New Year Diary Echoes Rural Christmas and Quiet Daily Life
The Country Diary recounts a week of domestic routines in a rural home, from church and holiday guests to gift lists and kitchen tasks. Activities include candy sharing, bird feeder repairs, cattle and quail sightings, a costume party, wardrobe planning, and New Year reflections. The entries feature Jim, Toby the pup, generous neighbors, and small agricultural happenings amid holiday cheer.
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Santa
Jim
Amn
Mary
Toby
Cynthia
Cocker
Nurserymen To Meet Wednesday at Ames
Ames nurserymen gather at Iowa State College on Wednesday at 9 a.m. in the Memorial Union council chamber for a landscape conference. John R. Fitzsimmons of ISU outlines aims to help with plant inventories and client recommendations for modern architecture trends.
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Ames
Lone State College
Council
Memorial Union
John R. Fitzsimmons
Iowa State College
Record Calf Weighing Hits 1954 Projects
A county report by extension director Bob Hall shows 167 4 H and FFA baby beeves weighed and tattooed for 1954 projects last week. This year 37 more calves were registered than in 1953, with an average weight of 505.1 pounds. Breed totals include 78 Herefords, 63 Angus, and 26 Shorthorns.
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Manchester
FFA
Bob Hall
Dr Sylvester to speak at New York weed conference
Ames Iowa State College extension weed specialist Dr E P Sylvester will address the northeastern weed control conference in New York City next week. Sylvester is nationally known for his farm weed control programs.
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Ames
E. P. Sylvester
Iowa State College
New York City
Sylvester
Carlson's Corner and 1954 Outlook Cited
A reader quotes a forthright 1954 forecast noting GOP blame for bad times and Democratic law impacts. The piece predicts no major war, mixed fortunes, and the year as the best since 1953. Also included is a Dairymen advisory to cull low producers amid feed shortages.
Iowa Farm Price Index Advances
Iowa's index of prices received by farmers for all farm products rose 16 points to 274 percent of the 1910-14 base for the month ending December 15. All crops gained except wheat and rye, with corn up 9 cents, soybeans up 22 cents, and hay up 1.40 dollars per ton. Livestock index rose 6 points driven by an 8 percent meat-animal rise. hog prices up 2.90 per cwt. Beef cattle fell 50 cents per cwt.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Farmers weigh changes in 1954 due to drought and costs
Virgil Coffman of South English plans to maintain crops but notes subsoil moisture shortage and possible corn allotments and follows a soil conservation plan. He will raise more sows and keep cattle and ewes, hoping for better weather in 1954. Wilbur Peters of Central City shifts to farrowing his own pigs and lightsen cattle, cites hog market trends, and plans April farrowing while awaiting weather. G F Tuetken of Anamosa plans to quit farming before March 1 to relieve debt and seek outside work, with uncertain plans to return later.
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Virgil Coffman
Keokuk County
Wilbur Peters
Central City
G. F. Tuetken
Anamosa
Monticello farmer plans similar cattle program as last year
Lyle Tobiason of Monticello says he will maintain about the same number of beef cows for spring calving with a few replacements. Cattle and calves stay on pasture in fall, calves started on full feed around December 1, aiming for an early fall market at 800 to 900 pounds.
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Lyle Tobiason
Monticello
P Wilken Plans Pig Increase and Stable Hog Market
Langworthy farmer P Wilken says he will increase his sow count by about four head for spring and aims to raise 200 or more pigs next year. He expects hog prices to stay near $20 for the next ten months and wants to expand oats acreage but cannot due to crop rotation constraints.
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E. P. Wilken
Langworthy
Farmers discuss cattle and sheep plans for spring
Wayne Farmer and Ernest Diltz outline plans to add about three cows to the herd, raise yearlings for sale in June or July, and potentially put a sheep flock on shares to save pasture. If rents fail, Diltz may sell the flock after lambing this spring.
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Ernest Diltz
Walker
Anamosa farmers project modest herd adjustments this spring
George Atwater of Anamosa says his dairy plan adds about 10 cows and pasture improvements this spring while maintaining about the same gross income. He expects milk prices to be lower but cattle numbers to stay similar as hogs shift to April and May breeding.
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George Atwater
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