Jasper County Farmers Make Progress in 1944 Conservation
Newton Daily News reports the Jasper County soil conservation district completed 18 months of service with significant gains. Forty groups signed 60 complete agreements covering 10 207 acres, boosting contour farming on 6 320 acres and strip cropping on 2 60 acres. About 24 300 trees and shrubs planted, along with terracing, grass waterways, and improved rotations.
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Jasper County Soil Conservation District
Arthur Watt
Lawrence II
Newton
Joe Cress Ter
John G. Wilbon
Harold Goilone
Court House
Watt
Commission
Newton Daily News
Farm Supply Outlook for 1945
Farmers face another year of high demand for supplies with Iowa State College reporting a largely steady farm machinery program but lagging production overall. Copper wire tightens, nails and baling gear remain abundant while bags and wooden containers stay scarce. Feeder cattle demand remains robust in Iowa and neighboring states with higher prices, and stocker operations expected to rise in Iowa Illinois Nebraska against a softer Eastern Corn Belt.
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Iowa State College
Towa
Iowa
Ilinois
Nebraska
Storm Lake seine haul shows vast carp and buffalo yield
State crews on a 3600 foot seine netted 15,800 pounds of carp and buffalo from Storm Lake. In 1942 a single pull yielded 150,000 pounds. The operation caught about 4,000 game fish and released them, while more sport fish like crappies and northern pike were found in good condition, signaling habitat recovery for sport fishing in the lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Storm Lake
Farm and Home Week Set for Feb 13–15 at Iowa State College
The forty fifth annual Farm and Home Week at Iowa State College will run February 13 to 15. Wartime limits shorten the event from five days to three, with a radio broadcast February 12 to 16 to reach families unable to attend. Campus sessions in Memorial Union Great Hall will feature agricultural and home economy programs, with departmental meetings on all three days and discussions on farm homes Wednesday.
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Iowa State College
Leven
Ames
Inelu
Great Hall
Memorial Union
Town State Collee
More Cattle Being Fed on Iowa Farms
Receipts of stocker and feeder cattle in Iowa over the last three months show a larger feeding operation than last winter. November intake was about 153,000 head, slightly below 1943 levels, while September to November totaled 615,000 head, about 3 percent above the previous season. Public markets contributed 103,000 head in November, about 68 percent of the total.
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Iowa
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Rural residents back education funding in southern Towa
Southern Towa residents push for better schools and a tax plan to fund them. Senator Oliver Turner urges restoring state income tax to raise funds, notes too many tiny schools raise cost per pupil. Governor Blue backs early Town School Code Commission report proposing state funds, transportation aid, tuition aid, and agricultural land tax relief.
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Towa
Oliver Turner
Corning
Turner
Town School Code Commission
Robert D. Blue
Long Hours of Darkness Create Car Accident Risk
The article notes that many fatal auto accidents occur after dark as visibility worsens and drivers face poor or absent taillights and dim headlights. It urges motorists to use extra caution during dark morning hours and in bad weather to save lives.
Rotenone Best For Destroying Grubs and Lice
H S Storey Mahaska county extension director warns December grub invasion requires farmers to prepare rotenone dust, sold at drug and feed stores. Harold Gunderson Iowa State College extension entomologist advises checking cattle backs and applying 30 day interval treatments. cost about 5 to 6 cents per head per treatment. Tests indicate December to March control raises beef cattle gains by 7 pounds per cow per four months and boosts milk yield without extra feed.
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Lowa
Calf Born at K I Wood Farm Near Spring Hill on Christmas
A 200 pound Holstein heifer calf was born on the K I Wood farm near Spring Hill on Christmas Day. The birth adds to the farm's herd as a notable early newborn of the season.
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K. I’. Wood Farm
Spring Hill
Norwalk Vet Describes Large Calf at Birth
Dr J W Winter a Norwalk veterinarian said the calf born to M was the largest he had seen at birth the animal lived only a short time afterward reflecting the fragile early life of farm calves and the challenges of veterinary care in rural communities.
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J. W. Winter
Norwalk
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Jasper County
Soils District
State Veterina
Corn Belt
Seine
Radio
van Gorp Hatchery
Pella, Iowa
Dr. L. de Vries
Dr. C. I. Fox
Liberty Streets
Osteopathic
Drs. Kramer and
Kramer
Nallie D
West First Street
J. J. Sybenga
M.D
Ofice
North Side Square
Duroc
Monroe
Farrow
Duroc Barrow
Warrick Bros
Monroe, Iowa
H. S. Storey
Mahaska County
Bank Credit
Farm Credit
Pella National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Mr. Farmer
National Tax Equality Association
NTEA
Co-Operative Movement
Sully
Fred de Vries
Mgr
Maurice Jones
Elevator
Mer
Taintor Co-Operative Elevator CO
Farmers Union Co-Operative Marketing Association
Pella
Reuben Schakel, Mer
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