Ensilage Outperforms Fodder In Iowa Feeder Tests
At Ames a cattle feeders’ meeting heard C C Culbertson present feed trials showing ensilage yields faster gains with lower feed per pound than whole fodder or fodder ground by hammer mill. Re-cut fodder compares favorably, while whole fodder offers lowest costs and slower gains. Heifers gain slower but cost less per hundred pounds, needing similar sale price to common steers to break even.
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Iowa
Ames
C. C. Culbertson
Culbertson
Chicago
Holstein Friesian Convention Held May 31–June 1 in Chicago
The fifty third annual Holstein Friesian Association of America convention will take place May 31 and June 1 at the Palmer House Chicago. Open Forum on opening day. business sessions and the annual banquet on the second day.
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Chicago
Holstein- Friesian Association of America
Palmer House
Stanhope Hybrid Seed Co-op Reports Strong First Year
Stanhope Hybrid Corn association released results of its first year. R W Hill notes five original members paid 5 dollars each to start a 14 acre plot. After expenses each member paid 498 dollars and received about 12.5 bushels of seed. Membership rose to 39. dues 7.50. A 10 acre plot is planned with decisions on variety hail insurance and certification. Detasseling was done by vocational agriculture students.
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Stanhope
Stanhope Hybrid Corn Association
R. W. Hill
Calmar eighty sold at 137.50 an acre
The Alf Krysan farm of 80 acres near Calmar has been sold by Mrs. Wenzel Krysan to John Hosting for 11000 dollars, or 137.50 dollars an acre. Possession passes March 1, 1939.
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Caulmar
Alf Krysan
Calmar
Wenzel Krysan
John Hosting
Farm Improvements North of Mount Vernon
A modern one story frame house rises on the Kepler estate farm a mile north of Mount Vernon replacing an old structure found with oak joists and laths. Luther Plattenberger farm home will gain a sun room bathroom and colonial entrance in extensive improvements.
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Mount Vernon
Kepler
Luther Plattenberger
Hog Prices Follow Fresh Pork Upturn
Hog prices rose in the direct Des Moines area in early week trade with gains of 20 to 25 cents over last week and some sows up 30 cents. Demand across meats remained broad with buyers competitive for supply as weather aided demand and forecasts suggested larger receipts later in the week.
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Des Moines
Chicago
Miss Lillian Lewis Praises Cascade Dubuque County Home Project
Cascade hosts the annual Dubuque county home project achievement day with Miss Lillian Lewis of the Ames extension service rating townships Whitewater and Taylor highly for organization activity and results. Special features from Cascade Jefferson and Concord townships impress, while Prairie and Taylor earn publicity credit. Mrs Chris Donatsch leads a music memory contest with forty three women writing and five.
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Ascade
Lillian Lewis
Ames Extension Service
Whitewater
Taylor
Dubuque County
Cascade
Prairie and
Jefferson
Concord
Lewis
Chris Donatsch
Iowa Farm Bureau
Fayette County
Ames
Miss Lewis
Corn Damaged by Washing Downpour in Iowa Fields
By Ray Anderson considerable washing damage to cornfields reported in eastern Iowa as heavy rains Friday halted harrowing and planting. Replanting and patching expected. little new planting done this week. Some fields like the Schafbach Brothers farm show corn up, with rows croppable in Millersburg area.
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Ray Anderson
Iowa
Farm near Garnaville Shows First Corn in Area
In Garnaville area a farm is up and can be rowed though it is the only corn in the vicinity showing. Few farmers have finished planting as of now. In Lisbon Walt Challis notes tomato plants in blossom and cabbage starting to head, with potatoes planted March 26 ready to blossom.
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Garnaville
Lisbon
Walt Challis
Sweet Corn Clarified as Soil Depleting by Linn County Official
R B Booth vice chairman Linn county AAA committee says the misunderstanding about sweet corn used for canning. He explains that sweet corn is soil depleting wherever used and when fed with ears on it is charged against the farmer's corn base.
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R. B. Booth
Linn County
AAA Committee
the Gazette
Rural Fire Truck Bought at West Liberty
West Liberty fire company purchased a country fire truck dating from 1917 to serve rural areas. Additional equipment will be bought this week. Funds raised by voluntary subscriptions totaled $1,700 with $200 more still needed to cover the total cost.
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West Liberty
Sour Note Sours Cattle Market With Expected Declines Ahead
Chicago reports a mixed week in cattle trading as red steers and yearlings gain early but demand fades late. Good to prime cattle finish up about 25 cents while common grades rise or hold. about 20,000 head loaded in major markets. Traders foresee lower prices if supplies stay large, with common and medium grades likely to fall and steers near 9.50 to 9.56.
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New York
the Gazette
Chicago
Steers and heifers sold at Chicago market below a week’s high
W J Fisch of Sigourney W purchased six 1001 pound steers at Chicago for 9.15 per hundredweight and a load of 906 pound heifers for 875 dollars, as Keo county feeder sales closed Wednesday.
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The
Gazette
Cascade
George Kurt
Chicago
Sigourney
W. J. Fisch
Keokuk County
Wording Dreams of a Country Woman
A country woman muses on wishes for home comforts and farm life including fences, garden, tires, power tools, a caring husband, a larger house, and daily life improvements pondering if wishes would bring satisfaction.
4 H Rally Planned in Buchanan County
Independence hosts the annual Buchanan county 4 H girls rally day from 10 am to 4 pm at Independence High School auditorium.
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Buchanan Co
Independence
Buchanan County
Independence High School
Jones County Farm Chorus to Sing at County Home
The Jones county farm women's chorus will perform at the County Home west of Center Junction in the afternoon of June 16. The event is a program sponsored by the home project division of the Farm Bureau.
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Gazette
Center .Junction
Jones County Farm Women’s Chorus
Center Junction
Home Project Division
The
Farm Bureau
Exports of Corn Continue Heavy From Chicago
The Chicago board of trade reports about 21,000,000 bushels of corn cleared by water in the last month since lake navigation opened, most for export via the St Lawrence river. This marks an all time record versus 7,079,000 bushels in the entire 1937 navigation season. In four days this week over 5,000,000 bushels were loaded, including 61,000,000 bushels direct to Sweden. Simon Mayer of Chicago predicts 80,000,000 bushels will be shipped abroad by June end, with another 30,000,000 to 40,000,000 by Oct 1.
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Chicago Board of Trade Today
Chicago
St Lawrence
Board of Trade
Sweden
Simon Mayer
United States
Mayer
Heifers Bring $9.10 Per Cwt in Chicago Trade
Anamosa feeder C F Storm in Jones county sold a load of heavy heifers for $9.10 per hundredweight in Chicago on Wednesday.
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Gazette
Anamosa
C. F. Storm
Jones County
Chicago
Grazing Plan Solves Pasture Problem at Independence
Independence dairyman A Nelson uses rye and sweet clover for spring and June and an old alfalfa field for late summer to manage continuous grazing for the year.
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Independence
R. A. Nelson
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