Caledonia Swine Show Awards Total Over $3500
Caledonia Minnesota hosts a swine sale with over 3500 dollars in registered boars and rams sold. W H County Agent and Wm E Morris arranged breeds and crowned champions with Lawrence and Alf Bjorge of Houston winning the fall Duroc and reserve titles.
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Caledonia
Minn
W. H
Wm. E. Morris
University Farm
St. Paul
Lawrence
Alf Bjorge
Houston
F. H. Deters
Estren
Poland
China
F. H. Deters and Son
James McManimon
Rushford
Duroc
Alf Bioge
Bennie Westby
Chester
Norman Solie
Lawrence Anderson
Arnold Bissen
Improved nonrestrictive truss offers relief for ruptures
An advertisement from Kansas City Missouri promotes a new inconspicuous rupture support that avoids belts straps and springs. It promises comfort and ease with a 30 day trial and a $3.50 truss gift for those who report back. Send for a descriptive circular to Physician's A Company, 8451 Koch 2906 Main.
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Koch
Main
Kansas City
Missouri
His Hamburger Highness Royal Rupert Goes To Hospital Again
T. (Toughluck) Royal Rupert, a $38 000 Hereford bull famed as the Ames herd centerpiece, is hospitalized for eye trouble after surgery last July to transplant a pituitary gland from another bull. At Iowa State College he shows renewed courtship interest, though his offspring production remains uncertain.
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Toughluck
Royal Rupert
Ames
T. Royal
Rupert 99Th
Rupert
Iowa State College
Colfax
State Canner Seeks Spare Apples in Wisconsin
A Wisconsin canner at New Holstein advertises for apples to can solid pack apples. The firm specializes in northwestern greens and asks growers to supply spare fruit for canning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
New Holstein
Perfection Is Milk Goal in Wisconsin Dairy Talks
Our goal is perfection expresses the dairy quality program aim stated by Lester Legrid of the Wisconsin dairy division during a Madison meeting of state sanitarians. He notes progress in quality and insists far more work is needed, with changes since the dairy commission’s founding 60 years ago.
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Wisconsin
Madison
Lester Legrid
State Department of Agriculture
Wisconsin Dairy and Food Commission
Mill Operators Meet Promises Sawmill Training Oct 14
Sawmill operators are invited to a two location training meeting in Iowa with sessions at Waterville High School at 10 a.m. and the Paint Creek township forest area near Waterville at 1 p.m. Richard Campbell will lead with assistance from Fred O Riely and Harold Rohr and Fred Malcolm will cover lumber grading and maintenance topics.
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Fred O'Riley
Allamakee
Waterville
Paint Creek Township
Richard Campbell
Iowa State College
Harold Rohr
Indianapolis
Fred Malcolm
Forest Products Laboratory
Madison
Aterville
A. O
Houston County
Union City
Ella Meyer
Calendar Of Farm Events Listings From Local County
Schedule of farm related activities spanning October including Farm Bureau meetings in Waukon Oakdale and Lansing 4 H events in Tomah Washburn La Crosse county areas Pure bred ram sale Arcadia and sawmill training at Waterville Houston county locations and a national Catholic rural life conference in La Crosse 4-H achievement day Buffalo county Alma and multiple homemaker gatherings noted with dates and venues
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
Catholic Rural Life Conference
la Crosse
U. S. Secretary of Labor
Secretary of Agriculture
Farm Bureau
Lansing
Farm Bureau Township Meetings Open Jan 1
Farm Bureau township meetings in Allamakee county elect directors for terms to begin January 1. Officers named the townships they represent include Louis Meyer Waterloo Paul Heitman Union City William Hammel Iowa Leonard Molitor Hanover Carl Strub Lansing Ralph Jenkins Lafayette Ray Center Sever Folsrud Thomas McDowell Jefferson.
