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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1957
Page
4
National Home Demonstration Week spotlights extension service work for homemakers by US Agriculture and land grant colleges. Iowa's program expanded beyond basics to music, art, landscaping, and social contact, with many counties supported by extension home economists.
As of January 1 1956 more than 63 percent of the 2 819 000 motor trucks on U S farms were pickup type. About 442 000 stake type 237 000 grain and 173 000 platform body trucks. Half rated under 0 6 ton and two thirds on farms with farm product sales under 1 200 dollars.
The Linn County Iowa Board of Supervisors met for adjournment ation. Items approved include April 9 minutes and staff appointments for Clerk of the District Court and County Treasurer office clerks. Personnel actions cover deputy, division heads, and a list of wages and expenses approved for various departments and vendors.
An Iowa ASC official said most soybeans produced in 1956 will be delivered to the government to settle price support loans and purchase agreements due May 31 unless market prices rise. Glenn noted a small rise could boost redemptions and reduce deliveries, with about 17 million bushels under loans and 2 million under purchase agreements still outstanding in mid-April.
The USDA says grain sorghum can yield well with soil moisture at planting. Cooperative tests with Kansas State at Fort Hays show yields of 37 1/2 bushels per acre on plots wet to seven feet, despite only 5.3 inches of rainfall. Roots reach deeper soil zones and extract water up to the wilting point.
Ezra Taft Benson argued that federal price setting via acreage controls and supports is an oversimplification. He warned bankers and underwriters in New York that agriculture has many problems and solutions, noting acreage allotments fail as absolute controls due to modern technology making acres less limiting.
Six members of the Holstein Friesian Association of America from Iowa have been elected to attend the 72nd annual convention in Indianapolis Indiana on June 4 and 5. The delegates are Arthur Gerlach Saint Ansgar M J Levi Graettinger Donald Rehder Gladbrook I P Stewart Maynard Ernest M Wright Waterloo and Claude E Wylam Waverly.
County ASC chairman Lester E. Mitchell said Linn county has placed 1,426,932 bushels of 1956 corn under price support and expects more before May 31. Statewide support exceeds 991? million bushels by April 15 with 110 to 115 million anticipated. 47,515 bushels of 1956 soybeans were put under loan with 12,432 bushels repaid by mid-April.
U S lard exports in 1956 reached 612 million pounds, up 50 million pounds or nine percent from 1955. About 53 percent went to Cuba and the United Kingdom, with the remainder shipped to Yugoslavia, West Germany, Austria, Canada, Mexico, Guatemala, Bolivia, and Peru.
A Fayette county Holstein Breeders Association committee will score all 4 H first year registered Holstein heifers Saturday at the county fair. Breeders will award 4 H members whose calves show the most improvement. A similar contest exists for yearling heifers with a one year scoring interval. Scoring committee members include J P Stewart Archie Schroeder Ernest Miehe Howard Smith Rueben Steffens Melvin Wangsness and Harold Boulton.
A Wyoming bank files a civil action against Massillon Creamery, alleging financial disputes and seeking remedy through the court. The suit names the creamery and requests damages and related relief under applicable banking and contract laws.
Tipton Citizens State Bank of Wyoming files suit against Massillon Cooperative Creamery Association Inc and its officers seeking judgment on a $10,000 promissory note, plus real estate and chattel mortgages created in March 1955. Bank asks for a receiver and to have its claim declared superior to Dosland Lumber Company, Henry Bettrot, Walter Hartwig, LeRoy Schutt, and Cedar County. The creamery, now ceased operations, is in Massillon village, four miles north of Lowden.
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