A sequence of closing out sales and public auctions listed for late February through March in Iowa. Items include machinery grain hay livestock and boats with locations near Coggon Van Horne Solon Central City Elberon Mount Vernon and Marion and dates from Feb 28 to March 16. Notable entries mention Halsteins Merle Ioser William Benishek Zack McArthur estate and Walter Heineman among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halsteins
Merle Ioser
William Benishek
Irs
van Horne
Vernon Kleppe
Bennett
Bane
W. B. Hanna
Central City
Zack McArthur
Fairfax
Howard Richmond
Ryan
M. R. Aldrich
Mt. Vernon
Walter Heineman
Garrison
Albert L. Banes
Elberan
Thomas L. Woods
How Soybean Plant Develops Special Report 53
Iowa State University releases a glossy 18 page guide How a Soybean Plant Develops with four color illustrations. It claims potential yields about three times the current average and offers steps for higher yields including soil testing good seedbeds suitable varieties optimum population and weed disease and insect control. The booklet priced at 25 cents per copy with bulk discounts is available from Morrill Hall Publications Distribution Room Ames Iowa 50010 or county extension offices.
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Iowa State University
Gazette Farm Desk
Extension Service
Soit
Morrill Hall
Ames
Iowa
Japan Eyes Increase in Beef Output
Japan aims to boost beef production as per capita consumption lingers around three pounds yearly. Government controls imports while promoting dairy cattle to expand beef supply, with goals to double dairy cattle and raise beef cattle to 50 000 by 1972 and 150 000 Holstein steer on Hokkaido for feeding to markets near Tokyo Osaka and other centers.
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Washington
Japan
U.S
Hokkaido
Tokyo
Osaka
Meat Importers Council
Corn Growers Honored for High Yields in Des Moines
Fifty four town farmers were honored at a Des Moines luncheon by Pioneer Hi Bred Corn Company for high 1967 yields. Leader Francis Chiles of Manchester achieved 196 78 bushels per acre while contest entrants averaged 152 5 and state average was 86. District winners included Warren Breakenridge Dinsdale LeRoy Thompson Leland Ed Olsen and Sons Missouri Valley Robert C Lewis Orchard and Stephen Porter Sidney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Pioneer
Hi-Bred Corn Company
Francis Chiles
Manchester
Childs
Warren Breakenridge
Dinsdale
LeRoy Thompson
Leland
Ed Olsen
Sons
Missouri Valley
Robert C. Lewis
Orchard
Stephen Porter
Sidney
Officials Skeptical Of Grain Sign Up Controlling Prices
Washington officials doubt high grower participation in a grain reduction program aimed at retiring 30 million acres of corn and sorghum. Sign up runs Feb 5 to Mar 15 with payments and loan eligibility, while larger farmers weigh signing up to avoid price drops from a big crop.
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Washington
Midwest
Live Cattle Imports Down 32 Percent in 1967
U S cattle imports fell 32 percent last year to 71 835 head with most coming from Mexico and Canada. Mexico shipments totaled 500 418 head down 15 percent while Canada declined 50 percent to 251 308. Sheep and lamb and hog imports rose 50 percent each with Canada supplying 12 403 sheep and lambs and 34 926 hogs.
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Washington
U.S
Mexico
Canada
Few Meat Animals Condemned in 1967
A US Agriculture Department report shows that less than one sixth of one percent of meat animals inspected for disease were condemned in the 1967 fiscal year. Of 112,910,691 animals inspected including cattle calves hogs and sheep only 178,779 were condemned.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
World corn production climbs to 1967 high
World corn production for 1967 reached a record 236 metric flows, up 4 percent from 1966, signaling strong gains in yields and global output across major growing regions.
Buchanan Swine Assn To Hold Barrow Show
Independence Iowa March 12 the Buchanan County Swine Producers Assn will stage a market dog show at the Independence jale barn. Exhibitors may enter two barrows weighing 190 to 240 pounds. Entry fees are 3 dollars for a single hog 2 dollars per head for two plus a 2 dollar association membership. Frye said membership already surpassed one hundred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
Buchanan County Swine Producers Assn
Independence Jale
Dick Frye
Frye
Swine Producers Association
Farm Chemicals Topic For North High Class
West Union adults will discuss which agricultural chemicals best fit specific needs at the Monday evening meeting in the North High Road building. The session aims to guide farmers on selecting appropriate products and optimizing use.
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West Union
North High Voad
Planning Groups To Meet March 12 At ISU
County Farm Bureau committees from 23 counties converge in Ames on March 5 at 10 am in the Memorial Union Iowa State University. Speakers include Clayton Ringgenberg on county government Dr. Eber Eldridge on regional planning and Dr. William Murray on rural urban relations. attendees from Black Hawk Boone Cerro Gordo Clinton Dallas Des Moines Dubuque Jasper Johnson Lee Linn Marshall Muscatine Plymouth Polk East and West Pottawattamie Scott Story Wapello Warren Webster Woodbury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Farm Bureau
Ames
Memorial Union
Iowa State University
Clayton Ringgenberg
Institute of Public Affairs
University of Iowa
Eber Eldridge
Counties
Black Hawk
Boone
Cerro Gordo
Clinton
Dallas
Dubuque
Jasper
Johnson, Lee, Linn
Marshall
Muscatine
Plymouth
Polk
East
West Pottawattamie
Scott, Story
Wapello
Warren, Webster
Woodbury
U S Lamb Crop Falls Five Percent in 1967
Washington AP reports the 1967 U S lamb crop totaled 15 040 000 head, down five percent from 1966, amid a long decline tied to fewer sheep on farms.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Blairstown Lions Honor Top Corn Growers in Banquet
The Blairstown Lions held an awards banquet at City Hall recognizing ten local corn growers led by Fred Langlas with 178.5 bushels per acre. Other high earners included Larry Hagen Ed Cerney Raymond Airy Ed Niebuhr Waldo Niebuhr Grunewald Inc Howard Rieke Charles Vogel and Ron Buch with yields ranging from 165.3 to 126.61 bushels per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blairstown
Lions Club
Irv Diekl
Pioneer Hi-Bred Corn Co
Fred Langlas
Larry Hagen
Ed Cerney
Raymond Airy
Ed Niebuhr
Waldor Niebuhr
Grunewald,Inc
Howard Rieke
Charles Vogel
Ron Buch
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Joe C. Kasper
Solon
Horner Boles
Keystone
Yorkshire Sale
Hawkeye Downs
Ralph Gordon
Coggon
Lawrence
Marion
Albert Stuart
Norway
Rex Conn
Buchanan Swine Assn
Barrow
Isu
William Murray
Gazette
Amazing Gazette
Chapel Garden
Cobban Cat
Walter Greenleaf
Cobban
Michael Prosser
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