Benson Sees Improvement In Soil Bank
Agriculture Secretary Ezra Taft Benson says 1957 Acreage Reserve payments will be higher than 1956 with a national allocation of 750 million dollars. He notes excess funds cover possible slippage as farmers sign agreements and outlines key provisions for 1957 including new maximums and no minimum acreage limits beyond existing rules.
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Washington
INS
Ezra Taft Benson
Soil Bank
Department
Congress
Tees
Dairymen in Singapore Malaya Get Government Aid
Singapore and Malaya authorities launch a pasture and dairy program to boost milking cattle and buffalo herds. A pilot scheme near Singapore will repurpose government land for 200 acres to feed 300 cows and buffaloes, run by a Singapore Cooperative Dairy Farming Society. The federation backs a four year plan giving 200 female buffaloes to breeders, with calves shared or sold to fund the scheme. Aims include healthier milk, revived ghee making, and reduced imports. In Malaya the initiative follows India’s export ban on ghee, with Australia supplying Malayan needs. Decorah Holstein group elects leaders at annual meeting, Ralph Hegre president.
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Federation of Malaya Governmenta
Singapore Cooperative Gairy Farming Society
Brewster
Pahang
Ant
Tuhang
Malaya
India
Australia
Drouth Conference Planned During Ike Tour West
The White House will announce a Great Plains drought conference to be held during President Eisenhower's January tour. About 100 invitees are expected including Henson and other agriculture officials and experts. Attendees from farming, ranching, banking, and state colleges will review relief programs and suggest changes.
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Washington
White House
Eisenhower
Trouth
Secretary of Agriculture
Hara T Henson
Agricuiture Department
Cheat Plains Drouth
Drouth
U S Horse Population Drops to Four Million in 1954 Census
The 1954 agriculture census shows four million four hundred thousand horses and mules on U S farms, down from a peak of twenty five million two hundred thousand in 1920. Tractors on farms reach about 4.7 million, with 347 thousand garden tractors. More than half the horses and mules are in 16 southern states, totaling about 2.26 million.
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Washington
INS
Census Bureau
U. S
Biveau
Cornstry
Ine
The Wild Jackasses and the Agrarian Protest Era
Jove' Sgourney's Dale Hramer returns to his old Iowa county seat to publish The Wild Jackasses The American Farmer in Revolt a history of farmers seeking partitions or redress against harsh economics. Kramer chronicles the Grangers Greenbarkers Populists and the Non Partisan League with Milo Reno and the Farmers Union shaping the era. Published by Huaslings House New York priced at 4 50.
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EK. Gross
Congress
Iowa
Tfhird
Lowa Farmers Union
Farm Holiday Association
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Lowy
Grangers
Greenbarkers
League
North Dakota
Townsley
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Ovine
Jerrer
Milo Renol
Farmers Union
Reno
Riser
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Huaslings iHouse
New York
Entries Big For National Western Livestock Show in Denver
Denver officials announce entry totals for the National Western Livestock Show with 207 breeding cattle and 129 fat steers. Herefords lead breeding classes with 679 head and 67 fat steers, Aberdeen Angus follow, sheep entries total 218 breeding and 39 fat. Stockyards expect 1,700 range bulls, 10,000 feeder calves, 16,000 fat cattle, plus horses and other stock for Stock Show week.
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Denver
Aberdeen Angus
Denver Union Stockyards
Hog Cholera Outbreak Reported in Ireland
A new hog cholera outbreak is reported in the Republic of Ireland with authorities prohibiting swine movement and culling within infected premises in Tipperary. The disease has appeared previously in Dublin and spread to Waterford and Kilkenny, with a Northern Ireland outbreak in Dawn county.
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Republic of Ireland
Department of Augmenture
Tipperary
Ireland
Department of Agriculture
Waterford
Kilkenny
Dawn
Northern Ireland
Winneshiek ACP Receives 1957 Funding Allocation
Winneshiek county allocated 77 600 for government cost sharing in soil and water conservation practices for 1957 per ACP chairman Lee Herold. The amount is 6 790 less than 1956. The county committee may seek extra funds from a state reserve if conservation costs exceed the allocation.
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Decoram
Winneshiek County
Lee Herold
Winneshiek Farmers Seal Price Support Loans
As of December 3 Winneshiek county farmers held price support loans on 62 992 bushels of 1956 corn earn 3 130 bushels of oats and 6 908 bushels of soybeans Leo Serald chairman of the county ASC committee said 42 772 bushels were eligible for the support rate of 145 cents per bushel and 30 150 bushels were eligible under the own compliance provisions Last year the county had 87 679 bushels of 1955 corn placed under price support loans
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Winneshiek
Leo Serald
ASC
Rabbit control for Iowa orchards and timber stands
Iowa State College entomologist Harold Finderson reports increasing rabbit numbers in Iowa, threatening winter shelter and tree bark. Farmers can invite hunters, remove brush, install 36 inch by 14 inch mesh barriers, bury wire to deter mice, or spray chemical repellents with resin in denatured alcohol, following proper dilution and cleanup.
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Colton
Iowa
Harold Finderson
Iowa State College
Local Public Auctions List Featuring Machinery and Livestock Sales
A lengthy community notice catalogs multiple public sales and closings out auctions across Iowa towns. Each entry lists date time location and items for sale including livestock machinery hay grain and household goods with sellers such as Walter Cope Charles Sahat Tom Pollock Merle Blair Caro line Peter estate Allen Horman Drake and Russell Warren H Ahrens Otto Pruess Berenice Moffit Spoerl Wilson Will Clark Emma Herman Earl Becker Rey E Miller and others.
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Ryan
Otto Pruess
Berenice Moffit
Moffit Estate
Mechanicsville
Spoerl and Wilson
Emma Herman
Manchester
Earl J. Becker
Rey E. Miller
Cedar Rapids
Soil Bank Grazing Extended Through January 31 1957
The Agriculture Department extends emergency phosphorus feeding for soil bank grazing to January 31 1957 allowing higher daily gains in cattle. Iowa State College reports increased gains with a 0.25 percent phosphorus supplement versus the standard 0.18 percent, reducing feed costs per pound of gain and improving carcass quality.
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Washington
INS
Agriculture Department
Ames
Iowa State College
Arthur Raun
Iowa State
Soi
Lege
Raun
Mexico Plans Larger Livestock Industry
The Mexican government promotes expanding livestock through breeding centers and importing credits for cattle and hogs. The program aims to boost output of animal products and meat supplies, with emphasis on feed efficiency and phosphorus needs in beef cattle.
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Mexico City
Winter parasite control urged for Nebraska sheep
Nebraska extension expert Ted Doane urges winter control of internal sheep parasites to improve health and reduce summer damage. Drench with phenothiazine after first fall freeze and again in spring, using liquid form preferred. also provide a powder and salt mix between drenches to cut parasite risk.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Ted Doane
Universiy
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