Fewer but Bigger Tractors Change Farm Power
Washington AP reports that farm tractors, though still numerous, are shrinking in number as tractors grow larger. Horse numbers have fallen from 26 million in 1920 to under three million today while tractors rise to 4.7 million and are expected to decline to about 3.6 million by 1970. Average horsepower has climbed from 20 in 1920 to 27 in 1940 and about 50 by 1960.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Appa
What’s Ahead for U S Agriculture
Seedsmen's Digest predicts world population reaching 3.8 billion by 1975 and food needs rising 25 percent. By 1980 U S cropland demand could exceed 700 million acres and labor force shrink to about 4 million, with farms becoming highly mechanized and capital shifting toward seeds, fertilizers, herbicides, and services.
Local farm auction notices sweep September sales list
A series of September farm sales and closings list events across Iowa counties. Jurgensen Brothers near Center Junction sell Chester White stock and dairy equipment with a 1 p.m. start. Milo Ahrens near Rochester and James Weber near Independence auction machinery and dairy gear. Frank Schulte Estate near Walford lists 280 acres at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday September 10. Gerald Enlinger near Zingville and Herb Kleiss near Brooklyn hold Holstein and dairy dispersals with set starting times. Multiple dates extend into September 15 17 and October 1 for machinery and estate sales.
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Chester White Boar
Jurgensen Brothers
Center Junction
James Weber
Independence
Milo Ahrens
Jia mi
Rochester Corner
Linn County
Frank Schulte
Walford
Lyall Bryant
Mt. Vernon
Recruiting Problem Faces Farm and Food Industries
A Nebraska conference on dairy education highlights widespread youth reluctance to pursue agriculture careers. A Kentucky educator notes that doctors, chemists, and engineers dominate student ambitions, calling for stronger publicity and possible professional accreditation to elevate farming’s image and pay.
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Rudnick
Mahaska Sheep Association to Sponsor Bred Ewe Sale
The Mahaska Registered Sheep Association will sponsor a bred ewe sale on October 8 starting at 1 p.m. at the Southern Iowa fairground.
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Oskaloosa
Mahaska Registered Sheep Association
Southern Iowa Fairground
Prolific Morlam Sheep Gene Targets Yearly Lambs
USDA researchers in Beltsville Maryland report a Morlam strain yielding two lambs per pregnancy and six lambs in two years. The project aims for year round multiple births plus traits like long wool hornlessness and white open faces through selective breeding. University of California studies in Los Angeles County find livestock manure an effective phosphate source for alfalfa.
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Washington
Berkeley
Calif
University of California Extension Agronomists
Antelope Valley
Los Angeles County
Hereford Field Day Planned in Cedar County
The East Central Iowa Hereford Association will hold its annual field day and picnic next Sunday at the Buell Jackson farm two miles east of Mechanicsville or three miles west of Stanwood on highway 30. The program includes judging weight guessing and type demonstrations plus final plans for the Oct. sale.
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Mechanicsville
East Central Iowa Hereford Association
Buell Jackson
Stanwood
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Lorence Anthony
Polly
Anthony
Cedar Rapids
Bertram
Iowa Postal History Society
Abbe Creek
U.S. Agriculture
Seedsmen’s Digest
U. S
Gerald
Maxine Enlinger
Zingie
Herb Kleiss
Brooklyn
Robert Peet
Martelle
Grove E. Peet
Alfred Coppock
Whittier
Lester Smith
Prairieburg
Nmonaone
Ward
Oxford
Wards Fiber
Austin, Minn
Barrow
Hampshire
Poland
China
Chester White
Duroc
Berkshire
Yorkshire
First Credit Corporation
Jack Haney Monager
Third Street
American Medical Association
American Chemical Society
Wayne Brown
Vo Ag
Lincoln Community School
Bob Harris
Wilson and Co. Livestock Service
Iowa
Wilson
USDA
Hereford
Cedar County
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