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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1925
Page
8
Blue Valley Creamery Institute ranks alfalfa as the most profitable farm crop based on acre value at $82.84, higher than corn and other staples. The feed value equals corn pound for pound and it enriches soil while yielding multiple profitable crops yearly for dairy herds.
RR eCeNe reports from Blue Valley Creamery Institute and Minnesota College of Agriculture show skim milk as the cheapest and best protein supplement for growing pigs. Trials find ten pigs fed skim milk required 201 pounds of corn for a 100 pound gain at 3.48 and reached 83 pounds two weeks faster, with lower cost per 100 pounds gain.
A Blue Valley Creamery Institute report finds dairy cows have been a strong market for farm feed over the past year. The study, based on USDA prices for hay grain and seeds used in dairy rations, shows feeding costs for 12 months ending August 1925 only 25.5 percent above prewar 1910 14 levels. Butter and fluid milk prices rose sharply, with butter farm prices 56 percent above the 1910 14 average and fluid milk 48 percent higher, while combined dairy byproducts rose about 52 percent.
Sioux County Farm Bureau asks all farmers to mail 100 kernels of seed corn and 100 kernels of crib corn from each ear to the Orange City office. A preliminary seed corn survey will summarize germination power from the first 20 samples. Also reports on Girls Clubs and Last Call Baby Beef entries highlight local activities and upcoming deadlines.
Agricultural Director D. H. Otis outlines how state colleges connect with banks to promote farm progress. Colleges assign specialists to aid bankers, distribute project outlines, and arrange county agent or college staff contact to organize farm accounts, legume, boys and girls club, alfalfa and cow testing projects, and demonstrations for fairs.
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