USDA Fears Clean Grain Drive May Upset Markets
The FDA and USDA push a clean grain campaign to prevent rodent and insect contamination in wheat. If many farmers store less or fail standards, markets may weaken and price supports could face new risks. Tight storage could mimic 1948 shortages, pressuring prices and loan conditions.
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USDA
Ovid A. Martin
Ashington
Agriculture Department
Harry S. Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
Congress
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
The
Millers National Federation
Half of Farm Loans Used For Refinancing in 1954
Washington farmers obtained about 24,000 land bank loans totaling 143 million dollars in the last half of 1954 through 1,100 national farm loan associations. Roughly half funded refinanced mortgages, with 13 percent for charter mortgages and accounts, and about 13 percent for farm purchases.
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Washington
Thomas A. Maxwell
Land Bank Service
Farm Credit Administration
Anamosa Farmers Creamery Builds New Plant in Town
Anamosa Farmers Creamery moves offices and bottling and ice cream operations to a new 60 by 80 foot brick building south of the old plant planned to open days after a delayed completion. The project, costing over 120000 dollars with equipment, reflects steady growth as 350 dairy farmers market milk and cream locally while the firm produces nearly a million pounds of butter annually. Manager Hazel Smith, age 70, has led the creamery since 1919 and has deep ties to Iowa dairy work.
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Anamosa
Anamosa Farmers Creamery
Hazel Smith
Smith
Farmers’ Group
Clifford Niles
Mercer County
John Schmidt
Monticello
Robert H. Smith
Anamosa Creamery
Anamosa Cooperative
West Union FFA members attend Iowa convention
West Union FFA members Harry Pape Dean Pape Bernard Strudthoff and Ronald Wendland along with Yo Ag Instructor Willard Grove attended the state FFA convention in Council Bluffs last week Wendland received the Iowa Farmer degree in ceremonies Saturday morning
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West Union
Harry Pape
Dean Pape
Bernard Strudthoff
Ronald Wendland
FFA
Willard Grove
Council Bluffs
Wendland
Carroll Streeter Named Editor of Farm Journal
Special to The Gazette in Philadelphia reports Carroll P. Streeter is named editor of Farm Journal, succeeding Arthur H. Jenkins. Streeter has been managing editor since 1944 and on Farm Journal staff since 1939, with a broad career in agriculture publishing and a history as a field editor.
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Carroll Streeter
Farm Journal
Gazette
Philadelphia
U.S
Farm Magazine
Carroll P. Streeter
Streeter
Arthur H. Jenkins
Frank G. Moorhead
Wilmer Atkinson
Arthur Jenkins
South Dakota
Iowa State College
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Farmer’s Wife
Webb Publishing Company
St. Paul
The
Tomploy
National Farm Magazine
Ray Anderson
Cedar Rapids
American Association of Agricultural College
Reuben Brigham
Farm Journal, Inc
Pathfinder Magazine
Town Journal Magazine
Town Journal
Mr. Black, Builder of Better Beef released by Aberdeen Angus
A new 16 mm sound film titled Mr Black Builder of Better Beef debuts from the American Aberdeen Angus Association. The 15 minute reel will be loaned free of charge to interested groups.
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Chicago
Mr. Black
American Aberdeen Angus Association
Dehor Calves Safely Early Says Illinois Dairyman
Illinois ext dairyman J D Burke says dehorning dairy calves before three months is safe and simple. An electric dehorner or hot iron is best for under three months, burning a quarter inch circle at the horn base to cherry red. The method minimizes infection and bleeding and calves recover quickly.
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J. D. Burke
Extension Dairyman
University of Illinois
Burke
Carlson's Corner Growing Old Reflections on Aging and Life Insurance
Carlson's Corner ponders time and aging with a bygone lens, recalling youth, aging friends, and the unseen pressure of life insurance salesmen. The piece, reprinted from the Ga zette farm page dated April 30, 1944, frames aging as a shared, humorous, and universal journey.
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The
Gazette
Dehorning Cattle Guide With Cutting Tools
Instructions emphasize protecting the calf from paste or caustic on the head, using gouges dehorning shears and saws. Remove about a quarter inch of hide with the horn. Control bleeding by searing the cut or tying a tight poll string. Avoid cutting in fly season or cold weather.
Muskmelons Are Good Crop for Home Gardener
Lafayette ind muskmelon is a garden delicacy with seasonable demand high in midsummer. Expert W B Ward advises sowing in hills by late April to early May and using rotted manure and fertilizer to boost growth plus control beetles. Remove melons when the stem separates and look for full rind netting as a sign of top quality.
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Lafayette
Ind
W. B. Ward
Purdue University
Ward
Corn and Wheat Stocks Hit Record U.S. Levels
The Agriculture Department reported April 1 storage totals across all positions reached a high of 2.114 billion bushels for corn and 1.212 billion for wheat. Rye oats barley also rose to 19.9 million, 621.1 million, and 206.9 million bushels respectively, versus a year earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Commodity Credit Corp
Economists Warn of Dangers Ahead for Livestock Sector
Washington speeches at the Animal Health Institute meeting warn of tough years ahead for livestock. Walter Garver predicts market shifts, cheaper feed may spur overproduction and depress prices. Carl Wilken urges higher farm price supports toward parity. Chicago estimates show weak receipts and slim parity hopes.
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Washington
INL
Animal Health Institute
Walter B. Garver
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Agricultural Department
Carl H. Wilken
Chicago
Bloc
Congress
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Columbus Canning Company
Kenneth McCoy
D. E
del) Brickley & Sons
Mr. Farmer
M. Feder & Sons
Dial
Rex Conn
Bystroming. CO
Marion
Iowa
Central City Livestock CO
Caithood
Guernsey
Hampshire
Tamworth
Farrow
Central City
Vern I. Doudna
Angus Film
Young
Illinois
Dairyman
Eastern Iowa Livestock Commission CO
Mechanicsville
Nelt Shada
Ed Brickley
C. H. Curtis
Uae
Merchanicsville
Walker Livestock Exchange
M. J. McCalley
Stewart Aldrich
Vo. G. Winn
Dempster
Cedar ‘Rapids
Carlson's Corner
Garver
Wilken
Vis-Vita
U.S. Pat
Nexs
Vis-Vita Dealer Farmers Elevator CO
Alburnett, SA
J. H. McNiel Livestock Buyer
Center Point, Ia
Cascade—Schneiter Hatchery & Feed
Kalona—Strickler Bros
Lowden—Rex Feed & Elevator
Marengo—Farmers Grain Co
Martelle—Farmers Elevator Co
North English—Plank Feed and Seed
Newhalls—Russel Rieder Olin—Henderson & Son
Springville—Farmers Coop. Elevator
Tipton—Rueter Feed and Poultry
Williamsburg—Deitrich & Son
West Branch—Farmers Supply
Wyoming
Bob Alden Feed and Coal
Wellman
H & H Feed Store
Russel Miller Milling
Cedar Rapids, Ye
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