Iowa Counties Lead in Nation's Farm Production Rankings
A USDA survey shows Iowa dominates national farm indicators with 53 counties in the top 100 for hogs and pigs, 18 for oats, 27 for soybeans, 20 for horses and colts, 15 for chickens, 13 for cattle and calves, and 10 in value of farm products sold, based on five year data compiled by the Iowa Development Commission.
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Iowa
United States Department of Agriculture
Market and Research
The
Iowa Development Commission
United States
Bess Skylark Ormsby Dora Sets World Dairy Record
Production record cow Bess Skylark Ormsby Dora a four year old Holstein topped all butterfat records in her class Champion. Crowned by the Holstein-Friesian Association of America she was milked three times daily for a year yielding 24 028 pounds of milk with a 4 4 per cent butterfat test and 1964 9 pounds total butterfat beating prior records by over 40 pounds and Iowa mark by 80 pounds owned by G F Walters and son Waterloo.
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Bess Skylark
Ormsby Dora
Bess
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Iowa
G. F
Remodeling barn to improve dairy efficiency and profits
A 1948 Monticello Iowa council report argues for remodeling dairy barns for round the barn feeding with wide alleys and safe floors. It highlights locating milk rooms silos and feed rooms for labor savings and increased cow comfort, plus modern steel equipment as a cost effective upgrade.
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Barn Equipment Association
Chicago
Monticello Council Sets 650 Dollar Pay Increase
Monticello Iowa March 22 1948 special council session with four members present discuss sewer firm demo and raise city treasurer salary to 650 dollars. March 30 1948 canvass confirms elected officials including Mayor C J Matthiessen and council members Maire Eden Baty Shaffer Leonard.
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Monticello State Bank
Joe Bowers
Leonard Kennedy
Fred Aldrich
Aldrich
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Matthiessen
Sal & J
Walter Bartels
George Minnis
Long's Dept
Ricktefs Dry “Goods
Pauls Schuetz
Cy D. Shaffer
Ngceo Eben Ross Baty
M. Jones
Tom Eden
Werryy
Iowa Electric Co
Stuhler’s
New
Bell Telephone Co
Eelipse Lumber Co
Rite Way Sign Co
Mayme von Sprecken
H. A._Hoag
Wm. Matthiessen
Moenk
Warner
Jones
Roy Pearson
Roasa T. & BH
Cacco Morey Plumbing
Cities Service Oil Co
Matt Parrott Sons Co
Wong
Ounter Co
Monticello Express
Minnie Butler
Marcus ‘Maire
United Chemocal Co
Martha Serbousek
I. W. Coon
Emma Hubbard
Pearl Schneider
McCrabb Insurance Agency
Leonard
Méire
Den
Baty
Shaffer
Rose Hines
Sponey Town
Maire
Eden
John Liddy
Bats
Agnadter
William Matthiessen
M. B. Leonard
Ross Baty
Marcus Maire
Co. J. Matthiessen
Ittest
Jose Hines
Monticello
Iowa
Ity
Corncil
Rod and Equipment Company
Co. J
Shafter
C. J. Matthiessen
Jones County
Said
Tom Eden É
D. Shafer
Mene
Mar
Paul T. Schuetz
A. P. Lambert
J. Matthiessen
Eonard
Tobias Hanken
Internal Revenue
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G. M. St. P. and
P, RR. Co
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McLaughlin Buick Company
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