Bill Would Halt County Aid to Bureau
Iowa lawmakers consider a House amendment to stop county general fund appropriations to the Farm Bureau related extension work if the group is involved in business ventures. Rep A Donahue says the Farm Bureau has grown too commercial, risking its original principles. The Weichman bill previously proposed $5,000 annual county contributions rising to $8,000 with hired staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ES Moines
INS
Farm Bureau
Bureau
Rep
A. Donahue
Tipton
Harry Weichman
Newall
Iowa Farm Bureau
Donohue
Weichman
Farm Bureau Fund
Lumber cooperative posts record net in Traer for 1948
Farmers Lumber Company of Traer reports a 1948 gross that surpassed 1947 by 30000 dollars. Directors approve an eight percent dividend and re-elect F C Earley to an eighth term as president along with S S Wilson Will Podhajsky and R P Young. Paul Dickinson remains as manager.
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TRAER
Farmers Lumber Company of
F C Earley
S. S. Wilson
Will Podhajsky
R. P. Young
Paul Dickinson
Iowa State Spring Market Hog Show Set At Hawkeye Downs
Farmers and hog producers are invited to the fourth annual Iowa State Spring Market Hog Show to be held at Hawkeye Downs with Friday and Saturday, March 11 and 12. Junior and senior divisions include pen of three and individual classes. weight limits and show rules apply. entries available from Alan Williams of Wilson and Company.
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Iowa State
New Farm Youth Center
Hawkeye Downs
Chamber of Commerce
Alan Williams
Wilson and Company
Cedar Rapids
Auctions announce multiple livestock and farm sales
A sequence of closing out sales is listed with dates and times for livestock hay grain and machinery. C F Roberts near Marion four miles east, Gray Bros near Parnell, Hampshire hog sale with 1292 head, Dudley Wolfe at Rock Island Pavilion, Frank Vavrcek near Marion, John Klinger and Son near Robbins, Frank Morris Estate near Toddville.
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C F. Roberts
Marion
Gray Bros
Parnell
Hampshire
Dudley Wolfe
Rock Island
Frank Vavricek
John Klinger and Son
Robbins
Frank Morris Estate
Toddville
Honey Production Falls to Record Low in 1948 Iowa Season
Iowa production totaled 7 380 000 pounds in 1948 the lowest since 1939 and 69 percent below 1947. The per colony average dropped to 30 pounds from 96 in 1947 as conditions were very unfavorable due to winter freezes and hot dry weather harming nectar plants.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Fayette Farmers Secure 233 Loans on Crow County
West Union L. D Hitch, Fayette AAA chairman, reported 233 corn loans completed in Fayette county. They cover 214,424 bushels. All loans were made by local banks and guaranteed by the Commodity Credit Corporation. Fayette sealers are J F Wilkinson, Fayette. Fred Campbell, Hawkeye. and Lawrence Cannon. West Union AAA committee members assisted during rush periods.
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West Union
L. D Hitch
Fayette Aaa
Fayette County
Commodity Credit Corporation
Fayette
J F Wilkinson
Fred Campbell
Hawkeye
Lawrence Cannon
Iowa County 4‑H Show Set for Marengo August Dates
Marengo hosts the Iowa county 4-H achievement show August 11 12 and 13 with Ed Kinsey offering an award to the market litter project member who produces the heaviest litter by show time.
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Marengo
Iowa County
Ed Kinsey
Iowa State College crops yield boost eyed for farmers
Iowa State College researchers say their annual crop improvements value farmers at about 250 million dollars. Hybrid corn and new oats varieties like Clinton and Lincoln soybeans Hawkeye Adams spur Iowa production. The station urges more funding of 50 thousand dollars to expand crop research and meet farmers needs.
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Agricultural Experimenttation
Iowa State College
Iowa
Clinton
Lincoln
Iowa State
U S Hybrid Corn Shipped to Italy for Food Relief
Hybrid seed corn from multiple Corn Belt points is heading to Italy this week, with shipments to New Orleans and various Iowa and Minnesota towns. Italian officials hailed the data showing 40 to 55 percent higher yields, aiding maize-based food relief. CARE offers 20 pound hybrid seed corn packages to Italian farmers at $4 each, joining existing vegetable seed aid. Calmar Creamery plans its annual meeting for Saturday.
