Wencil Rehder Feeds Light Lambs With Patience
Palo farmer Wencil Rehder markets light lambs year after year. He fed 116 and 105 pound loads at $28.25 when priced, vaccinated for diseases, and shifted from oats to shelled corn. He also runs 115 steers 85 heifers and 68 sows, noting luck with light lambs and a May 28 birthday snow event.
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Gazette
Wendl Rehder
Palo
Chicago
Rehder
St. Paul
Ppalo
Wencil Rehder
DDT Deemed Cure for Clover Weevils by Iowa State Expert
Ames Iowa State College extension entomologist Harold Gunderson recommends applying 1½ pounds of actual DDT per acre as a dust or spray by ground or airplane to control sweet clover weevils across the state. Weevils cause leaf cuts on seedlings 1 to 1½ inches high and can kill plants. first damage appears soon after feeding. Western Iowa reports indicate up to 75,000 acres of sweet clover destroyed last year.
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Ames
Iowa State College Extension
Harold Gunderson
Gunderson
Western Iowa
Deadline set for May 31 loans on 49 corn producers
May 31 is the deadline for corn producers to obtain loans or purchase agreements on their 949 corn. State PMA Chairman Hervey Hazen told county PMA committees last week. Producers with corn under loan or purchase agreements can extend to July 31, 1951 under the resealing program, with notices due by July 31 and final action by Sept. 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PMA
Hervey Hazen
USDA
Hazen
Commodity Credit Corporation
Mrs Zitch recounts Czechoslovakia visit at Farm Bureau
Mechanicsville resident Mrs Joe Zitch will share her recent trip to Czechoslovakia Monday evening at a Pioneer township Farm Bureau meeting held at the Harry Shrope.
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Mechanicsville
Joe Zitch
Czechoslovakia
Pioneer Township Farm Bureau
Harry Shrope
Audience Participation At Beef Cattle Field Day
Cattlemen attending the Beef Cattle and Land field day at Hawkeye Downs May 24 will evaluate breeding feeder and fat cattle before a panel of experts gives the final appraisal. The event is sponsored by the Iowa Beef Producers Association and features Angus Hereford and Shorthorn cattle with university and industry judges guiding the sessions.
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Hawkeye Downs
Iowa Beef Producers’ Association
J. C. Holbert
Iowa
H. H. Kildee
Iowa State College
Roy O'Donnell
Colo
Erwin Schmuecker
Marengo
Kildee
Leigh Curran J
Mason City
F. R. Carpenter
Hayden
Col. W. N. Anderson
West Liberty
Royal Holt
Rippey
Prof
P. S. Shearer
Herbert Cline
Bussey
Addis Greiman
Garner
Shearer
Jim Mulvihill
Cumming
Lester Wiese
Manning
Floyd Claussen
Spencer
Baird Scott
Vinton
Rex Beresford
E. C. Turkington
Letts
Ford Schmidt
Delmar
Probert
Roscoe R. Snapp
University of Illinois College of Agriculture
Agricultural Bureau of the
Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce
All-Iowa Fair Association
Wilson and Company
Artificial Breeding Surges in Dairy Cattle
Artificial breeding in dairy cattle began 12 years ago with 100 farmers and 1 050 cows. Today about three million cows are bred artificially each year, representing 12 percent of the nation’s milk cows.
Iowa and Nebraska shipper honored at Omaha banquet
William H. Chrisman of Mapleton Iowa a 91 year old stockman who began shipping to Omaha in 1884 the year the market opened will be one of 32 long time shippers honored at the third annual recognition dinner May 17 The group includes 31 men and one woman from Iowa Nebraska and Colorado.
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Omaha
William H. Chrisman
Mapleton
Iowa
Nebraska
Colorado
Weathered week on a country diary farm sights
Jane records a week on a farm with storms and repairs, noting wrens, dogwoods, magnolias, windbreak value, kingly birds, garden progress, hail and frost worries, and daily tasks from repairing roofs to gardening and visiting. Jim and Jane reflect on family, church, and community, with small joys and setbacks threaded through each day.
Brannan urges broad river project view across basins
Agriculture Secretary Brannan called for unified land and water programs in river control, criticizing piecemeal power projects as unbalanced. He urged farmers to participate in shaping multi purpose developments from the Potomac to the Rio Grande and including the St. Lawrence and Columbia basins.
