Pocahontas Farm Bureau year in review highlights youth clubs
Pocahontas County Farm Bureau reports extensive youth club activity with Baby Beef and Dairy Calf programs, poultry and lamb demos, and participation at Rolfe Fall Festival, Big Four Fair, and State Fair. Highlights include 91.3% dairy index for Dickinson county team, 91.1% poultry demo, and strong Home Project, canning, and memory contests.
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Fonda
Ths
Poultry Demia
Marshall
Des Moines
Garfield
Powylinclh
Cummins
Doris Moe
Maxine Neville
Mas
Rolfe
Ing
Fonda Fair
Iowa State
Mariory Vaughn
Spencer
Court House
Home accounts stop leaks and aid economy
Esther Pond a home management specialist at Iowa State College argues that keeping a home expense record reveals spending patterns helps reduce costs. A full monthly entry shows income and outgo and guides next year’s budget, limiting unnecessary or extravagant purchases. Read in The Arrow for more on improving household finances.
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Miss Esther Pond
Iowa State College
Miss Pond
Specialist Teaches Cutting Meat Bills Down With Cheaper Cuts
Mrs Helen Hinrichsen Iowa State College extension specialist says coarser tougher cuts like rump shank neck and flank can be made appetizing with slow thorough cooking pounding before cooking grinding or chopping and cooking with acids. Cheaper cuts sell near price of choice cuts, so housewives should buy boneless cuts for economy.
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Helen Hinrichsen
Iowa State College
Ames
Land Sales Rise Across Farmland Returns and Hog Market Notes
Land sales totaling 1816 acres in Rolfe area moved this year with prices from 115 to 205 per acre. Transactions include D W Trick to C W Ferguson and Chicago Land Bank to Art Micalek among others. Swine data shows lighter hogs fetch higher per pound prices, but overall market shifts focus to litter size and feed conversion efficiency.
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T. Carroll
D. W. Trick
C.W. Ferguson
Laurens
Jas. Dady
L. B. Reigelsberger
Rolfe
Nels Truelsen
Leonard Smith
M. P. Hancher
H. F. Olerich
Chicago Land Bank
Art Micalek
I. J. Struthers
J. H. Pollock
Plover
State Savings Bank
Hans W
Day of Rest Ruined by the Big Sunday Dinner
Iowa State College home economics specialists say the traditional heavy Sunday dinner is fading as wives shift to simple Saturday preparations. Planning meat and dessert ahead reduces kitchen work and frees time for family and social activities on Sunday.
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Pocahontas
V. Holsinger
Wa State College
Iowa State College
Sisiime
Keep Fall Pigs Warm and Dry in Sanitary Quarters
Iowa State College expert C C Culbertson outlines essentials for fall pig care. Maintain warmth and dryness, sanitary housing with clean bedding, lice and mange control, good ventilation, and sheltered feeding. Use automatic feeders and water fountains with heaters, provide ample water, and offer a full corn and small grain diet with rich supplements.
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C. C. Culbertson
Iowa State College
Culbertson
Hogs Slaughter Test Indicates New Buying Basis
Henry county swine feeding demonstration in cooperation with Iowa State Extension shows that very well finished hogs may not always yield the best dressing percentage or profit. Rex Beresford notes packers may shift toward value based on cutting yield and pork value, with test at John Morrell plant showing lighter pigs sometimes delivering higher dollars per hundred.
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Morrells Provision Department
Henry County
Extension Service
Iowa State College
Rex Beresford
John Morrell & Company
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