Milking setup on Iowa farm shows modern pipeline system
Drumm checks a pipeline milker on a 220 acre Muscatine area farm before evening milking. The system delivers milk straight to the bulk tank, highlighted as a state notable in its modernity. Nearby Durant features Warren Collier farm with a portable transfer unit aiding a herd of 54 Holsteins on 240 acres helped by six Collier children.
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Cal Drumm
Muscatine
Drumms
Durant
Warren Collier Farm
Colliers Transfer Milk For Efficiency In Family Farm
The Collier family operates a Holstein herd with Mrs. Warren Collier and their children assisting in milking. A portable 606 gallon tank, fed by a plastic hose, collects milk behind the cows, reducing walking and hauling. Cows graze on alfalfa, oats and silage with a grain ration while the farm spans 240 acres.
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Calliers
No Increase In Herd of Sywassink
Donald Sywassink will not expand his 45 cow Guernsey herd at his 160 acre Grandview Township farm along Highway 2 in Louisa County. He focuses on improved production through management, sanitation, testing, health, and personal pride. He reads cows for silage and hay in winter with 12 percent concentrate and green chop in summer. The farm remains a strictly family operation with a rolling herd average of 10.08 pounds of milk and 493 fat.
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Donald Sywassink
Louisa
Sywsink
Loca Grandview Township
Mississippi
Vailey
Sywassink Farm
Shepard Milks 50 Jerseys In Sweetland Township
Shepard and family operate a Jersey dairy herd north of Muscatine on Highway 61 in Sweetland township. They milk 50 cows daily using alfalfa pasture and grain in summer with corn silage and alfalfa hay for winter. The herd has supplied Muscatine Dairy for 24 years.
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Tames Shepard
Muscaline
Sweet‘Jand
Shepards
Muscatine
Dairy Bar Craze Hits Denmark Teens Embrace Milk Bars
Danish youth flock to newly opened dairy bars as venues for dancing, music, and study. Within five months three bars draw about 1,000 teens daily, offering milk drinks, ice cream, and other dairy foods from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Atmosphere remains free and easygoing.
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Denmark
Dr Donald Fick Joins Muscatine Veterinary Practice
Dr Donald D. Fick, a graduate of Iowa State University's College of Veterinary Medicine in Ames, now practices with Drs Barrington and Longtin in Muscatine, joining their veterinary group.
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Donald Fick
Muscatine
Donald D. Fick
College of Veterinary Medicine
Iowa State University
Ames
Barrington
Longtin
Shadyrest Jerseys: Familiar Dairying Name in Muscatine
A feature on Ivan Gates and the Shadyrest Jerseys near West Liberty five miles northwest of Muscatine. The Gates farm spans 160 acres, dairy and crop farming, with 35 DHIA cows producing about 32 pounds daily each and a herd average of 450 pounds fat and 9,500 pounds milk. The farm aims to maintain herd size and operates Shadyrest Grade A raw milk dairy with top past show records including 1962 1963 Jersey Jug and Grand Champion awards.
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Shadyrest
Jerseys
Circle
Ivan Gates
Jersey
Liberty
Towa State Fair
Waterloo Dairy
Congress
Winnner
Ohio
Dhia
Gates
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Janice
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