Identification Plan For All C T A Cows In US
Eighteen eastern Iowa cow testers heard a national plan to ear tag and register production data for every cow in each test association. The project aims to identify brood cows and sires as part of a germ plasm search led by USDA with data stored at Ames and Washington. Certificates may be issued to owners of cows delivering high butterfat, with 467 cows already eligible for recognition.
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United States
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
A. B. Nystrom
Bureau of Dairy Industry
Washington
Nystrom
United States Department of Agriculture
Floyd Johnston
Extension Department of Dairy Husbandry
Ames
Johnston
Dairy Extension Service
Fence Drift and Milestone in Central City Farm Life
Rob Forrest died Tuesday evening at Central City, described as a grand old man. The piece notes a Shetland pony connected to the Forrest farm and details dairy milk production from cows, then shifts to a regional report on feed supplies and ration adjustments for winter livestock, with estimates of corn oats hay and ensilage sufficiency and tester recommendations.
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R. D. Forrest
Central City
Rob Forrest
Creomulsion Advertisement Warns Cough May Signal Danger
An old style ad declares a three day cough could signal danger and promotes Creomulsion as a remedy that soothes inflamed membranes and loosens phlegm. It promises a druggist guarantee and money back if not satisfied from the first dose.
Plant and livestock genetics progress contrasted in breeding
The livestock breeder is not nearly so far advanced as the plant breeder in applying genetics to his problems. The remark highlights differing adoption rates of genetic techniques between farming domains and implies tangle of practical challenges and research emphasis.
Dairymen Report Butterfat Returns Rise With Ration Balance
October results from Linn county dairy associations show feed costs and butterfat yields tied to ration balance. Association No. 3 reports Batchelder herd at 39.2 pounds butterfat from 966 pounds milk, fed a four corn four oats one soybean meal ration. Association No. 1 shows 22.4 pounds butterfat from 520 pounds milk with 18.14 cents feed per pound butterfat. High herd averages include E. W. Stanley Springville at 38.3 pounds butterfat and 1,034 pounds milk from eleven Holsteins. Ralph Smith Ely's Jersey herd averaged 37.6 pounds butterfat and 744 pounds milk from fourteen cows.
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Linn County
Otto W. Bruns
Burns
Association No. 3
Association No. 1
E. W. Stanley
Springville
Guernsey
L. F. Bedell
Linn Association No. 2
Ralph Smith and Son of Ely
E. C. Forest
Mount Vernon
Nubbin Derby Attracts 18 Iowa Corn Shuckers Near Newhall
The 70 acre Nubbin Derby site on Herald Grovert farm three miles north of Newhall hosts Iowa's eighteen fastest corn shuckers. Event starts 10 30 a m with a 5000 car capacity. Local 4 H club serves lunch while Ames crop department tallies net loads. Bands from Vinton Atkins Newhall Blairstown and Van Horne perform. state and county officials oversee parking and road routes. Weather forecasters predict warmer temperatures with possible clouds.
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Herald Grovert
Newhall
Iowa
Benton County
Leland A. Fry
Albert Stuart
Cedar Rapids
Vinton
Tor
Ames Farm Crops Department
Atkins
Blairstown
van Horne
Ray Murray
John W. Gwynne
Waterloo
Francis Johnson
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Feeding values of corn grades tested
An experiment reported for Minnesota hog producers compares feeding values of three corn grades No 2 yellow No 3 yellow and sample grade yellow fed from July 22 to Oct 20 to nine pigs per pen. Pigs fed sample grade corn showed the highest gains at the lowest cost per day.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
E. F. Ferrin
University Farm
Ferrin
Lydia E. Pinkham Vegetable Compound Promotes "Smiling Through"
An advertisement urges women to use Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to ease menstrual discomfort and other female health issues. It portrays the product as helping women endure three life stages with weariness hidden from husbands and promotes a cheerful image of middle aged resilience.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Nature
Upcoming Farm Auctions Across Iowa This Week
A series of farm auctions runs from Thursday to Monday across several towns. Purebred livestock sale by Weaver Witwer near Marion, closing out sale by R C Greenwald near Solon, tipton community sale, Beverly livestock sale, and Iowa Livestock Exchange in Cedar Rapids. Also Anamosa, Albia, and Oxford area closings listed.
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Weaver Witwer
Marion
R. C. Greenwald
East
Solon
Tipton
Beverly
Iowa Livestock Exchange
Cedar Rapids
Oren Gray
Oxford
Feed Efficiency Across Three Lots Shows Varied Gains
The first lot yields 1.69 pounds daily gain, the second 1.71, and the third 1.75. Feed per 100 pounds of gain are 360.06, 355.03, and 357.18 pounds respectively. Costs per 100 pounds of gain are $7.21 for lot one, $6.75 for lot two, and $6.47 for lot three.
