What's What Out on the Acres
Interview with Roger Kelley a stock share tenant near Dundee about pigs calves and farming practices He notes 56 pigs from eight sows about 80 spring pigs this year and 150 last year He describes crossbreeding Holstein and Angus and pasture finishing calves and mentions hail distance and support for Eisenhower and a political shift He praises Ike for experience and potential as president.
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Roger Kelley
Dundee
Jean
Joan
Gary
Tall Corn Winner Is Twenty Two Feet High
Washington Iowa INS reports farmer Don Radda near Washington won the annual tail corn contest with a stalk measuring 22 feet tall. Radda notes his 31-foot record in 1946 and discusses price supports, farm programs, and potential voting for governor, favoring the Republican candidate but wary of income tax.
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Washington, Ia
INS
Don Radda
Wash
Ington
Nixon
Radda
Washington Evening Journal
Buchan Resigns Farm Dept Post
Leslie A. Buchan associate farm editor since August 1951 resigns to join Wilson and Company's Cedar Rapids plant employment office. He starts next Monday after Navy service and Iowa State College graduation in 1951 in industrial economics with a personnel focus. The Buchans reside at 1048 Thirty third Street NE with two children Lesley and Tim.
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Leslie A. Buchan
Gazette
Wilson and Company
Cedar Rapids
Buchan
Iowa State College
Wilson's
Lesley
Tim
Thirty-third Street
Neighbors Harvest 18 Acres of Beans for Amos Adams
Twenty five neighbors harvested 18 acres of beans for Sigourney farmer Amos Adams last week. Nine combines gathered 600 bushels of beans while Adams recently lost his hand in a cornpicker accident.
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Sigourney
Amos Adams
Adams
Weaver Witower Holsteins Hit High Milk Averages
The 59 cow herd of registered Holsteins in Marion finished their test year averaging 389 pounds of butterfat and 11 192 pounds of milk with an approximate daily yield of 18 quarts per cow.
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Weaver Witower
Marion
State 4-H Dairy Show Judging Highlights Waterloo
Eastern Iowa exhibitors swept four breed championships at the National Dairy Cattle Congress in Waterloo. Winners include Larry Lang Brooklyn Ayrshire Ken Streeper Anamosa Brown Swiss Nancy Skala Tama and Stanley Meyer McGregor. James Levi Graettinger won champion Holstein heifer and Paul Houck Radcliffe won champion Guernsey heifer. Webster County 4-H dairy judging led all teams, with top finishers listed and Richard Ostendorf Fort Dodge as high individual. Estherville FFA won Iowa FFA judging, set to compete nationally.
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Waterloo
Iowa
National Dairy Cattle Congress
Larry Lang
Brooklyn
Ayrshire
Kenneth Streeper
Anamosa
Jersey
Nancy Skala
Tama
Stanley Meyer
McGregor
James ‘Levi
Graettinger
Paul
Estherville
FFA
Iowa Ffa
Hadwin Kleiss
Fredericksburg
Stanley van Auken
North English
Hillis Akin
Dumont
Buck to Speak on ISC Swine Day Program
Ames resident Robert Buck of Ainsworth, a large scale Imarket hog producer, will join breeding and feeding researchers at Iowa State College for the annual Swine Producers Day on Oct. 8. More than 1 000 swine breeders and pork producers and their wives are expected. The program includes stock showing at 9 30 a m, talks at 11 a m, and sessions at Curtiss Hall after lunch. Dr Damon Catron will report on swine nutrition research, with work on mineral levels and fortified rations and the use of synthetic sow milk in pig rearing. Buck will discuss breeding and feeding practices. Dr Maynard Spear will cover swine disease control. A special women’s program includes visits to WOI TV and Christian Petersen’s sculpture studio.
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Ames
Robert Buck
Ainsworth
Iowa State College
C. C. Culbertson
College ‘Meat Laboratory
Curtiss Hall
Damon Catron
Towa
Culbertson
Maynard L. Spear
J Extension
Woi-Tv
Christian Petersen
Fall show and sale of Iowa State Poland China breeders
The Iowa State Poland China Breeders Association will hold its annual fall show at Hawkeye Downs Cedar Rapids on November 1. Secretary Fred W. Morgan of Des Moines announced the event with show at 10 a.m. and auction at 1 p.m. Thirty boars and thirty gilts will be offered.
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Iowa State
Poland
China Breeders Association
Hawkeye Downs
Cedar Rapids
Fred W. Morgan
Des Moines
Detroiter Car Ad Promises Durability and Country Use
A May 14 1914 Iowa Homestead page features an ad for the Detroiter touring car priced at 925 dollars, with self starting option to 1050, claiming hills mud and sand cannot stop it. The ad touts reliability and low repair costs, saying Detroit ers averaged 5.81 dollars per year in factory parts last year.
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Omeone
Farm Desk
Iowa
Mundt Calls Corn Husker Trip a Wasteful Junket
Senator Karl Mundt denounces Elmer J. Carlson's government sponsored trip to Europe to teach harvesting as a waste of taxpayers' money. Mundt notes European corn production was small in 1951 and cites Carlson's 1935 husking record as outdated. Carlson, head of Carlsons Hybrid Corn Co., has a history of public appearances and notable incidents.
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Carlson
Milan
Italy
Chicago
Palmer House
Elmer
House of Representatives
Tipton 4-H Banquet Opens New Year’s Work
More than 234 4-H girls their mothers and special guests attended the 4th annual banquet at the Lutheran church in Tipton last week. The event summarized the year’s work for the girls and kicked off the new year’s activities.
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Tipton
Fer Good Food HOYEL ROOSEVELT item fragment
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a hotel or restaurant name and unclear payment note. Distinct entities are not clearly readable. No coherent event or outcome can be derived from the readable portion.
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Mars
Iowa corn crop dispute linked to party responsibility
Rep Ben Jete sen of Iowa and John McCormack of Massachusetts spar over which party is to blame for Iowa corn crop issues. Carlson after a restaurant visit agreed to supply the cafe with a year’s supply of Iowa ground corn meal.
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Ben Jetesen
R-Ia
John McCormack
D-Mass
Iowa
Carlson
Weigle's Point Four Assignment Changed
Weigle former Winneshiek county extension director had planned to go to India under Point Four but his assignment was changed to Iraq. He will study Iraq instead after completing a course on India. Weigle cited slowed clearance for India and requested the reassignment.
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Weigle
Point Four
Decorah
E. J. Weigle
Winneshiek County
India
Iraq
Ito
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Tamas
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Isecond
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St& Guarenty Bldg
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Landis
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