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Waukon
Farm Bureau
Allamakee County
Louis Meyer
Waterloo
Paul Heitman
Union City
William Hammel
Iowa
Leonard Molitor
Hanover
Carl Strub
Lansing
Ralph Jenkins
Lafayette
Ray
Sever Folsrud Thomas McDowell
Jefferson
Central Wisconsin Cheese and Butter Makers Convention
Holders from central Wisconsin dairy groups gather for the 35th annual convention in Marshfield on October 6 and 7. Sessions run Wednesday evening and Thursday afternoon with a banquet and the annual meeting scheduled on Thursday.
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Wisconsin
Central
Trempealeau Offers Free Soil Testing
Whitehall Wisconsin local extension agents promote free soil testing to guide lime and fertilizer needs. Samples from the top six inches are required, dried and stored in paper bags for accurate analysis of potassium phosphorus and balance across nutrients.
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Whitehall
Wis
Raynklin
Trempealeau County
County Extension Office
Soil Conservation Service
Soil Conservation Office
Dry Vegetable Waste Feeds Poultry Says Wisconsin Expert
Dried vegetable wastes such as pea vines soy beans and broccoli scraps provide excellent feed for poultry according to J G Halpin poultry specialist at the University of Wisconsin and findings from the Delaware experiment station. Wisconsin uses dried peas soy beans and green corn wastes with successful results.
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J. G.alpin
University of Wisconsin
Delaware Experiment Station
Halpin
Wisconsin
Houston Farm Bureau To Hold Member Drive
Houston county Farm Bureau to re enroll 1097 members and others during a campaign running October 11 to 25 under campaign manager Jens Berkram. A Worker’s School at Caledonia city hall is set for Monday October 11 with Ben Huseby as speaker. Township solicitors will issue membership cards and recruit new members starting the next day.
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Houston County
Farm Bureau
Jens Berkram
Caledonia City Hall
Ben Huseby
Adams, Minn
Allamakee County Club Meets In October
In Waukon October 8 at the opera house a Farm Bureau club meeting will be led by the Hanover township committee with Lee Herman as president. In Lansing Pill the meeting takes place October 15 at city hall with the Lansing township committee in charge and Emmett Gaunitz as president.
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Farm Bureau
Allamakee County
Waukon
Tomah
Homemaker
Farm Burreau
Opera House
Hanover Township
Lee Herman
Lansing Pill
Lansing Township
Emmett Gaunitz
Whitehall FHA elects officers for new year
Alma Mueller was elected president of the Whitehall chapter of Future Homemakers of America with Myrle Iverson as vice president Janet Olson secretary Elayne Torson treasurer Harriet Eid historian and Ardyce Aleckson parliamentarian The club of 69 members will raise funds by selling ice cream in the high school during noon hours with alternating sales with the FFA throughout the year.
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Whitehall
Wis
Alma Mueller
Future Homemakers of America
Anne Sosalla
Myrle Iverson
Janet Olson
Elayne Torson
Harriet Eid
Ardyce Aleckson
Evelyn Suomi
FHA
FFA
Treat Small Grain Seed for Disease Control
It urges treating small grain seed to curb seedling blights and many smuts. Oats barley wheat and flax respond best to seed treatment. Build a seed treater from extension service plans. It notes cows die yearly from licking fresh paint in farm buildings causing iced poisoning.
Northeast Iowa Dairy City Improvement meeting notice
Invitations were issued to Northwest Iowa creameries and dairy organizations to attend a Northeast Iowa Dairy City Improvement association meeting in Decorah on Wednesday evening October 6 at the 4 H community building. Topics include dairy quality improvement with speakers from the state food and dairy commission buyers for eastern produce dealers Lester Neverman and Rev Oscar E Engebretsch.
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Decorah
Northwest Iowa
Northeast
Land value index peaks in four months before July 1 1948
The United States index of land value rose to 174 in the four months before July 1 1948, marking 109 percent above the 1935-39 average and two percent above the 1920 peak.
High Wages Hike Demand in U S Food Supply
UW economist Walter Wilcox notes farmers boosted output 15 percent per person since the war while population rose 10 percent. Higher wages push meat prices up, livestock scarce, pork outlook improves by fall, beef prices may dip next spring.
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Madison
Walter Wilcox
University of Wisconsin
United States
Wilcox
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