Chinch Bugs Reappear Threatening Grain Crops
Chinch bugs long feared for 150 years are resurging after nine years, aided by dieldrin as the preferred insecticide. Severe infestations threaten Illinois and potential spread to Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, with scattered spots in Nebraska, Iowa, Indiana, Michigan, Kansas, and Wisconsin.
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Midwest
Department of Agriculture
Illinois
Missouri
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Iowa
Indiana
Ohio
Kansas
Wisconsin
Michigan
Wellsburg Soldier Joins Sth Regimental Combat Team in Korea
Pvt Marlyn L Peters son of Mr and Mrs Henry H Peters of Wellsburg has joined the Sth Regimental Combat Team in Korea as a supply man in Company K. He last served at Fort Riley Kansas where he received basic training. A Wellsburg High School graduate he entered the Army in October 1952.
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Marlyn £. Peters
Henry H. Peters
Wellsburg
Sth
Korea
Peters
Fort Riley
Kans
Wellsburg High School
Army
Highway Hazard Turns Vacation Into Hospital Stay
Frank spent two days prepping a car for a long eastern road trip then faced a sudden stop after dozing. A metal first aid kit on the back ledge flew forward at 65 mph, striking his wife and causing a fractured vertebra, while two children in the back were unharmed.
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Frank
Farm Outlook on Timothy Seed and Cattle Prices
Iowa State College economist Francis A. Kutish warns timothy seed production in 1954 will be modest with Iowa Missouri and Ohio key producers. Carryover from 1953 is small and 1952 supply was the smallest in four years. Cattle slaughter has surged, pushing beef per capita consumption toward record levels and signaling potential price declines if supplies climb further as the cattle cycle pivots on demand shifts driven by broader business trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Francis A. Kutish
Iowa State College
Missouri
Ohio
Kutish
Polio Prevention Aims In War Effort And Gamma Globulin Drive
Wartime health notes outline two goals: save wounded in the armed forces and provide gamma globulin as a polio preventive. The text underscores medical support and vaccination efforts amid conflict conditions.
Annual Feeders Hey Day At Ames Tomorrow
Two thousand to 2,600 Iowa farmers and cattlemen and their wives are expected at Ames Wednesday July 15 for the Thirty-Fifth Cattle Feeders Hey Day at Iowa State College. Harold Brelmyer livestock specialist from the Bureau of Agricultural Economics Washington DC will speak on The Beef Situation in the afternoon program starting at 1 30 p m at the Men's Gymnasium. Dr. James H Hilton president of Iowa State College will appear on the program for the first time before a general state wide event. Petersen Cattle Co Spencer Iowa will have J C Petersen speak on The Feeder Cattle Sit
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Iowa
Ames
Iowa State College
Harold Brelmyer
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Washington, D.C
James H. Hilton
Experimental cattle feeding display at college farms
Wise Burroughs William Hale and Richard Williams of the college animal husbandry staff present experimental feeding results for corn silage and cornstalk silage with supplements. Cattle from eleven eight steer lots will be shown at Beech Avenue barns, followed by appraisal by Walter Cropley and others in Ottumwa and Mason City. Hey Day cattle delivery to Des Moines packing plant to set carcass display date. Wives of cattlemen attend a morning program in Memorial Union Gallery Room.
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Wise Burroughs
Willliam Hale
Richard McWilliams
Breinver, Petersen
Beech Avenue
C. C. Culbertson and
Walter Cropley
Producers Commission Co
Sioux City
Karl Johannsen
Jacob EB. Decker & Son
Mason ‘City
Carl Bentzinger
Morrell & Co
Ottumwa
Iowa Packing Co
Des Moines
Memorial Union
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Per Lug
Cashway Super Market
A. C
New Idea
Barnard
Eldora
Allis. Chalmers
Herald-Index
Kansas Wheat Improvement Association
Overland Park
John C. Davis
Washington, D. C
Secretary of Agriculture
E. B. Kelley
Lakeland
Fla
American Bakers Association
Jess Smith
Wheat Improvement Association
Davis
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Kelley
Chinch Bugs
Agricultural Xtension Service
University of Illinois
Illnois State Natural History Survey
Shell Chemical Corporation
Julius Hymans& Company
the Herald - Index
Bob Huilihanpatees
By Bob Hillihan
Eldora, Iowa
Eldora Livestock Sales
Harry Marks
Lois Maltby
Black Bloodmobile
Davi Neevir
Kaman
Ifor Sale
J. C. Petersen
The
Petersen Cattle Co
Spencer, Iowa
Union-Whitten State Savings Bank of Union
Hardin’ County
State OF Iowa
Asseao
Wise Eeee
United States
Eee Keene
Eseseer Eal
Ralph Kauffman
K. J
Lyon
K. J. Lyon
R. Long
Lamont Moore
F. Long
County of Hardin
L. M. Martin
Bing
Franks
Food Markets
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