Pepsin Boosts Baby Pig Growth In Iowa Trials
In Atlantic Iowa researchers led by Dr Damon Catron Iowa State College report pepsin a protein digesting enzyme boosts baby pig growth and feed efficiency. Field tests on four farms show pigs fed pepsin starter feeds gain faster and use feed more efficiently with results across 300 pigs in Cass and Shelby counties and 450 pigs on the Walnut Grove farm.
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Atlantic
Iowa
Damon Catron
Iowa State College
Pepsin
Peng
Nels Fugisang
Emery Hoegh
Byron King
Roy Bailey
Cass
Shelby Counties
Walnut Grove Products Co. Inc
Nels Fuglsang
Cass County
Local News From Woden and Algona Areas
Mrs Richard VanHoorn returned home last week after an extended visit with relatives in Wooster Ohio Dr and Mrs W L Tindall attended an Osteopathic Study Group meeting in Algona last Monday evening The Hancock County Meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary was noted in the area reports
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Woden
Warner Stainhour
Chicago
William Wood
John Schuler
Swea City
John Rudisill
West Bend
Henry Quinn
Mason City
Frank Green
Forest City
Tindall
Chalmas Chesnut
Missouri
Chesnut
Dick Myers
Mercy Hospital
Otto Earles
Lakota
Melvin Wood
Battle Creek
Michigan
Sydney Ellefson
Bancroft
Bob Ellefson
Richard VanHoorn
Wooster
Ohio
W. L. Tindall
Algona
Final day for soil bank sign-up July 20
Farmers must sign at the county ASC office in Algona by Friday July 20 to participate in the 1956 soil bank. Landlords have until August 31 to sign. July 31 marks the cutback deadline for corn acreage and flax, sorghum, and soybeans. As of July 13, Kossuth county filed 1484 applications covering 17,770 acres, valued at $805,400.74.
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Soil Bank
ASC
Algona
Soil Bank Prao- Bram
Sail Bank
Kossuth County
Mishap at Rural Road Ends With Glasses Spree
Nellie Johnson of Sibley drives along a county road when a child passenger reaches for her glasses. The mishap costs $450 in damage and is noted in the report.
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Nellie Johnson
Sibley
Freezer Bargains on Michigan Cherries this Season
Frozen and canned cherries are discounted as packers clear inventory from last summer in Michigan Wisconsin and other cherry states. Jewell Graham Iowa State Extension Nutritionist suggests cherry glaze for upside down cake and provides a cherry crisp recipe using juice from No 2 cans and frozen cherries with a crumb topping baked at 350 for about 45 minutes.
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Michigan
Wisconsin
Jewell Graham
Iowa State College
Capehart bill proposes $100 million for farm product research
Indiana Senator Homer Capehart pushes a plan to spend 100 million dollars on research to create new uses and markets for farm products. He notes over a billion has been spent on teaching farmers to grow and market more and argues new customers are needed to permanently solve the farm problem. One idea cited is blending grain alcohol with gasoline as auto fuel, a practice tested abroad.
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Homer Capehart
Indiana
Capitol Hill
Capehart
Capehaut
New Corn based fibres and starch products eyed for industry
Government researchers at USDA Peoria study amylose rich cornstarch for tough textile fibres and a cellophane like film for food wrappers. Varieties yield amylose up to 55 percent. A Columbus, Tuana starch plant offers paving grade starch. Emphasis on developing new crops as only about 12 crops supply 80 percent of food. Potential for high protein fermentation paint vegetable oil plastics rubber and paper products.
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Peoria
Columbus
Tuana
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