Can you make more profits from your laying hens by putting them in cages? That's a "package" question. Unfortunately, we can't give a neatly packaged answer. The best general answer is that "it depends." A more specific answer depends on you and your individual situation.

These monthly sections are to keep you informed on what your agricultural experiment station is doing and to give you the results of current farm and home research from Iowa State College.

Searching for better health, people today find themselves caught in cross-currents of truths and untruths about foods and how they serve the body. Here, nutritionists answer "the big quiz" on the basis of 1957 knowledge.

What was the 1956 situation for farm businesses in Iowa? To help answer this question, 955 Iowa farm operators kept records in cooperation with the Extension Service. Here's the story the records tell.

The slow rise in Iowa farm vaues which began in 1954 is continuing. The latest report issued by USDA for the 4 motnhs ending March 1 of this year shows a 1-percent rise over Nov. 1 of last year. How much values of Iowa farm real estate have risen per acre in the last 3 years can be seen from the following USDA figures for March 1 of each year: