Fertilizer Deemed Cheapest Crop Production Item by Experts
Michigan farm economists call fertilizer the cheapest crop producer per dollar invested and urge soil-friendly rotation and low output costs. They note 1950 shifts in nonfat milk solids consumption and rising fluid milk intake, with higher dairy product output and natural income growth.
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Michigan
Michigan State College
Department of Agricultural Economics
U.S.C.A
Landhuis Family Visits Archer Residents Sunday
Mr and Mrs Jim Landhuis and son of Los Angeles California visited in the home of Rev and Mrs John W Brink of Archer Sunday evening.
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Jim Landhuis
Los Angeles
Calif
J. H. Landhuis
John W. Brink
Archer
Dairying Shaped as Million Dollar Iowa Industry
Iowa dairy outlook grows to about 230 million dollars yearly in farm income with 187000 farmers involved. Dairy cows exceed 1.15 million head valued at over 276 million, while creameries and processing plants add further multi million investment. The dairy sector underpins rural prosperity and warrants a sound land-use program to sustain forage, with Iowa set to remain a leading dairy state.
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Iowa
Sioux County Farm Census Shows Slight Rise in Size
The 1950 census reports 2971 farms in Sioux County, down from 2998 in 1945, with average farm size rising from 160.4 to 161 acres. Total county land is 490 240 acres, 97.6 percent farmed, with 232 152 owner operated and 298 892 rented. Iowa's statewide farm count fell 2.8 percent from 208 934 to 203 189.
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Sioux County
J. E. Ellis
Ellis
Iowa
North Carolina
Tennessee
Calif
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Elevator Department