Shuman Proposes Seven Point Farm Program Plan
Chicago fed address outlines a seven point program to ease the cost price squeeze for farmers. Charles B. Shuman president of the American Farm Bureau Federation 1.6 million members advocates production reduction elimination of government surpluses and market expansion. He backs soil bank concept only as a tool to adjust output and avoid quotas, urging price supports move toward market determined levels.
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INS
Charles B. Shuman
American Farm Bureau Federation
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Agriculture
Ezra Taft Benson
Eisenhower
Congress
Benson
Shuman
Shaman
Farm Bureau
Soil Bank
Economist Predicts 1956 Farm Income Drop At Farm Bureau
At the American Farm Bureau Federation meeting in Chicago Prof. J Carroll Bottum of Purdue warned of a further approximately five percent decline in net farm income in 1956 as the commodity outlook suggested continued cost price squeeze. Gwynn Garnett urged keeping government hands from commodities to boost overseas sales as foreign markets narrow. Delegates split into sessions on livestock dairy and field crops.
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Chicago
J. Carroll Bottum
Purdue University
American Farm Bureau Federation
USDA
Farmers Union Seeks 55 Hog Loss Direct Payments
Iowa Farmers Union directors push a corn hog program offering direct payments to cover 1955 hog losses. They seek parity on 1956 hog and corn production if farmers meet allotments, with payments set as the difference between 90 percent parity and hogs farrowed in 1955, up to 150 head. President F W Stover will circulate the resolution to President Eisenhower and Congress.
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DES Moines
Iowa Farmers Union
Bboard
F. W. Stover
IFU
Eisenhower
Congress
Delaware 4 H Calf Weighing Days Set
Delaware county 4 H club members must weigh their calves on December 28 29 or 30 at stations in Delhi and Manchester. Calves must be under 650 pounds with a tattooed number and 4 H emblem. Weighing supervisors include Hall Davis Glass Robinson Kebli Hallett and Cramer.
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Delaware County
Robert E. Hall
Hall
Robert Davis
Harold Glass, Jr
Merle Robinson
Ronald Kebrli
Arthur Hallett
James Cramer
Delhi
Billmeyer Stockyards
Harry Sands Yards
Local Yard Sales Schedule and Times
The list shows yards by location and times: Greeley Walter Hackbarth at 1 2 p.m. Colesburg Oscar Mayer 2 30 4 p.m. Dec 30 Ryan Ryan Co operative 8 30 10 a.m. Clifford Robinson farm 10 30 a.m. to 2 30 p.m. Earlville Oscar Mayer yards 3 30 4 p.m.
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Greeley
Walter Hackbarth
Colesburg
Oscar Mayer
Ryan
Ryan Cooperative
Clifford Robinson
Earlville
Tighter Sanitation Rules Set for Wheat
The Food and Drug Administration will tighten wheat sanitation starting next July to improve cleanliness in the U.S. food supply. The changes cut allowed insect damaged kernels and reduce tolerances for foreign matter, taking effect with the new wheat marketing year and reviewed after the 1956 57 season.
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Washington
INS
Food and Drug Administration
U.S
Linn County Board of Supervisors Proceedings November 22, 1955
Linn County Board of Supervisors met in adjourned session. Minutes read and approved. Several resolutions passed including road hearings for No. 452 457 458 459, establishment of county roads for Lincoln Village streets, and releases of liens and tax settlements. Budgetary and payroll items reviewed with numerous claims approved. adjourned to November 29, 1955.
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State of Iowa
County of Linn
Board of Supervisors
Sutera
Wiley i
Inn Bown
Tépo County
Owa
Miles Peters
Armen
Wiley
Ecison
Fairfax Township
Boulder Township
Hood
Behmickle
R. B. Schmickle
Key
M. Clark
Hiawatha
Wine
Jeckson
Spring Grove
Ackson
Dering Grove
Jackson Township
Spervisor Hood
World Wide Cost-Price Pressure Highlighted by IFAP Conference
Delegates at the Rome IFAP meeting note farmers face shrinking income as prices paid for inputs rise faster than prices received. Despite some postwar income gains, rural earnings remain below other occupations, though government price supports act as a safeguard. In Iowa WAUKON an Alla makee county 4 H party at Waukon High School Dec 29 features recognitions, awards, recreation, refreshments and officer elections.
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International Federation of Agricultural Producers
Rome
Ausralia
Argentina
Waukon
Allamakee County
Waukon High School
Delaware Hogmen To Hold Market Day Thursday
Sixty five Delaware county hog producers have reserved to participate in the Hog Producers Marketing Day at Wilson and Company Cedar Rapids Thursday. The program is sponsored by Iowa State College Wilson and Company Delaware County Swine Producers Association and the extension service. A yard tour and live back fat measurement demonstration will be given in the morning. In the afternoon extension specialist Bill Zomlek will discuss the pork situation and its future in 1956. Ralph Durham will talk on Breeding for a Meat Type Hog. Attendees to meet at the county extension office in Manchester at 8 a.m.
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Delaware County
Wilson and Company
Cedar Rapids
Iowa State College, Wilson and Company
Delaware County Swine Producers’ Association
Extension Service
Bill’ Zomlek
Iowa State College
Ralph Durham
Conn urges Iowa fair managers to emphasize news over ads
Rex B. Conn, farm editor of The Cedar Rapids Gazette, told the Iowa fair managers' convention in Des Moines that newspapers prefer real news about fairs. He urged focusing on building news about new buildings, departments, reports, elections, and educational activities, with paid ads used for promotion and clear news dissemination responsibilities.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Rex B. Conn
Cedar Rapids
Conn
Sigourney Pork Lift Schedules Thursday At Sigourney
The Keokuk County Farm Bureau sponsors a pork lift in Sigourney on Thursday offering a full line of pork products at cost. A second lift provides farmers who deliver hogs to Sigourney livestock dealers with trade credit equal to 25 percent of the sale, usable for six months, with no limit on hogs delivered.
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Sigourney
Keokuk County
Social Security Problems topic at Calmar Evening School
Calmar High School vocational agriculture shop hosts an Adult Evening School session on Thursday night focusing on Social Security problems. It is the last meeting before Christmas.
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Calmar
Calmar High School
Hog and cattle market trends drive farm outlook discussion
Market observers note seasonal hog price patterns amid heavy receipts and a weak opening Chicago run. Packers restrain price declines yet face ample supplies while cattle slaughter rises and government aid remains limited, signaling a cautious, long road to higher farm incomes and prices.
Deaf Man Perfects Midget Hearing Aid
Mr H A Lyons, long deaf himself, has developed a compact transistor Featherlite hearing aid with no in ear button. It promises clear voices, radio, and clock sounds at a fraction of typical cost. Send for full information to D W Egeland 1108 Lake St Evansdale Waterloo Iowa.
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D. W. Egeland
Lake Street
Evansdale
Waterloo
Iowa
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