Marion county 4-H feeds 295 baby beeves for shows
Marion county 4-H club members feed 224 fattening baby beeves and 71 pure bred heifers for fall shows with 106 youths caring daily. Angus Hereford and Short horn steers are raised by dozens of members, many bred in Marion county, as the county promotes purebred calves and future breeding stock.
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Marion County
Don Rinner
Midwest
Ray Thos
Manity
Angus Robert Bane
Reid Boothe
Edith Dyer
Eugene Harvey
Dean Hodgson
Doris Maddy
Dale Rodgers
Donald Rodgers
Doyle Rodge
Dixie Shawver
Roger Amble
Victor Whitlateh
Iowa Farmers See Machinery Boom Ahead
Iowa farmers face a forthcoming machinery boom as prices rise and labor shortfalls loom. The Iowa State College committee warns of overbidding and overinvestment, noting 70,000 farms over 50 acres lack tractors and predicting several thousand new machines yearly for years.
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Towa State College Committee
Comntee
Towa
Iowa
Stock shipment losses rise in Iowa farms
Town livestock producers lose thousands due to faulty handling of cattle sheep and hogs en route to market says A C Anderson Iowa State agricultural husbandman. Winter feeding weakens bones making animals more prone to injury reflected in greater livestock shipping losses each spring. Farmers can cut losses by removing hazards during loading and transit. Improper loading facilities lack of strong partitions in mixed shipments and poor footing are principal loss causes.
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A.C. Anderson
Iowa State
Anderson
Plow Terraces Demonstrated by Iowa Farmer Irvin Scott
Iowa farmer Irvin Scott near Marion demonstrates soil-saving terrace plowing techniques in pictures. He shows starting on the terrace ridge, back-furrowing to the ridge, plowing the channel, and leaving a dead furrow strategy to prevent subsoil exposure. Scott cooperates with Iowa State College and the Soil Conservation Service in an erosion control demonstration.
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Iowa
Irvin Scott
Marion
Scott
Iowa State College
The
Soil Conservation Service
Dangerous Horns and Stock Losses in Transportation
The expert notes bruises and broken bones from kicks or prods, or from animals rubbing protections in truck racks and rail cars cause costly injuries. Protruding nails and bolts tear skin, horns over an inch long add expense, and horn growth can be halted before calves reach one month. Overcrowding, poor bedding, rough lifting, careless driving, and inadequate unloading at stockyards also raise losses.
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Anderson
4-H lamb project nets $30 on 16 lambs for Iowa youths
Iowa 4-H members in six western counties finished a 1940 41 lamb feeding project with an average gain of 26 pounds per lamb over about 110 days. The group reported about $30 profit per 16 lambs, with purchase prices around 8 82 and selling prices near 11 31.
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Town 4-H Club
C. W. McDonald
Iowa State College Extension
McDonald
Doys
Mason City
Es Moines
Spencer
Waterloo
Western Counties
Sioux City
Omaha
Neb
Sioux Falls
Costa
Towa
Hog prices stimulated by government buys say Iowa expert
Iowa State College economist L K Soth says government pegging of hog prices at $9 could lift prices for two years even without federal purchases. He notes higher spring farrowing and a fall pig crop, with total hog farrowings in 1941 around 42 million and overall hog production well below 1940.
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L. K. Soth
Iowa State College Extension
Soth
Nationa
Bureau of Agricultural Economies
Expert Advises Growing Medium Size Market Hog
Market receipts show a shift to medium type hogs finishing at 200 to 225 lbs, rather than 260-plus for heavy fryers. R J Pemberton of the Iowa Swing Producers Association cautions against producing small, poorly finished pigs, noting their higher production costs and lower meat value for consumers. He also suggests oats berthing guidance and pasture use for other livestock.
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R. J. Pemberton
Feld
Iowa
Fertilizer timing and rates for spring seeding plans
Farmers planning broadcast of phosphate fertilizer before seeding small grains and legumes should work the fertilizer into the soil to reach young roots. Kilpatrick advises tilling at least twice with a disc or spring-tine implement, or using a drill to place fertilizer near roots. For biennial legumes and mixed stands, recommended rates vary from 75 to 200 pounds per acre, depending on fertilizer type and long term stand plans.
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Bruce M. Kilpatrick
Town College Extension
Sygronom
Kilpatrick
Filing Social Security Reports Early Pays Well
J. C. Hollister of the Des Moines Social Security Board urges employers to accurately report each worker’s name and social security number on the next quarterly tax return. Correct data saves time and expense from later corrections and backtracking on payroll records. The law makes employers responsible for keeping right names, numbers and wages, with the due date on or before April 30.
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J. C. Hollister
Des Moines
K. Hollister
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