Field Day Set for Sept. 12 at Iowa State Farm
The annual fall field day on the Iowa State college agronomy farm near Ames will start at 9:30 a.m. Visitors will tour experimental plots on fertilizers, crop rotations, and varieties including corn hybrids and soybeans. A noon program features a Regional corn borer lab report and talks by college staff. lunch is available with a free afternoon program for revisits and new demonstrations.
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Iowa State College Agronomy
Ames
E. S. Dyas
Ankeny
Dyas
Weevils Continue to Work in Oats and Corn
Weevils damaging stored oats and corn in Bremer county for two years. Tests show if oats feel cool at 12 inches depth they may be free. heat indicates infestation. Six gallons per 1000 bushels of grain of carbon tetrachloride mixture recommended with caution due to fumes. Fumigation requires no entry for 24 hours and grain can be fed after 3-4 days with thorough stirring. An Iowa farm sale notes $335 per acre for a 160 acre property in O'Brien county.
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Bremer County Extension Office
Ralph Poynter
Prices expected for Bremer county farmers
Ralph Poynter via extension notes quotes farm economist Francis A. Kutish from Iowa State College on expected prices for Bremer county farmers. Business-to-demand and overall business outlook shape prices through late 1952 with forecasts of brighter textile markets and continued defense-driven economic support. Fat cattle prices may rise with cooler weather and stronger dressed beef demand, though heavy marketings could offset gains. Kutish cites uncertain fed cattle volume for the year while noting September and October typical price increases.
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Bremer County
Francis A. Kutish
Iowa State College
First National Bank of
Akron
Ohio
New England Purchasing Agents Association
United States Department of Commerce
Kutish
Iowa Farms Growing Larger and Fewer
Iowa farms are enlarging and thinning, based on 1950 census figures. The average farm size rose from 160 to 169 acres while farm numbers dropped to 203,159, a decline of about 10,000 since 1940. Most farms are commercial, with 92 percent earning $250+ yearly. part-time and residential farms account for the rest.
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Iowa
John Timmons
Iowa State College
U. S
Ida
Osceola
O’brien
Clay
Sioux
Appanoose
Davis
van Buren
Monroe
Wapello
Decatur
Lucas
Lee, Polk and
Timmons
For Sale Adding Machine Paper at Tripoli Leader Office
Reader ads bring results. For sale items include adding machine paper and typing paper advertised through the Tripoli Leader office, offering local buyers a quick way to acquire supplies.
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Tripoli
Orville Naber
Antibiotics Not a Cure for Swine Parasites Warns Iowa Vet
Dr. Maynard L. Spear of Iowa State College cautions that antibiotics do not control parasites or replace sanitation. Overreliance on drugs may delay proven disease and parasite control methods, stressing thorough pen cleaning, hot washing, and careful udder hygiene before and during farrowing to prevent newborn pig infections.
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Maynard L. Spear
Iowa State College
Iowa
Spear
Hog Wormer Promises Quick Relief for Hog Raisers
The article catalogs how worms drain hog profits through slow gain, poor carcass fat, higher feed costs, and higher disease risk. It promotes Bow-Key Hog Wormer as a complete feed that worms hogs in one day with minimal effort and cost less than a cigar per pig, urging immediate herd treatment after weaning.
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Bureau of Animal Industry
Eleven Dairy Herds Win Production Records Awards
Eleven owners of Bremer County testing herds receive Purebred Dairy Cattle Association honor roll certificates for production records above 350 pounds butterfat. Recipients include Alve Kirby Plainfield with 428.3, John Albrecht & Son Sumner 416.4, Howard Tegtmeier Tripoli 402.0, Claude Wylam and Son Waverly 401.6, Ralph Chester & Son Plainfield 396.0, and Lloyd Fellows Janesville 365.8 pounds fat.
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Bremer County
D.h.lc
Dairy Cattle Association
Alve Kirby
Plainfield
John Albrecht & Son
Sumner
Howard Tegtmeier
Tripoli
Claude Wylam and Son
Waverly
Ralph Chester & Son
Lloyd Fellows
Janesville
Hog lots and permanent pastures advised for hog farms
The guidance emphasizes a pasture with a safe clean water supply and excludes other hogs from access. Pigs should not roam between pasture and barnyard or hogyard, preventing cross contamination and maintaining separate areas.
Cattle fat test winners cited for dairy progress
Elmer Chester of Clarksville 358.5 pounds fat Fverett Engle of Tripoli 354.1 Werner Schlichting of Tripoli 354.0 Erwin Koelling of Readlyn 352.8 Aug A Buhr Son Sumner 352.8 pounds fat These men and thousands of others testing their cattle receive credit for higher dairy production progress.
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Elmer Chester
Clarksville
Fverett Engle
Tripoli
Werner Schlichting
Erwin Koelling
Readlyn
A. Buhr & Son
Sumner
Destroy Thrips at Glad Bulb Harvest
Tiny thrips may damage gladiolus plants at any time through the season by puncturing cells and feeding on plant juices says Harold Gunderson Iowa State College extension entomologist. Winter damage of thrips on stored bulbs may spoil germina
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Harold Gunderson
Iowa State College Extension
Treatment timing for thrips on bulbs and harvest impact
The article outlines timing for thrips control on bulbs, noting best practice is to spray or dust at harvest time and after digging. It describes using 10 percent DDT dust at two to four tablespoons per bushel, or a half percent DDT solution, with bulbs dipped in the solution and then dried before storage.
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Gunderson
Hee
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Henry Hansen
O’brien County
Howard Boek
Howard Boeke
Towa
O. Peacock
T. B. and
BANGS
Harry M. Gross
Bergmann
Lowa
Mezocunriers
Tripoli Hardware
OWA
Tripoli Implement Co
Farm Equipment Headquarters
Tripoli, Iowa
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