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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1966
Page
8
The Agriculture Department projects butter production to hit a modern time low with per capita supply dropping to about 5.5 pounds from 18. A 13 percent decline to roughly 1,176,000,000 pounds is forecast, prompting government margarine donations for needy butter recipients as soybean oil fills the gap.
Denver based cattleman John H Guthrie criticizes new shoe price hikes tied to cattle hides as unjustified. He argues manufacturers misled on raw material costs and pressured export curbs to keep prices down.
In Oskaloosa and Tama areas, Iowa Angus sale averaged about $15 above last year. Champion bull shown by Robert Snakenberg of Webster earned $1,075 from Silver Top Farms of Belton Washington. Champion female signed by Donald Phillips of Keswick brought $875 from R and R Ranch. Total receipts for 61 lots reached $23,445, with 37 bulls averaging $450 and 24 females averaging $206 per head.
The government said about 38 percent of the nation s feed grain growers had signed up by March 15 to join the program offering price supports and payments for diverting land to noncrop use. Sign-up ended Friday in major producing states. Bennett and family plan a move to Cedar Rapids around July 1 as he leaves his adviser post with the South Tama Future Farmers of America chapter which earned several district and state honors.
Jefferson reports the first big tractor and plow class in the National Plowing Matches and Soil Conservation Field Days. A minimum four-bottom plow is set, with major manufacturers entering view-models. The state contest is scheduled for Thursday September 8, followed by the national contest the next day.
West Liberty FFA sponsors a cass barrow show starting Monday at 2 p m at the fairground. Entries from Muscatine Johnson and Cedar counties allowed up to four barrows per farming unit in a 19 to 240 pound range. Concurrent plowing and field days involve seven adjoining farms east of Jefferson using over 1000 acres with 10 acre test plots evaluating corn rows and soybeans. Hogs will be sent to Mayer and Company in Davenport for slaughter and carcass evaluation with show placings based on carcass merit.
Washington reports six individuals chosen as Partners in 4H for 66 with honors to be presented at the thirty sixth national conference in Washington from April 17 to 21. Recipients include Mildred L. Batchelder Howard E. Law E S Marsh Elaine R Pitts Joseph C Welman and S W Sam White with three Crested Clover citations awarded to the U S department of state Farm Journal Kellogg Company and the Kellogg Company of Battle Creek Michigan.
The National Milk Producers Federation urged federal hearings to set July 1 increases for Class I milk prices across all markets. Federation secretary E M Norton warned of a looming shortage due to shrinking supplies and rising demand, saying broad national pricing would better motivate producers than 74 separate hearings.
The Pure Wilk Asse board votes to end the Chicago milk order after 27 years. PMA General Manager A L McWilliams says the decision counters the secretary of agriculture’s emergency Class I milk price move for Chicago. A new equitable order will be filed with the Department of Agriculture, citing surplus milk supplies and incentives to make butter and cheese rather than fluid milk.
Des Moines Iowa reports progress in the 1966 feed grain program as over 20 000 additional farmers signed up during the week ending April 1 bringing total pledges to 110 000 farmers or 58 4 percent of all Iowa farmers. Diversions totaling 50 000 acres raise total diverted acreage to 3 3 million acres representing 24 percent of Iowa's feed grain base.
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