Oats Respond Well To Use Of Fertilizer
Iowa State college extension agronomist H. R. Meldrum reports five years of tests showing oats respond to nitrogen and phosphate but not potash. Optimal yields come from 10 to 20 pounds nitrogen and 40 pounds phosphate per acre with 250 pounds of 4-16-0 on average soils. Barley also benefited from phosphate with about 11 bushels per acre gain.
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Ames
Iowa
H. R. Meldrum
Extension Agronomist
Iowa State College
Meldrum
The
Agronomist
Labor Clinics Set for Johnson County Iowa
Johnson County Iowa will host farm labor clinics at the state employment service office starting Thursday from 10 am to 4 30 pm. Mrs Nellie Verdin says private interviews will link laborers and former employers and sessions will continue each Thursday through spring and summer as needed.
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Iowa City
State ‘Employment Service
Nellie Verdin
Johnson County
Verdin
Signs of spring emerge amid light frosts and moisture
The writer notes lagging signs of spring with maple buds still small this March and little ground frost. Runoff from thaws was light, water soaking in, and Iowa fared better than the West. Moisture from recent snow suggests good grass and strong wheat prospects this year.
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Iowa
West
Delaware AAA Reports 212 Corn Loans and 139 Bushel Price
Manchester Delaware county AAA office reports 212 corn loans on 203000 bushels at 139 per bushel. The office has nearly 30 applications to process, 13500 bushels under purchase agreement, plus 32 oat loans and six soybean loans from last fall. Sign-up for 1949 AAA plans runs through March 10.
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Manchester
Delaware County
AAA
Chester McCarthy
McCarthy
North Fork
Delhi
Coffins Grove
Dairy Industry Day Set March 23 in Ames
Iowa State College will host Dairy Industry Day on March 23 with a full eight phase program for manufacturers and creamerymen. The event covers the latest processing developments and practical applications in dairy production. 229 horses were sold at the Iowa Livestock Exchange in Cedar Rapids the same day, led by a spotted mare team at 325 dollars and a bay saddle mare at 150 dollars.
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Ames
Cedar Rapids
Iowa State College
Iowa Livestock Exchange
Bill Dabb
Olin
August Happel
Rudy Novak
Wesley Waterhouse
Lockweed
First National
Marlon
Farmers gain support from Peoples Bank in Linn and nearby counties
Clyde Scott advocates terracing and has terraced his entire Marion area farm using a two-bottom tractor plow. Peoples Bank and Trust Company of Cedar Rapids offers complete financial services for farmers across Linn and adjoining counties with offices in Newhall and Center Point. Elwood Freese, who held a closing-out sale last week, has moved to his new home in Alburnett.
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Linn
Peoples Bank and Trust Company
Cedar Rapids
Newhall
Center Point
Clyde Scott
Marion
Elwood Freese
Alburnett
Little Genius
Harrow
Rotary Hee
International
John Deere
Stover
Miller A.C
McCermick-Deering
Charmson
Charmson -Stainlens Steel
Forage Crop Meeting In Manchester Draws Farmers
Delaware county farmers met Extension Agronomist Ralph Krenzin at the Manchester courthouse for a Delaware Farm Bureau sponsored forage crop session. About 65 attendees and a 75 percent involvement in alfalfa or planned sowing. discussions covered mixtures, seeding rates, and seasonal grazing strategies with oats to reduce heavy stands. The fourth and final meeting is Friday in the courthouse with experts from Iowa State College.
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Gasette
Delaware County
Ralph Krenzin
Manchester
Krenzin
Franklin Phillips
Earlville
William Meisgeier
Paul McElmee
Lawrence Lillibridge
Greeley
Calvin
C. E. Hartbeck
John O'Dell
Court House
Delaware Farm Bureau
Robert Hall
Harold Gunderson
Dave Staniforth
Iowa State College
Hog raising advances and British tenancy compared at Winter Fair
Farmers report progress in hog production through improved farrowing pens electric brooders heat lamps and pig vaccination while Britain maintains long tenancy with stable leases and generous tenant protections. The piece notes tax deadlines including March 15 for federal returns and month-end for state filings.
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Britain
Harold Saunders
Reading University
Berkshire
England
Cattle prices seen holding edge into next years says Beresford
Iowa State College agri cultural specialist Rex Beresford says beef cattle prices should hold an advantage over hogs for the next three to four years but at a lower level than during the past two years. He attributes this to consumer tightening and a readjustment of meat spending toward prewar levels.
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Ames
Iowa State College
Rex Beresford
Beresford
Swine Meetings Planned in Allamakee County
Two swine meetings will be held in Allamakee county on March 15. Extension Swine Specialist E. L. Quaife will conduct the meetings.
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Waukon
Allamakee County
E. L. Quaife
Upcoming Rural Auctions and Livestock Sales Listed
The Gazette advertises multiple closing out and auction events across several days. Fred D. Ratcliff near Coggon hosts livestock and machinery sales. Red Leaf near Morey offers stock and equipment. Arthur Bailey and Sons north of West Liberty run a Spotted Polands sale. Mable Morrisey near Ryan lists a 125 acre farm auction with livestock and gear. Rudy Novak near Marion announces livestock machinery hay grain auctions.
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Fred D. Ratcliff
Morey
Poland
Arthur Bailey and Sons
West Liberty
Mable Morrisey
Ryan
Rudy Novak
Marion
Meat prices likely stay high for years, cattle numbers fall
The article notes meat will stay expensive for 3 to 4 years as US cattle numbers drop to the lowest since 1945, about 10 million head lower, while the population nears 150 million, implying beef must come from other sources due to long cattle production times.
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United States
Bliss Urges Farmers to Buy Savings Bonds in Iowa Drive
R K Bliss of Ames, chair of the agricultural advisory committee, said farmers should take about half of Iowa's quota in the upcoming opportunity savings bond sales. The committee met to push the campaign as ownership benefits both farmers and the community. The drive runs May 15 through June.
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Des Moines
Iowa
R. K. Bliss
Ames
State Savings Bond Sales Division
Guernsey and Brown Swiss Meetings Set
Brown Swiss and Guernsey breeders will meet with breed association fieldmen during the first two weeks in March. Dallas McGinnis announced the district sessions with district leaders Canto and Stumbo directing. Eastern Iowa Brown Swiss dates include Oskaloosa Onal 7 and Cedar Rapids March 4 7:30 p.m. and Postville March 7 11 a.m. Guernsey districts list Fayette Independence Iowa City and Mount Pleasant with March dates as noted.
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Waterloog
Breed Association
Dallas McGinnis
Iowa State Dairy Association
Dick Stumbo
Swiich
Beloit
Wis
George Chambers
Lewiston
Flora Arnold
Ray Marley
Iowa State College
McGinnis
Iowa
Oskaloosa
Canton
Cial Breeding Association Labotory
Cedar Rapids
Postville
Guerney
Fayette
Independence
Iowa City
Mt. Pleasant
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