Vigorous plan to stamp out swine disease at Des Moines meeting
Officials from state and federal livestock agencies producers and meat packers met in Des Moines to plan a coordinated response to vesicular exanthema in swine. The group urged emergency declaration strict quarantine and eradication measures plus indemnification for losses while stressing the safety of well handled pork. The disease remains nonhuman and nontransmissible to humans but poses an economic threat to pork supply.
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Des Moines
John Olson
Minnesota Livestock Breeders Association
Egg prices rebound with summer market boost
Ralph Poynter, county extension director, notes egg prices recovered from spring lows with summer demand. By mid July prices reached 1951 levels as production slumps. Bremer County poultrymen can gain by selling eggs on grade, as higher grades fetch a growing premium amid hot weather and storage shifts.
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Francis A. Kutish
Iowa State College Farm
Bremer County
Second Brood Corn Borer Moths Flying
Bremer county reports 60% pupation of the second brood and 16 to 90 percent emergence of adult moths on Tuesday July 29. Egg laying will concentrate and spraying may be profitable. Recommend a single treatment at 100 egg masses per 100 plants using 7 to 15 gallons per acre with DDT. Floyd Maley of New Market pinned under a overturned tractor for about 90 minutes but sustained only non serious injuries.
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Bremer County
Floyd Maley
New Market
Highway tragedy on a rural Iowa road
A calendar like Iowa summer scene on a country road hides a fatal crash. A blind intersection at a crossing, seen only by the driver who approached at high speed, led to the wreck that killed a father and child amid fields of corn and tall weeds.
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Iowa
Transfers In Waverly Readlyn And Harmon Additions
Legal transfers recorded between Reinhard Friedrich and William J Meeker. Lizzie Meyerhoff to Frederick Albrecht. Amanda H Flege to Louie Boerschel. William Weber Jr to A E Cooper. L O Hall to Edward Barnes. Waverly Motor Co to Leon Dorfman. Property descriptions cover lots and blocks in Home Readlyn Harmon additions. Revenue amounts range from 55 cents to $12.65.
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Reinhard Friedrich
William J. Meeker
Waverly
Lizzie Meyerhoff
Frederick J. Albrecht
Readlyn
Amanda H
Flege
Louie Alfred Boerschel
W. W. Smith
William Weber, Jr
A. E. Cooper
L. O. Hall
Edward C. Barnes
Harmon & LeValley
Waverly Motor Co
Leon
Herbert Dorfman
Iowa Summer Memory of a Fatal Gravel Road Crash
A driver emerging from a side road with his son in the car recalls the intersection. No sign remained in the gravel to indicate he braked and looked. Witnesses from the neighborhood remember the accident, the child and the man killed, as corn grows tall in Iowa this summer.
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Iowa
Reader's Digest credits Dr Harold W Schultz for beef canning discovery
A Reader's Digest article credits Dr Harold W Schultz of Chicago with discovering a canning process for scraped beef and other meats used as baby food. Schultz is noted as a former Sheldon Iowa resident. Leader ads promise results.
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Reader's Divest
Harold W. Schultz
Chicago
Schultz
Sheldon
Iowa
Marriage Licenses Noted for Four Couples
Darrell J. Kratzer 31 of Waterloo and Florine Ruth Huebner 22 of Waterloo. Lawrence J. Ohlendorf 31 of Waverly and LuEtta Westervelt 22 of Plainfield. Leader ads bring results.
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Darrell J. Kratzer
Waterloo
Florine Ruth Huebner
Lawrence J. Ohlendorf
Waverly
LuEtta Westervelt
Plainfield
Mrs Ralph Joy Retires After Fifty Years of Service
Local obituary notes Mrs Ralph Joy retires after a long career spanning teaching in the 20s and later work in the Adel area. The brief tribute highlights decades of community service and a life in education and related fields.
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Ralph Joy
Adel
Present Day Caps STUCK IN Mug On Dirt Road Feeds
A vintage ad speaks on modern road wear versus old dirt paths and urges balanced hog feeding. It touts Bow-Key 40% Hog Balancer as a complete nutrient blend without fillers, claiming higher profits through better growth, fewer diseases, and faster market readiness.
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Prosper Frideres
Kossuth
Ralph Poynter
Katish
OWA
Department OF Public Safety
Bob Hullihan
Fabulous Farm Fair
Midwest
Wee Nation
The
Iowa Optometric Assn
R. M. Murphy
Sumner, Iowa
Weyerhaeuser
FLOOR
Kile
Rotary
Tripoli Implement Co. Farm Equipment Headquarters
Tripoli
Lowa
Howard Boek
Qwice
Bergmann Hatchery
Howard Boeke
Ames
Colburn Feed Mill
Tripoli, Lowa
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