Using high-quality seed of adapted and tested varieties is an important part of good farming in 1960 or any year. New to this section this year is the outlook for seed of some of the varieties you may wish to plant.

Preventing livestock diseases-rather than merely curing those that occur-is the businesslike approach to meat production. And your responsibility for disease control doesn't stop at your fenceline.

The kind of weather we have often is the deciding factor on crop yields in Iowa. The moisture used by crops comes from two sources-soil reserves and crop-season rainfall. Here's how we stand for the year ahead.

If you're short on farm machinery or labor capacity or if you have an excess of these two items, fa rm custom work offers an opportunity to reduce your machinery costs in any given year. This article tells how to do it.