USDA says stories of profits from surplus potato bags are false
The USDA denied reports of huge profits from selling surplus potatoes bagged in burlap. Officials said no single buyer handled 2.5 million bushels, bag resale earns 10 to 25 cents, and transportation costs cut into any bag profits. Most surplus spuds go to livestock feed or export in new bags only rarely.
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USDA
Ashington
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Agriculture Department
Spain
Portugal
Soil testing lab handles 5,947 samples across eastern Iowa
The Iowa State college soil testing lab in Cedar Rapids tests samples from 24 eastern Iowa counties and 26 others statewide. Darrell Russell said since September to March 1, 5,947 samples were processed, each representing about 10 acres. Experts then prepare fertilizer and soil treatment recommendations.
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Iowa State College
Cedar Rapids
Jones County DHIA reports year end milk and fat averages
The Jones county No 1 DHIA lists 463.32 cow years averaging 9 357 pounds of milk and 359 pounds of fat for the year ending March 31. Top herds include George Slater and son at Olin with 15 140 pounds of milk and 553 5 pounds of fat.
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Bud Bros
Monticello
Muller Bros
Frederick Decker
Clarence
Jones County
DHIA
R. J
W. C. Bone
E. R. Wahl
New Corn Canning Machinery Planned for Monticello Plant
W. A. Long, president of W. A. Long and Sons Canning Company, announces installation of machinery to scientifically wash each corn kernel at the Monticello factory. He notes farmers will plant sweet corn as a fill-in crop for limited field corn acreage under allotments.
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Monticello
W. A. Long
W. A. Long and Sons Canning Company
Hulse Litters Average More Than 10 Pigs
Clarence area farm reports 205 pigs from 21 sows at the Hulse operation. Merlin and Richard Hulse manage sows at farrowing time and move litters to pasture on a chrome timothy alfalfa mix. Pigs are fed self-fed with Poland crossbreds and new blood added by eight Poland sows.
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Jim Bruce
Clarence
Hulse
Richard E. Hulse
Merlin
Minnesota
M Hulses
Poland
Mr. Hulse
Hulses
Worcester Re-elected by Agricultural Bureau
Charles Worcester was re elected chairman of the agricultural bureau of the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce at the bureau s annual meeting Thursday afternoon. Bureau members also voted to increase the executive committee from seven to 10 members and to name a committee to study methods of financing the organization s activities. Alan Williams reported on live stock activities sponsored by the bureau during the last year including the 4 H sheep show the State Hereford and Angus shows and sales the Iowa State Spring
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Charles Worcester
Agricultural Bureau of the
Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce
Bureau
Alan Williams
Iowa Swine Producers Elect Officers at Ames Meeting
At the annual Ames gathering the Iowa Swine Producers Association re elected directors Richard Stephens from Crawfordsville J S Van Wert of Hampton and Marion Steddom of Granger. Bernard Collins of Clarion joins the board and officers Eugene Fitz Melbourne president Marion Steddom vice president Tom Manley Cole secretary and J S Van Wert treasurer were re elected.
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Ames
Iowa Swine Producers Association
Richard Stephens
Crawfordsville
J. S. van Wert
Hampton
Marion Steddom
Granger
Bernard Collins
Clarion
Eugene Fitz
Melbourne
Steddom
Tom Manley
Cole
van Wert
Lisbon-Bert Miller Purchases Top Feamer Farm Gift
Lisbon Duroc breeder Lisbon-Bert Miller bought one of the premier gifts offered at the Feamer Farm sale in Orion Michigan.
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Lisbon
Bert Miller
Orion
Mich
SCS Nursery Moves to Ankeny Site for Expanded Conservation Work
The Soil Conservation Service Nursery will relocate from south of the Iowa State campus to an 80 acre site at the Ankeny field station, expanding testing and distribution of forage crops and other vegetation. The move, to be completed within two years, aims to strengthen soil and water conservation in Iowa and the Upper Mississippi Valley with college technical support and SCS labor and materials.
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Ames
Soil Conservation Service Nursery
Iowa College
Ankeny
Floyd Andre
R. H. Musser
Soil Conservation Service
College
SCS
Highway 60
Andre and
Musser
Iowa
The
Upper
Mississippi Valley
Minnesota
Missouri
Illinois
Wisconsin
Indiana
Michigan
Ohio
College Committee For Agricultural Development
Optimism and dairy sire proving shape postwar dairy progress
The piece urges optimism amid perceived gloom, noting postwar prosperity and price leveling. It details Iowa State College DHIA analyses on dairy sires, showing 10 bulls with varied daughter production, four underperforming and six performing well, with one dead sire contributing a 120 pound gain. It highlights the spread of artificial breeding reducing sire searches and cites Emil Lamparek’s Holstein herd proving 1400 pounds milk and 37 pounds butterfat gains.
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Iowa States College Dhia
Guernsey
Emil Lamparek
Cedar Rapids
Femce
Pontiac Ormsby Fobes
Wallace Mills
Coggon
Mills
Lamparek
DHIA
Iowa State College
Usda Bureau of Dairy Industry
Washington
Fox seen in barnyard during Monticello visit
Vincent Simmons visited Bob Holub when they spotted a fox in the barnyard. They followed the animal as it moved through the yard, observing its path and behavior.
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Monticello
Vincent Simmons
Bob Holub
Dairy Group Boosts Ads Budget to 2 Million in 1951
The American Dairy Association will double its advertising spend to two million dollars in 1951 and may reach four million under a new financing plan announced by general manager Owen M. Richards at the 11th annual Chicago convention. Previously the industry funded ads by a one cent per pound butterfat levy in June. The new plan would require producers to donate a quarter-cent per pound of butterfat or milk equivalent monthly.
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Chicago
INS
American Dairy Association
Owen M. Richards
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Sears Housewares Dept
Sears and
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Third Avenue
Merlin Hulse
Richard E
Worcester
Agricultural Bureau
Iowa Swine Producers Assn
Sanitary
16Th Ave
Ee Nsee Meat Market
Dial
Decker
Macaroni
Aria
LINCO
Oxydol
Blackhawk
Libby
Pearl
SCS Nursery
A. B.C
FOX den
Dairy Group
Oa Hed
Roper
Illinois Gas
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