Centennial of Entomology Observed in Iowa This Week
This week celebrates one hundred years of economic entomology in the United States with open houses at Iowa State College insectory and the Ankeny corn borer lab. Dr. H M Harris notes insects cause billions in damage annually but optimism remains about control through research and education. Iowa State ranks among the top institutions in entomology and extension work.
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Iowa
Iowa State College
Labora
Ankeny
H. M. Harris
Harris
Herbert Osborn
Harold Gunderson
U.S. Department of Agriculture
National Restaurant Association
Mammoth Navy Pier
Chicago
College bee culture research earns world recognition
The college's work in bee culture has gained world wide recognition. Staff members originated artificial insemination of queen bees to build resistance to bee diseases. Research has aided control of grasshoppers codling moths cabbage worms and other orchard and garden insects.
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Buttermilk Flavor Boosts Philippine Milk Supply
Washington dispatch reports that dry buttermilk is used to improve flavor in milk reconstituted from dry milk and butter oil in the Philippines. George H. Norman, ex Agriculture official and now manager of a Philippine air force milk plant, notes notable flavor improvement and rising sales after adding dry higdr to the reconstitution process.
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Philippines
George H. Norman
Agriculture Department
Air Force
Norman
Plum Island Lab Construction Awarded for 7.7 Million
The Stock Construction Company of New York won the Plum Island animal disease laboratory contract for 7 712 000 dollars. The project near Long Island will be finished in about 18 months and will study foot and mouth disease and other foreign animal diseases threatening U S livestock.
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Washington
Plum Island
Ben
Stock Construction Company of
New York
Department of Agriculture
Long Island
Laboraory
U. S
FDA allows marketing terramycin treated broilers after treatment
The FDA rules BROILER growers may market healthy birds anytime after terramycin oil suspension treatment for chronic respiratory disease. Previously birds injected with terramycin could not be marketed for four weeks. Air sac has cost poultrymen millions annually since 1949.
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Washington
Broiler
Federal Food and Drug Administration
U. S
Soil Conservation Week Aims to Highlight Practical Practices
In Iowa during Soil Conservation week, meetings and tours emphasize contour farming, strip cropping, and terraces to prevent erosion. The piece notes long-term progress in rotations and lime use, while urging adoption of mechanical practices to protect soil resources amid recent heavy rains. It also discusses uncertain federal crop supports set to lapse December 31 without new legislation.
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Iowa
Thorp Named Assistant Dean at Minnesota Veterinary School
Dr. William T. S. Thorp will become assistant dean of the University of Minnesota veterinary school on July 1. A Canada native, he trained at Michigan State College and has served as a veterinary director in the U.S. Public Health Service since 1948.
Browning to Speak at Upland Field Day
Dr. George M. Browning associate director of the Iowa agricultural experiment station Ames will be the main speaker at the June 24 age field day at Miller Purdue Memorial farm east of Upland Indiana two miles.
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Ind
George M. Browning
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
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Miller-Purdue Emorial
Upland
Benson Sees Shortage of Land by 1975
Secretary Ezra T. Benson warned in White Sulphur Springs that without accelerated soil and conservation research the United States will be about 100 million acres short of cropland needed by 1975. He said progress is slow and incremental.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Ezra T. Benson
Farm Fertility Speech Warns of Acreage Deficit and Soil Value
Benson in a National Fertilizer Association address warns that even with higher fertilization we could reach 507 million acres by 1975, but current farm efficiency falls short by about 100 million acres. He calls soil research spending too low versus military costs and urges attacking losses from pests, diseases and marketing to ensure long term agricultural abundance.
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National Fertilizer Association
Benson
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Iowa Insect Survey
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Sioux City
Iowa State
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North Western Railroad
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Tea Center
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