Govt Loans On Grain May Total Billion
AP The government tied up more than 600 million dollars in price support programs for 1948 grain crops by November 30. Most of this was loans to farmers. the rest was a government promise to buy grain later. By December 1, 342,243,122 bushels were under support, including 253,393,000 bushels of wheat. Officials foresee support may exceed 1 billion. The department also bought 9,871,728 bushels of wheat and other grains for shortage areas abroad, totaling 256,471,000 bushels since last July 1.
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Agriculture Department
Farm Bureau Membership Tops In Clayton County 1949
Organization Director Marvin Bacon reported Tuesday that Farm Bureau membership in Clayton county reached 1,274 for 1949. Two townships Buena Vista and Cass exceeded their quotas as the county aims for a total goal of 1,800 members.
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Eleader
Farm Bureau
Clayton County
Marvin Bacon
Buena Vista
Cass
Delaware 4-H club hears ISC specialists on baby beef and swine feeding
Manchester Delaware county 4-H members and parents heard E L Quaife and Richard McWilliams from Iowa State College discuss pig and calf projects. Quaife urged good sows, gestation care, crossbreeding for vigor, farrowing attention, rolled oats for pigs, and clean sanitation. McWilliams stressed high quality calves, gradual grain feeding, ample water, and bedding. County Director Robert Hall announced the 1949 baby beef weighing schedule with weighed and tattooed calves required, listing several weighing sites across Dubuque, Earlville, Masonville, Hopkinton, Dundee, Hackmar, and Greeley by Friday.
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Manchester
Delaware County
E. L. Quaife
Richard McWilliams
Iowa State College
Quaife
McWilliams
Robert Hall
Hall
Dubuque
U S farm land use shifts as cow herds shrink 1949 forecast
USDA figures show 1945 crop land 403 million acres or 21.2 percent of continental U S land. Grazing and forest land dominate, with 707 million and 345 million acres respectively, while dairy herd trends push milk production and prices fluctuate. Iowa leads crop land share at 63.2 percent with 22.33 million acres in crops.
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Farm Bureau to Hold Joint Board Meeting
Clayton county Farm Bureau old and new boards meet at the Farm Bureau office Thursday at 10 am to review Farm Bureau and extension service relations and outline operations for 1949.
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Eleader
Clayton County
Farm Bureau Boards
Farm Bureau
Auctions Closing Out Sales Across Counties
Advertised sales list multiple auctions with times and locations. Hubbard Ice and Fuel Co. near Martelle offers livestock machinery hay grain at 11 a.m. Dec 29. E T Wears near Solon holds livestock machinery at 12 noon. Harden Bros near Tipton hosts dairy cattle hogs hay grain machinery at 11:30 a.m. Dec 36. B G Rees near Delhi conducts livestock hay grain machinery at 12 noon Dec 31.
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Martelle
E. T. Wears
Solon
Harden Bros
Tipton
B. G. Rees
Mi. E
Delhi
Meat Prices Fall 19 Percent Since September Peak
Chicago AP report shows wholesale meat prices across all grades down about 19 percent from the September peak as of December 25. Retail prices also slipped 13 cents from the September high, based on AMI and BLS data across major markets and store surveys.
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Chicago
United States
American Meat Institute
AMI
U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
New York
San Francisco
Hockett Named Clayton County Youth Assistant
ELEADER Howard Hockett 38 Garnaville starts as temporary youth assistant in Clayton County assisting Adrian Gamble with the 4 H club program and educational activities. He previously supervised Clayton DHIA and worked with Amana Society herds and in creameries before farming in the county. He is a former township 4 H club leader and attended Iowa State College for animal husbandry. He succeeds Allan Bentley who resigned last fall to farm near Ames.
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Eleader
Howard Hockett
Garnaville
Clayton County
Adrian Gamble
Hackett
Clayton Dhia
Amana Society
Iowa State College
Hockett
Allan Bentley
Ames
Soybean Association Seeks Funds for Lobbying Drive
The American Soybean Association urged members to donate to a lobbying and research campaign to raise income from soybeans. Objectives include placing soybeans on the basic price support list, exporting 1948 crop beans, repealing margarine taxes and limits on soy flour use, and educational work with the government and schools. Elevators would deduct 20 cents per 100 bushels from member deliveries as collection agents.
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Hudson
American Soybean Association
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