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Washington
Ins
Brannan
U.S
St. Lawrence Seaway
Columbia River Basin
Potomac
Rio Grande
Barnes Tops Scoring At Creamery Meeting
Volga Iowa—Joe Barnes of Alpha won the butter scoring at the Section 11 Iowa Creamery Operators Assn meeting in Volga. His 941 points led the event as Inspector Clair Hogan and President Francis Giblin spoke. Fred Gernand and Mrs Giblin hosted 75 attendees at the Volga creamery.
Federal meat inspection to expand to intra state processors
The USDA will offer federal meat inspection to plants selling locally within a state, with cooperative agreements and a new fee schedule. Intra state products will bear a diamond emblem rather than the blue interstate stamp. The June 2 regulations were announced last week as communities pressed for the service.
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Ederal
USDA
Bureau of Animal Industry
IFAP to Meet in Sweden on Global Agricultural Issues
The International Federation of Agriculture Producers plans a May 29 to June 7 gathering in Saltsjöbaden Sweden with 40 farm organizations from 27 countries. Officers Dr. H. H. Hannum and Andrew Cairnes lead the group as delegates discuss commodity clearing houses fair trade codes and international wheat sugar and cotton agreements. The Commerce Department notes March consumer income rose to 212 billion dollars annual rate, up from February and 2 billion above March 1949, with wages and salaries driving most of the gain.
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Armers
Saltsjobaden
Sweden
International Federation of Agriculture Producers
IFAP
H. H. Hannum
Andrew Cairnes
Canada
European Committee On European Economic Recovery
Department of Commerce
Free Book on Arthritis and Rheumatism
An Excelsior Springs Missouri clinic offers a free enlarged book titled Rheumatism that explains why drugs provide only temporary relief and how to obtain lasting relief. No obligation is required for requesting the booklet by writing to The Ball Clinic Dept. 1402.
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Excelsior Springs
Ball Clinic
Missouri
Milk Producers Urge Bargaining Group in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids dairy farmers form a committee to press for a price bargaining agency. They cite rising feed costs and falling milk prices, urge a mass meeting Monday at 6 p.m. in the C S P S hall, and name an action committee including Miles Sutera and others.
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Cedar Rapids
C.S.P.S. Hall
Chamber of Commerce
Miles Sutera
Robins
Floyd Booth
J. W. Pirie
Art Bezdek
Charles Lensch
Atkins
Arnold Bader
Marion
William Gibney
Palo
Russell Miller
Mt. Auburn
Fayette County Farm Bureau Building Underway
Work began last week on the Fayette County Farm Bureau building in Fayette. The cement block structure measures 54 by 56 feet with brick facing on the west and south sides. An auditorium occupies the first floor with offices above, built by Epperson and Company of Sumner.
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Fayette
Fayette County Farm Bureau
Epperson and Company of
Sumner
Rex Conn Hour Debuts on KCRG 1600 AM
The Rex Conn Hour is a daily feature on KCRG 1600 AM beginning at 6:00 a.m. The program airs each morning, providing early content and local voice.
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Rex Conn
KCRG-1600
USDA Proposes New Beef Grade Revisions
The USDA outlined changes to federal beef grade standards to better match marketing practices. Prime would merge with current prime, good would be renamed choice, and a new good grade would cover high quality young cattle now under commercial.
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Washington
INS
Agriculture Department
Department
Value of Farms Averages Above November 1949
Washington AP report notes stable farm prices and improved business conditions helped halt declines in farm real estate values. National values in March slightly above last November but about 3 percent below a year ago, with strong demand for full-time farms and smaller ones for part-time use. Regional gains varied, with Rockies and Pacific Coast lagging.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
North Dakota
Minnesota
Texas
Louisiana
Indiana
Kentucky
North Carolina
Florida
Rocky Mountain
Pacific Coast
Iowa
Nebraska
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E. Coln & Sons
Bill Probert
Wilson and Co
Coggon Livestock Exchange
W. F
Bill Mitchell
Bud Smith
Coggan
Lowe Garner P. Elliott
Jane
Jim
Grindstone
Young Johnnie
Fuiday
Jay
Pil
Tubby
Friend’s
Trilium
William
Woodlands
Tag
Delbert Junge
Elberon
Joyce
Gloria
Beverly
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Europe
American Farm Bureau Federation
New York
Britain
France
Germany
Norway
Denmark
Netherlands
Belgium
F.B. Magazine
Allan Kline
Kline
Atlantic
Commerce Department
International Commodity Clearing House
Food and Agriculture Organization
Committee On Commodity Problems
International Labor Organization
City Hide & Fur Co
First Street
F. B
Ovid A. Martin
Teds
J. C. Kintz CO
Fifth Street
Eastern Iowa Livestock Commission
Illinois
Wilbur Colby
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