Weather slows farm work but tractors ready for spring rush
The late cold spell delays field work and crop plans while rain shortages raise concerns. Experts note subsoil moisture remains adequate and forecast April rains could restore balance. Kellogg urges conservation as efficient use paired with production, and SCS funding climbs while USDA research budgets face cuts.
New Officers Named By West Union FFA
Ronald Wend land a West Union High School junior was named president of the FFA chapter at a recent meeting. Newly elected officers include Kenneth Grimes vice president James Werhan secretary Elvin Anderson treasurer George Lueder reporter and John Guyer sentinel. Chapter sophomores will plant two oat variety plots and one grass plot this spring on different soil types.
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Ronald Wendland
West Union High School
FFA
Kenneth Grimes
James Werhan
Elvin Anderson
George Lueder
John Guyer
Poland Breeders Enter Tops in Spotlight Sale
Fall boars and gifts from 38 herds in seven states are entered in the Poland China Spotlight show and sale at Hawkeye Downs Cedar Rapids. Judges include James Hillier Harold Hart Oscar D Larson. Premiums total 620 dollars. Sale Saturday at 11 a.m. featuring prize winners and related animals. Spotlight banquet Friday evening at the Montrose hotel with toastmaster Alan Williams.
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Poland
Hawkeye Downs
Cedar Rapids
Cc. M. Mitchell
China Record Association
Galesburg
Ill
James Hillier
Oklahoma A. & M
Harold Hart
Columbus
Ohio
Oscar D. Larson
Webster City
Barrow
Mitchell
Montrose Hotel
Alan Williams
Wilson and Company
Independence Sale Barn Sold by Local Group
Five Independence residents and a Jesup businessman bought the Independence Sales Company founded in 1917 by Fred Klotz. They will continue Saturday auctions and operations as before. The sale barn, Iowa’s oldest, previously handled $511,060 in livestock last year.
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Independence
Jesup
Iowa
John Shriver
Don Miller
Arnold Weise
Wayne Miller
Art Satterlee
Wilda Risdon
Warren Collins
Fred Klotz
Linn County Supervisors Accept 1955 Road Program Plan
The Linn County Board of Supervisors adopts the year 1955 road program with proposed improvements in Otter Creek and surrounding townships. It approves 60 foot right of way guidelines and a 25 percent assessment district for next year’s surfacing projects while noting budgeted authorizations and bid openings for gravel and machinery.
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Iowa
Wiley
Hood
Cedar Rapids
P. Petry
Hart
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Monroe Town
Betty Dostal
J. Norris, Jr
Afte
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Pawnship
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Cupton
Jes N College Houst
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Fayetty G. Yates
Franklin
B. c . Neal
Grant—Raymong B. Strang
Jackson—L. Linn
Melvin Heoaler
Maine
Herbert Pollock
Marion
L. F. Levasseur
Monroe
Melvin McBurney
Otter Creek
Spencer H. Steph Putnam
Louis Dolezal
Segraer
Upgb
Linn
Fee Board of
Ead
Gilbert Caldwell
Lumir_ Cuhel
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Eelearnes Sine
New Electrode Aimed to Help Home Welders on Farms
A new welding electrode nicknamed red improves home welding for farmers by allowing faster welds and easier setup. It features a thick coating with powdered iron that broadens current range and reduces arc length concerns, letting amateurs work in their shops with less risk of shallow welds. The electrode suits ductile cast iron and high carbon steels, and eliminates slag cleanup while costing about 21 cents per pound.
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Dale Paterno
Iowa State College
Paterno
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Larmer Angus Sale Brings High Averages and Bids
In Columbus Junction fifty nine head of Angus cattle sold at the Forrest Larmer Angus sale for an average of 485 dollars. Goose Creek Farms near Muscatine sponsored the sale at the Columbus Junction pavilion. Top cow brought 2100 dollars to Omar G. Evans of Richmond Heights Missouri. A Bloomington Illinois buyer paid 1900 dollars for another cow. The top bull sold for 635 dollars to Dick Venter of Oxford Iowa. Guest consigners included Charles Henderson Muscatine and William Imlau Kensett. Buyers from Illinois Missouri Ohio Kansas Alabama and Nebraska attended.
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Forrest Larmer
Larmer
Goose Creek Farms
Muscatine
Omar G. Evans
Richmond Heights
Woods and Rust
Bloomington
Ill
Dick Venter
Oxford
Charles Henderson
William Imlau
Kensett
Illinois
Missouri
Ohio
Kansas
Alabama
Nebraska
Pipeline Milker Still Clean After 5 Year Assembly
Dairymen at the University of Illinois have kept a milk pipeline clean for five years without dismantling it. They sanitize in place at every milking using a sequence of cool water chlorine rinse, lukewarm flush, hot alkaline detergent wash, and hot water or chlorination. After every fourth milking they use synthetic acid detergent to prevent milkstone buildup. Operator diligence is cited as key to cleanliness. Dollard is a new medium red clover variety recommended for northern Illinois.
