Puzzle Over Drop In Butter Prices
The Leader's News notes a drop in butter prices to support levels since November 1952 with cheese and dry milk prices also soft. Experts Henry Homme and John Shaul cite foreign milk imports and rising US production as factors. supports stay through April to keep parity near 90 percent, with 1953 expected to be better for dairy farmers overall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Homme
John Shaul
Extension
Iowa State College
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Homme
Shaul
Fertilizer plans tied to 1953 grain prices say crops profit best
Francis A. Kutish of Iowa State College predicts favorable grain prices and higher fertilizer use in 1953. Corn prices are guaranteed at 90 percent of parity for 1953 and 1954, reducing price risk. Bremer county farmers are advised to order fertilizer early, choosing appropriate types for soil.
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Ralph Poynter
Francis A. Kutish
Iowa State College
Iowa
Bremer County
Kutish
Soluble Phosphate Fertilizers Boost Yields Over Slow Forms
Iowa State agronomist H R Meldrum reports long and short term studies show soluble phosphate fertilizers like superphosphate raise yields more than slowly soluble rock phosphate or colloidal phosphate. Across crops, lime level and soil acidity affect responses. oats and legumes show strong uptake, corn varies with rate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. R. Meldrum
Iowa State College
Meldrum
Jimmy Dinger Improves After Accident Support Grows
Jimmy Dinger a 12 year old Burr Oak youth has been unconscious since October 30 after an automobile crash but doctors report improving. Friends and neighbors have donated 1200 dollars to aid him as he recovers. A Iowa State College test found an open shed waterer used five times as much electricity as a closed barn waterer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Dinger
Burr Oak
Jimmy
Iowa State College
Corn silage as winter feed for dairy cattle
Dairy cattle fed corn silage as winter roughage can thrive without hay, per A. R. Porter, a research nutritionist at Iowa State College. Culling crates moved farm to farm are a common carrier of poultry diseases.
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A. R. Porter
Iowa State College
Good Bedding for Cows Reduces Mastitis
Iowa State College expert Robert Finham recommends ample clean bedding to prevent mastitis in cows. He notes damp cold floors cause disease and dirt can contaminate milk, urging ice free water in winter and water provided in individual drinking cups.
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Robert Fincham
Iowa State College
Fincham
Baby’s Christmas emergency appendectomy in Ottosen
Five month old Tommy Jacob, son of Ottosen residents, spent Christmas day in a rare medical event after an ill Christmas Eve led to an emergency appendectomy. Leader ads bring results.
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Tommy Jacobson
Ottosen
Marriage Licenses Issued to Waskow and Hagenow
Clarence Waskow, 40, of Sumner, and Erna Hagenow, 39, of Tripoli, received marriage licenses. The couple plans to wed in the near future with ceremony details to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Waskow
Sumner
Erna Hagenow
Tripoli
Gowrie District Cleared of 1923 School Debt
The Gowrie Consolidated school district last month became debt free on its 1923 built modern school building. The district retired its final six bonds, completing the original $155,000 indebtedness.
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Gowrie
Hartley contest winner claims five acre corn yield
Harold Schwerin won the Hartley community sponsored five acre corn yield contest in Hartley Iowa within O Brien County. The winning yield recorded was 140.4 bushels per acre. Rex Beresford extension beef cattle specialist at Iowa State College advises that proper care and living conditions are the best method to control cattle diseases.
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Harold Schwerin
Hartley
O'Brien County
Rex Beresford
Iowa State College
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Phoenix
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Ralph Schafroth
American Savings, Bank
Tripoli, Iowa
Coddington & Hemingway
Attorneys-at-Law
Klemp
H. W. Krueger Tripoll
Buick
McCormick
McCormick Hammer Mills
Tripoli Implement Co
Farm Equipment Headquarters
Crittenden
Ducklings
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H. H. Buhr Chevrolet Co
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