Hawkeye soybean seed supply slated for 1949
Agronomist Joe Robinson of Iowa State College predicts a large Hawkeye seed crop for 1949 with about 150000 bushels from 7000 harvested acres. He warns buyers not to pay high prices and notes price controls under contracts to limit seed sales and set maximums by grade. Local county seed committees handle distribution and limit individual purchases to 30 bushels.
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Ames
Joe Robinson
Iowa State College
Robinson
Iowa
Chicago
Committee For Agricultural Development
Swine influenza warning spreads through Iowa hog herds
Veterinarians warn that swine influenza is starting in Iowa, risking weight loss and vulnerability to cholera. The bulletin urges good housing and ventilation for affected hogs and notes outbreaks of cholera and other diseases across many eastern Iowa towns, with large losses at Malcom, Hampton, and Manchester areas.
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Eastern Iowa Veterinary Association
Hawkeye State
Iowa
Malcom
Hampton
Manchester
Mt. Pleasant
Mt. Hamill
Mediapolis
Washington
Sigourney
Grinnell
Solon
Plato
Mt. Vernon
Kalona
Iowa City
Walcott
Sand Springs
Monticello
Cascade
Maquoketa
Jackson Junction
Decorah
Cresco
Lansing
Waukon
Nashua
Riceville
Charles City
Elma
Burlington
Hopkinton
Lone Tree
Reinbeck
Williamsburg
Waterloo
Parkersburg
Allison
London
Farson
Elgin
Lowden
Plainfield
Richland
Blackleg
Bloomfield
Greene
Farm Land Sale With Machinery Near Homestead
A public auction is set for October 22 at 1 p.m. for livestock and machinery from Joe Pru sek, located 6 miles west of Marion. An earlier sale on October 21 covers farm land and equipment from Lee Sponar Est., 1 mile east of Home stead.
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Lee Sponar
Joe Prusek
Marion
Kiwanians Host Linn 4-H Club Boys Banquet
More than 80 Linn county 4-H club boys and dads attended a Cedar Rapids Kiwanis banquet in the Coliseum Tuesday. Walter Berger of the American Feed Manufacturers Association spoke on enterprise and 4-H incentives, with notes on European livestock trends. Senator Bourke Hickenlooper and Iowa figures spoke, along with boxing rounds and a George Nissen trampoline act. Eight members won prizes for 1948 project records, including John Stone and Ralph OConnell among others.
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Linn County
Cedar Rapids Kiwanis
Coliseum
Walter Berger
American Feed Manufacturers Association
Europe
Berger
Bourke Hickenlooper
Wally Ris
Dave Armbruster
Frank Havlicek
Iowa University
Schminke Chester Sale Tops Boar Auction Record
Walter Schminke and San Chester White sale yielded a top boar at 510 dollars sold to Roy Koch of Freeman Kansas. A H Stuart of Newhall purchased the top gilt at 115 dollars. Average prices were 110 dollars for boars and 90 dollars for gilts.
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van Horne
Walter Schminke
San Chester
Roy Koch
Freeman
Kan
A. H. Stuart
Newhall
Benton County REA warns of rolling blackouts during peak hours
Benton County REA Manager Ivan Trottnow told Harrison and Polk township Farm Bureau members at Prairie Creek church that electricity demand is outpacing capacity. He warned a 2,000 kilowatt limit could force a 20 percent line cut during peak hours between four and nine p.m., urging saver steps and coordinated timing to prevent outages.
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Ffarmers
Benton County Rea
Ivan Trottnow
Harrison and
Polk Township Farm Bureau
Prairie Creek Church
Benton Rea Co-Op
Trottnow
Trott
Benton Coopera
Tive
REA
Cedar Rapids
Prairie Creek
Chapman Named Winning Judge After Error Correction
Marion Chapman of Benton Iowa, Dairy Herd Improvement Supervisor at Walker, Iowa, won first place in Brown Swiss judging at the DHIA supervisors contest during the Cattle Congress in Waterloo. An earlier error in scoring misidentified the winner. correction declares Chapman the victor and awards a model Brown Swiss cow.
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Marion Chapman
Benton No. 1
Walker
Iowa
DHIA
Chapman
Feed bill hits half yearly income of a lagging flock
A farm report notes the feed bill consumes about half of the annual income from a lagging flock. The detail emphasizes financial strain on the producer amid reduced returns and rising costs for feed.
What's What Out on the Acres
Interview with Alvin Bernstorf owner of 110 acres near Luzerne. He discusses poultry production with 230 pullets laying 167 to 172 eggs daily and 74 percent yield, hogs, milking history, and farm practices while noting political views and local electoral thoughts in Decorah and Winneshiek County.
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Alvin Bernstorf
Luzerne
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J. C. Kintz CO
St. SE
Dial
Wise-Grip
Ind Ave. SE
M. Feder & Sons
Iron and Steel Scrap
F Avenue
Iowa Livestock Exchange
Twelfth Avenue
Twelfth Street
Tony Schmitz
George B
Basker van Horne
C.R. Kiwanians
Linn
Schminke
Chester
The
Webster Aea
Lincoln Park
Lake Michigan
Goak l
Perea
Story OF
Three Bears
Reddy
Iowa Electric
Bernstorf
Rex Conn
Cedar Rap
Truman
Gillette
Wilson
Norval Wardle Town State College
Winneshiek County
Young Married
Froruchol
Harry
Hanes
PH. Hanes Knitting Co., Winster
Weven
Winterset
Welch-Cook-Beals CO
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