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U.S
Italy
New Orleans
Anamosa
Boone
Muscatine
Onslow
Red Oak
Shenandoah
Omaha
Neb. Ion
Faribault
Minn
Normal
Il E
Trans
FAO
Luigi Fenaroli
Ergamio
CARE
Broad Street
New York City
Europe
Fence Drift and Cold War Echoes on a Winter Day
A weather muddle and a tangle of postwar policy arguments frame the day. Stalin reportedly wishes to visit Washington but is constrained by health, while Truman is invited. debate over reciprocal trade, price supports, and foreign debt looms amid forecasts of a postwar slump and a groundhog’s six week retreat in bitter cold.
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Marshal Stalin
Washington
Truman
Farm Bureau
Grange
The
Farmers Union
Administration
U. S
Reid Named Weed Commissioner by Tama Supervisors
In Toledo the Tama county board named John R. Reid weed commissioner effective immediately. Reid, a former supervisor and sheriff, will earn 225 dollars per month plus mileage. The post replaces Max Byram and supports the new Iowa weed law enabling a county tax for control programs. Spraying on improved roads starts in May after farmers are notified by letter.
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Toledo
Tama County Board of Supervisors
John R. Reid
Tama County
Reid
Max Byram
Iowa
County Boards of Supervisors
Tama Board
Kline to Speak at Des Moines Farm Institute
Allan B Kline president of the American Farm Bureau Federation and Kermit Eby a former CIO official now with the University of Chicago will address sessions of the National Farm Institute in Des Moines on February 18 and 19. Kline previously led the Iowa Farm Bureau before his national election. Eby served as assistant educational director of the CIO from 1943 to 1945.
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DES Moines
Allan B Kline
American Farm Bureau Federation
Kermit Eby
CIO
University of Chicago
National Farm Institute
Kline
Iowa Farm Bureau
Eby
Hull to Lead Final Buchanan County Farm Leaders' School
Dale Hull Iowa State college agricultural engineer will conduct the fifth and last Buchanan county farm leaders' school Thursday at 10 a.m. in the courthouse. He will discuss machine adjustment and operation and, if time allows, review production of grass and legume silage.
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Independence
Dale Hull
Iowa State College
Buchanan County
Hull
PMA Sets Up Aid for Soil Tests in Iowa Plan
Des Moines AP reports the Iowa Production and Marketing Admin plans four special programs to help farmers with soil testing. County AAA committees will assist in taking soil samples and sending them to Iowa State College for analysis, offering fertilizer and lime guidance based on college recommendations. Iowa’s 1949 crop year funds total 8.371 million dollars plus 150 thousand for soil testing, more than double 1948.
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Desmo (Ap
Iowa
AAA
PMIA
Des Moines
Iowa State College
Otis Luttschwager
PMA
Fertilizer Meeting Set for Vinton at Old Legion Hall
In Vinton a fertilizer meeting is planned for Friday at the Old Legion hall. Kenneth Kramer reports Horace Cheney will speak on Benton county test plots and discuss fertilizer application rates and varieties of commercial products.
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Vinton
Old Legion Hall
Kenneth Kramer
Horace ‘Cheney
Extension Agronomist
Benton County
McWhorter Named Head Of Rural Co-Op Assn
McWhorter of Blair Oklahoma was elected president of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association at a meeting on Tuesday Clyde H Seybold of Rockville Indiana was chosen vice president succeeding Benjamin Jaspers of Steamboat Rock Iowa Clark T. of Newnet AP reports the lineup for the leadership roles within the organization.
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McWhorter
Rural Co-Op Assn
Blair
Okla
Area Wide Plan Aims to Eradicate Cattle Grubs
USDA officials and livestock groups discuss area control of cattle grubs to curb losses exceeding a hundred million dollars annually. A Chicago packer tested 57 steers and found 29 heavily infested, trimming $1,348.81 from the lot and 43 per head on the infested subset. Funds become available July 1 to cooperate with states on county level eradication efforts.
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USDA
Chicago
U. S. Department of Agriculture
National Livestock Loss Prevention Board
Corn Production Feature at Farm and Home Week
Visitors to Iowa State College during the forty ninth annual Farm and Home week February fourteenthh to seventeenth will view a thirty part exhibit on corn production improvement and utilization. Prepared by fourteen college departments the display covers soil management fertilization genetics and up to date information with staff on hand from noon until to p m daily in Memorial Union Great Hall.
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Ames
Iowa State College
Iowa
Great Hall of Memorial Union
Corn as a Major Farm Topic Across Regions and Stages
An article outlines three groups covering corn topics from production and genetics to storage and processing. It mentions maximizing yields through soil types and certified hybrids, plus European corn borer control, weed management, spraying equipment, and weather impacts.
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Calmar
Calmar Creamery Company
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Iowa Livestock Exchange
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