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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1956
Page
5
University of Illinois College of Agriculture experts survey farming in 1976. Electronic planning and data from John Farmer guide tailored farm plans, with hybrids, yields, and mechanization shaping beef hogs and crops. Demand grows for protein rich foods as automation and new fertilizers reshape routines and homes.
Rex Conn chronicles the Urice family's century in Benton County real estate. Logan Urice, now active from near Vin ton on highway 718, followed a lineage of brokers starting with John T. Urice in 1846. The piece notes early land amid 40 acre homesteads, a shift from 1 dollar per acre commissions to modern rates, and the Urice influence across townships.
Omaha is declared the world’s largest livestock market for 1956 by the Omaha Livestock Foundation. Total receipts are expected around six and one half million head, with cattle hogs calves and sheep leading all markets by a wide margin in slaughter. Peak price periods included September with fat steers at 32.25 per hundredweight and hogs at 18.50. Lambs topped at 26.50 in May. 1957 outlook calls for stronger first half but softer second half.
Amana DHIA notes 699 cows in Amana Society herds on test in December with 118 dry cows, averaging 1082 pounds of milk and 39.7 pounds of butterfat. Curtis Jones says December per cow production was the highest in years on test. herd totals cap at 202 cows.
The Middle West Soil Improvement Committee urges farmers to buy and store fertilizer this winter to gain immediate delivery, ready use at planting, time savings in spring, and protection against shortages. Store on dry floors, off moisture, with bags seven to eight high to prevent caking.
Washington AP reports two new Democratic House members, J Floyd Breeding of Kansas and Terry McGovern of South Dakota, seek seats on the Agriculture Committee but face no current vacancies. Republicans also pursue spots as Hope’s Kansas seat leaves a committee vacancy.
A reader friendly item notes most residents favor milk while warning about electrical overloading risks from improper wiring and unsafe use of dairy equipment at home.
A sequence of closing out and sale events listed with dates from January 3 to January 17. Items include livestock machinery hay grain and household goods. Properties and estates featured include Allen Horman near Center Junction Drake and Russell near Mechanicsville and others near Ryan Atkins Manchester Mt. Vernon Cedar Rapids Watthar and surrounding areas.
USDA Forest Service highlights for 1956 show tree planting on 15 426 acres setting a new record. State and local agencies drove the effort with cooperation from federal bodies and provisions in the 1956 Act.
ST JOSEPH Mo The third annual National Angus Conference will be held March 10 12 at Michigan State University East Lansing Officials of the American Aberdeen Angus Breeders Association announced Theme Glueprint for Aberdeen Angus Progress For the first time in the beef cattle industry Aberdeen Angus breeders will discuss progeny and performance testing with a view toward adopting a voluntary national program emphasizing individuality of breeding animals
The Linn County Board of Supervisors meet with members Wiley Sutera Henderson present. A long session approves salaries, road and bridge funding, and multiple resolutions including county road extensions and maintenance contracts with local firms and vendors.
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