Industrial Uses Can't Be Built on Surpluses Alone
Rex Conn reports a Chicago chemist warns that industrial use of farm products must hinge on a permanent, stable supply and costs. The Atlas Powder Co. official cites high farm prices and large surplus stocks as barriers, while others urge broader development and possible federal funding if pending bills pass.
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Rex Conn
Chicago
Walter H. C. Rueggeberg
Chemical Research
Atlas Powder Company
Wilmington
Del
Council For Agricultural and Cheraurgis Research
Roger Adams
Department of Chemistry
University of Illinois
Chemurgic Council
C. L. Wrenshall
Pfizer
Technical Service Department
Congress
Senate
Cedar Rapids hearing on street patching and coating plans
City of Cedar Rapids Iowa schedules May 10 1958 hearing to review proposed street patching and coating project costing about 1114000 including 10th Street Northwest 1st Ave to B Ave E Avenue Northwest 1st Street to 20th Street and other segments. Bids due May 28 1958 with 10 percent bid bond required.
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Wolans
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Rapids
10Th Street
1St Avenue
1St Street
20Th Street
17Th Street
4Th Avenue
Bever Avenue
22Nd Street
9Th Avenue
16Th Avenue
20Th Avenue
3Rd Avenue
Pyar Teh
Aarpaie de Bee
Towa
Kedar
Council
Cig Hall
10Th
Sire
Mt Konop
12Th Street
K Street
C Street
Powell
Iowa State Fair Plans Centennial
Des Moines plans the 100th Iowa State Fair with past and future exhibits. The exposition runs Aug 22 to Aug 31, costing over 630000. Highlights include historical displays of Iowa life and a future-focused "Iowa of Tomorrow" with scientific exhibits impacting homes farms industry and security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
INS
L. B. Cunningham
Cunningham
Iowa
Beekeepers to Meet for Spring Inspection Planning
DeWitt Clinton County bee keepers will meet at the extension office on April 29. Edward Mickey serves as president and Glen Stanley and Joe Herman, state bee inspectors, will attend to arrange spring inspection work.
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Dewitt
Clinton County
Edward Mickey
Glen Stanley
Joe Herman
Public Dairy Herd Auction Near Mechanicville
A closing out sale announced in The Gazette lists dairy herd Holsteins feeder pigs and machinery. Auctioneer C O M I N G Auctions along with Gifford Hansen 7 miles northwest of Mechanicsville and Clarence Bevings Brandon are named for the public sale slated for Monday at 1 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gifford Hansen
Mechanicsville
Clarence Bevings
Brandon
Benson Attacks Unnecessary Farm Control Programs
New York NY Agriculture Secretary Ezra Taft Benson denounced politicians who seek to curb farmers with excessive controls. He touted a flexible GOP support program that raised farm income to historic levels, claimed surpluses grew under limits, and cited record farm living standards and asset highs. He spoke at a New York Young Republican Club dinner, receiving the annual war memorial award and urging expansion of markets and rural development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
INS
Ezra Taft
Benson
New York Young Republican Club
Truman
G.O.P
Weekly Poult Hatch Down from Year Ago
Des Moines Iowa turkey hatcheries produced 273000 heavy breed poults in the week ending April 19, about 2 percent below the 279000 hatched in the same week last year. A total of 621000 eggs from heavy breed hens were set, 7 percent above the 581000 eggs set a year earlier.
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Des Moines—I
Iowa
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Crop Report from Manchester Delivers Early Growth Outlook
In Manchester Delaware county farmers report most oats planted with early fields showing one to two inches of growth. About half of the plowing finished and corn may be planted around May 1. Winter kill of seedings is minimal.
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Manchester
Delaware County
Iowa Farm Accident Rate Climbs in Early 1958
Ames reports show farm accidents in Iowa rising 76 percent in the first quarter of 1958 compared with 1954-57 averages. Norval Wardle of Iowa State College cites 97 accidents, with 13 fatal, including tractor rollovers, gun and bull incidents, plus 18 extra non-tractor incident injuries from elevators, corn pickers, dryers, and harvest equipment.
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Ames
Iowa
Norval Wardle
Iowa’ State College
Wardle
Farm accident rates rise in Iowa study says many fatalities
Wardle cites surveys showing one to two accidents per family yearly in Town and estimates about 270,000 farm accidents nationwide. He notes the figures are not complete but comparisons across years reveal a sharp rise in farm mishaps and a high fatality share among tractors.
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Mber
Wardle
Iowa
REA Approves 4 Loans for Phone Service nationwide
The Rural Electrification Administration approved four loans totaling 675000 to Iowa Illinois and North Carolina. About 165 rural families gain telephone service and 1200 more receive improved service. 125 miles of new line 152 miles rebuilt and five new dial central offices will be built.
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Washington
Rural Electrification Administration
USDA
Iowa
Illinois
North Carolina
Northern Iowa Telephone Company
Sioux City
Neighbors Aid Local Farmers With Plowed Corn and Oats
CITY neighbors plowed 40 acres of corn for Clarence Knapp this week and sowed 40 acres of oats for him weeks earlier as he recovers from an operation. Neighbor women served noon meals. POSTVILLE neighbors seeded oats for Norman Schultz as he remains ill and unable to work. Louie Harnack home provided dinner and lunch. Eight neighbors seeded 32 acres of oats for Ray Zwei bhohmer who is suffering an attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Knapp
Knapp
Postville
Norman Schultz
Louie Harnack
Ray Zweibhohmer
New Rules on Sheep Scabies Enforced in Iowa
Entomologist Earle Raun and Veterinarian John Herrick of Iowa State College announce new sheep scab regulations in Iowa. Dipping at selling points runs March 1 to December 15, with 60 day quarantine for sheep moving to farms and health certificates required for late winter sales.
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Ames
Iowa
Earle Raun
John Herrick
Iowa State College
Herrick
United States Department of Agriculture
Raun
Raun and
Jersey Parish Show Set for Saturday at Fairground
The Jersey Parish No. 5 show will be held Saturday at the Marshall County fairground with Prof. Fred Foreman of Iowa State College as judge. About 90 head will be shown. judging starts at 11 a.m. Parish secretary Joe Lyon invites all to attend. Winners join the parish herd for the Iowa fair in Cedar Rapids in August.
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Marshalltown
Jersey Parish
Marshall County
Fred Foreman
Iowa State College
Joe Lyon
Toledo
Lyon
Cedar Rapids
Meat prices and labor relate in March cost index
The March cost of living index rose as union workers gain automatic wage hikes. Meat prices are cited as a factor, but earning power is relatively strong. USDA data show 1957 minutes to buy a pound of meat at 19 minutes versus 18 in 1956, and 46.8 minutes in 1919.
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USDA
Russell and son sell 20 Hereford heifers in Chicago sale
Clarence W. H. Russell and his son sold twenty Hereford heifers in Chicago this week at an average price of 27.75 dollars per hundredweight. The lot averaged about 1 040 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence
W. H. Russell and Son
Chicago
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C. L. Barta
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CiAy
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Granby Bldg
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Independence
L.T.A
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Oliver
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David Ber
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Ereury Tudor
Celean
Ateauer
Clarence Bevins
Bob Wright
van Horne
Wayne Miller
Urbana Savings Bank
2Nd
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Cedar Rapids Stores
1St Ave
16Th Ave
Blairstown
Williamsburg
Belle Plaine
Iowa City
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