New Method Used To Fight Oak Wilt Disease
McGregor Iowa researchers test deep plowing to disrupt oak wilt root connections in a four acre stand on Effigy Mounds National Monument. The method aims to halt spread by severing diseased tree roots while scientists study transmission methods beyond nearby root links. The disease has killed oaks across many states, with red and black oaks especially vulnerable.
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McGregor
Iowa
Wisconsin
Illinois
Wisconsin University College of Agriculture
Effigy Mounds National Monument
Monument
W. J. Kennedy
National Parks Service
National Park
Supt. Kennedy
W. B. Barrows
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
Kansas
Arkansas
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Judging Confab Opens Thursday
The twenty first live stock judging conference starts Thursday on the Iowa State College campus and runs through Saturday. Organized by the animal husbandry department, it gathers 4-H club judges county fair staff and others to discuss judging procedures showing classification and breed type with practical judging sessions to follow each day.
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Ames
Iowa State College
Wet Fields Can Still Produce Profitable Crop
Iowa State agronomist E S Dyas says wet fields can still yield profit with sudan grass as a key forage crop. Four year tests show yields of 3 tons per acre when sown June 2, 2.6 tons in July 5, and 1.3 tons for July 26 plantings. A soybeans and sudan mix is also profitable. Dyas advises late seeding soybeans with sudan and recommends early corn hybrids for cash crops on wet low areas, noting fertile soils and risk of early frosts. Also reports May chick production 276,468,000 nationally, up 29 percent from last year, with June hatch outlook strong and incubator eggs up 36 percent from a year earlier.
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Ames
E. S. Dyas
Iowa State College Agronomist
Iowa State College
Sudan
Dyas
Iowa
Ringoen Swiss Tops DHIA in Winneshiek
In Decorah Ridgeway M R Ringoen & Son 22 cow Brown Swiss herd posted 450.8 pounds butterfat per cow for the year ending June 1 per DHIA supervisor Maurice Partridge. Schwartzhoff Germann Symonds 31 cow Holstein herd was second with 438.1 pounds. Other high local herds included Ralph Hegg 422.4 Helmer Horvedt 398.8 Chester McIntosh 384.4 Myer Lacquirie 389.6 and Myrah and Dinger 382.6.
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Decorah
M. R. Ringoen & Son
Ridgeway
Maurice Partridge
DHIA
Schwartzhoff-Germann - Symonds
Ralph Hegg
Helmer Horvedt
Chester McIntosh
Myer Lacquirie
Myrah & Dinger
County 4-H Assistant Named in Keokuk County
A new assistant will aid County Extension Director Clair Baker in Keokuk County. The role supports boys 4-H clubs and rural youth groups and will help in girls' club work.
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Sistant
Keokuk County
Clair Baker
Farm income per hour and Iowa horse pulling contest
The article compares 1950 farm income per hour by region and enterprise, noting higher earnings for intensive production and mechanization. It also reports the upcoming biggest horse pulling contest in Colo Iowa, with three weight classes, explanation of the dynamometer method, and a comparison to the All Iowa fair event.
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Usda Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau
Southern Plains
Delta Area
Texas Black Prairie
Wisconsin
New York
Kentucky
Corn Belt
Iowa
Colo
R. F
Pat” O’donnell
Story County
Michigan
Cole
May Chick Output Above Last Year
Hatchery production of chicks in Iowa during May rose 22 percent from a year earlier but fell 3 percent below the 1945-49 May average. Commercial hatcheries hatched about 24.4 million chicks in May, up from 20 million in May 1950, with a five year average of 25.072 million. The first five months total 72.376 million, up six percent from the same period last year. Demand for June chicks is expected to be greater than usual.
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DES Pmovies
Iowa
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Wilkinson New Youth Assistant in Keokuk County
George Wilkinson of Mitchellville begins work this week as extension youth assistant in Keokuk County, advancing local 4 H and youth programs under the county extension staff.
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Wilkinson
Keokuk
Sigourney
George Wilkinson
Mitchellville
Farm women plan Amana Society trip from Waukon
A group of Allama kee county farm women will travel by 30 seat bus on June 26 to visit the Amana Society in Iowa county. The bus leaves Waukon at 7 a.m. and returns about 6 p.m. Mrs. William Krumme, county women's chairman, says the trip is organized by the county group.
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Fred Harms
Solon
Mr. Harms
Iowa City
Ed Brickner
Vic Wislsel
Richard Willmott
Joe Unick
Charles Harms
Gabriel Dvorsky
Frank Cole
Leslie Cole
Vernon Brickner
Amanas
Waukon
Allamakee County
Amana Society
Iowa County
William Krumme
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