Corn Stretched By Pasture on Behrends Farm
Clayton county farmer Frances Behrends near Millville shows how alfalfa brome pasture reduces corn needs for hog fattening. With 53 spring pigs aimed at 200 pounds at six months, pasture and supplemental feeds boosted growth. he notes two acres of pasture saved many bushels of corn and improved overall profitability for his Holstein herd and hay crops.
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Millville
Clayton County
Frances Behrends
Behrends
Iowa
Reherends
Public sale notices dissolving partnership details
Public sale announced as partnership dissolves. Sale location given as Paul DeForrest farm, described as 5 miles east of Center Point on Central City road then 3 miles north and a half mile west, or 2 miles north and a half mile west of Alice, or 4 miles southwest of Troy Mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Point
Central City Road
Alice
Troy Mills
Paul DeForrest
Sale of dairy cattle hogs and equipment set for October sale
Wednesday October 20 1948 sale begins 12 30 at Hendryxk Lunch Stand on grounds head of castes includes seventeen Holstein cows several with calves plus registered stock and heifers also hogs sows and pig stock dairy equipment such as a De Laval milker four bucket pipeline cream cans and related items all listed with breeding and herd details for potential buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hendryxk
Guernsey
de Laval
Bank ownership details for local officials revealed
G. H. Lowe and Howard Walters are listed as owners with Virgil Heins and M. J. McCalley as auditors for Peoples Bank & Trust Company, with a clerk also noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil Heins
M. J. McCalley
Auds
Peoples Bank & Trust Companys
Clayton 4-H Rally Day Set by Elkader School
Clayton county 4-H Boys and parents meet October 23 at 7 45 p m in Elkader school auditorium. Featured speaker Eugene Woodcock Tripoli reports on 4 H membership value. Officers elected include Mickey Roach Lyle Roys Ernest McNeal and Kenneth Troester. Musical selections group singing skits and a champion dairy demonstration program will be featured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkader
Clayton County
Eugene Woodcock
Tripoli
Bremer County
Mickey Roach
Volga
Lyle Roys
Arlington
Ernest McNeal
Garber
Kenneth Troester
St. Olaf
4-H
Peppy Pointers
Jefferson Go-Hawks
Dairy Cattle Congress
Illinois Swine Breeders Enter Brucellosis Plan
Illinois purebred hog breeders join a university backed brucellosis testing project. Over 100 herd owners are enrolled and 30 have earned state accreditation for brucellosis free herds. Two negative tests 30 to 90 days apart qualify a herd.
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Urbana
Illinois
Illinois University
State Department of Agriculture
Deer Beaver and Strange Cat In Fayette News
West Union Elgin and Clermont farmers report a tame buck deer with an ear tag tied to Elmer W. Meyer and a possible park escape. Waucoma residents watch beavers felled trees by the river and hear them at night. A rumored roaming strange animal with a cat like head and striped body is said to have escaped a circus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Union
Elgin
Clermont
Elmer W. Meyer
Elmer
Fayette County
Waucoma
Iva Smittle
Iowa 4-H Drives Membership Amid Growth in Iowa
October opens a new 4-H year with a membership drive across Iowa. R K Bliss of Iowa State College notes 4-H reaches farm youth through projects in agriculture and home economics. The program emphasizes teamwork, future planning, and citizen training as its ranks near 45 000 members statewide.
Farm Change Hands in Highland Township Sale
Allan Longmuir sold his Highland township farm to James Shea. A closing out sale is scheduled later this month by the new owner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan Longmuir
Highland Township
James Shea
Longmuir
Record Farm Machinery Output Set to Hit New High
The Agriculture Department forecasts 1948 farm equipment production will exceed 1947 by 15 percent and stay near top levels in 1949. Tractor output leads gains while tractor power drives 96 percent of plowing in the Plains and 92 percent in the Corn Belt. A note warns 1949 gains may be smaller despite high prices for machinery and fuel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Corn Belt
Plains
Dakotas
Nebraska
Kansas
Ohio
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Missouri
Pacific Coast
Iowa Clover Seed Crop To Be Small
Iowa forecasts a small red clover seed crop for 1948 at 70 000 bushels, down from 97 000 last year. U S production is projected at 1 662 700 bushels with higher acreage and modest yield gains, while 1947 figures were 1 253 800 bushels and 1 578 300 average.
