USDA Project Will Study Market News
Ames plans a study on how market news is disseminated by Iowa State College and the U S Department of Agriculture. The project aims to improve presentation of market information to farmers and reduce marketing risks while exploring how farmers decide when where and how to market products. The study will use field surveys and apply methods to other states, with cooperation from the college extension service and the Iowa department of agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa State College
Agricultural Experiment Station
Marketing Administration
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Kenneth J. McCallister
PMA
K. R. Marvin
Department of
Technical Journalism
F. L. Thomsen
Marvin
Dr. Thomsen
the College
USDA
Iowa Department of Dericulture
Extension Service
Statistical Laboratory
The
Information Service
Marvin States
Postville FFA Plans Oats and Legume Field Day
Postville Iowa July field day hosted by the Postville FFA to display test results on oats and legumes. The event will occur at the Kenneth Schultz farm plot one mile north of Postville with eleven oats varieties planted in 15 foot rows and repeated six times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postville
FFA
Kenneth Schultz
Jones 4-H Girls Pick Convention Delegates
Delegates to the girls 4-H club convention in Ames next month from Jones county clubs are Genevieve Soper Wanda Lea Reid Bonnie Ketchem Greta Buol Shirley Vacek Ardis Heiken Joanne Wright Jane Mardorf and Velma Lloyd.
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Anamosa
Ames
Jones County
Genevieve Soper
Wanda Lea Reid
Bonnie Ketchem
Greta Buol
Shirley Vacek
Ardis Heik ‘En
Joanne Wright
Jane Mardorf
Velma Lloyd
Yoder and Cason Win Top Honors At Wellman Show
More than 70 cattle were shown at the Southeast Iowa Ayrshire Club event in Wellman. Grand champion bull went to Lyle Yoder of Kalona and grand champion cow to Tom Cason of Ottumwa. Yoder also claimed junior champion female and multiple class wins. Judges included Ray Marley of Iowa State College. winners advance to the All-Iowa Fair next month.
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Southeastern Iowa
Wellman
Tom Cason
Ottumwa
Ray Manley
Swartzendruber
Lyle Yoder
Kalona
Ray Marley
Iowa State College Dairyman
Dean Rimmer
Washington
Marion Timmons
Ernie Hole
Chester Miller
Ivan Jarvis
Jim Bash
Jim Barnes
Max Dye
Kenrose
A F. Estes
Yoder
Dan Conrad
Wayland
Timmins
Floyd Reschley
Crawfordsville
Lester Paarman
North English
Maynard Brenneman
Estes
Brenneman
Anniversary of Iowa Agriculture Dept Observed
DES MOINES UP The state department of agriculture marked its twenty sixth year at a twenty fifth anniversary banquet with more than 290 leaders from agriculture education and government. Harry Linn secretary since 1943 chaired. Surviving former secretaries Mark Thornburg and Ray Murray attended along with Lloyd Thurston former congressman. Speakers included Gov Blue University of Iowa President Virgil Hancher and Iowa State College Dean H H Kildee.
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Des Moines
State Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Harry Linn
Mark Thornburg
Ray Murray
Redfield
Lloyd Thurston
Osceola
Robert D. Blue
Virgil Hancher
University of Iowa
H. H. Kildee
Iowa State College
Lloyd B. Cunningham
State Fair
Clyde Spry
Department
Linn
Weather Bureau
Allamakee DHIA Picnic Planned for July 11
WAUKON Allamakee DHIA members schedule an annual picnic meeting for July 11 at the old stone house on highway 51. A noon piled dinner will start the day followed by an afternoon program with speakers livestock judging and music.
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Allamakee Dairymen
Waukon
Allamakee Dhia
Highway 51
Gernan Wins Jesup Butter Contest in Iowa Meeting
Volga's Fred Gernan won the butter contest held with the Iowa Creamery Operators Association Section 11 meeting in Jesup on Thursday. Second place went to Joe Barnes of Alpha and third to Albert Harms of Celuein. Judges were Floyd Sires of Cedar Falls and Nels Larson of Decorah.
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Volga
Fred Gernan
Iowa Creamery Operators Association
Jesup
Joe Barnes
Alpha
Albert Harms
Floyd Sires
Cedar Falls
Nels Larson
Decorah
Linn No 2 DHIA June Butterfat Averages Report
The Linn No 2 DHIA June test shows cows averaging 319 pounds of fat from 676 pounds of milk. Supervisor Perry Knapp notes 587 cows tested. Witwer and Haak posted the top herd with 40.8 pounds fat. Lakeside farm 40.7 pounds. Lensch herd 40.2 pounds. High 305 day records include two Guernseys from L R Stucker at 630.9 and 471 pounds. Lakeside also produced a 422.5 pound third high.
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Linn No. 2 Dhia
Perry Knapp
Witwer and Haak
Lakeside Farm
Lensch
L. R. Stucker
Ferdinand May Get New Oomph In Operation
Des Moines AP report on Hereford bull Ferdinand Rupert 99th owned by Gov. Roy Turner of Oklahoma to receive pituitary gland transplant from a donor bull at Iowa State College. Surgeons expect a one week prognosis. success in calf production will take longer to judge.
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Des Moines
Iowa State College
T. Royal
Rupert 99Th
Roy Turmer
Oklahoma
Rupert
Gov. Turner
Wayne Fox
Ames
Turner
Texas
Farm Families Honored at FHA Achievement Day
Ames Iowa State College hosted the second annual farm ownership achievement day honoring 108 Iowa families who paid in full their Farmers Home Administration loans this year. Paul Maris of Washington D C told 600 Iowans the land owners sustain the nation by caring for and developing their farms. State FHA director B W Lodwick lauded the new owners for active community involvement.
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Ames
Paul Maris
Washington, D. C
Iowa State College
Maris
Iowa
Farmers Home Administration
United States
FHA
B. W. Lodwick
What's What Out on the Acres
Interview with Melvin H Sievers owner of 240 acres near Wyoming discussing farming practices. He and his brother Irvin run two farms as a unit with family involvement, livestock numbers including 41 cattle on grass and 100 February pigs, and crop yields such as 7,000 bushels stored with corn east of the barn yielding 115 bushels per acre. He mentions spraying pastures, hemp and ragweed control, and limited corn borer spraying due to costs. He notes political affiliation as Republican.
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Irvin
Peter Sievers
Wyoming
Irvin's
Bob Alden
Voter Preferences and Roadside Weeds Prompt Complaints
A reader discusses political choices between Dewey and Stassen and predicts Republicans' best chance in years. The letter also complains about roadside weeds, noting the weed commission asks residents to weed their land while roadsides reseed and grass spreads onto fields.
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Melvin
Californian to discuss farming on Let's Talk It Over program
Harold Collin of Cross California, who farms olives, wheat and barley and raises Hereford cattle on about 2000 acres, will be Rex Conn’s guest on KCRG’s farm program at 8 Sunday morning. Collin also runs an agricultural engineering business, leveling land for irrigation and land-improvement work. A Galzette feature will run on Sunday.
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Rex Conn
KCRG
Harold Collin
Cross
California
Collin
Galzette
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