Air Conditioned Crops Boost Yields In Field Tests
Field tests at the Muscatine Island station near Fruitland show a solid set irrigation system cooling air soil and leaves. Fine spray towers reduce air soil and leaf temperatures by about six six and eleven degrees respectively, nearly doubling green bean yields and raising potato yields. Frost protection also improves when water is turned on during cold snaps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Peterson
Muscatine Island
Fruitland
Ruitland
Peterson
John Mahistede
J. L. Weigle
R. C. Lambe
J. C. Horton
Iowa State University
Bill Feyerabend
USDA Tells Gains in Brucellosis Control
USDA reports most states nearing modified certified brucellosis status with 39 percent of counties certified. Eight states plus territories reached certified brucellosis free status. A total of 679 counties in 30 states, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands have eradicated the disease.
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Washington
USDA
Alabama
Alaska
Colorado
Florida
Hawaii
Louisiana
Mississippi
Nebraska
Oklahoma
South Dakota
Texas
Wyoming
Connecticut
Maine
Nevada
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Utah
Vermont
Wisconsin
Virgin Islands
States
Puerto Rico
Growers Association Officers Named in Iowa State Tie
Growers Association in cooperation with Iowa State University lists officers from Muscatine. John Holliday is president Harold Snyder is vice president Lewis Peterson is secretary treasurer and Mernon Peck George Shoultz serve as directors.
Three Dairy Breeds Shown at Gladbrook
Gladbrook hosted joint shows of Brown Swiss Jersey and Milking Shorthorn associations at the Tama County fairgrounds. Fifty three Brown Swiss head judged by Fred Idtse. Jersey entries 35 head with Robert Lyon claiming champion. Milking Shorthorn show 20 head led by Clampitt Farms with champion bull.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladbrook
Tama County
Fred Idtse
Beloit
Wis
J. P. Stewart
Maynard
Howard ‘Martin
New Providence
Arnie Nierhoff
Wellsburg
Richard
Ricky
Randy Rose
Ralph Bright
Eldora
Lyon
Tom Lyon
Toledo
Robert Lyon
Traer
FFA
Russell Lyon
Clampitt Farms
Linn Reece
Wisconsin study tests weed killer Diquat in ponds
UW scientists tested Diquat on a five acre Wisconsin pond to kill Elodia weeds while preserving fish and pond life. The chemical killed weeds within six days and had no direct harm to insects or fish though insect habitats were affected as weeds disappeared and some species moved or declined. Brook trout remained abundant a month after treatment.
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Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin
William Hilsenhoff
Hereford Association Welcomes New Junior Members
Kansas City reports Mark Richard Robertson and Matthew William Robertson of Martello Iowa have been welcomed as junior members of the American Hereford Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Mark Richard Robertson
Matthew William Robertson
Martello
Iowa
The
American Hereford Assn
U S plans 27 percent cut in wheat for foreign aid
The United States plans a 27 percent reduction in wheat offered under Foreign Aid Food for Peace in the coming year. The cut varies by recipient, with total exports shrinking from about 560 million to roughly 400 million bushels. India may need about nine million tons of grain in 1966 67.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Ashington
UPI
U. S
India
Freeman presages hold on farm aid plan
The fragment references Agriculture Secretary Orville L. Freeman reportedly waiting to hold an action on a farm aid plan amid a summer setting. It hints at a governmental delay affecting agricultural policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evel
Orville L. Freeman
Patterson Named to Credit Banks Post
OMANA Walter L. Patterson Jr. has been named director of public relations for the Farm Credit Banks of Omaha effective Aug. 1. He succeeds Dr. Merle E. Betts, elected secretary of the Omaha Bank for Cooperatives. Patterson joined the banks in 1983 after serving as assistant director of public relations and previously edited Turkey World at Watt Publishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter L. Patterson, Jr
Farm Credit Banks of
Omaha
Herman W. Frerichs, Jr
Merle E. Betts
Omaha Bank For Cooperatives
Banks
Patterson
Watt Publishing Company
Mount Morris
Federal study aims to detect TB in cattle at MSU
The U S Department of Agriculture amended a contract with Michigan State University to conduct a basic study seeking new methods to detect tuberculosis in cattle. The effort seeks improved testing procedures and early disease identification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
US Department of Agriculture
Michigan State University
Angus Winner In Coggon Show
Grand champion at the Coggon Harvest Home festival went to an Angus shown by Dennis Barger of Manchester. Reserve champion was a Lleve ford exhibited by Mike Hansen of Martello. Dan Stoner of Mt. Vernon showed the champion Shorthorn steer. Tom Kinley of Coggon won the beef heifer from A. T. Robinson and Sons of Masonville. Claret Lawrence of Monticello won the dairy heifer from the Milking Shorthorn herd of cattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Barger
Manchester
Mike Hansen
Martello
Dan Stoner
Mt. Vernon
Tom Kinley
Coggon
A. T. Robinson and Sons
Masonville
Lawrence
Monticello
Washington
Maurice Gamble
Monticellu
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Rex Conn
First Credit Corporation
Waite
Third Street
Secedar Rapids
By Bernard Beenect
Canada
Credit Banks Post
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Uys
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