Pigs Feed With New Oats Says Iowa Expert
The Iowa State College expert C. C. Culbertson advises farmers to introduce new oats to pig rations gradually over three to four days to avoid scouring and maintain gains. Ground oats weigh 34 to 36 pounds per bushel and are about 90 percent as valuable as corn for fattening pigs. soaking increases palatability. Minerals and minimal protein supplementation are discussed, with fermentation tips using soaked oats and household yeast to speed up process.
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C. C. Culbertson
Iowa State College
Culbertson
Protein supplement study favors tankage for low cost
County Extension notes from Bremer County farmers highlight Iowa State College economists finding tankage as the cheapest crude protein source per pound among supplements. Hay remains the cheapest, with alfalfa cheaper than low quality roughages. Butter production trends are mixed across Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin due to shifting dairy processes and shipper patterns.
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Bremer County
Iowa State College
Gordon Bivens
Francis Kutish
The
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Legal Transfers Mark Lot Sales in Sumner Area
Series of conveyances recorded in 93-14 noting Minnie Steege to Edwin Steege for east 63 feet of lot 65 Littell's Second addition Sumner and multiple transfers to Perry Young and others with small payments. Revenue totals include 35.20 13.75 7.70 7.70 0.55 and 3.30 across various tracts in Sumner Waverly Tripoli and Leslie’s additions with Floyd Gambaiani and Joseph Gambaiani among names.
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Minnie Steege
Edwin W. Steege
Littell
Sumner
Leslie Young
Et al
Perry Young
Floy Leonard
Frank Gambaiani
Joseph Gambaiani
Gerald M. Moore
Arben L. Young
Waverly
Frederick Cretzmeyer
Otto Priebe
Wayne L. Priebe
Howard K. Reeves
Waverly Publishing Co
Garner
Charles E. Miller
H. C. Bock
Louis Meade
Edwin H. Fink
Fred C. Fink
Louis H. Fink
Lester’s Addition
Tripoli
State of Iowa prosecutions include two OMVI cases
State of Iowa lists defendants Leo William Fowler of Wyoming and Joseph Harold Behan of Masonville as charged with OMVI offenses in Iowa. The notices identify the two individuals and their respective towns in connection with the impaired driving charges.
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State of Iowa
Leo William Fowler
Wyoming
Iowa
Joseph Harold Behan
Masonville
Tripoli Teen Timers 4 H Club Meeting Report
The Tripoli Teen Timers 4 H club opened at 7 15 PM at Betty Jane Kalkbrenner s home with 10 members and four visitors present. Suzanne Niemeyer gave a talk If You Need a Dresser Scarf and Sandra Chapin demonstrated How to Make a Quilt Protector Kay Holm led a demonstration on How to Make Dresser Drawer Dividers. The meeting started at 7 15 revised to 7 30 and the next gathering is July 16 at Suzanne Niemeyer s home.
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Tripoli
Betty Jane Kalkbrenner
Suzanne Niemeyer
Sandra Chapin
Kay Holm
Betty Kalkbrenner
4-H Livestock Judging Tour Set for July 11
The Bremer county 4-H club will conduct a four county livestock judging tour on July 11 sponsored by Waverly Implement Company. Top four scorers win an all expense paid Chicago trip to visit the board of trade, IH plant, and a big league game. Fifth and sixth receive 100 pounds of protein feed. seventh to tenth get pocket knives. All participants receive pencils and refreshments. Readiness drills will select teams for state fair and dairy cattle congress. The tour meets at Wylam Holstein farm near Waverly at 9:00 a m for judging two life stock.
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Bremer County
Waverly Implement Company
Chicago
Board of Trade
International Harvester
4-H
Wishful Thinking Doesn't Make Money
Howard Boeke argues that profits come from action, planning, and hard work in farming. He stresses breeding, feeding, and management, noting that up-to-date feeding programs and Bow-Key Feeds, with improved formulas and vitamins, can boost profits under current prices.
Farm judging tour features Holsteins and several dairy classes
The event will judge Holsteins in multiple classes and Ayrshires and Guernseys, followed by a farm tour to judge market lambs, baby beef, purebred Durocs and market hogs. Norbert Kash of the Iowa State Dairy Association and Bernard Ebbing of Rath's will judge. All 4-H members are invited to participate, with fathers also welcome to judge.
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Norbert Kash
Iowa State Dairy Association
Bernard Ebbing
Rath’s
Beware of James Hulless Oats sales in Iowa counties
According to county extension director Ralph Poynter a seed company plans to market James Hulless oats across northeast Iowa counties between now and next March. In one county 20 to 30 salesmen are prepared to start, citing limited tests where Hulless oats fared well against Clinton and Shelby varieties, though results in most tests were less favorable. The oats are described as mid-early with medium stiff straw.
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Ralph Poynter
Iowa
James Hulless
Clinton & Shelbys
Iowa Extension Advises Caution On New Oat Varieties
The note compares a variety similar to Clinton in height and explains hulless oats are harder to store in the local climate. It recommends contacting the county extension office in Waverly before purchasing any new oat variety and states that no new oat varieties will be introduced this year by the extension service of Iowa State College.
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Clinton
Waverly
Iowa State College
Holstein cow tests exceed daily production average
Several registered Holstein Friesian cows in George L. Hughes herd at Waverly completed official production tests under advanced registry rules. Testing was supervised by Iowa authorities and confirms a daily average around 25 quarts per cow.
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Brattleboro
State College Cooperation wins Holstein-Friesian award
State College in Cooperation wins the Holstein-Friesian Associa tion of America title. Top producer Lightfoot Ormsby Py yielded 628 pounds of butterfat and 19,266 pounds of milk from two daily milkings over 365 days at age 15, averaging about 25 quarts per day. Queen Fayne Ormsby Ag produced 516 pounds butterfat and 14,133 pounds milk over two daily milkings at age 14, averaging about 13 quarts daily.
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State College
Astocia
America
Lightfoot Ormsby ‘Py
Queen Fayne Ormsby Ag
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State Fair and Dairy Cattle Congress
Wylam Holstein Farm
Howard Boeke
Hasbrouck Lumber CO
Farm Equipment Headquarters
Tripoli, Iowa
Bergmann Hatchery
Orville Naber
H. W. Krueger Tripoll
Colburn Feed Mill
United States Department of Agriculture
New Holland
Gas Bull Implement Co
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