Hog Field Day Highlights Swine Production Tips
More than 300 attendees heard H G Zavoral of the University of Minnesota offer key hog-raising guidance at Hawkeye Downs Cedar Rapids. He urged a medium type hog for lean meat, proper gestation feeding, and self-feeding sows with alfalfa to improve litters while warning against overfat sows and excessive inbreeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H G. Zavoral
University of Minnesota
Eastern Iowa
Hawkeye Downs
Cedar Rapids
Zavoral
Minnesota
Minnesota Experiment Station
Closing Out Sale Of Cattle Farm Machinery And Goods
A brisk auction begins at 11 o clock featuring Hereford cattle including 11 cows and calving stock, young bulls, hogs, sows, and crossbred pigs. Machinery ranges from a John Deere planter to saws, mills, and farm implements. Also offered are hay, oats, straw, clover seed, poultry housing, brooders, and household items. Auctioneers Chaltis and Glen Plattenberger with O. E. Markitany as clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kessler's
Chester
Chester White
Berkshire
Adams
John Deere
Farmers Friend
Coming Farm Auctions Across Cedar Rapids Area
A sequence of farm sales scheduled from Oct 21 to Oct 27 near Cedar Rapids Ely Swisher Olin and Bonaparte. Buyers will find land and livestock close to Hunter airport Ely Olin and Swisher with multiple closing out sales led by Julius Hepker Louis Kinze Anna Klima C H Pete Freeman W J Horak L O Butler Henry Jurgensen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius Hepker
Cedar Rapids
Louis Kinzey
Hunter
Anna Klima
Ely
C. H. “Pete” Freeman
Olin
Green Hill Farms Saddle Horse
Bonaparte
W. J. Horak
Inbreeding discussed by Dr Lush at field day
Dr Lush outlined three uses of inbreeding: purge undesirable characters, concentrate blood of outstanding animals, and shift selection to a family basis. He warned that excessive inbreeding can wipe out breeding stock as speakers from Chicago Iowa State and others demonstrated genetic concepts and practical applications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lush
H. R. Smith
Chicago
National Livestock Loss Prevention Bureau
H. H. Kildee
Iowa State College
E. L. Quaife
Iowa State College Extension
R. L. Pemberton
Iowa Swine Producers’ Association
al Jen Nash
Wilson and Company
Cedar Rapids
B. R. McClurk
Ames
Stock losses and car shortage hit Postville traffic
Special to The Gazette reports sixty decks of livestock killed out of Postville over the Milwaukee road in the last week. Twenty more head were delayed due to a car shortage. About 200 head remained in yards Tuesday because of lack of cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Postville
Milwaukee Railroad
Farm Census Set To Begin After New Year
An army of 26 000 census takers will start after January 1 visiting every farm to collect data on owner name household size employment wages production land value and equipment. The 1940 to 1840 tradition shows rising farm output with fewer workers due to more land and machinery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Marlow
Washington
U. S
United States
Corriedale Breeders Form Iowa Association
Corriedale Breeders Farm Association organized in Ottumwa with officers R F Hesler Cantril president Earl Anderson Tipton vice president K M Wagner West Liberty secretary treasurer Ray C Randell Keosauqua Carl A Henkel Mason City directors for one year Edmond Stone Chariton R M Smith Cantril two year terms Hesler to serve on American Corriedale boarded Laramie Wy and the group will focus on farm flock improvement with Iowa Sheep association and promote the breed through sales and 4 H club work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Corriedale Association of
Laramie
Wyo
Iowa Sheep Association
Hartz Duroc Boars Lead Sale Averages $114.50
At the Donald M. Hartz Duroc sale in Maynard, twenty six boars averaged $114.50 and 24 gifts $106. Top buyers included Gregor Vaske Dyersville $312.50 and Vearl Sissel Oelwein $205. A crowd of over 400 hogmen attended as bidding remained brisk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maynard
Donald M. Hartz Duroc
Gregor Vaske
Dyersville
Vearl Sissel
Oelwein
Harvey Duncan and Sons
Veedersburg
Ind
Elmer Martin
Tipton
H. C. Timm
Muscatine
Homer Waughop
Washington, Ill
Knotek ‘Brothers
Riverside
What’s What Out on the Acres An Interview With James S Smith
James S Smith, 33, owner of 160 acres near Stanwood, discusses buying the place, purebred Shropshire and Hampshire sheep, hogs as the main enterprise, and lambing plans. He cites a profitable ram ad, current pig feeding, and future postwar farming changes including smaller family farms and possible AAA programs. He supports Republican views and plans to hire help after the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James S Smith
Stanwood
Soybean Harvest Underway As Corn Picking Near
Webster reports soybean combining in full swing with yields around 20 bushels per acre and some beans testing 11 percent moisture. Frost did little damage to crops. corn harvest will start next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette
Old-Fashioned Farm Methods in Belgium Reported by Lt Skinner
Special to The Gazette Lincoln Neb Lt Jesse Skinner former Harlan county extension agent now with the U S Army in Belgium describes areas west of Paris resembling eastern Nebraska flat country but with smaller fields and old style farming. He notes use of oxen two way walking plows carts rakes mowers threshing machines occasional tractors and well fertilized soil carried to fields by cart and wagon with no mechanical spreader seen since leaving the States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Neb
Jesse Skinner
Harlan County
Belgium
United States Army
Wm. J. Loeffel
University of Nebraska College of Agriculture
Skinner
Paris
Nebraska
States
Louisa County Fair Directors Re-elected
Directors of the Louisa county fair association were re elected at the annual meeting of stock holders. Named were R. J. Barnes John Bell Cal Duncan W. F. Edmonds W. E. Gabriel Lester Hafner Henry Little Harold Orr John H. Rees F. C. Spaeth and Gordon Stone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Louisa County, Fair Association
R. J. Barnes
John Bell
Cal Duncan
W. F. Edmondson
W. E. Gabriel
Lester Hafner
Henry Little
Harold Orr
John H. Rees
F. C. Spaethe
Gordon Stone
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. L. Lush
Iowa
Solon
Chaltis
Glen Plattenberger
O. E. Markitany
Corriedale Breeders Farm Association
Vals
America
Bat
Swift & Company
Illinois
Smith
Rex Conn
Gazette
Texas
Hickenlooper
James S. Smith
Linn
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
the Peoples Savings Bank
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
the Bank
Wylers
Sunkist
Pat EL
Gatto’s
Springville Creamery Co
Holaa
Libby's
Uy 4
Louisa County Fair
Uncle Sam
Foge
Darwin
REGAL
Hardy Phlox
Africa
Caroline van DE Berg
Earl May's Nursery & Seed Store
First St
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