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Urbana
Ill
University of Illinois College of Agriculture
Tilinoig
Gold Winners Named at FFA District Meet
At Manchester district FFA public speaking contest winners advance to the state meet. Extemporaneous speaking includes Postville Osage Cresco. public speaking Monona Postville Sumner. parliamentary procedure Waverly Miles. chapter program Postville Waverly. Gold medals awarded in farm mechanics and dairy farmer contests to Miles Postville and Lamont Cresco respectively. Officials books and records also honored with multiple chapters earning medals.
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FFA
Iowa
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Osage
Cresco
Monona
Sumner
Waverly
Miles
New Hampton
Olin
Strawberry Point
Lamont and
Jesup
Reinbeck
Hudson
W. W. Stewart
Harry R. Schroder
Andrew Bird
Allen Brown
Lynn Millard
Lyle Shoot
Walter Jeske
Jim Goodwin
Lynn Brown
John Watcher
Bob Nance
Marshall Grosscup
John Davis
Bruno Rinas
Bob Patton
Stewart Charlton
Richard Bittner
Everett Frink
Jack Satorius
Bill Branch
W. H. Hamilton
L. Wegman
C. J. Joss
Lewis Lauterbaugh
Robert L. Eskridge
Vong
Manchester School
Elkader Herd Achieves Record Milk and Butterfat Averages
Rockrest Farms Holstein herd at Elkader posts yearly averages of 12,486 pounds of milk and 451 pounds of butterfat in the official Herd Improvement Registry. Twenty-one cows contributed to the totals, reflecting strong production across the herd.
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Olin
George Slater and Son
Elkader
Rockrest Farms
Holstein Assn Names New Extension Head
John E. Cooper of Blue Springs Missouri will become director of extensions for the Holstein-Friesian Association of America effective April 1 He succeeds Glen M Householder who retired February 1 Cooper is Adams Dairy Company assistant manager and farm manager and part owner of a 100 head Holstein herd He is a University of Missouri graduate and former county agent with Farm Bureau and 4 H work and currently Missouri Holstein Association secretary He will base at Brattleboro Vermont
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Brattleboro, VI
John E. Cooper
Blue Springs
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Glen M. Householder
Cooper
Adams Dairy Company
Kansas City
University of Missouri
Jackson County
Missouri
Missouri Holstein-Friesian Association
Brattleboro
Quality Egg Program Launched in Buchanan
A Buchanan county group plans a quality egg program to study farm egg handling with cooperation from Carl Allenstein Co A O Cowell McCright Produce Rowley K and B Egg Jesup and Independence Produce. Leonard Eggleston Iowa State College poultry specialist will assist. Records will track handling practices and two week results will show improvements in egg quality and market grade.
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Buchanan County
Jay Partridge
County Legg and Produce Company
Leonard Eggleston
Iowa State College
Carl Allenstein Co
A. O. Cowell
Larmont
McCright Produce Co
Rowley, K and B Egg Co
Jesup
Independence Produce
United Kingdom Adopts Butter Margarine Blend
UK margarine makers report strong sales for a butter and margarine mix with not less than 25 percent cream by weight. A newer margarine sells at 31.5 cents, while ten percent cream variants go for 28 cents and standard margarine at 26.9 cents.
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London
United Kingdom
International Federation of Agricultural Producers
New Zealand Dairy Sales Show Increase
Wellington report shows dairy sales improving with better prospects for 1955. The New Zealand Dairy Products Marketing Commission notes stronger position in the British butter market and records 19.8 million pounds sold to the United Kingdom and 22.9 million pounds to Russia from August to December 1954.
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New Zealand
Wellington
New Zealand Dairy Products Marketing Commission
United Kingdom
Russia
Sow Ration Should Be Non Fattening
URBANA Illinois swine specialists at the University of Illinois study sow and gilt feeding during gestation to find the amount of feed needed for a good litter. They test three feeding levels at the swine farm while noting high costs from bred sows and gilts.
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Urbana
Ill
University of Illinois College of Agriculture
Yohe Sells 160 Acre Farm to Adjacent Neighbor
Robert R. Yohe has sold his 160 acre farm to Ray Strub who already owns an adjoining farm. The Yohes have purchased a farm near Caledonia Minnesota.
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Robert R. Yohel
Ray Istrub
Yohes
Caledonia
Minn
Walker Livestock Sale Adds Notable Heifers And Breeding Stock
Walker Livestock Exchange announces Thursday sale with 10 Guernsey first calf heifers eight milking, two to freshen, plus one milking red cow, one red heifer, heavy springer, one bred heifer, one Jersey heifer milking and to be rebred. Also 1 Hereford bull two years old a good breeder, 4 spotted boars, 3 gilts, 1 sow. Cows calfhood vaccinated.
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Jersey
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