China backs mass move to farms uproots six million
U S army analysts in Tokyo estimate Peiping's back-to-the-farm campaign will remove about 5.8 million people from cities to rural areas by 1958. Officials, students and military dependents are named as primary targets as Mao and Chou En Lai push for rural labor and urban-to-rural migration amid agricultural and population pressures.
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Tokyo
INS
Japan
China
Peiping
U.S. Army
Communist Party
Mao Tse-Tung
Chou En-Lai
Peiping Radio
Army plans push to farm city youth sparks bleak outlook
The army describes the mass move of 3,083,000 students to farm labor as harsh and simple orders. Displaced urban youths face separation from families, fewer schooling opportunities for their children, and resettlement in hilly or mountainous regions where farming remains difficult.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Army
ASC Office Head Fired for Lack of U S Diploma
Harrison County ASC faces a rift over a high school education rule for its staff. Jake Weber, longtime county office manager, says he was discharged by the state, rehired locally, then rejected again by the state. Committeemen Glenn Clark and Woodrow Wilson resigned in protest amid the dispute. A new slate will be chosen January 9 with plans to hire a permanent manager to replace Weber.
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Missouri Valley
INS
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committees
Harrison County
ASC
Glenn Clark
Woodbine
Woodrow Wilson
Persia
Jake Weber
Weber
H. C. ‘Hillman
Modale
Carl Spark
Logan
Glen ‘Hunter
Little Sioux
Hens and Egg Output Decline Reported
The agriculture department says there were 5 percent fewer laying hens on farms as of December 1 than a year earlier. November egg production fell 6 percent from last year, with expectations that production through mid 1958 remains below prior levels but prices may rise somewhat.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Farm Auction roundup with many Iowa listings
A dense schedule of closing out farm auctions across Iowa with dates from December 31 to February 13. Listings include livestock machinery hay grain poultry dairy cattle and household goods from numerous sellers near Tiffin Iowa City Keystone Clarence Center Point Anamosa Walker and other towns.
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Roland E
Campbell
Tiffin
Richard Handley
Iowa City
Brehm and
Reid
Urbana
Don E. Ward
Alburnett
Martyn
Bud” Garling
Keystone
D. R
Bill
Avis Anderson
Mechanicsville
Richard Wenndt
Clarence
William Lee
Walford
Artie van Fossen
Center Point
Joe Huerter
Cedar Rapids
Fred Moeller
Norway
Reynolds Amish
Hills
Donohue and
Martens
Tipton
Ella Rider
Troy Mills
Oscar Anthes
Whittier
V. C. Ritze
Jack Parr
Eddie Ternes
van Horne
L. H. Possehl
Vinton
Max Byerly
Karl Kray
Newhall
Harold Hills
Central City
Johnny Begorick
Anamosa
Raymond L. Miller
Walker
Richard Betzer
Marion
Dwain McKinney
Ernest Mollenhauer
Alfons Butz
Jim Mill
Allen Kaufman
Coggon
Elkader Chooses Perry Teacher for Vocational Agriculture
Robert Murrell of Perry has been named to teach vocational agriculture in the Elkader central community school district. He starts January 6 and recently earned an agricultural education degree from Iowa State College. Murrell, a Perry native, is married with a 2 year old son and a six month old daughter.
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Elkader
Robert Murrell
Perry
Central
Murrell
Iowa State College
Elkader Manager Resigns for Kent Feed Post
Don Anderson resigns after three years at Elkader to take a position with the Kent Feed Company in Muscatine. He will move with his family this week to begin the new duty.
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Don Anderson
Elkader
Anderson
Kent Feed Company
Muscatine
Failure Seen For Attempt To Up Dairy Props
Washington AP reports several dairy state lawmakers predict failure to block the 75 percent parity rate cut ordered by Secretary Benson effective next April 1. Lawmakers plan to seek legislation to raise the minimum, but farm policy divisions risk renewed conflicts over dairy and other crops as amendments swirl through Congress.
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Washington
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Congress Votes to Raise Daily Support Price Minimum
Congress approved a measure to raise the daily support price minimum, with the legislation likely facing a possible presidential veto.
Blake Farm at Volga Sold to Weidner Buyer
Volga resident Hallie Thoday Blake sells 160 acre Blake farm three miles east of Volga to tenant Charles J. Weidner. Weidner already owns 101 adjacent acres adjoining the property.
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Volga
Hallie Thoday Blake
Charles J. Weidner
Weidner
Blake Place
Japanese Fertilizers To Export To Red China
Japanese manufacturers agreed to sell over 20 million dollars of fertilizer to Communist China. A contract to export 400000 tons of ammonium sulfate and 20000 tons of superphosphate will be signed in January. The Chinese will pay 50.24 dollars per ton for ammonium sulfate and 33.60 dollars per ton for superphosphate.
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Tokyo
China
Red China
NFO Members to Meet in Waukon for Union Affiliation
Waukon in Allamakee County hosts a 7:30 p.m. meeting on January 9 at the courthouse to discuss details for affiliating with the National Farmers Union.
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Waukon
Allamakee County
NFO
National Farmers Union
Per Capita Meat Output in 1957 Down Slightly
CHICAGO The average American consumed about 159 pounds of meat in 1957 from a total output of 27 billion pounds. Stark reports 1956 set a record at 28 billion. per capita use declined with population growth. Projections for 1958 foresee similar output with slightly lower per capita consumption.
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Chicago
George Stark
The
American Meat InlWetzel
Stark, Wetzel and Company, Inc
Stark
Winneshiek Herd Owners Back Brucellosis Plan
Eighty eight percent of 2226 beef and dairy herd owners joined the area brucellosis control plan in Winneshiek County. Petition signers owned 55 562 cattle with over 200 workers circulating forms. If approved, all noncompliant herd owners must blood test within 18 months, while over 1 000 farms with three negative tests are exempt. Ring tests continue every six months.
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Decorah
E. J. Weigle
Winneshiek County
Iowa
Fayette
Delaware
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Clyde Spry
Weigle
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