Meat Prices to Stay Up Experts Say
Chicago experts warn corn prices atop the Board of Trade may push pork chop costs higher this fall. Farmers shift to selling corn and hogs for profit, hogs marketed earlier than usual, and a disappointing spring pig crop raises lean supplies while cattle feeding shifts to grass and roughage.
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National Livestock Producers Association
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Grain brokers and floods threaten bumper corn crop
Grain brokers report heavy government purchases aid for needy nations alongside midwestern floods that reduce prospects for a bumper corn crop.
Farm Wool Prices Lower This Year
The United States average price received by farmers for wool in May was 39 cents, 3.5 cents lower than a year earlier. The decline hit the Midwest hardest with western states and Texas showing declines up to four cents. Ohio held steady. The CCC wool support ended April 15, causing some May market confusion.
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Ohio
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CCC
National flax yield average at 9.6 bushels per acre in 1946
The national average flax yield in 1946 stood at 9.6 bushels per acre, reflecting the crop's overall return that year.
Farmers See Crop Experiments in Howard County
Special to The Gazette Saratoga Iowa State College Howard County agronomy field day drew good attendance. College specialists presented results from experiments on bromegrass oats barley flax winter and spring wheat ladine clover with lime legume and fertilizer trials showing yield gains and optimal rates and rotations. Lincoln Achenbach Fischer led with top two year yields and Clinton oats topped weight per bushel. lime boosted alfalfa and clover yields. nitrogen phosphate mix improved oats yields.
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Iowa State College
Howard County
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M. L. Peterson
H. R. Meldrum
Lincoln
Achenbach
Fischer
Mindo
Clinton
Crops and Soils Field Day Highlights Research Work
Howard county hosts a crops and soils field day as part of a series sponsored by the extension service and agronomy section of the agricultural experiment station. The event demonstrates ongoing research in yields, soil practices, and crop management to affected farmers and cooperators.
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Extension Service, Agronomy Section
Agricultural Experiment Station
Cedar 4-H Delegates Named for State Meeting
Cedar county 4-H clubs will send delegates to the state boys 4-H short course at Iowa State College next week. Delegates include Robert Schneider Lowden Richard Pelzer Atalissa George Thordsen Tipton James Barnhart West Branch Warren Wiese Bennett Paul Andre Mechanicsville. Accompanying them are Ralph Albaugh club leader and Morton Bittinger County Youth Assistant.
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Cedar County
Iowa State College
Robert Schneider
Lowden
Richard Pelzer
Atalissa
George Thordsen
James Barnhart
West Branch
Warren Wiese
Bennett
Paul Andre
Mechanicsville
Ralph Albaugh
Coon Creek
Morton Bittinger
Vocational Agriculture Instructors To Confer
DES MOINES The thirtieth annual vocational agriculture conference will be held at Templar Lake from June to July. State supervisor of education reports about 200 participants are expected including 165 instructors plus veterans farm training staff. Orris Christy of Wilson and Company Cedar Rapids is among the speakers on the four day program.
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Templar le Lake
Hall
Orris Christy
Wilson and Company
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Feeders Upped Cattle Buying in May
Iowa farmers bought 45,193 head for May feedlots, nearly double last year. Cumulative 276,215 head since Jan. 1, with 164,126 a year ago. Heavy purchases suggest continued short feeding as prices stay high. Stocker and feeder sheep and lambs reached 45,216 head for May, vs 15,448 last year. year-to-date 254,398 vs 172,919.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Contour Farming Gains In Winneshiek County
Soil district technicians helped Winneshiek county farmers adopt contour farming and strip cropping on about 4000 acres this year. Over 100 farmers now own hand levels to mark contour lines on their own and neighbors farms, according to W A Edwards SCS conservationist.
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Decorah
Fragmentary note hints at stray fears and drug reference
The readable text shows a scattered fragment about fear of slipping at a sneeze and mentions a medical or drug element, but missing context. No clear persons, organizations, dates, or events are identifiable.
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Candidates for State 4-H Club Offices Named
Eight Iowa 4-H boys have been named candidates for state club offices. Election at the state 4-H boys short course June 30 to July 2 at Iowa State College. Nominees include Cobler, Christensen, Hoover, Lang, Lomen, Nelson, Smith, and Yager with president then other officers chosen by vote totals. Leaders and speakers include G. A. Lineweaver Allan B. Kline H. H. Kildee and Ray Turner. The course features field day visits to experimental farms and research displays. A Monday session opens at 11 am and delegates from most counties are expected.
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Dwight F. Nelson
Boone
Bob Smith
State Dener
Earl Yager
Lake
4-H
Iowa State College
Allan B. Kline
Des Moines
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
H. H. Kildee
Ames
Agricultural Extension Service
Ray Turner
United States Department of Agriculture Extension Service
Iowa
Herold Re-elected to Winneshiek Soil District Board
Leo Herold of Fort Atkinson was re-elected for a six year term on the Winneshiek soil conservation district board. He has served as chairman since the district’s organization.
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Decorah
Leo Herold
Fort Atkinson
Winneshiek
Heavier marketing may ease cattle prices this year
Analysts predict that increased marketing activity could lower cattle prices in the summer and fall, easing costs for buyers while producers face tighter margins.
Late Corn Borers Still Threaten Yields Despite Delays
Iowa State entomologist Harold Gunderson reports corn borers are about three weeks late this year but still pose a serious threat. In Cedar Rapids he notes emergence of adult moths, recommends DDT dusting within two to five days for field and sweet corn, and warns a five percent yield loss at market prices.
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Harold Gunderson
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Gunderson
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