Vrieselaar Dairy Family Runs Modern Farm Near Otley
The Vrieselaars, a Monroe area dairy family near Otley, maintain twelve registered Ideal sires from Jacob Tanis of August a New Jersey, with cows yielding butterfat up to 639 pounds in 840 days. Mrs. Vrieselaar bakes bread, preserves a plate collection, and the couple manage a setup with Percheron horses, hay, silage, and growing clover. Their six children participate in 4-H and local journalism notes, while supporting dairy herd improvements and farm life.
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Henry W. Vrieselaar
Otley
John
Don Vrieselaar
Monroe
Henry
Vrieselaar
Vriexelsar
Ideal
Jansen
Jacob Tanis
Augusta
New Jersey
Vriexelaar
Vriezelaara
the Union
Arthur
Velma
Maytag’s
Newton
Mary
Conrad
Iowa
Madeline
Jrs
Loren
Boulder
Colorado
Coralee
State Teachers College
Vriezelaar
Chronicle
Summit Township
Vriezelaars
Dairy Herd Improvement Association
P. S
Weather May Be Big Factor in Cattle Supply 1955
Iowa State College economist Francis A. Kutish notes drought pushed cattle to earlier slaughter in 1954. He expects 1955 counts to ease slightly and feedings to rise, with weather influencing grass cattle slaughter and price spreads between utility and prime grades.
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Iowa State College Farm
Francis A. Kutish
Kutish
Drouth Persists May Curtail 1955 Cattle Slaughter
Kutish predicts that ongoing drought will boost long fattening calves this fall and could reduce total 1955 cattle slaughter by up to 2 million if drought worsens. Looking to 1966, he says numbers may stay steady or increase under normal rainfall, with price implications tied to the herd size and drought risk.
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Drouth Poersiste
Kutish
Spreads Between Grades Expected to Widen Next Fall
The article notes that spreads between grades will be wider as utility stocks are expected to sell at lower figures in the coming fall.
Numbers of Cattle May Be Off in '55
Rex Beresford of Iowa State College says the 1954 peak of the cattle cycle suggests cattle numbers may be lower on January 1, 1956. Cow slaughter likely not much down, while heifers kept for replacements hold. If history repeats, total cattle may dip further in 1955 with a lower 1966 total, despite stable prices and strong beef demand.
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Rex Beresford
Iowa State College
Beresford
Farm cattle prices seen similar to 1954 with higher feed costs
Beresford notes farm economists expect slaughter cattle prices in 1955 to be about the same as 1954 while feed costs rise. Farmers paid more for feeders this year, likely reducing profits versus 1954. Economists foresee profits much better than two years ago.
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Beresford
Cutting Number of Chicks Would Firm Egg Prices in 1955
Farmers reducing spring chicken numbers by 10 to 12 percent could firm egg prices by fall 1955, reaching the average of recent years. Iowa State College extension poultry marketing official L Z Eggleton notes uncertainty over chick purchases and warns small, less established poultry firms may exit, with many small ops from 1952 53 likely to leave.
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L. Z. Eggleton
Extension
Pultry “Marketing
Iowa State College
Egg price outlook and broiler output in 1955
Eggleton forecasts lower egg price recovery in early spring 1955 with supply cutbacks and weak shell and liquid storage. Prices may rise slightly versus 1964 later in spring, but egg-feed ratios stay below normal demand. Broiler prices are not expected to fall to 1954 lows as output remains high and industry covers most costs.
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Eggleton
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H. Vrieselaar
Henry Vriezelaar
Heya Eenee
Guernsey
Mar
Homemaker
Henvelaar
Brom’s
Pella
Ottumwa
Fremont
Kirkville
International
Forrest Brown
Ralph Watson
Good
Trinity Reformed Church
I. G. Roorda
C. H. Vander Linden
Gerrit van Roekel
America
Colfax Sale
Colfax Sale Company
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