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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1953
Page
2
Average weight of barrows and gilts remained very low at Chicago at 22 pounds for the first week of September. This extra early marketing of spring pigs highlights rapid market pace and farming adjustments.
Hog weights at Chicago show fewer under 180 pounds and virtually no hogs above 240 pounds as demand softens with seasonal slump. Lard prices fell from 21 to 13 cents, while August egg production hit a record high 5 percent above last year and 12 percent above five-year average driven by higher lay rates across flocks and a larger pooling of potential layers than a year prior.
The Iowa Committee for Agricultural Development and the Iowa State Experiment Station announce Clintland oats for 1954. County Extension Director Dwayne A Rohweder says the oat is a back cross between Clinton and Landhafer and resembles Clinton in height maturity and straw strength with similar grain color and test weight.
The article notes Clintland oats resist crown rust similarly to Clinton across North America and should yield the same unless crown rust is heavy, in which case it may underperform. Farmers wishing to grow under the contract should contact Mr. Dwayne A. Rohweder and pick up blanks before October 10.
Mrs. John Nieuwenhof of Yakima Washington Mrs. Fannie Kooiman and Mrs. Fred Mulder and Judy of Rock Valley were Wednesday dinner guests in the John Meendering home. They also called on the Louis De Boer and Thomas De Groot families.
Mr and Mrs Herman De Boer and daughter Annita of Leota Minnesota were weekend guests at the John Bernisse house. Sunday the Bernisses hosted guests who visited the Dick Bueukelman home in Sioux City. Also, Mr and Mrs Martin Lenz and daughter of Ellsworth Minnesota were Friday evening guests in the Henry Broesder home.
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