Mud and Mastitis Threaten Summer Milk Loss for Farmers
Mud and mastitis combine in spring and early summer to threaten dairy profits. Experts advise fencing off stagnant pools and draining mudholes to prevent infection and production losses. Mastitis bacteria in muddy water can cause persistent udder damage, reduced milk output, and even death in severe cases, with slough flavors affecting milk and butter quality.
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Ralph Poynter
Bremer County
A. W. Rudnick
Floyd Arnold
R. A. Packer
Iowa State College
Packer
Iowa
Arnold
Rudnick
Freezing Rhubarb Tips from Iowa State College Nutritionist
Iowa garden note explains selecting tender rhubarb stalks, trimming, washing, and freezing raw without sugar. It covers packing in freezer containers, defrosting before use, and using rhubarb juice for drinks. Also includes brief local news on a Hawarden farmer injured by a tractor rollover and a Garner farmer selling a team of Belgian horses for 1600 dollars.
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Iowa
Jewel Graham
Iowa State College
Hog market outlook from Iowa State Extension forecasts higher prices ahead
Through Ralph Poynter the Tripoli Leader presents an Iowa State College Extension Service outlook noting hog sales lagging last year with prices rising mid April to mid May. Farm economist Kutish cites May price spikes, packer resistance, and regional dynamics, predicting an upward trend into 1953 with a smaller fall pig crop and profitable hog enterprise barring a poor corn year.
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Tripoli
Iowa State College Extension Service
Bremer
Francis A. Kutish
Iowa State College Extension Farm
Chicago
Iowa
Kutish
Katish
Time for Calyx or Petal Fall Spray Time
Calyx spray should be applied when 90 percent of petals have fallen on apple trees. Ralph Poynter, Bremer county extension director, says calyx spray cards are available on request. The spray fights apple scab, codling moth, plum curulio and brown rot. A typical mix is lead arsenate two tablespoons with four tablespoons lime sulfur or wettable sulfur per gallon of water. Avoid lime sulfur on peaches or apricots. use general purpose sprays instead.
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Ralph Poynter
Bremer County
Poynter
Five Island lake not fished out say officials
The conservation commission reports the Five Island lake is not fished out. In their carp trap they recently captured northern pike weighing up to 18 pounds and released them back into the lake.
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Five Island Lake
the Conservation Commission
Poisons hazardous to livestock in spring
Dr. Maynard Spear of Iowa State College warns farmers that wet corn and cockleburs in two leaf stage, orchard sprays carried by wind, paint lead from paints and old batteries pose lethal risks to pigs and cattle. Pregnant sows are especially vulnerable to wet corn. Use mineral supplements and remove poison sources.
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Maynard Spear
Iowa State College
Spear
Bettis Couple Mark 65th Anniversary in Chariton
Mr and Mrs Henry Bettis of Chariton celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary on May day. They married in 1887. The note also mentions the average life of a milk bottle is 34 deliveries.
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Henry Bettis
Chariton
Babson Urges Rugged Individualism Against Collectivism
Babson Park Massachusetts May 2 Asserting a revival of rugged individualism as essential to America he laments constant media news and warns against pre-digested propaganda. He recalls Charles Horton Cooley and the soci us concept and argues for grass roots thought over group conformity. He praises the Little Red School House and rural education stressing farm chores self reliance and a home garden as a practical path to character and independence.
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Babson Park
Mass
America
Charles Horton Cooley
Socius
Little Red
Red School
County Auditor Hansen Payouts For Wildlife Bounties
Shelby county auditor Hansen had a busy day dispensing bounties. He paid out 108 dollars for the fox, four wolves and 66 gophers, with local notices and leader ads providing scattered details from the south area.
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Shelby County
Hansen
Fox
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Garner Farmer
U. S. Department of Agriculture
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Tripoli, Iowa
Midwest
Babson
Roger W. Babson
Werner Wolf
Ken
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Evans
Governor Club
Clark McNeal
Tractor
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Tripoli Implement Co
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Rex Allen
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