Crop Boost Soil Erosion Danger Cited
Conservationists warn expanded crop production may raise soil erosion on returning cropland. Sam Studebaker of the National Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts urges use of soil data and land capability rules to limit cultivation on land unsuited for sustained crops.
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Ovid A. Martin Washington
National Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts
Sam
Studebaker
Association
Agriculture Department
Iowa FFA Livestock Winners Named and McDonald Dead
Hampton Tall Corn FFA won the livestock judging contest with Murl McDonald who helped found Iowa State Extension and served as assistant and associate director dies at 80. Bloomfield named Iowa’s national livestock judging representative. Jesup third. Stanwood’s Lincoln FFA second in swine judging.
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Des Moines
Hampton Tall Corn Ffa
FFA
McDonald
Hampton
Iowa
Kansas City
Bloomfield
Jesup Ffa
Lincoln Ffa
Stanwood
McDonald Remembered as Early Iowa Extension Giant
The death of Muri McDonald, a leader in Iowa's extension program, is mourned by thousands who contributed in its first four decades. He, with Bliss Paul Taff and others, built a strong foundation for extension education in the state and offered guidance to younger county agents, notably aiding a 38 year veteran in Sioux County during a tuberculin testing period.
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Iowa
Muri McDonald
R. K. ‘Bliss
Paul Taff
Murl McDonald
Sioux County
Murl
Reed to Manage C R Fed Land Bank Assn
Gene Reed of Rapid City South Dakota will take over Thursday as manager of the Cedar Rapids Federal Land Bank Assn. He succeeds Allen Everist, who will join the Federal Land Bank staff at Omaha. Reed has been fieldman for the Rapid City Federal Land Bank Assn since December 1964. prior to that he was manager of a lumber company in that South Dakota city. He is a native of Sidney Nebraska and attended Nebraska Wesleyan university.
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Gene Reed
Rapid City
Cedar Rapids Federal Land Bank Assn
Allen Everist
Federal Land Bank
Omaha
Reed
Rapid City Federal Land Bank Assn
South Dakota
Sidney
Neb
Nebraska Wesleyan University
California Tops U.S. In Farm Property Taxes
Washington AP report cites an Agriculture Department survey showing California collected $233.7 million in farm property taxes last year, leading all states.
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California
U.S
Washington
Agriculture Department
Holstein and livestock sales and land auction schedule
A list of upcoming farm auctions and sales includes Holstein dispersals by Dala Nielsen near Quasqueton on Sept 1 at 1 p.m and by Robert McNulty near Newhall on Sept 3 at 1:30 p.m. Also a Sand Springs Co-op Locker equipment auction, Iowa Swine Testing Station production tested boars sale in Ames, Chester White boar gilt and feeder pig sale by Jurgensen Brothers near Center Junction, and a 380 acre Linn County land auction for Frank Schulte Est. near Wakford on Sept 10 at 1:30 p.m.
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Holstein
Dala Nielsen
Quasqueton
Robert McNulty
Newhall
Sand Springs
Jurgensen Brothers
Center Junction
Linn County
Frank Schulte
Wakford
McDonald Honored For Long Extension Service Career
The article recalls 1951 to 1953 as director of extension in Lebanon under the Point Four program. It lists honors including the 1951 Distinguished Service Ruby Award from Epsilon Sigma Phi, honorary memberships in four H and extension groups, a Faculty Citation from Iowa State University, and roles with the Ames Kiwanis club and various agricultural committees. Survivors include his widow Mabel Bentley and two daughters Muriel Baker and Jean Lamb.
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Lebanon
U.S
McDonald
Epsilon Sigma Phi
Ames Kiwanis Club
Iowa-Nebraska District Agricultural Committee
Kiwanis International Agricultural Committee
PTA
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation Board
State Board For Displaced Persons
Mabel Bentley
Muriel Baker
Jean [Lamb
Butter Shortage Stalls Government School Lunch Purchases
The Agriculture Department cannot buy butter at satisfactory prices for the school lunch program. Despite weeks of bids from processors, offers were too high or rejected. This week bids of 309,000 pounds were made but rejected while wholesale markets near 74.75 cents a pound. Production shortfalls keep butter off price support sales.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
All-Time Record For Turkey Crop
The agriculture department reports a record turkey crop of 115.8 million birds up 11 percent from last year and 7 percent above the 1961 record. Increases appear nationwide with California leading at 11 million birds and Minnesota at 16.6 million.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
California
Minnesota
Jones County Farm Bureau to mark 50th anniversary
ANAMOSA The Jones county Farm Bureau will celebrate its fiftieth anniversary with a picnic Sunday at the Youth center at the county fairgrounds in Monticello. Fifty year members will be recognized during a short program with Everett J. Mayberry and wife of Anamosa as planning committee chairs.
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Anamosa
Jones County Farm Bureau
Monticello
Everett J. Mayberry
Winners Named At Big Four Fair In Postville
161 dairy heifers entered at the Big Four fair in Postville. Purebred breed champions were Holstein Robert Zurcher Farmersburg Guernsey David Kugel Postville Brown Swiss Stan Anderson Castalia Jersey Mary Jo Nabholz Hawkeye Milking Shorthorn Bill Brownell Westgate. Vernon Arthur Maynard won senior showmanship and Julie Leath Postville won junior showmanship. The grand champion baby was not specified.
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Postville
Robert Zurcher
Farmersburg
Guernsey
David Kugel
Stan Anderson
Castalia
Jersey
Mary Jo Nabholz
Hawkeye
Bill Brownell
Westgate
Vernon Arthur
Maynard
Julie Leath
Park Program Won’t Swallow Up Farm Land
Interior Department officials insist park and recreation expansions will not erode cropland. Udall announced higher acreage for parks forests refuges and other recreation, noting 1.25 million acres saved from urban sprawl in the last fiscal year and forecasting more than 1.7 million acres potentially set aside for public use while keeping farming potential in mind.
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Washington
UPI
Interior Department
Ja Department
Thursiday
Interior
Stewart L. Udall
Lion Acres
Craig Grimm
Strawberry
George Brink
Elkader
Hereford
Kevin'ment
Brownell
Westgate
Gary Berns
Charles Schneider
Postville
iGary Berns
Payment in Kind Program Discontinued by CCC
The Commodity Credit Corporation ends its payment in kind export certificate program after a decade of surpluses. Cash export payments resume, with wheat sales for export now by cash rather than certificates. The change reflects aligning production with demand and reducing surplus burdens. Sacramento report notes CCC stocks remain available and some barter or short term credit sales continue. Mexican workers approved to harvest California strawberries be requested.
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Washington
Commodity Credity Corporation
Department of Agriculture
CCC
John A. Schnittker
COC
Sacramento
Calif
U.S. Department of Labor
California
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Iowa State University Extension Service
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Pocahontas County
Iowa State
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Woolworths
Rex
Turkey
Jones Farm Bureau
Jack Honey
Kersey
Third Street Secedar Rapids
Dial
Angus
Strawberry Point
Raha
Mid-America
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