Ames Feeding Test Shows Little Advantage in Hay Choppings
Iowa State experiments at Ames with six groups of eight yearling steers over 200 days found chopped alfalfa hay plus shelled corn yielded 2.2 pounds daily, slightly above 2.19 for whole hay. Cost per 100 pounds of gain higher for chopped hay due to extra corn intake. Other groups showed similar gains with varied feedings. results weigh against chopping hay for efficiency. A separate sale notes a 2-year-old Brown Swiss heifer sold for 320 dollars at Hawkeye Downs with 1,732.9 pounds milk and 74.5 pounds butterfat in May. 54 head sold for 7,975 dollars average 147.70. Public classification of Brown Swiss herds to begin next week across Iowa with E N Hansen leading. 27 herds slated for official type ratings across six cantons, continuing next weeks in east Iowa and other districts.
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Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
Ames
Iowa
C. C. Culbertson
Culbertson
Hawkeye Downs
Cedar Rapids
John C., Schulte
Norway
D. F. Andre and Son
Mechanicsville
Andre
Norman Andre
Andre and Son
Eli Shada
Springville
E. N. Hansen
United States
Hansen
P. W. Stumbo
National
Brown Swiss Association
Floyd Arnold
Arthur Porter
East Iowa
Ewald C. Brandt
Postville
C. W. Rominger
Waukon
J. C. McArthur
Decorah
Arthur Schmelzer
West Union
Walter Krumpel
Arlington
Elmer Mossman
Vinton
John Zumbach
Ryan
Martin Rice
L. S. van Auken
North English
LaVaughn Wilcox
Guernsey
G. F. Garner
Tainter
Myers and Hickey
Adel
Vinton Woman Named H D A for Fayette County
J F Ingels Fayette county Farm Bureau president announced Miss Virginia Vaupel has been hired as home demonstration agent to replace Miss Meta Jane Masters who resigned to take a similar post in Page county. Vaupel, a University of Iowa graduate, will begin July 16. Masters leaves July 1 after three years in the Fayette county H D A role.
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Fayette
J. F. Ingels
Fayette County
Farm Bureau
Virginia Vaupel
Meta Jane Masters
Page County
Miss Vaupel
University of Iowa
Miss Masters
H.D.A
Mother-Daughter Banquet at Linn Rally Feature
County home economist Margaret Steward announced a mother-daughter banquet to open Linn 4 H girls rally day. Andy Wolfries of WMT will speak at Marion on June 16 at 2 p.m. The program will include music, an honorary member initiation, and a pageant The 4 H Service Revue.
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Margaret Steward
Linn
Andy Wolfries
WMT
Marion
Steers Steady This Week Amid Strong Demand Across Markets
Chicago reports the steer market closed largely unchanged from last week after a week of robust buyer demand. Prices ranged with tops around 17.45 per hundredweight for Hereford loads and most steers at 14.75 to 16.50, while heifers dipped late and cows weakened as shipping orders remained active for sausage materials.
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The
Gazette
Chicago
Colorado
Werling Buys 160 Acre Lembaugh Farm Near Tipton
Ernest A. Werling of Tipton purchased the 160 acre Lembaugh farm three miles northeast of Tipton from the Equitable Life Assurance Society for 90 dollars an acre. Possession goes to Werling on March 1, 1943. The deal was negotiated by Lewis Werling, with A Aukerman of Manchester reporting for Equitable.
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Tipton
Ernest A. Werling
Equitable Life Assurance Society
United States
Lembaugh
Alva Morphew
Anamosa Judge approves quasi sale of McNamara farm
Judge J. E. Heiserman of Anamosa approved a quasi sale of the Catherine McNamara farm, 200 acres at the east edge of Anamosa, for 26500 dollars. Purchaser Rolland E. Dasenbreck of Ryan takes possession March 1, 1944.
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Anamosa—Iin
Jones County District Court
J. E. Heiserman
Anamosa
Catherine McNamara
Rolland E. Dasenbreck
Ryan
Hog Price Decline Shapes Week as OPA Rollback Confusion
Hog markets across the United States turned bearish amid moderate runs while cattle stayed steady. OPA rollback plans failed to reassure traders and packers cut prices to producers as receipts fluctuated, with 60 000 hogs centered at Chicago St Louis and Indianapolis on Tuesday driving declines. Interior markets held steadier though prices dropped to around 13 80 and totals showed declines from the previous week. Road conditions worsened late in the week, with rains limiting offerings and keeping interior hog receipts at lower levels.
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United States
OPA
Chicago
St. Louis
Indianapolis
Department of Agriculture
Meeting of farmers elevator service managers set for June 14
D. E. Edison, secretary, announced that W. C. Covington, OPA price specialist from Des Moines, will attend the meeting of farmers elevator service company managers in Fort Dodge on June 14.
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Fort Dodge
D. E. Edison
W. C. Covington
OPA
Des Moines
Farmers’ Elevator Service Company
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