Iowa DHIA Cows Set State Milk and Butterfat Records
Ames report from Extension Dairyman Der Voelker at Iowa State University shows 4402 Iowa DHIA herds finishing a 1983 64 testing year with new highs in milk yield and butterfat. Average values include 11,062 pounds of milk and 3.8 percent butterfat, with Lieder led Guernsey herd at 19,287 pounds milk and 60 pounds butterfat and Halstein herd of Martin Bockenstedt at Dyersville averaging 16,421 pounds milk and 2 pounds butterfat.
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Ames
Iowa
Extension Dairyman
der Voelker
Iowa State University
Dairy Fed Improvement Association
Erosion surveys and dairy herd data from Iowa farms
A photo shows stake out on the Marvin Coder farm near Cranston with Coder Upland and Gast, part of a plan for erosion control structures. The report lists Iowa State University herd data in Ames with Holsteins averaging 17,724 pounds milk and 619 pounds butterfat per cow, plus statewide counts of herds receiving special recognition certificates, and county tallies for herds over 450 pounds butterfat. Off California coast, a new 355-foot Yip-top ship design, able to stand on its stern with limited water exposure, is noted in Steel Facts from the American Iron and Steel Institute, highlighting ballast pumps for tanks.
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Marvin Coder
Cranston
Coder
George Upland
Muscatine Soil District Unit Conservationalist
Harry Gast
Aide
Iowa State University
Ames
Amore
Fayelie County
Clayton
Winneshick
Allamakoe
Delaware
Sioux
Linn
Black Hawk
Kossuth
Scatt
Benton
Dubuque
Bremer
Grimay
Cedar
Lee
Webster
Los Angeles
California
American Iron and Steel Institute
Ler Cocklin
Riser
Cocklin
Bob Kemp
Letts
Dairymen Award Program Set Up For Iowa
Iowa State Dairy Association announces the Distinguished Dairyman awards to honor producers for leadership, production, and community service. Nomination deadline is July 1, with selections based on past production, feeding, health, and organizational leadership.
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Iowa
Tom Lyon
The
Town State Dairy Association
1964 Queen of Conservation Contest Planned
The 1964 Queen of Conservation contest will crown a Towa Sarma girl as Queen of Conservation for 1904 in Fort Dodge. The coronation occurs during the Sunday evening banquet of the 1984 District Commissioners Annual Conference at the Hotel Windsor Fort Dodge. Contest seeks 18 to 21 year old farm girls. two district winners advance to regional, then state level in September. Ming Comic Peterson of Ayrshire, Iowa, the 1983 Queen, will crown the new queen.
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Fort
Dodge
Wille
District Commissioners
Farmers Grain Dealers Association of Town
FGDA
Fort Dodge
Ming Comic Peterson
Ayrslie
Towa
Towa Farm
Peterson
Iowa
Toyne Believes In Records For Milk Herd
Clarence Toyne of Muscatine farms 25 Holsteins and Angus stock cows nine miles east in Sweetland township. His cows average 35 pounds per day with 271 tons silage and other feeds fed yearly. He plans to expand to 30 cows and emphasizes regular milking, clean equipment, and rapid milk cooling.
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Clarence Toyne
Muscating
Toyne
Tayne
Sweetland Township
Muscatine
Clarence Fayne
Clarence
Louise
Illinois
The
Mississippi Valley Milk Producers’ Association
Journal Photot
Iowa marks 27th Soil and Water Conservation Week
June 1421 marks Iowa's 27th observance of soil and water conservation week. The note recalls 1959 when water was not in the title and mentions Iowa's early adoption of a special emphasis period for conservation researched by The University of California, focusing on underwater conditions with sonar equipment.
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Iowa
University of California
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Fred Kaufman and Son
Moscow Township
DHIA
Everett Crees Conservation Contractor
Muscatine County
Everett Crees
Towa Dairy Industry
Towa State Dairy Association
American “Dairy “Association
Don , Voelker
Iowa State’ University
Io Us
Department of Agriculture
Minnesota
Florida
Wiscn
Idaho
New Yor's
Texas
South Dakota
Ohi
S. 5
C. Toyne
Tawné
Association
Hetzler
Dean Eichelberger
Dean
Guernsey
Journal Phato
J. R. Kemp
Bob) SR
Wapello
Lowa
Bobbie Kemp
Crooks Bros
Lrooks Bros
Ron Marek
Towa State University
Oraz
Loki
Atalissa
Tromee
Kodak
Roadmaster Bicycle
Continental
USA
del Begey
Leu
Del
East Second Street
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