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Des Moines
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Iowa
United States
Soul Conservation of a Lonesome Autumn Wind
A reflective piece describes autumn wind as more than loneliness, noting how it stirs corn leaves and exposes drying ears. The wind is given purpose, transforming a melancholy mood into a meaningful, good sound.
Berger to Speak at Kiwanis 4 H Banquet Tuesday
Walter C. Berger of Chicago president of the American Feed Manufacturers Association will speak at the Linn county 4 H banquet to be held Tuesday for older 4 H boys and their fathers. Berger's early life began on a Wyoming farm and he later moved to Cedar Rapids before graduating from Washington High School. He studied agricultural economics at Iowa State College, joined the War Food Administration in 1943, directing its feed management branch for two and a half years. Approximately 80 guests are anticipated at the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce dinner.
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Walter C. Berger
Chicago
American Feed Manufacturers Association
Kiwanis Club
Linn County
Berger
Wyoming
Cedar Rapids
Washington High School
Iowa State College
War Food Administration
Cedar Rapids Kiwanis Club
Chamber of Commerce
Atomic energy may cut fertilizer costs for farmers
Beltsville Maryland AP reports that soil scientists at the agriculture department plant industry station are testing radioactive phosphorus to trace fertilizer uptake. If successful even a one percent cut could justify the program, with plans to extend to other elements and insecticides and to study effects on plant growth and application methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beltsville, Md
Atomic Energy
Agriculture Department
Plant Industry Research Station
Oak Ridge, Tenn
Atomic Energy Plant
Lyle Alexander
McGeough Sells Farm and Buys Waukon Residence
Frank McGeough sold his 80 acre farm south of Waukon and bought the Harry Diehl residence on West Street in Waukon. The sale price was reported by the Frank Graham agency as $6 500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGeough
Bays City
Waukon
Frank McGeough
Harry Diehl
West Street
Frank Graham
Stocking of Farm Ponds Below 1947
Des Moines reports the state conservation commission will stock fewer ponds this year though more fish are available. Sixty seven ponds in 30 counties have or will be stocked with 27 850 fish averaging 490 per pond.
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Des Moines
State Conservation Commission
R. B. Cooper
Commission
Cooper
Lord's Acre Sale Set for October 22 at Shueyville Church
The Shueyville Evangelical United Brethren church plans a Lord's Acre auction on October 22 to fund the building project begun in 1858 and completed after the Civil War. Farmers will donate a acre of corn or oats. items include poultry tools canned goods and produce. Auctioneer George Parizek of Oxford, bank Swisher serving as clerk, and a baked goods sale plus lunch by the church women accompany the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shueyville
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Lord’s Acre
Clifford Ziskovsky
James Bowersox
Ed Matyk
Ed Paula
Frank Ziskovsky
Harry Ziskovsky
Vince Hadacek
William Novotny
George Parizek
Oxford
Swisher State Bank
Women’s Society of the Church
Iowa
Chevrolet
Shueyville E. U. B. Church Building Fund
Swisher Trust & Savings Bank
Six State FFA Teams Win Gold Emblems at Livestock Contest
AP reports six state FFA teams won gold emblems in the national Livestock Judging Contest in Kansas City. California Kansas Nebraska North Dakota Ohio and Utah led the field with top honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Future Farmers of America
California
Kansas
Nebraska
North Dakota
Ohio
Utah
Veterinarian Dr J C McCabe Discusses Farming and Policy
Dr J C McCabe, a retired Williamsburg veterinarian with two Williamsburg area farms, speaks at the Eastern Iowa Veterinary Association about future prospects in vet medicine, the role of price supports, acreage controls, and political views including Truman and Wallace. He describes farm leasing, corn feeding by tenants, and the impact of loan programs on prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern Iowa Veterinary Association
J. C. McCabe
Williamsburg
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Clayton
Monticello
Monticello High School
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E. Cohn & Sons
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38Rd ST
Deer
Beaver
Fayette News
Ames
R. K. Bliss
Agricultural Extension Service
Bliss
Citizenrp
United
He Ware
T. Vernon
Midwest
Che
Soul Conservation
Real Values
Sixteenth Avenue
Lord's Acre
Shueyville Church
FFA
Royal
McCabe
Rex Conn
Truman
Ing
Roosevelt
Wallace
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Truckers
Block Company
Hone
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