Drouth Threat Most Serious Since 1930s
Washington AP reports the U S soil conservation service warns of a renewed dust bowl risk greater than any time since the 1930s. By April wind erosion damaged 5 25 million acres across seven states with 750 000 acres severely eroded and over 2 million moderately eroded amid ongoing drought and potential rainfall shortfalls.
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Washington
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
Drouth
Great Plains
Nebraska
Kansas
Colorado
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Texas Panhandles
H. H. Bennett
The
Soil Conservation Service
Texas
Wyoming
Ames Meeting On Hybrid Vigor In Fourth Week
Ames enters its fourth week of the Heterosis Conference with five more topics. Professors Dickerson Henderson Winters Stadler and Chase will discuss inbred lines combining ability rotational crossing gamete selection and homozygous zygote testing for heterosis in corn. The program opens Monday at 8 a.m. with Dickerson now at Missouri.
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Ames
Iowa State College
G. E. Dickerson
University of Missouri
C. R. Henderson
Cornell University
L. M. Winters
University of Minnesota
L. J. Stadler
S. S. Chase
Rex Conn Hour on KCRG-1600 Tomorrow Morning
Farm news market trends and weather updates are scheduled around THE REX CONN HOUR tomorrow morning at 6 o clock on KCRG 1600. The program covers agricultural insights, market cues, and related music selections.
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Rex Conn
KCRG-1600
Liebe Herd Tops Linn DHIA No 2 June Milk Fat Records
Liebe's Jersey herd leads Linn county DHIA No 2 for June with 948 pounds of milk and 45.8 pounds of fat. Stewart Holsteins second at 1224 pounds milk 45.2 fat. Boysen and Bader Holsteins third with 1297 milk 43.3 fat. A Boysen and Bader registered Holstein posted 14671 milk 525.2 fat for a 305 day lactation. Other top June lactation scorers include Dows Dairy Jersey 7675 milk 427.2 fat Cecil Davenbaugh Jersey 9022 milk 429.1 fat another Dows Dairy Jersey 8148 milk 436.6 fat and Howard Kahler grade Jersey 9975 milk 491.2 fat.
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D. D. Liebe
Jerseys
Linn County
F. W. Stewart
Boysen
Bader
Boyson and
Jersey
Dows Dairy
Cecil Davenbaugh
Howard Kahler
Forced Exercise Of Sows For Bigger Litters Reported
Associate Farm Editor details Maurer’s winter program forcing sows to exercise, yielding 101 of 103 pigs from 11 sows and average litter sizes near nine. Heat lamps and portable sheds aided low mortality. farrowing around Feb 6, pig weight about 150 pounds, on self-fed shelled corn and rolled oats with pasture. Second litter of 108 pigs from 12 sows currently three weeks old. Maurer joins Master Swine Producers program.
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Gazette
Nieman Maurer
Above
Delhi
Maurer
Maurer Family to Exhibit at Delaware County Fair
The Maurer family plans a county fair showing this summer with three boys Dean 15 Donald 13 and Charles 12 competing. Each will present a Shorthorn baby beef and a market litter of pigs as part of the fair contests.
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Maurer
Delaware County
Dean
Donald
Charles
Crops Damaged by Hail and Flood in Nichols Area
Farmers surveyed damaged crops after two breaks in a county drainage ditch dike following a 2.5 inch rainfall and hail storm. More than 700 acres of corn and oats were inundated near Nichols and West Liberty. Deputy town marshal George Sutton said all crops in the flooded area appeared ruined and the hail left corn and oats “nothing but stubs.” An inch of rain fell in Muscatine in 20 minutes with further storm damage nearby.
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Nichols
West Liberty
George Sutton
Muscatine
State Fair to Host Three Horse Pull Contests
DES MOINES UP The Iowa State fair board announced a series of horse pulling contests to determine the Midwest's strongest draft teams at the Iowa mid-century fair. The first event is set for August 30 with additional pulls August 31 and September 1. Prizes of 300 dollars will be awarded in lightweight middleweight and heavyweight classes.
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Des Moines
Iowa State Fair Board
Midwest
Fair Board
Lloyd Cunningham
Fayette F B Building Fund Drive Launched In Fayette County
A drive to raise 25000 for a new Farm Bureau building in Fayette county is under way. Committees solicit in townships with quotas and incentives to sell additional certificates. Certificates are 100 dollars each, four percent interest, plus five dollars annually for 20 years. Individual limit is 500. Construction began around May 10 and reaches half of the second story. The 54 by 56 foot brick faced building will be fireproof with a basement auditorium seating 300 and ground floor offices storage and a 19 by 26 foot meeting room.
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West Union
Farm Bureau
Fayette
Fayette County
War lift and social security mix in 1950 farm outlook
Wartime nerves push farm reserves beyond surpluses with stronger grains and wool and mixed effects on cotton tobacco and dairy prices. Social security for farm workers advances. bills favor 1 percent payroll tax and 60 day work rule, with self employed excluded. Floyd Johnston praises All Iowa fair premium list and dairy show legacy.
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Korea
Pearl Harbor
Commodity Credit Corporation
Munitions Board
House
Senate
Cooperative
Floyd Johnston
Iowa State College
American Jersey Club
Columbus
Ohio
Charles Penningroth
Johnston
Iowa
Chamber of Commerce
Annual Report by Winneshiek DHIA Reveals Dairy Yields
Decorah Iowa Winneshiek dairy herd improvement association reports for year ending May 31 on 727 cows average 9 046 pounds of milk and 332 7 pounds of butterfat Supervisor Ray Burke released the figures Top herds include Torgrim and Broghammer 422 4 pounds fat Schwartzhoff Germann Symonds 408 7 pounds fat Ralph Hegg 404 2 pounds fat C O Marsh 403 8 pounds fat Louis Elpert 410 2 pounds fat
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Louis Elpert
Late Season Insects Plague Western Canada
In the fertile grainlands of western Canada a late season and a predicted insect invasion threaten crops. An unusually late spring followed a cold break-up delayed planting until mid May in Saskatchewan and Alberta. Dry conditions persist in Alberta and Saskatchewan, moisture is limited, while Manitoba remains sufficiently moist. Wireworm damage is severe in open prairies of Saskatchewan and grasshoppers continue to cause damage with expected population growth.
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Washington
INS
Canada
United States
Saskatchewa
Alberta
Saskatcheway
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
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