Iowa beef cattle can be produced at low cost in Iowa
Rex Beresford, extension beef cattle specialist at Iowa State College, says Iowa beef herds compete with western range cattlemen through lower feed and production costs. He warns against overfeeding with high-value grain, outlines winter feeding strategies, and notes three years of Iowa farm cost studies showing common overfeeding. A new bulletin, Raising Beef Cattle in Iowa, outlines findings and is available from county extension offices or the Bulletin Office at Iowa State College.
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Towa
Rex Beresford
Iowa State College
Iowa
Beresford
Ames
Walleyes Abound as Storm Lake Yields Large Haul
State Conservation crews removed 90,000 pounds of rough fish from Storm Lake Buena Vista County in two seine hauls. Carp 30,900 pounds buffalo 60,000 pounds. Game fish released include 12,000 catfish 10,000 silver bass 3,000 crappies 16,000 bullheads many perch and 3,000 walleye pike from 16 inches to 12. Many young walleyes found this year indicating improved natural reproduction and a better balance lake under management.
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Storm Lake
Buena Vista
Fisk Joins Crack Wrestling Squad at Town State Teachers
Jack Fisk, former Pella high school athlete, is a member of the Town State Teachers college wrestling squad. The Panthers, led by coach Dave McCaskey, have dominated with nine straight meets and multiple AAU and NCAA crowns. Fisk, a PE major, hopes to coach after graduation as his parents live in Reasnor Iowa.
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Jack Fisk
Pella
Town
State Teachers College
Fisk
Dave McCaskey
Geapplers
Jack
Bill Nelson
Panthers
Oklahoma A and M
Cedar Falls
Teachers College
Harold Fisk
Reasnor
Towa
Calvin College freshmen win prize essays on Dutch culture
Melvin Hagen of Pella Iowa wins first prize $25 for an essay on Netherlands Life and Reflected in the Current Exhibit in the Public Museum. Reuvena Dieleman of Oskalooosa Iowa takes second prize $15 and Ruth Brandsema of Leaside Ontario earns $10 for third. Essays were submitted Nov 21 with judging by Clarence DeGraaf Frank L. Dumond and Mrs Henry Walkotten.
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Grand Rapids
Michigan
Chronicle
Calvin College
Jan S. Vander Heide
Netherlands
van der Heide
Melvin Hagen
Pella
Iowa
Reuvena Dieleman
Oskaloosa
Ruth Brandsema
Leaside
Ont
Iowa’s early press blooms along the Mississippi
Pioneer Iowa papers began with the Dubuque Visitor in 1836. By 1846 nine papers existed, with two new ones started and one discontinued that year. Most were river towns like Burlington, Davenport, Fort Madison, Keokuk, and Muscatine. inland centers Iowa City and Keosauqua also hosted weeklies.
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Iowa
Dubuque
Mississippi River
Burlington
Davenport
Fort Madison
Keokuk
Muscatine
Bloomington
Iowa City
Keosauqua
Master Hog Men Use Top Methods for Pig Savings
Hog raisers gain tips from Iowa Master Swine Producers on saving piglets this spring. Sanitation and preventing chilling and crushing are key, with 25 producers noted and many scrubbing pens, using lye solution, steam cleaning, and heat sources to keep piglets warm.
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Iowa
E. L. Quaife
Towa State College
Towa
Quaife
State Attorneys to Assist Co. Attorney In Strip Mine Case
The Dunreath Coal Company suit testing a new state strip mining soil replacement law gains two more developments. Iowa officials Robert L. Larson and Clarence L. Kading request entry as defendants’ counsel alongside Marion County Attorney William W. Hardin. Defendants are the Marion County board of supervisors and members. The suit was filed November 10, 1949, with a motion to dismiss amended to revise wording.
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Dunreath Coal Company
Knoxville Journal
Robert L. Larson
Clarence L. Kading
Iowa
District Court
William W. Hardin
Marion County
Marion County Board of Supervisors
Farmers of Marion County Corn Acreage in 1949
Marion County farmers planted 101600 acres of corn in 1949 while averaging 98671 acres on 2369 farms over 1947 to 1949. Of 348095 total farm acres, 218944 are crop land, about 63 percent, with 28 percent average corn share over three years. PMA statistics from Knox ville note 1950 allotments may arrive in March and township records prepared for state-level figures. Pleasant Grove and Summit lead crop land proportion at 68 percent, Liberty 67 percent is lowest.
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Marion County
Production and Marketing Administration
Knoxville
PMA
Paul Brown
State Office
Pleasant Grove
Summit
Liberty
Knoxville Journal
Tall Corn Scouts Change Name to Tall Corn Area Council
At a winter meeting the Tall Corn Council of the Boy Scouts of America approved renaming to Tall Corn Area Council to reflect its broader regional service. The council headquarters remain in Des Moines serving 13 central Iowa counties with over 10,000 boys and 3,000 adults involved, and a shift in Cub age eligibility to eight.
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Tall Corn Council
Boy Scouts of America
Tall Corn Area Council
Towa
Des Moines
Iowa
Boone
Dallas
Guthrie
Hardi Jasper
Madison
Marion
Mashall
Polk
Poweshick
Story
Tama
Warren
A. C. ‘Berkowitz
Tall Corn
Scouts and Explorers Growth Driven By Population Rise
The council reports Scouts at 11 and Explorers at 14, with membership growing by about 100 boys each month. It projects serving over 12,000 boys by 1956 as peak birth-rate cohorts reach Scout age.
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Scouts
Council
Veterans Urged to Apply for Census Enumerator Posts
Clyde E. Herring, district supervisor in Des Moines, urges veterans to apply as Census enumerators. Marion County needs 31 workers but has only 7 applications. ages 21 to 65 must pass an exam. More applicants needed in two weeks. Write U S Bureau of the Census Des Moines for blanks. Pay ranges from eight to nine dollars daily depending on workload.
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Clyde E. Herring
Des Moines
Marion County
Mr. Herring
Herring
U. S. Bureau of the Census
Jewett Building
Weed and Pest Clinic Draws Large Iowa Attendees
Last Friday’s Weed and Pest Clinic at Pel drew about 200 farmers. Tiny Gunderson warned the corn horer remains a threat to Iowa crops in favorable weather, urged checks with a strip, and outlined spray plans including DDT use and timing based on egg masses per stalks. Dutch Sylvester advocated integrated weed control combining chemicals with cultural practices and cautioned against overreliance on pre emergence spraying.
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Marion
Mahaska
Jasper
E. P
Dutch) Sylvester
Harold
Tiny) Gunderson
Iowa
Lester McDonnell
Town & Country Spray Service
Scarsboro
Leo Waggoner
Marion Knoxvi Ames
Gunderson
Pel
Illinois
Sylvester
Railroad worker killed in handcar collision near Stu art
Don Padilla a section man for Rock Island died when a motorized handcar he rode was struck by a fast freight near Stu art. Two other workmen jumped clear before the train struck the car.
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Don Padilla
Rock Island
Stuart
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West
Crack Wrestling Squad
Calvin
Pioneer Newspapers
United States
Conrad Vander Leest
West First Street
Monumental Sales & Mfg. Co
St. Cloud, Minnesota
Farmers of Marion Co
America
RCA Victor
EYE Witness
Kuyper
Jean
Hop
Tiny Gunderson
Bow-Key
Pecrums
van Gorp Hatchery
Hotpoint
Pella Legion Hall
Elizabeth Lyman
Chicago
Hotpoint, Inc
Budi
Syouil
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