Hog meat quality and marketing trends in postwar era
The article discusses shifts in pork consumption away from fat and lard toward lean meat, urging producers to breed meat-type hogs, use tested sires, market at 200 to 225 pounds, and spread farrowings. It also reports on the Producers Export Company forming to market U.S. grains abroad, led by Farmers Grain Dealers of Iowa with Fred Maynald on the board and a storage capacity exceeding a billion bushels.
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Jineteen
U.S
Producers Export Company
Delaware
Iowa
New Export Corporation
Farmers Grain Dealers of
Fred Maynald
Iowa Cooperative
New York City
Maynald
Neighbors Cut Hay For Local Families In Iowa Town
Neighbors from Volga and Quasqueton joined to harvest 17 acres of hay for Cecil Duff while his son Bob, hospitalized in Rochester Minnesota after major brain surgery, receives care. Thirty three neighbors delivered 4 balers 12 tractors and 16 wagons to make hay for Carl and Howard Griffin. Howard Griffin is ill and Mrs. Harold Niswonger helped serve a noon meal to about 45 people.
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Cecil Duff
Bob
Rochester
Minn
Carl
Howard Griffin
Harold Niswonger
Becker Bull Receives Silver Medal Production Sire Honor
Holstein-Friesian Association of America designates Sir Homestead Transmitter, a Wat kin s Holstein bull owned by Harold Becker, as silver medal production sire. The Good Plus classified sire has 12 tested daughters averaging 13 525 pounds of milk and 523 pounds butterfat on a 2 time 305 day mature equivalent basis.
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Watkins
Harold Becker
Holstein-Friesian Assn. of America
Gift to Iowa tree disease research funded by Knudson
C A Knudson of Ames donated one thousand dollars to Iowa State College through the Alumni Achievement Fund to establish a long range program against Dutch elm disease. Dr H S McNabb Jr will lead the work, focusing on resistant factors and host parasite interactions to uncover disease resistance and chemotherapy avenues. The effort marks Iowa’s first private contribution to tree disease research since 1942.
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Iowa State College
Ames
Iowa
State College
C. A. Knudson
College Savings' Bank
Knudson
McNabb
Corn Growth Reports Uneven in Clayton County
The corn crop in Clayton County shows uneven growth due to replanting but is advancing rapidly with excellent color. Northern areas need more rain to speed development while oats are turning. Harvesting hasn't begun yet. Farmers hit by hail anticipate about 35 percent of a normal crop. First cutting hay is under way and pastures are generally in good condition.
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Clayton County
Kerker Completes SCS Training Center Course
Earl Kerker soil conservationist in Allamakee county completed the professional training course at the SCS training center Coshocton Ohio. He will be assigned to Idwa and lead soil conservation service activities in the county. The course covered all phases of soil and water conservation.
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Waukon — Earl Kerker
SCS
Allamakee County
Coshocton
Ohio
Idwa
Junior Feeders Set July 24 for First Market Day
The Eastern Iowa Junior Cattle Feeders project holds its first market day July 24 at the Mechanicsville sale barn with weigh in at 7 am and appraisal at 9 am. Cattle carcasses will be on display July 26 in Cedar Rapids while members compete in grading and beef judging contests for eligibility. A second market day is planned for late September.
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Iowa
Mechanicsville
Deane Rinner
Rinner
Wilson and Company
Cedar Rapids
Toledo-Tama County to Send Leonard Novak to Youth Leadership Conference
Leonard Novak of Chelsea will represent Toledo-Tama County at the State Young People's Leadership Training Conference. The event gathers leaders from local groups to develop skills and network with peers from across the state.
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Toledo
Tama County
Leonard Novak
Chelsea
Aphids Not Serious Threat to Sorghum
Iowa State entomologist Harold Gunderson reports corn leaf aphids in southern Iowa sorghum fields are not likely to reduce yields. He notes 1956 and 1957 experiences show untreated sorghum yielded as well as sprayed crops, with populations fading due to natural factors. He cautions against universal chemical control and urges farmer judgment, outlining a recommended malathion rate of one pound per acre if treatment is chosen.
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Ames
Iowa
Harold Gunderson
Iowa State ‘College
Gunderson
Linn DHIA Reports June Milk and Butterfat Totals
Linn County Extension Director C A Herriott notes DHIA No 3 led in June with 345 cows 32 dry on test producing 939 pounds of milk and 37 pounds butterfat across 15 herds. DHIA No 1 had 633 cows 21 on rest producing 1950 pounds milk and 36 butterfat. DHIA No 2 recorded 649 cows 89 dry on test averaging 719 pounds milk and 29.8 butterfat across 9 herds.
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Linn County Extension
C. A. Herriott
Dhia No. 3
Robert Jackson
Linn Dhia No.1
James Daly
Witwer
Linn Dhia No. 2
Dale McClure
United Kingdom Cuts Wheat Imports From United States
From January through March this year the United Kingdom imported 1,107,200 long tons of wheat, a 7 percent drop from the previous year, according to the Foreign Agricultural Service.
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Washington
United Kingdom
Foreign Agricultural Service
Mrs. Martens Named To Cedar Extension Post
Elaine Martens became Cedar county extension home economist last week replacing Ann Kuntz who previously held the post. Martens, who served five years in Louisa county, will reside in Tipton with her three children Ann aged 10 John 12 and Martha 14.
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Tipton
Elaine Martens
Cedar County
Louisa County
Iowa REA Loans Aid Southern Iowa and Cedar Valley Coops
Rural Electrification Administration loans approved in the last two weeks include Southern Iowa Electric Co Op of Bloomfield receiving 50000 dollars and Cedar Valley Electric Cooperative of St Ansgar receiving 293000 dollars to support rural power projects.
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Gazette
Rex Conn
Iowa Milk Producers Federation
Sheraton-Montrose
Cedar Rapids
Toby Anderson
Cedar Falls
Roy W. Nelson
Des Moines Co-op
Joe Lyon
Toledo
Marshall County Milk Producers
Francis Winslow
Washington—Rural Electrification Administration
Southern Iowa Electric Co-Op
Bloomfield
Cedar Valley Electric Cooperative
St. Ansgar
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Barwyard ,Chatter
E. L. Quaife
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Farm Department of Peoples Bank
P.E
Becker
ISC
Clayton
Kerker
SCS Training Center
Smulek
Rogers
THE
International Silver Company
H. H
Wm. Rogers
mWm. Rogers
Smulekoff
Linn Dhias
Palo Consolidated School District
Fayette Township
Linn County
Curtis J. Hayes
St. SE
Kel
Jacobs
Wardslow
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