Ames to Host Major Farm and Home Short Course
After two years of abandonment due to the influenza epidemic the Iowa Farm and Home Short Course at Ames will run January 3 to 8 drawing farmers homemakers and students. Plans aim to surpass attendance records and focus on economical production better marketing and improved child nutrition with over a hundred lectures and nightly meetings including a farm bureau rally and a grand farmers banquet.
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Dean C. F. Curtiss
Iowa State College
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Hog Prize Wins at International Show for Iowa State College
Iowa State College earned the majority of ribbons at the International Show for fat hogs. The winning strategy credits the feeder who believes hot slop and molasses help prize hogs. He praises coin as the best food for prizes and notes the effort involved.
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Turn Sheep Into Corn Fields For Winter Grazing
Farmers with sheep should convert corn stalks to grazing after harvest to provide exercise and a good grain ration, says Tom C Stone of Iowa State College extension. Ewes may stay in pasture if snow is shallow. a month before lambing, move them to barns for a rich ration. Subscribe for The Arrow NOW.
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Tom C Stone
Iowa State College
Farm Machinery Care Prompted By Seasonal Storage
The article urges farmers to shelter plows discs harrows binders mowers stackers and other equipment after use and before heavy weather. It advises placing gear on dirt floors under sheds with boards lifted above ground and to cover tractors engines with canvas roofing paper or boards to protect from snow and rain. It stresses inspecting and disassembling for easier storage and notes time spent now yields good payoff.
Crop work at Ames station runs many experiments
More than a hundred crop trials are under way at the Ames Town experiment station. They include corn, alfalfa, clover, soy beans, sorghum and sudan grass tests, and other new-variety studies. A note urges inspecting fields before cold weather and securing cattle away from roads.
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