Neighbors build pond to aid Bandstra watershed project
Two neighboring farmers Henry Willemsen and Paul De Jong near Taintor join a conservation pond to drain about 200 acres. Finley Hudson uses a bulldozer to shape the pond, with total cost about 2400 dollars half funded by ASC. The Bandstra watershed includes nine farms and eight enlisted farmers.
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Taintor
Hands i Conservation Project
Henry Willemen
Paul de Jong
Bandstra
Mr. de Jong
Willemsen
Finley Hudson
Hudson
Virgel Benson
Lynnville
Skunk
ASC
Conservation Fund
Poweshiek Soil Conservation District
Brooklyn
Archie Casebolt
Morris James
Jasper County
SCS
Willemwen
Gerrit Bandstra
John Clevinger
Earl Northcutt
Henry Springer
Walter Hill
Carroll Elscott
Henry Willemsen
North Skunk
Willem 4En
de Jong
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Dozer 1
John Clevi
Harry Springer
Northcutt
Record Wide Gain Variations In Livestock
Variation exists in all farm livestock as producers must measure and select animals with best end product at lowest cost. Iowa State College's Leslie E. Johnson cites 1953 calf birth weights from 92 to 60 pounds and six month weights from 490 to 182 pounds. Nebraska station data show bull calves at six months from 438 to 246 pounds and daily gains from 3 to 1.73 pounds.
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Leslie E. Johnson
Iowa State College
Johnson
Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station
Gradual Trend Toward Larger Farms in Iowa
A 1920 to 1950 overview shows farms over 19 acres rising in size from 165 to 172 acres while total counts fall from 203,320 to 196,406. Economies of scale and mechanization drive larger holdings though risk rises beyond about 200 acres, with regional shifts most notable in southern pasture and northeast dairy areas.
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Iowa
Earl C. Heady
Iowa State College
Heady
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