Kinney’s 4-Horse Team Pulls Liquid Fertilizer Rig
Leroy Jiggs Kinney of Columbus Junction farms with horses, blending old techniques with new methods. He uses a bulk tank driven by four horses to apply liquid fertilizer, and recently plowed sod with up to 12 horses in teams across a 240 acre plot. Kinney raises registered Belgians and Brahma cattle, maintaining horses on his longtime farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kinney
Columbus Farmer
Leroy ‘Jiggs
W. H. Kin ‘Ney
Hog Price Upturn Seen
Hog prices are expected to show seasonal improvement through early summer, with top levels likely in late July and early August. Economist Gene Futrell of Iowa State University cites factors like population gains and stronger incomes, while noting potential price-lowering pressures from beef and poultry supplies and large cold storage stocks. Prices may average $17-$18 by late spring and reach about $20 at Midwest terminal markets, with summer strength likely to hold into early September around $18-$19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Futrell
Towa State University
Fuetrell
Fitrell
Futrell
Midwest
Pathogen Free Gilts for Five FFA Members
Five Muscatine FFA members have been assigned pathogen free gilts for a spring project. The gilts were purchased from Kent Research farm. Members receiving the gilts are Joe Imhoff Gary Irwin Martin Paul Gary Kaalberg and Jim Burmeister. Each member must return a barrow to the chapter from each letter to help continue the project. The aim is to show how health and management affect profits for the hog producer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine Ffa
Kent Research Farm
Joe Imhoff
Gary Irwin
Martin Paul
Gary Kaalberg
Jim Burmeister
Great granddaughter announced for Burgess family
Ill Mrs Tillia Kistler reports the birth of a great granddaughter to Mr and Mrs Frank Burgess of Concord California. The notification highlights the new arrival and family joy within the Burgess household.
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Ill
Tillia Kistler
Frank Burgess
Concord
California
Frymoyer Shorthorn Milking Record Cow Sharon Valley Beam
Ray Schooley of the American Milking Shorthorn Society notes Sharon Valley Beam 269001 bred by J Curtis Frymoyer of Wilton Junction Iowa has completed records. It yielded 11,057 pounds of milk and 499 pounds of butterfat in 303 days marking a high production for the breed.
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Ray Schooley
The
American Milking Shorthorn Society
J. Curtis Frymoyer
Wilton Junction
Iowa
Sharon Valley
Son'beam
May through August 4-H and community events calendar
May 12 meeting announced for 4-H girls at YWCA. May 18 dairy project meeting at Muscatine extension office. May 25 Farm Bureau resolutions at Farm Bureau office 8 p.m. DST. May 26 Chamber of Commerce smorgasbord at Wilton. May 28 Wapello electric franchise vote. May 29 Farmer-Labor memorial rally at Davenport Municipal stadium. May 30 Farm Bureau board meeting at Farm Bureau city 8:30 p.m. DST. May 1 and June 2 American Angus conference at Ames. June 6-7 District FFA leadership camp at Lake Darling. June 9-10 441 conference at Ames. June 14-20 Iowa Soil and Water Conservation week. June 16-17 41st annual National Livestock and Meat Bound meeting in Chicago. June 21-24 4-H co-ed camp at Madrid. June 20 Southeast Iowa Jamboree show at Columbus Junction aly. Wheat marketing certificates go into effect. July 10 Dairy project showing and fitting meeting. July 13-14 4-H exchange group from Kentucky visits Muscatine county. Aug 3-7 Louisa county fair. Aug 10-13 Cedar county fair. Aug 15-9 West Liberty fair. Aug 25-29 Rock Island county Iniv.
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YWCA
Muscatine
Farm Bureau
Chamber of: Commerce Smorgasbord
Wilton
Wapello Electric
Farmer-Labor
Davenport Municipal
Farm Bureau Board
Farm ‘Bureau Citic
Ames
FFA
Lake Darling
Towa
Chicago
Madrid
Iowa
Columbus
Kentucky
Muscatine County
Louisa County
Cedar County
West Liberty
Rock Island County
Over 100 Take Part in 4 H Dairy Judging Contest
More than one hundred 4 H members and parents gathered for the Dairy Judging Contest held at Arrowhead Ranch Rural Coal Valley and Guy Catlett Farm Northeast Mercer County. Roy Akers organized four judging rings with Guernies. Catletts provided three rings of Brown Swiss. Gary Teague of Arrowhead Ranch won Rock Island County first place. awarding top ten names are listed. Top ten participants, including Becky Feaster, Chuck Garvey, Alicia Ensey, and others, will advance to the State Contest at the University of Illinois on June 39, 1964.
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Rock Island
Mercer
Henry Counties
Arrowhead Ranch
Coal Valley
Guy Catlett
Mercer County
Roy Akers
Guarneys
Catletts
Rock Island County
Gary Teague
Bob Gustafson
Coal’ Valley
Becky Feaster
Hillsdale
Chuck Garvey
Arrowhead
Alicia Ensey
Andy Misch
Larry Kurten
Bach
Orion
Joyce ‘Ferry
Mo‘line
Jim Johnston
Milan
Gary Crawford
University of Ilinois
Freeman Calls Group to Talk Cattle Prices
Secretary of Agriculture Orville Le Freeman has summoned an advisory committee to a two day meeting here May 18 and 14 to consider further action to bolster depressed cattle prices. After an earlier March meeting the department started a beef purchase program to support producer prices, but government buying has not yet raised prices. Meat is donated to needy persons and to the school lunch program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Orville le Freeman
Muscatine Farmers Battle Weather Across Regions
In Muscatine area farming teams struggled to plant corn as progress lagged about ten days behind normal and two weeks from last year. Oakville and Liberty area growers made scattered gains amid ongoing plowing disking and chopping. Showers brought moisture but high winds created dust and slick fields along Highway 92.
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Oakville
Wilton-Durant-West ‘Liberty Area
Sand Piles Up Along Fence Row Near Columbus Junction
High winds lash the region driving dust across Highway 92 between Columbus Junction and Grand View. Dust clouds up to 50 appear along Muscatine Island with drivers sometimes using lights. Oats growth slowed by cooler weather but pasture and melon planting progress noted. Iowa poultry science exhibit planned at the State Fair with experiments on fertilization and wingbud transplants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Highway 92
Grandview
Journal
Muscatine Island
Weather Yield Tie Predictable in Crop Forecasts
Louis H. Bean, economic analyst to three U.S. agriculture secretaries, spoke at an ISU seminar on weather and food. He claimed ability to forecast weather and crop yield variations a year ahead, presenting 20 to 40 year potato cycles in Maine and long grain cycles for corn and rainfall, plus Missouri River runoff patterns predicting the 1952 Sioux City flood.
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Ames
Iowa
Louis H. Bean
U.S
Iowa State University
Bean
ISU
Center For Agriculture and Economic Development
Maine
Missouri
Sioux City
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Frymoyer
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State Bank of
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Farmer's Calendar
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Ask
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Iowa county +H
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