Fallacy Of Cutting Corn Ration Shown In 4-H Lamb Study
Ames extension official J C Galloway reports 1936 37 Spencer and Waterloo 4 H club lamb feeding projects show cutting corn and legume rations in favor of oats and roughages increases cost per 100 pounds of gain. High groups fed more corn and legumes finished finer and earned about 2 dollars more per 100 pounds. low groups incurred higher costs and greater death losses. Results mirrored in Waterloo project with similar weight ranges and feeding records kept by club members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Encolas
Ames
Spencer
Waterloo
Western
J. C. Galloway
Galloway
4-H Club
Grain Show Scheduled Friday At West Branch
West Branch hosts a grain show sponsored by the West Branch Future Farmers the Commercial Club and the Community club next Friday. George Odfrey Ames agricultural relations director speaks after judging of entries. Future Farmers officers Chester Vincent Alton Larson Harold Paulsen oversee arrangements. Water needs listed for horses cows hogs and sheep.
Farm Auction Schedule for March Near Cedar Rapids and Marion
A sequence of farm and livestock auctions listed for March across Iowa locations including Mechanicsville Cedar Rapids Stanwood Ely and Marion. Events feature closing out sales dispersions and horse and mule sales with multiple bidders and farm equipment lots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nesetril
Cedar Rapids
Gray
Dodson Barn
Stanwood
Iowa Livestock Exchange
100 Farm Program Training Schools Schedule This Week
Representatives of the state agricultural conservation committee and the Ames extension service will hold 100 county training schools this week with county and township committeemen to discuss administration of the farm program. Sessions cover regulations and how to compute payments for owners with multiple farms, with Monday meetings in numerous Iowa counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AMES
State Agricultural Conservation Committee
Ames Extension Service
J. J. Reed
AAA
Harrison
Delaware
Dubuque
Keokuk
Hardin
Jasper
Woodbury
Pocahontas
Lucas
Cerro Gordo
Hamilton
Greene
Monroe
Boone
Dickinson
Bremer
Dallas
West Pottawattamie
Henry
Grundy
Buena Vista
Wallace Sets Formula for Balanced Production
Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace urged consumer groups to avoid aiming only for lower prices and to cooperate with producers to achieve balanced production. He proposed a formula for increased balanced production of essential goods at prices that sustain production and consumption without harming resources or democratic processes, calling for inter-industrial planning or government action at key ports to ensure fair income distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Henry A. Wallace
Consumers’ Emergency Council
Balanced growth ties consumer and producer buying power
Secretary Wallace argues purchasing power should mirror producing power with ongoing balance among business labor and agriculture. He cautions that lower prices alone do not boost consumer welfare without higher wages and farm income and envisions stronger consumer organizations gaining bargaining power like producers for broader benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
Indian Creek erosion program to be discussed on WOI
The erosion control program in the Indian Creek demonstration area near Marion will be discussed on WOI AM at noon Tuesday. Linn county farmer Herman Koch and Roy Bennett of the Soil Conservation Service will discuss the project as part of a series showing experiences of waters cooperating in Iowa soil conservation efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indian Creek
Marion
WOT
Ames
Herman Koch
Linn County
Soil Conservation Service
Roy Bennett
Iowa
Benton Farm Loan Association To Meet Wednesday At Vinton
Nineteenth annual meeting of the Benton County National Farm Loan association will be held here Wednesday. Election of directors and report of secretary George D. McElroy are the principal business. There are 258 stockholders eligible to vote. President William C. Kray of Vinton notes the count. Latest figures show motor vehicle users paid special state taxes totaling 950,971,000 in 1935.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinton
Benton County National Farm Loan Association
George D. McElroy
William C. Kray
Gillette to push plan to unite poultry units in USDA
Senator Guy Gillette of Iowa prepared to propose a bill unifying more than a dozen USDA units to oversee poultry and eggs from production to marketing. He cites a wide farmer to consumer price spread and control by centralized marketers. Aimed at curbing racketeering he contrasts his bill with Moore’s measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Guy Gillette
Iowa
Agriculture Department
Gillette
Iowan
Arthur H. Moore
New Jersey
Department of Agriculture
Chicago
Paul Appleby
Wallace
AAA
Dysart Sweet Corn Contract Prices Set by Factory
Dysart farmers will receive $8 per ton for white narrow grain corn and $9.50 per ton for hybrid corn for canning, up from $6.50 and $7 last year respectively, per Factory Manager Charles W. Fort. Corn will be graded by load rather than field, with a 50 cent premium per load for loads grading 95 or above.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dysart
Charles W. Fort
Butterfat Cost and Milk Output In Buchanan C T A
Independence reports February averages for the Wapsie Valley Cow Testing association. The 432 cows on test, including 73 dry, yielded 623 pounds of milk and 26.1 pounds of butterfat per cow with an average feed cost of 28 cents per pound of butterfat and 1.21 dollars to produce 100 pounds of milk. Verne Osborne’s 10 grade Guernseys led the herd with 751 pounds of milk and 38.8 pounds butterfat while Kremer and Robinson’s Holstein top the month with 1,490 pounds milk and 65.6 pounds butterfat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
Wapsie, Valley Cow Testing Association
Verne Osborne
Kremer and Robinson Herd
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Lawrence Peterson
Central City
Frazee
Peterson
Davenport
Sunday Gazette
Cedar Valley Farm Business Association
West Branch
Toher Brothers
Mechanicsville
Tipton
Marak-Steffer Implement Co
Ely
Kemp Angus
Third Street
OLD Post Office
J. C. Landenberger
Optometrist
Benton Farm Loan Association
Geo
Michel Marion
Buchanan
C.T.A
Warner Baxter
Myrna Loy
Preston Foster
Jane Wyatt
James Gleason
Carl Euken
30Th St. SE
Guernsey
Croke
Mt Vernon Ave
Dial
Killian
RCL
A Asetyee LY Ag Hs Waiat
Simmons’ Market
Colone
Pecia
Simmons
Duncan Phyfe
Killian Company
Furniture Daily
Jean Joyce
WMT
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