Brown Swiss Tops Independence Farm Auction at $110
A purebred Brown Swiss cow sold for $100 to top the farm sale at L. S. Hayward near Independence. The auction also offered Broad sows with pigs up to $59 and Rhode Island Red pullets at 62 cents each. A team of 12 year old mules brought $226. Oats sold for 45 cents, new corn 90 cents, and old corn 98 cents.
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Independence
L. S. Hayward
Rhode Island
Livestock Sale At William Rea Farm Near Waukon
Twenty five feeder shoats averaged around 5.25 dollars each at the William Rea sale west of Waukon this week. Twelve cows brought up to 52.50 dollars, four three year old heifers sold for 24 dollars, two year old heifers for 20 dollars, and calves sold from 12 to 15 dollars.
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Waukon
William Rea
Market Report Steers Bring Season-High Price in Chicago
Jamison and Rohwedder marketed a load of twenty 1,305-pound steers in the Chicago market Tuesday at 11.65 per hundredweight, the season's highest price for steers of that weight.
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Gazette
Wyoming
Jamison and Rohwedder
Chicago
Tipton 4 H Exhibitors to Show Angus Beef at Chicago Expo
Harold Hamann of Sunbury and Myron Schneider of London Cedar county will exhibit Angus baby beeves in the 4 H club show at the International Livestock Exposition in Chicago from November 28 to December 5.
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Gazette
Tipton
Cedar County
Harold Hamann
Sunbury
Myron Schneider
London
Angus Baby
Chicago
Senator James F. Wilson Farm Sells For 22000
Columbus Junction real estate dealers report the sale of the Senator James F Wilson farm of 25814 acres near Morning Sun to James Wilson and son Harold for 22000. The farm has fair improvements.
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Columbus Junction
Duncan and Johnston
James F. Wilson
Morning Sun
James Wilson
Harold
Farmers Night School Opens In Waukon
WAUKON The first of twelve evening meetings will be at Waukon high school on November 10. The topic is Selecting the Right Type of Cow for a Herd.
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Gazette
Waukon
Waukon High School
Barn raising near Riverside replaces windworn structure
Seventy men aided at a barn raising on the Harry Grout farm west of Riverside under Solomon Ropp of Kalona. The 46 by 56 foot barn will store 75 tons of hay 1500 bushels of corn and shelter fifty head of livestock, replacing the previous barn destroyed in June by a windstorm.
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Riverside
Harry Grout
Solomon Ropp
Kalona
Public Sale of Purebred Livestock and Horses at Marion
Auction announces sale of Guernsey and Red Poll bulls with dam records in ring. Also Aberdeen Angus, Hampshire boars, chickens, turkeys, sheep, and horses. Items include 600 egg incubator and a variety of standard farm equipment. Terms: half cash and balance in 12 monthly payments at 6 percent interest. Weave s Witwer, owner. P C Lassen, auctioneer.
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Guernsey
Aberdeen
Marion City
Old Guanenes Park
Lane
Bonnie Brae
Archer
Lindy
Floyd
Fred’ Noble
Fred
Paul
C.T. A
New Hampshire
Iowa to Enter About One Hundred Butter Samples at National Meet
About 100 Iowa entries will compete in the butter exhibit at the National Creamery Buttermakers Association gathering in LaCrosse Wisconsin November 10 and 11. Approximately 350 entries from twelve states have been received and judging starts November 3. Merle and Wallace Lang of Poweshiek County and a three member Iowa buttermaker team will participate.
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Ames
Iowa
National Creamery Buttermakers Association
LaCrosse
Wis
A. W. Rudnick
National Association
Poweshiek County
Minnesota
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Merle
Wallace Lang
Brooklyn
Rudnick
Roy C. Potts
Federal Bureau of Economics
Mr. Rudnick
T. G. Stitts
Farm Credit Administration
Iowa Experiment Station
H. C. Raven
Portland
Ore
L. C. Thomsen
University of Wisconsin
Royal Holbrook
Ames Engineering Extension Division
T. A. Erickson
University of Minnesota
A. C Hillstad
Wisconsin Bureau of Markets
H. C. Jackson
S. T. Coulter
Second Cargo Of Argentine Corn Arrives Chicago
The steamer George L. Torian from Three Rivers Quebec arrived in South Chicago Tuesday unloading 108 000 bushels of Argentine corn. Five days earlier another steamer unloaded 83 000 bushels and a third ship is scheduled to dock this week with more than 100 000 bushels.
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the Gazette
Chicago
George L. Torian
Three Rivers
Quebec
High producing Jersey herd tops Mahaska Cow Test October
Seventeen grade and purebred Jerseys owned by Paul Niswander of Bloomfield led the Mahaska county Cow Test association for October with an average production of 596 pounds of milk and 30.4 pounds of butterfat. The high cow owned by Otis Taylor of Delta produced 1314 pounds milk and 52.6 pounds of butterfat.
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DELTA
Paul Niswander
Bloomfield
Mahaska County
Otis Taylor
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