Plant diseases may hit Iowa farms if spring stays wet
The Leader's News cites Arden Sherf ex tension plant pathologist at Iowa State College predicting serious plant disease losses in Iowa if weather remains unfavorable. Fire blight threatens apples and pears. early pruning, tool sanitizing, and copper sprays are advised along with rust control in oats and tomato blights.
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Arden Sherf
Iowa State College
Sherf
Iowa
Cherokee
Nemaha
Andrew
Ajax
Cole
Marion
Lown
Iowa farmers urge tight culling as egg-feed squeeze widens
Released through Ralph Poynter, Iowa Extension Director, farmers report 55 percent more hen sales in early 1952 than 1951 due to lower egg prices and higher feed costs. Advises culling when production falls below 50 percent and targets 60 percent. Hatchery bookings dip. spring chick sales may drop if egg profits stay weak. Look ahead to next fall and winter profits to guide春 starter orders.
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Iowa
Francis Kutish
Iowa State College
Pasture Experiments Show Higher Carrying Capacity in Iowa
Iowa State College researchers McDonald and Scholl report two improved pastures at Grun dy-Shelby Farm carrying over six ewes per acre for a five month grazing period, versus 3.5 ewes on unimproved land. The trials used legumes and grasses including birdsfoot trefoil and orchardgrass, with fall liming and spring phosphate plus oats as a companion crop.
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Iowa
Iowa State College
C. W. McDonald
J. M. Scholl
Grundy-Shelby
Beaconsfield
Ringgold County
Auctions advertise well managed sales bring higher returns
Auction notice by Orville Naber, Auctioneer. Advertising and management offered at no extra cost. Contact 16-F21, Tripoli.
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Orville Naber
Tripoli
Pasture Experiments Show Mixed Forage Yields and Effects
In the pasture trial, white clover thrived on renovated fields with phosphate while the check plot remained weed ridden and poorer. A top mix including birdsfoot trefoil, Ladino clover, red clover, lespedera, timothy, orchardgrass and bromegrass yielded strong early growth with Ladino and orchardgrass leading age-specific yields. Separate plots tested trefoil orchardgrass and trefoil bluegrass mixes on renovated pastures. Gerald Rickels of Wyoming Iowa, 11, was killed by an accidental discharge of a 20 gauge shotgun during a hunting expedition. Clarinda searchers recovered 72 year old Johanna Anderson’s body after she died from exposure at a health institute.
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Gerald Rickels
Wyoming
Iowa
Gerald
Clarinda
Johanna Anderson
Farmers Survey Rentals In Bremer County
More than 80 Bremer County farmers are asked to participate in a multi state survey on farm rental arrangements. Iowa State College and seven other state colleges collaborate with the U.S. Department of Agriculture to collect data from about 40,000 Midwest farmers. Questionnaires were mailed to randomly selected Bremer County renters. The study aims to improve leasing practices, reduce tenant moves, and help both landlords and tenants share costs and returns more fairly.
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Bremer County
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Ralph Poynter
Bremer County Extension Directae
Iowa State College
Extension Service
Midwest
Bremer County Renters
Landlord Tenant Costs in Livestock Enterprises
Poynter urges Bremer County residents to cooperate in a survey on rental arrangements. The study covers shared costs and income in livestock operations, seeds, fertilizers, labor, field and feeding equipment, and leasing problems. Completing questionnaires will improve data quality and aid agencies in providing effective help.
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Poynter
Bremer County
Be Ready for Chicks Before They Arrive
Iowa poultry producers should prepare for baby chicks this spring says W R Whitfield extension poultryman at Iowa State College. Before chicks arrive clean and disinfect brooding area and move the house at least 490 feet from the hen house. Three or four days before the rest of the prep is advised.
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Iowa
W. R. Whitfield
Extension
Towa State College
Preparing a Brooder for Day-Old Chicks
Whitfield notes start the brooder and set the eco rect temperature, fill fountains and feeders, and manage light by covering south windows. For day-old chicks, oil heater should hold 90 to 95 degrees at hover edge, two inches above floor, feeders full only first days, water at room temp, and keep feed from cooling. Monitor chicks closely during the first week for constant heat feed and water.
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Whitfield
First Visit by Kodiak Postmaster to Greenfield Iowa
Maurice Briggs, post master at Kodiak Alaska, recently visited his old hometown of Greenfield Iowa. It was his first visit to Greenfield in more than fifty years.
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Maurice Briggs
Kodiak
Alaska
Greenfield
Iowa
Mr Briggs
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